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An extrusion device for mounting a wall panel has an outer cap extending to an edge on at least one side which is positioned against an outer surface of a wall panel, having a pair of spaced-apart insertion fingers, and a receiver base having a planar mounting portion and a pair of angled receiver flanges projecting upwardly to receive the insertion fingers therein. The two-piece extrusion permits wall panels to be mounted or removed from the underlying wall structure in on-sequential order. The receiver base and cap can be provided on both sides to form an "H" type extrusion, or on only one side in a "J" type extrusion. Preferably, the outer cap is made of metal, and the tips of the insertion fingers are beveled at a slight angle of about 7° to 14° to allow easy insertion into the receiver flanges. The cap has compound water-shedding edges formed with a rounded rain-drip edge spaced in close proximity to a sharply inclined knife edge. In another variation, a one-piece extrusion device has a rear base portion and a front cover portion forming a pocket therewith, and a ramp formed on the base portion within the width of the front cover portion for gradually forcing the edge of a wall panel inserted in the pocket toward the front cover portion clear of the heads of screws used to mount the base portion to the underlying wall structure. The base portion is formed with a hook indentation on a back side of the ramp on a rear surface of the base portion, and interconnects with a "Z" type extrusion having a hook end to form a right angle connection. The one-piece extrusion may be formed as a "J" (one-sided), "H" (two sided), "C" (corner), or other suitable types.

A wall panel for holding an accessory, the wall panel having a recessed slot, at least a portion of which has an undercut and a shaped opening in communication with a portion of the recessed slot and the undercut. The shaped opening may be capable of receiving a shaped attachment member of an accessory, the shaped attachment member then being slidable within the undercut and the recessed slot beyond the limits of the shaped opening. A plurality of wall panels may be adapted to form a wall panel system.

An access point device and system that offers Wi-Fi access and is easily integratable into its environment is provided. The access point device and system is advantageously well suited for integrating operative aspects of a Wi-Fi access point in a wall using, for example, standard switch and outlet boxes and/or standard wall plates. The access point device and system can advantageously be well suited for incorporating a wiring structure such as, for example, a 110 block or the like, suitable for use in connecting to a wired network. Further, the access point device and system may beneficially permit the integration of complementary connections within the access point including, for example, data, voice, video, CATV or other like connection types.

A building panel, such as a flooring panel or wall panel and a method of assembling the same into a floor, wall cladding, etc. The panel is provided with a locking means in the form of groove (6) and tongue (7) forming a tongue/groove joint for assembling of the panels. In a preferred embodiment, the groove (6) and the tongue (7) are made of water resistant material and formed with a snap-together joint.

A wall assembly includes at least two panel elements which are configured for contiguous placement adjacent to one another. Each of the panel elements defines a hollow internal passageway. The panels are configured to permit a contiguous placement whereby the respective passageways of the panels are brought into registration with one another. A connection element is positioned within one of the passageways. The connection element is accessible through a slot defined within the sidewall of the panel wherein the connection element resides. The connection element is slidable whereby it may be displaced partially into the second panel element. The connection element is thereafter actuatable whereby its lateral dimension is decreased to form a pressure fit union with the interior sidewalls of the two passageways. In its spatially decreased configuration, the connection element provides a means of interconnecting the two panel elements together.

A system for mounting wall panels to an existing wall structure, includes wall panels, each having a main panel section and hook walls at edges thereof which define a U-shaped configuration therewith; fastening extrusions, each including a securing section for securing the fastening extrusion to the existing wall structure, and a female connecting section including a recess and connected with the securing section; a frame extrusion connected to each hook wall, each including a securing section connecting the frame extrusion to a hook wall, a male connecting wall engaging within a recess of one female connecting section, and a spacer wall connecting the male connecting wall to the securing section so as to define a gap between the female connecting section and the hook wall when the male connecting wall is engaged within the recess; and a cover panel inserted in the gap.

