Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Processes – Anchor – bond – etc.
Patent
1976-03-03
1977-07-26
Bell, J. Karl
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Processes
Anchor, bond, etc.
52 70, 52 71, 52 39, E04B 1343
Patent
active
040373851
ABSTRACT:
A building construction and method for transforming a large open space into a plurality of smaller rooms. A portable room module is folded into an essentially planar configuration for storage. The module is supported upon retractable wheels and accommodates movement from a storage location to a predetermined utility location within a larger room. In the utility location, the portable room module is expanded to room size and an elevated ceiling unit is lowered so as to rest upon the room module and form a ceiling unit therefor. Partially collapsible insulating material is situated at joints of the wall portions of the room module and also at the top and bottom of the wall portions so as to form an acoustic and hermetic seal when the module is unfolded and when the elevated ceiling unit comes to rest upon the wall panels. The weight of the ceiling unit simultaneously (a) displaces the wall panel vertically downward over the retractable wheels to secure the position of the wall panels and (b) compresses the insulating material at both the top and bottom of the wall panel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2765497 (1956-10-01), Ludowici
patent: 3018857 (1962-01-01), Parham
patent: 3257760 (1966-06-01), Calthorpe
patent: 3869841 (1975-03-01), Wahlquist
Bell J. Karl
Building Components Research, Inc.
Workman H. Ross
Young J. Winslow
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