Patent GB-511052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to partitions and the like
IPC: G05G1/12
Filed: 1938-02-11
Abstract: 511,052. Partitions ; adjustable pillars; window frames. JOHNSON, C. A. Feb. 11, 1938, No. 4408. (Classes 20 (ii), 20 (iii), and 20 (iv)] A partition or the like comprises verticallyadjustable posts 6 supported on channel-members 1 which are secured to the floor with their upturned sides 3 extending parallel to the length of the partition, separate channel-members secured to the floor between the post-supporting channel-members 1 so as to form with the latter a substantially continuous channel, prefabricated panel or other sections extending between and secured to the posts, a raceway 23 for housing electric wires or conduits secured to the posts adjacent the floor and adjustable vertically with respect to the posts, and a base moulding 31 removably supported by and concealing the raceway and base channels. Each vertical post 6 is of rectangular cross-section with one face open, as shown in Fig. 7, and adapted to be closed' by a face-plate 7 which is sprung into position after the panel sections have been erected. An extension 8, Fig. 3, on the lower end of the post 6 is adjustably mounted by nuts 9, 10, on a vertical bolt 2 welded to a channel basemember 1. The post is also provided with an upper extension 12, Fig. 1, which is adjustably connected thereto and carries a bolt 15 whereby the-post may be clamped against a channel 18 on the ceiling. The channels 1, together with the intermediate channels, are mounted on rubber strips 5. A cornice rail 20 is secured between adjacent posts 6 by wedges 11 engaging slots in the posts. The panel sections which are mounted between the posts and cornice rail are located on lugs 21 projecting laterally from the posts 6 and are secured to the posts by keys 22, Fig. 7, which are channel-shaped in plan and have projections engaging registering slots in the panels and posts. The wiring raceways 23 are mounted between the lower edges of the panels and the floor on opposite sides of the post extensions 8. Each raceway comprises an upper channel 24, a central channel 25, and a lower channel formed by the flange 26 of the raceway and the adjacent upstanding flange 3 of the floor channels, and is secured to the posts by screws 28 passing through vertical slots 29, Fig. 5, in the raceway into tapped holes in the posts. The raceway is also provided with openings, or portions 30 which may be knocked out to provide openings, for the passage of wires to be passed from one side of the partition to the other. The detachable base moulding 31 for covering the raceway comprises an upper flange 32 adapted to bear resiliently against the adjacent panel section, 'a clip 33 for engaging the upstanding flange of the wiring channel 24, an indentation 34 adapted to bear against the upstanding flange of the central wiring channel 28, and a clip 35 for engaging the upstanding flange 26 of the floor channel; the lower edge of the base moulding bears directly against the floor. The side faces of the lower extensions 8 of the posts are provided with apertures 37, Fig. 5, for the passage of wiring. The space between the cornice rail 20 and the ceiling is closed by panels 19 secured between the ceiling channel 18 and a channel 38 fitting in a groove in the upper face of the rail 20; the panels 19 are secured by clips 40 and screws 41. Adjacent a main wall, the partition may be provided, as shown in Fig. 7, with a filler section comprising two panels 47 which at one end are gripped between the edges of two interfitting channels 42, 43, mounted on the wall, and at the other end have their inturned flanges 48 fitting behind a channel 46 which is secured to the post 6 by a key 22; a rubber strip 44 is placed between the channel 42 and the wall. Each panel section comprises a lower part 50, Fig. 1, which is metal-clad and filled with sound-insulating material, and an upper part which is glazed. The glazed framing comprises an upper member 51 which fits into the cornice rail 20, an intermediate channel 52, and a lower part 53, all these parts being grooved to receive glass plates 54, 56, and being secured at the ends to frame members. The parts 52, 53 are shaped so as to permit insertion of the glass plates 54, 56 and the subsequent engagement of facing and retaining strips 58, 59 with the parts 52, 53. The inwardly-turned ends of the strip 58 engage grooves in extensions of the member 52, and the strip 59 has an inturned base portion which engages between the base of the part 53 and the upper face of the part 50. The prefabricated sections may also be in the form of frames for doors or windows.