The invention generally provides a light weight composite gypsum board including a foamed low density set gypsum core, a top non-foamed (or reduced-foamed) bonding high density layer and a bottom non-foamed (or reduced-foamed) bonding high density layer, a top cover sheet bonded to the foamed low density set gypsum core by the top non-foamed (or reduced-foamed) bonding high density layer, and a bottom cover sheet bonded to the foamed low density set gypsum core by the bottom non-foamed (or reduced-foamed) bonding high density layer. The foamed low density set gypsum core and the non-foamed (or reduced-foamed) bonding high density layers are made from a gypsum slurry including stucco, pregelatinized starch present in an amount of about 0.5-10% by weight based on the weight of stucco, preferably a naphthalenesulfonate disperant present in an amount of about 0.1-3.0% by weight based on the weight of stucco, and preferably sodium trimetaphosphate present in an amount of about 0.12-0.4% by weight based on the weight of stucco. Other slurry additives can include accelerators, binders, paper fiber, glass fiber, and other known ingredients. The foamed low density set gypsum core is prepared having a density of less than about 30 pcf using soap foam in the gypsum-containing slurry. The combination of components provide a composite gypsum board having light weight and high strength. A method of making the composite gypsum board is also provided.

A novel wallboard composition is disclosed comprising a unique combination of synthetic binders selected for their ability to establish a strengthened permanent bond in the final dry state for use in a wallboard composition comprising primarily gypsum, and in a wallboard composition comprising an expanded mineral such as Perlite which largely reduces the amount of gypsum over current gypsum wallboard formulations, thus reducing the weight while maintaining the strength of the wallboard structure. In a preferred embodiment, the lightweight, strengthened wallboard of the present invention also comprises an optional covering veneer that is applied to the top ply of the face paper to provide increased strength, moisture resistance, and fire retardency, and the back paper top ply is treated to provide increased flexural strength. Additionally, this invention relates to the unique manufacturing process to produce the wallboard composition of the present invention in order to create a lightweight, strengthened, moisture resistant, and fire retardant wallboard used to cover walls and ceilings in construction applications. Still further, this invention relates to the apparatus for manufacturing the wallboard composition of the present invention, including a method and apparatus for economically converting a standard gypsum wallboard manufacturing facility into a facility for manufacturing wallboard of the present invention.

A structural insulated laminated construction panel for building structures is described. The panel comprises a rigid core material layer of expanded polymeric material having opposed flat parallel surfaces. An outer skin is adhesively secured to one of the flat surfaces and an inner skin is adhesively secured to the other of the flat surfaces. The core material layer has a density of about 2 lbs/cubic foot. The core material is preferably an expanded polystyrene material. A building structure is constructed from such panels used as exterior and interior wall panels, floor panels and roof panels.

A horizontal joint between upper and lower building panels, as well as a building wall including such a horizontal joint, in which a liquid diverting arrangement includes a gutter with first and second ends and at least one aperture disposed between these ends. Also contemplated are a method and apparatus for forming at least two building panels, in which the panels have different reveal dimensions, and a method and apparatus for forming a building panel in which a first reveal portion is registered while a second reveal portion has been formed at a preselected distance therefrom. Further contemplated are a method and kit for customizably assembling a building wall, in which panels having different thickness dimensions can be interchangeably connected with one another, as well as a method and kit for customizably assembling a building wall, in which on or more decorative profile panels and one or more structural building wall panels can be interchangeably connected with one another.

A fire-rated angle piece and wall assemblies or other assemblies that incorporate the fire-rated angle piece, in which the angle piece can include an intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The angle can be attached adjacent to a corner of a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed between the framing member and a wall board member at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. A fire spray material can be applied over a portion of the angle piece.

A wall panel system including a mounting bracket, a wall panel, and a clip attached to the wall panel, the clip having an engaging element that secures it to the mounting bracket. The wall panel system also includes a slot in the clip facing outwardly from the wall panel, a spline slidably positioned in the slot of the clip, and a sealing insert positioned between the mounting bracket and the spline. The sealing insert may be in the shape of an X, and may be made from polypropylene foam. The sealing insert may also have a gasket tape on one side to provide an improved seal.

