Showing papers on "Curtain wall published in 1983"

Curtain-wall masonry-veneer anchor system

Abstract: A curtain-wall masonry veneer anchor system provides tolerances for accommodating installation misalignment and similarly for accommodating in-service load stresses while at the same time preventing loosening in service, even when installed through sheathing/or insulation covering wall structure to which the system is affixed, such as a masonry wall or metal stud or structural steel. A threaded stud is provided, either coarse-threaded along the length for self-tapping in a pre-drilled hole in masonry, or self-drilling and self-tapping for one-operation affixation in steel studding or in structural steel; a fastener barrel has at one end a threaded hole receiving the stud and surrounded by teeth in a radial face arranged for routing away sheathing or insulation as the threaded stud screws into a wall, preventing crushed sheathing or insulation from causing loosening and backing out under service loads; novel tie configuration connects with an eye in the fastener barrel outer end and accommodates to the various rotational positions at which the fastener barrel may tighten in wall structure.

Curtain wall stud slide clip

Abstract: A clip for connecting a curtain wall stud to the load bearing framework of a building is provided with detents so that the clip may be pushed onto the stud and does not have to be supported by hand while it is being welded to the framework.

Unit type curtain wall

Abstract: A unit type curtain wall is disclosed, which has a plurality of connected curtain wall units each of which consists of vertical and horizontal elongated members tied together to form a rectangular unit frame and a heat insulative panel mounted to close the opening formed by the elongated members A space is defined between the outer sides and the room sides of the frames such that it communicates with the external atmosphere, and therefore contains therein air of the same temperature as the atmospheric air However, the air in this space is prevented from directly contacting the unit frames by sealing members and heat insulating coupling means which together form the space

Curtain wall and window frame construction

Abstract: An exterior curtain wall and window construction for a commercial building is disclosed in which the curtain wall and window frames are secured to the framework of the building thereby to constitute the exterior walls of the building with the curtain wall having window openings therein. The window openings are defined by upper and lower window pane securement frames which have portions thereof in abutting engagement with the outer margins of the window pane at the top and bottom thereof. A removable window securement member may be snapped in place into the upper window securement frame with sealing gaskets interposed between the inner and outer faces of the window pane and the window frame members so as to seal the window pane relative to the frames and to cushion the window pane relative to the frame. A weep tube in communication with the inside surface of the window adjacent the bottom thereof is provided so that condensation or other moisture may be drained from the bottom of the window to a location exteriorily of the curtain wall at a location below the window.

Mullion portion in a unit type curtain wall

Abstract: A unit type curtain wall assembly has an array of standardized curtain wall units each having a passageway for air and another passageway for hot or cold water extending through its frame members for room temperature control. For sealing a gap between the opposed side frame members of every two horizontally adjoining curtain wall units so as to minimize the loss of heat energy, an indoor sealing band and a first outdoor sealing band are connected between the opposed side frame members to close the indoor and outdoor sides of the gap therebetween. A second outdoor sealing band is connected exteriorly of the first outdoor sealing band to provide another closed space therebetween so as to prevent heat transmission from the outside. The three sealing bands with the two intervening closed spaces constitute in combination an effective heat insulator. The sealing bands are engaged with the side frame members so as to allow the relative displacement of the curtain wall units in their own plane.

Unit curtain wall

Abstract: Horizontally adjacent curtain wall units are supported by a fastener on a building skeleton frame. The fastener includes a first fastener member adjustably fastened to the building frame and a second fastener member adjustably attached to the first fastener member and having a slot and a bearing element. The curtain wall units include confronting vertical frame members with brackets fastened thereto, respectively. One of the brackets has an arm engaging in the slot and the other bracket also has an arm movably supported on the bearing element. The bearing element may comprise a roller or a ball for allowing the other bracket and hence the vertical frame member attached thereto to move in a horizontal direction parallel to the curtain wall units.

Apparatus for connecting upper and lower units in a unit type curtain wall

Abstract: A plurality of multiplicity of standardized curtain wall units are arranged in rows and columns to provide a unit type curtain wall assembly. For interconnecting each column of curtain wall units so as to allow relative displacement thereof in their own vertical plane while holding them against relative displacement out of the vertical plane, a pair of horizontally spaced couplings are provided between any two vertically adjoining curtain wall units. Each coupling comprises a male member attached to either of the upper and lower curtain wall units and having a tongue projecting vertically therefrom, and a female member mounted to the other curtain wall unit and defining a groove for slidably receiving the tongue of the male member. Also included is a stringcourse extending along the seam between every two vertically adjoining curtain wall units and disposed exteriorly of the couplings for rain-proofing the seam. The unit type curtain wall assembly may be equipped with a room temperature control system.

