Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Sheetlike element assembled parallel to existing wall,... – Element spaced from wall – ceiling – or floor and held by...
Patent
1988-12-23
1990-10-16
Ridgill, Jr., James L.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Sheetlike element assembled parallel to existing wall,...
Element spaced from wall, ceiling, or floor and held by...
52588, 52515, 52468, 52725, 428653, E04B 138, B27K 100
Patent
active
049626124
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a decorative panel as a construction material for use in decorative finish of a building by covering surfaces of walls, pillars, ceilings, floors, doors, handrails, screens and other like parts of the interior and exterior of the building. The panel according to the invention is made of stainless steel, has a beautiful color shade and hardly gets flaws.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As construction panels goods manufactured from colored sheets of stainless steel are widely used. Such a panel comprises a sheet of stainless steel having at least one surface, on which a rugged pattern may be optionally put, and a colored coat applied on said surface. The colored panel is used to cover surfaces of walls, pillars, ceilings, floors, doors, handrails, screens and other like parts of the interior and exterior of various buildings and other structures to impart them beautiful appearance and durability.
While decorative panels of stainless steel may be prepared so that they may have any arbitrary size, they normally have a surface area smaller than that of the surface to be covered by them. Namely, a surface of a large area is decorated by attaching thereon a plurality of adjacently arranged modular panels having a small surface area. To facilitate this attachment work each unit panel normally has one or more short bent portions formed along its side edges. Each bent portion usually comprises a side piece of a small width formed by bending the panel along its side approximately perpendicularly from the decorative surface to the back surface, and a flange piece formed by bending the front edge of the side piece at an angle of approximately 90.degree. so that the so formed flange piece is substantially parallel to the decorative surface. Such modular panels are secured on a surface to be decorated by laying a flange piece of one panel on that of another flange piece and fixing the overlapping flange pieces to the surface to be decorated by riveting or other fastening works. Thus, modular decorative panels of stainless steel normally have one or more bent portions where the panel is worked by bending it at an angle of approximately 90.degree. to ensure facilitation and stability of attachment of the panels to a surface to be decorated.
Decorative panels of stainless steel as a construction material have heretofore been prepared by a process in which a sheet of stainless steel is subjected to a chemical formation, painting or plating treatment to form a colored coat on the surface thereof, followed by a bending work as described above.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide a decorative panel as a construction material comprising a sheet of stainless steel having a colored coat on at least one surface of the stainless steel sheet, which is excellent in that the colored coat hardly gets flaws and the color does not change with time, when compared with any known decorative panels of stainless steel having colored coats formed by a chemical formation, painting or plating treatment
More particularly, the object of the invention is the provision of a decorative panel as a construction material having a surface color in accordance with a designer's request, said color being more stable, irrespective of it's shade, a coat providing said color more hardly getting flaws, and bent portions of the panel being more resistive against conditions which might deteriorate quality or cause rust, than any known decorative panels of stainless steel having colored coats formed by a chemical formation, painting or plating treatment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a decorative panel as a construction material for use in decorative finish of a building by covering surfaces of walls, pillars, ceilings, floors, doors, handrails, screens and other like parts of the interior and exterior of the building, said panel comprising a sheet of stainless steel as a substrate and a colored coat on at least on
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Kuwano Tomonori
Omoda Kazutoshi
Nisshin Steel Co. Ltd.
Ridgill, Jr. James L.
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