A building block has a cement-based attachment layer on one or both exterior surfaces of the block that can receive and hold a penetrating fastener such as a nail, screw, staple, or the like. This allows surficial coverings such as wallboard, siding or other materials to be easily attached to a block wall made of the building blocks. The block includes substantially semi-cylindrical concave portions that form a cross-linked structure of channels when the blocks are assembled into a wall. Once the blocks have been stacked in place in a wall, grout or other suitable filling material is poured into the cross-linked structure of channels. When the filling material hardens, the blocks are locked together. Surficial covering materials may then be nailed, screwed, or stapled directly to the attachment layer.

The present invention relates to an improved wall system where a wall form mold has a structural insulated core assembled to form a structural insulated panel (SIP) to form a concrete beam and concrete column to be poured anywhere within the wall as well as between building modules when placed together and erected vertically. The interlocking wall molds interlock within the wall as well as between panels and modules. The wall panels allow concrete columns and beams to be formed in any size and shape. The structural insulated core consists of interlocking foam spacers and support channels which can be glued or screwed together to form an independent wall or as part of a precast wall with columns and beams integrated within the wall panels. Insulated flanges within the wall forming mold separates the wall forming structure from the wall surfaces.

The invention relates to an assembled monolithic shear wall building structure and a construction method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of buildings and construction thereof. The assembled monolithic shear wall building structure is formed by connecting prefabricated concrete members which comprise a prefabricated wall plate member, a floor member, a T-shaped wall column member, an L-shaped wall column member, a cross wall column member and a wall member with an opening. The structure is characterized in that a plurality of longitudinal through holes which are parallel to the surface are formed in each prefabricated concrete member; transverse grooves crossed with at least one longitudinal hole are formed on the longitudinal edge at intervals; transverse anchoring steel bars are arranged at the transverse grooves among different prefabricated members; longitudinal anchoring steel bars are arranged in the longitudinal holes; a layer of structural unit or a single-layer building structure is formed by filling concrete in the longitudinal holes and the transverse grooves; and a plurality of structural units are connected to form a multi-layer or high-rise assembled monolithic shear wall structure. The structure can be used in a multi-layer or high-rise shear wall building structure and a frame-shear wall building structure, the industrial level of the building structure can be improved, stress performance is improved, and resources are saved.

The present invention is directed to a modular wall plate system accommodating N-wiring devices within a wall box. N is an integer greater than or equal to one (1). The system includes a left-end cap configured to be mounted to an exterior portion of a left most wiring device of the N-wiring devices disposed in the wall box, the left-end cap including a left-end cap finish surface. A right-end cap is configured to be mounted to an exterior portion of a right most wiring device of the N-wiring devices disposed in the wall box, the right-end cap including a right-end cap finish surface. N-1 alignment couplers are disposed between each of the N-wiring devices. The N-1 alignment couplers are configured to align adjacent ones of the N-wiring devices at least in two-dimensions. Each of the N-1 alignment couplers includes a coupler finish surface. N-wall plates are configured to cover each of the N-wiring devices. Each of the N-wall plates includes a wall plate finish surface.

A panel for use in a drop ceiling system, or with appropriate modification, a wall, wherein the ceiling system includes stringers and cross-members defining areas therebetween for support of the panels wherein the panels include at least one planar sheet of material secured to a reinforcement member having channels formed therein to extend in at least one direction relative to the sheet material. When more than one sheet of material is used, the sheets of material are disposed on opposite sides of the reinforcement member. The panels are flexible for easy insertion into the openings between the stringers and cross-members of the support system and are readily compressed into a thinner profile for shipping purposes.

This invention provides wallboard with a gypsum core with improved antifungal properties based on the distribution of fungicide and starch. Preferably, the wallboard has a gypsum core having a first surface and a second surface; facing sheets adhered to the first and second surfaces; a fungicide and a starch in the gypsum core; wherein the concentration of fungicide and starch is greater in portions of the core adjacent to the facing sheets than in a center of the core. Also a method for manufacturing wallboard as described above.

In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and circuit for reducing power consumption of a wall plate system during idle conditions is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a wall plate system is configured for reducing power during idle mode by disengaging at least one outlet from a power input. A wall plate system may include one or more outlets and one or more wall plate circuits, with power input connected to the outlets through the wall plate circuit(s). The wall plate circuit may include a current measuring system, a control circuit, and a switch. The current measuring system provides, through the switch, an output power signal that is proportional to the load at the outlet. If behavior of the current measuring system indicates that an outlet is drawing substantially no power from the power input, the switch disengages the power input from the outlet.