Curtain wall units in a unit type curtain wall

Abstract: A standardized curtain wall unit is disclosed which is intended for use with any required number of other similar curtain wall units to provide a unit type curtain wall assembly capable of room temperature control. The curtain wall unit comprises a plurality of frame members joined into a rectangular shape, defining openings which are closed by double glazing or like panels or panes. All the frame members are of identical cross-sectional shape, with a passageway for a heat transfer fluid and a mounting recess formed longitudinally therethrough in side-by-side relation to each other. The fluid passageway is disposed inwardly of the mounting recess, or closer to the middle of the curtain wall unit, and the mounting recess is open outwardly. This cross-sectional shape of the frame members offers several advantages in constructing the unit type curtain wall assembly from a plurality of such curtain wall units and auxiliary parts such as seals, couplings, and piping.

Curtain wall for a building with thermal and acoustic insulation.

Abstract: The invention has the advantage of creating, on the inside or the outside of a building, inexpensive separations or a curtain wall, which are fixed, dismantleable or openable, with an acoustic or thermal insulation This curtain wall is formed from two parallel walls 1, 2 made from flexible material which are rendered integral by means of a network of ties 3, 4, 6 and/or by means of a frame placed at their periphery, so as to create a closed chamber in which a vacuum may be formed or a pressurised fluid be introduced, and to house, partially or completely, at least one layer of an acoustic and thermal insulation 5

Spacer for the substructure of curtain wall coverings

Abstract: The patent application describes a spacer for the substructure of curtain wall coverings for the so-called floating-point fixture of vertical profile rails of the substructure, which spacer can compensate, universally and within wide limits, for unevennesses in the building wall in the vertical and the horizontal or for wall slopes, and which, even with inclined dowel holes or dowel holes offset in height or laterally, permits statically perfect mounting and adjustment without making excessive demands on the mounting personnel.

Water-tight apparatus for a crossed portion of a unit type curtain wall

Abstract: A water-tight device in a crossed portion of a unit type curtain wall in which unit curtain wall units are mounted at top and bottom and to left and right. The water-tight device has a pair of external horizontal packings for connecting respective vertical frame units of the unit curtain wall units adjacent to left and right each other, a connecting member for connecting respective horizontal frame units of the unit curtain wall units adjacent to top and bottom each other, and a connecting plate connected between the vertical frame units adjacent to top and bottom and between the connecting members adjacent to left and right.

Joint for curtain wall

Abstract: A water-tight device in a crossed portion of a unit type curtain wall in which unit curtain wall units are mounted at top and bottom and to left and right. The water-tight device has a pair of external horizontal packings for connecting respective vertical frame units of the unit curtain wall units adjacent to left and right each other, a connecting member for connecting respective horizontal frame units of the unit curtain wall units adjacent to top and bottom each other, and a connecting plate connected between the vertical frame units adjacent to top and bottom and between the connecting members adjacent to left and right.

Fastening device for thin-walled, lightweight curtain wall/cladding panels

Abstract: The fastening device is used for connecting lightweight curtain wall/cladding panels to the wall of a structure and comprises a wall part, a profile rod connected to the cladding panel and displaceable perpendicularly towards the wall part, and an intermediate element. Known fastening devices of this type give rise to undesired assembly constraints and necessitate a considerable outlay in terms of installation time, fastening parts and connection means. These disadvantages are eliminated by the invention by the wall part and the intermediate element together forming a hinge, having perpendicular, cylindrical contact faces with a large radius of curvature, and by the intermediate element being connected in a frictionally locking manner to the profile bar during assembly. The outline of a fastening device, made of extruded aluminium alloy, as well as the wall dowel, profile bar, cladding panels and connection means are represented in the drawing. This device is used for fastening cladding panels made of asbestos cement, metal, plaster or ceramic on outside masonry or concrete walls.

