Demountable wall assembly and components therefor
OwnerRalph Calhoun, Thorval Calhouninventors
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Abstract
A demountable wall assembly utilizing uniquely formed studs of magnetic material having wide, flat flanges along the edge thereof equipped with low-height, outturned tang means therealong. The tang means cooperate with magnetized strips secured to the rear of wall plaques to hold the plaques against planar movement while the strips are held magnetically seated against the stud flanges. The studs are secured to headers crosswise of their opposite ends. A first finish strip secured to one header embraces and conceals the adjacent end edges of the plaques, and a second finish strip conceals fastener means holding the other plaque ends to the second header.
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A demountable wall assembly comprising:
- a plurality of spaced-apart studs formed of sheet magnetic material having a shallow relatively wide outwardly facing channel extending lengthwise of one edge thereof, a wall-forming plaque spanning said studs and having parallel strips of magnetized material secured thereto and spaced to seat within a respective one of said relatively wide stud channels with an edge of each strip closely adjacent an edge of a respective stud channel and cooperating therewith to retain said plaque against shifting crosswise of said channels, and the face of said strips seated flush against the interior bottoms of said stud channels to hold said plaque demountably assembled thereto.
A demountable wall assembly comprising:
- a plurality of parallel studs formed from magnetic material having their opposite ends seated in and secured to a respective channel-shaped header, one edge of said studs having a wide smooth-surfaced flange lying normal to the width thereof and having low height tang means projecting outwardly therefrom, a wall plaque having a plurality of magnetized strips bonded to one face thereof and spaced to seat against said wide stud flange with its lateral edges in abutment with said tang means to retain said plaque demountably assembled to said studs and restrained from lateral planar movement crosswise of said studs.
In combination, a pair of wall board plaques each having a magnetized strip secured to the rear face thereof adjacent one lateral edge thereof, a stud formed essentially of sheet magnetic material having a flange normal to the width thereof and provided with outturned tangs spaced apart a distance sufficient to seat against the remotely spaced lateral edges of said magnetized strips when the edges of said plaques are abutted together with the exposed face of said strips lying flush against the portion of said stud flange between said outturned tangs thereby to hold said plaques demountably assembled to said stud and restrained from movement crosswise of said stud in the plane of said plaques.
A partition assembly comprising:
- a plurality of studs formed essentially of sheet magnetic material arranged parallel to one another in spaced-apart relation by rigid headers secured to the opposite ends thereof, at least some of said studs having wide planar flanges lying in a common plane along one face of said partition and provided with low height spaced apart outwardly projecting tangs, and plaques mounted over said one partition face and held detachably assembled thereto by magnetized strips secured to the rear of said plaques in position for the exposed face of said strips to seat against said planar stud flanges in areas between said tangs and with one edge of said strips adjacent the face of said tangs to restrain said plaques against planar movement crosswise of said studs.
A demountable building wall assembly comprising:
- a plurality of ferrous metal studs having a pair of wide flanges lying parallel to one another and interconnected by a web integral with said flanges and lying in a plane generally normal to the plane of at least one of said flanges, means rigidly interconnecting adjacent ones of said studs with the flanges along one lateral edge thereof lying in a common plane, and at least one wall-forming plaque spanning said studs and held demountably assembled thereto by strips of permanently magnetized material secured to said plaque in position to lie flush against the exterior surface of said stud flanges and cooperating therewith to hold said plaque firmly in place thereagainst.
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