A multi-layer prefabricated wall panel for modular building and a method for manufacturing the same. The panel comprises a load-bearing and vapor barrier core layer; an interior insulating and utility installation layer bonded to the inner face of the core layer; an exterior sheet of a first rigid building material bonded to the interior insulating layer; and an interior sheet of a second building material bonded to the outer face of said core layer. The method for manufacturing the wall panel comprises the steps of forming a stack of the panel layers with adhesive coating between successive layers and bonding the layers to each other by uniform compressing forces.

An improved acoustical damping wall (ceiling or floor) or door material comprises a laminar structure having as an integral part thereof one or more layers of viscoelastic material which also functions as a glue and one or more constraining layers, such as metal, cellulose, wood, or petroleum-based products such as plastic, vinyl, plastic or rubber. In one embodiment, standard wallboard, typically gypsum, comprises the external surfaces of the laminar structure; and one or more constraining layers are fabricated between the gypsum exterior. The resulting structure improves the attenuation of sound transmitted through the structure.

The invention discloses a multi-point forming method for a whole aluminum alloy wall plate of an aircraft. The multi-point forming method comprises the following steps of arranging the whole aluminum alloy wall plate with ribs between an upper multi-point die and a lower multi-point die of a quick reconstructing die surface, filling a filling material between the ribs, arranging an elastic cushion between the wall plate and the multi-point die, and gradually forming a whole aluminum alloy wall plate part with ribs by a die pressing method along a controllable deformation path. The multi-point forming method has the advantages that by utilizing the quick and adjustable characteristic of the reconstructing multi-point die surface, the wall plate parts with different geometric shapes and double curvatures can be processed by one set of equipment; compared with the traditional rolling and bending forming method and the pressing and bending forming method, the stress of the wall plate is uniform, and the forming quality can be guaranteed; compared with the shot peen forming method and the aging forming method, the deformation amount is large, and the forming efficiency is high; the method can be used for forming the whole aircraft wall plate with different rib structures and the double curvatures, the problems of large size and high rib in the whole wall plate forming process are solved, and the method can be applied to the manufacturing of other large ribbed curvature parts of aircrafts, rockets and the like.

The present invention includes a modular electrical device for use in an electric circuit. The modular electrical device includes a wall plate defining a first opening, and a housing configured to be disposed within the first opening. The housing is configured to accommodate a frame member selected from the plurality of frame members. Each frame member is configured to accommodate at least one wiring assembly. The modular electrical device further includes an electrical wiring assembly chosen from a plurality of electrical wiring assemblies. Each of the plurality of electrical wiring assemblies has a different functional configuration, and each of the plurality of electrical wiring devices being sized to fit in the selected frame member. The modular electrical device further includes a set of terminal contacts selected from a plurality of sets of terminal contacts. Each set of terminal contacts is matched to accommodate one of the plurality of electrical wiring assemblies.

The invention provides a construction method for a reinforced concrete prefabricated house. The method comprises the following steps of constructing a foundation; mounting prefabricated wallboards; casting in situ T-shaped, L-shaped and inline vertical heel posts; pouring micro-expansion mortar into vertical steel tie preformed holes in the upper and lower ends of the prefabricated wallboards; mounting reinforced concrete prefabricated superimposed beams; mounting reinforced concrete prefabricated stairs and flat stepping plates; mounting prefabricated superimposed floor slabs on the prefabricated superimposed beams; welding and binding corresponding reinforcements exposed from the prefabricated superimposed floor slabs, the upper ends of the prefabricated superimposed beams and the prefabricated wallboards into a whole, and inserting vertical anchor bars for fixing the upper and lower end parts of the prefabricated superimposed beams and the wallboards, and casting self-compacting concrete on the upper parts of the prefabricated superimposed floor slabs. A 100m-high building can be constructed in an 8 earthquake fortification region such as Beijing by sequential and cyclic construction to a design top layer from bottom to top. According to the method, a technical index of building energy efficiency of 75 percent can be achieved, and the development of a prefabricated house construction technology can be accelerated.