Rooftop parapet for thermally-insulated curtain wall

Abstract: A rooftop parapet, for a thermally-insulated-curtain-walled building, comprises: a parapet base; a thermally-insulated curtain wall having an upper part spaced apart from the parapet base with a gap therebetween; a moisture-proof sheet covering the gap; a thermally insulating material laid over an upper edge of the parapet base, the moisture-proof sheet, and an upper edge of the curtain wall; a waterproof sheet superposed over the insulating material; and a coping plate superposed over the waterproof sheet. Either the moisture-proof sheet or the waterproof sheet has a sagged portion so that the coping plate can follow the deflection of the curtain wall's upper part due to wind pressure acting on the curtain wall. The moisture-proof sheet serves to prevent the thermally insulating material from absorbing moisture inside the building, while the waterproof sheet serves to prevent dewdrops on an inner face of the coping plate from coming down to the insulating material.

Apparatus for connecting upper and lower curtain wall units in a unit type curtain wall

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting upper and lower curtain wall units in a unit type curtain wall in which the upper curtain wall unit may be simply and easily connected to the already mounted lower curtain wall unit. The connecting apparatus comprises a connecting member having an upper portion connected to a lower horizontal frame member of an upper curtain wall unit and to a horizontal batten of the lower horizontal frame member, and further having a lower portion connected to an upper horizontal frame member of a lower curtain wall unit and to a horizontal batten of the upper horizontal frame member.

Sol-Clad-Siding and Trans-Lucent-Insulation : curtain wall components for conserving dwelling heat by passive-solar means

Abstract: A prototype for a dwelling heat loss compensator is introduced in this thesis, along with its measured thermal performance and suggestions for its future development. As a heat loss compensator, the Sol-Clad-Siding collects, stores, and releases solar heat at room temperatures thereby maintaining a neutral skin for structures, which conserves energy, rather than attempting to supply heat into the interior as most solar systems do. Inhabitants' conventional objections to passive-solar systems utilized in housing are presented as a contrasting background. The potential of the outer component, a Trans-Lucent-Insulation as a sunlight diffuser and transmitter (65 to 52% of heating season insolation) and as a good insulator [0.62 W/(sq m) (OK) [0.11 Btu/(hr) (sq ft) (OF)]] are described. The performance of the inner component, a container of phase-change materials as an efficient vertical thermal storage is discussed, and areas for future research are addressed. A very brief application of this passive-solar curtain wall system for dwellings is

Molding device for sub-soil curtain wall sections

Abstract: By means of a molding device for the fabrication of sub-soil curtain wall sections in the construction of the walls of sub-soil structures, measures are provided, even as the sub-soil curtain walls are being constructed, such that it is possible to introduce an injection of sealing compound into possible leakage points simply and optimumly after the building work has been completed. This arises according to the invention in that the molding device is a precast concrete structural part which remains in the sub-soil structure wall and which has at least one injection pipe which passes vertically therethrough and which is provided with injection valves for injecting leakage points with sealing compound.

Bank having detachable curtain wall unit

Abstract: PURPOSE:To facilitate exchange and shorten a repairing work period, by a method wherein a curtain wall part of a bank consists of a large number of curtain wall units, and the curtain wall units are removably secured to a holding member. CONSTITUTION:Large number of piles 8 with support table and piles 5 are driven into a ground at the botttom of the water, each support table 10 is attached, and a holding member 11 with female screw mates the pile 8 with support table from the upper end to place it on the support table 10. A concrete upper bank body 1 having a parapet is built over the upper part of the piles 5 and 9, and a female screw member 20 is embedded in a retracting part 19. An upper end part of a curtain wall unit 2 is then secured to the upper bank body 1 by means of bolts 21, and the lower part is fastened to the holding member 3 by means of bolts 22. A curing filler 23 such as mortar is implanted for filling a space between a longitudinal hole 13 in the holding member 3 and the pile 9.

Curtain wall with high thermal insulation

Abstract: Curtain wall with high thermal insulation, comprising a heat-insulating shell, which is to be fixed to the bearing wall and is made of shaped elements of relatively soft material, and a weather shell The weather shell elements are carried by the heat-insulating elements directly by means of cooperating connecting parts hook-shaped on both sides The connecting parts of the weather shell elements are formed by a holding strip with a nose protruding therefrom The connecting parts of the heat-insulating elements consist of a slot with a groove leading therefrom The connecting parts lie against one another over a large area and are of horizontally continuous construction