Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Installed screed or unit with specified feature retaining... – Fastener deflecting
Patent
1982-04-12
1984-04-10
Murtagh, John E.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Installed screed or unit with specified feature retaining...
Fastener deflecting
52586, 52741, E04B 500
Patent
active
044412932
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to construction panels, and to their use in the formation of "floating floors". The invention also relates to a method of jointing construction panels.
On board ship there has been a move in recent years towards higher levels of noise, resulting from the installation of lighter and higher speed diesel engines, increased power output per shaft, higher propeller shaft loadings and the placing of the accommodation block aft and nearer the propeller. As a result of this, the Authorities in many countries have issued recommendations or regulations relating to the maximum permitted noise levels in the various compartments and living areas on-board ship.
The noise level in a ship's compartment is a combination of the effects of airborne sound and structure borne sound. One means of reducing structure borne sound is by isolating the surface of a room from the basic structure of the ship. This can be achieved by installing a "floating floor".
One form of floating floor consists of a floor of relatively large mass supported on a mat of relatively flexible glass or mineral wool. Bulkhead linings and partitions are mounted on the floor and are thus insulated from the basic structure of the ship.
It is an object of the invention to provide a construction panel for use in forming the floor of a "floating floor".
According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a construction panel comprising a non-combustible fire-resisting board, for example one comprising a fibre-reinforced cement or calcium silicate binder, faced with metal on one or each of its major faces.
Suitably the metal facing extends not only over the major face(s) of the board but also over the edges thereof, or at least a substantial part of the edges thereof. The metal facing is thus preferably in the form of one or two shallow trays, attached, for example by means of an adhesive, to one or both major faces of the board. If only one major face of the board is metal-faced, the other may be faced with other suitable facing material. The metal facing may for example comprise a galvanised steel veneer, of thickness between 0.2 and 0.6 mm. adhered to the board by means of a neoprene contact adhesive.
The non-combustible fire-resisting board is suitably one reinforced with organic fibres such as cellulose fibres, or inorganic fibres such as glass fibres or mineral wool fibres. The board may contain additives to enhance its non-combustibility and fire-resisting properties, and suitable boards are described for example in our U.K. Patent Specification Nos. 1,404,001 and 1,498,966. Especially suitable boards are those sold under the Trade Marks "CAPE MARINE BOARD", "SUPALUX" and "MONOLUX".
A "floating floor" may be constructed by assembling a number of construction panels according to the invention in edgewise abutting relationship on top of a layer of mineral wool, e.g. a mat or slab of glass or mineral wool. For example, a mat or slab of glass or mineral wool, between say 40 and 75 mm. in thickness, may be laid directly onto the deck of a ship, and a floor laid thereon consisting of construction panels according to the invention.
The present invention also provides a method of jointing construction panels, which although not limited to the construction panels of the invention, is nevertheless especially useful therewith.
According to a further aspect of the invention, therefore, a method of jointing construction panels comprises providing said panels with edge grooves, placing the panels in edgewise abutting relationship, inserting a spline into said edge grooves, and driving a staple into said abutting panels such that the limbs thereof are deflected upon contacting said spline.
Examples of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, which are schematic in nature and in which:
FIG. 1 shows a floor made from construction panels according to the invention laid on a mass of glass or mineral wool to form a "floating floor";
FIGS. 2 and 3 are sections through various parts of a ship's structure, showing
REFERENCES:
patent: 2031249 (1936-02-01), Bowman
patent: 3113401 (1963-12-01), Rose
patent: 3190170 (1965-06-01), Baum
Barrable Victor E.
McQueen George
Cape Boards & Panels Limited
Ford Kathryn L.
Murtagh John E.
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