The present invention provides a system, or kit, of injection molded panels having integrated connectors which combine to form an enclosure, commonly in the form of a utility shed. The panels are formed of injection molded plastic to interlock with one another without the need for separate I-beam connectors. The ends of the wall panels have cavities to accept both roof and floor outwardly projecting locking bosses for interlocking cooperative engagement which serve to rigidly connect the components together. The symmetry of the wall, roof, floor and door components also minimizes component shapes and simplifies enclosure construction.

A space-dividing wall panel arrangement having a plurality of upright wall panels serially connected one with the other by an upright support post. The wall panel arrangement additionally includes an open-frame structure which allows routing of cabling therethrough to provide power and communication capabilities to a workstation defined by the wall panels, and a removable and rigid top cap which is capable of supporting various furniture-type accessories at selected locations along the longitudinal extent of the panel arrangement, and which also permits mounting of return wall panels to permit greater flexibility in configuring a workstation.

The invention discloses a rotary wall board paint spraying bracket. The rotary wall board paint spraying bracket comprises a door fixture, wherein a bearing platform is arranged below a cross beam of the door fixture; a rectangular slideway 1 is machined on the lower surface of the cross beam of the door fixture; a slide rail 1 is arranged inside the rectangular slideway 1; an electric trolley 1 is arranged on the slide rail 1; a telescopic cylinder 1 with a downward telescopic end is arranged on the lower surface of the electric trolley 1; a mounting box is arranged at the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder 1; a circular through hole is formed in the center of the lower surface of the mounting box; a spray head is embedded into the circular through hole; a controller is arranged on the front surface of the bearing platform; a storage battery is arranged inside the controller; the storage battery is electrically connected with the controller; and the controller is electrically connected with the electric trolley 1, the telescopic cylinder 1, electric trolleys 2, telescopic cylinders 2, rotary motors and clamping claws. The rotary wall board paint spraying bracket has the beneficial effects of simple operation, convenience in use, automatic rotary paint spraying treatment, high working efficiency, high convenience and practicality.

A composite wall panel having continuous upper and lower hollow horizontal chases and spaced hollow vertical chases formed throughout the panel to permit passage of electrical wiring and the like. The chases have protective barriers to protect the wiring from penetration and damage due to mechanical fasteners used to manufacture the panel and to construct load bearing walls using a plurality of manufactured panels. Further, the panel has a continuous header to provide structural rigidity and to permit rapid manufacturing of the panel without the need to frame openings, such as doors and windows, at the time of manufacture. Openings are cut in the panels and finished after the walls are constructed.

The present application is directed toward fire-rated wall construction components and wall systems for use in building construction. Embodiments can include tracks for holding studs which incorporate various geometries capable of receiving fire-retardant material, flat straps for use between tracks and fluted wall components, fire sponges for use in fluted wall components, and tracks with protruding grooves or other structures which prevent unwanted air movement between a wallboard component and the track.

The invention discloses an assembled integral building and a construction method thereof. The assembled integral building comprises a reinforced concrete wall and floor slabs, wherein the reinforced concrete wall is formed by hoisting and assembling prefabricated composite insulating wallboards integrally at a construction site; a board body of each prefabricated composite insulating wallboard comprises a structure layer, an insulating layer and a protective layer from the inside to the outside in turn; a reinforcement cage is arranged in the structural layer; steel meshes are arranged in the concrete of the protective layer; the structural layer, the insulating layer and the protective layer are anchored together by inserting connecting members in a dotted distribution; the left and right edges of the protective layer and the insulating layer protrude out of the structural layer; a lower edge of the protective layer extends downward to form a bulged opening; the top parts of the protective layer and the insulating layer upward protrude out of the structural layer; and an upper edge of the protective layer is provided with a notch which corresponds to the bulged opening of the prefabricated composite insulating wallboard adjacent to an upper layer. The building overcomes the defects of erecting shuttering on site, binding steel bars and concreting in a traditional construction method, speeds up the construction, and lowers the construction cost; and the construction quality of the building structure can be sufficiently guaranteed.