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US 2017/0362829 A1Published application
Clean Room Ceiling, System and Installation Method
AssigneeAES Clean Technology, Inc.
InventorsLouis C. Satterfield, Robert G. Satterfield, Robert J. Bright, Robert J. Geiger
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Abstract
A ceiling system for a clean room, a clean room ceiling and a method for constructing a ceiling for a clean room are provided. T-shaped beams support the ceiling from a building structure. Channels support composite panels on the bottom side of the T-shaped beams. Each of the channels is attached to the top side of a composite panel and each engages a first or second leg of a T-shaped beam. The channels may be Z-channels.
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A ceiling system for a clean room, the system comprising:
- a) a first T-shaped beam, said first T-shaped beam being configured to be supported from a building structure, said first T-shaped beam having a bottom side defined by opposing first and second legs, said first T-shaped beam defining an upright portion extending from said bottom side;
- b) a first composite panel and a second composite panel, said first composite panel defining a first edge, said second composite panel defining a second edge, said first T-shaped beam being configured to support said first and second composite panels on said bottom side of said T-shaped beam so that said first edge is immediately adjacent to said second edge, whereby said bottom of said T-shaped beam at said first and said second composite panels is covered by said composite panels and is not visible to an observer located inside the clean room when said first T-shaped beam is supported by said building structure and said first and second composite panels are supported by said T-shaped beam.
A ceiling for a clean room, the ceiling comprising:
- a. a first T-shaped beam, said first T-shaped beam having a bottom side;
- b. a first composite panel and a second composite panel, said first composite panel defining a first edge and said second composite panel defining a second edge, said first edge being disposed immediately adjacent to said second edge, said first and said second composite panels engaging said bottom side of said T-shaped beam, said first and second composite panels being attached to said first T-shaped beam, said first T-shaped beam providing support to said first and second composite panels, whereby said first and said second composite panels cover said bottom of said T-shaped beam and said bottom of said T-shaped beam is not visible to an observer located inside the clean room.
A method of constructing a ceiling for a clean room, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. supporting a first and a second T-shaped beam from a building structure, each of said first and second T-shaped beams defining a first leg and a second arm, said first and second legs defining a bottom side of said first and second T-shaped beams;
- b. providing a first composite panel, said first composite panel having a first edge and a top side;
- c. providing a first channel and a second channel;
- d. placing said top side of said first composite panel in engagement with said bottom side of said first T-shaped beam and said second T-shaped beam;
- e. attaching said first horizontal portion of said first Z-channel to said top side of said first composite panel, said vertical portion and said second horizontal portion of said first Z-channel defining a first slot in combination with said first panel top side, said first leg of said first T-shaped beam penetrating said first slot;
- f. placing said second horizontal portion of said second Z-channel on said first panel top side so that said first leg of said second T-shaped beam is disposed within a second slot defined by said vertical portion, said horizontal portion of said second Z-channel and said top side of said first composite panel;
- g. attaching said second horizontal portion of said second Z-channel to said first panel top side, whereby said first and second Z-channels are supported by said first and second T-shaped beams and said first and second Z-channels support said first composite panel.
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