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A PARTITION FRAME STRUCTURE
The present invention relates to a partition frame
structure to be provided with panels, comprising vertical
stud members and transverse girders mounted therebetween
said stud members and said girders consisting of channel
shaped metal sheet sections having inwardly bent edge
flanges.
In the Swedish patent application SE 9100892, published
September 27, 1992, a frame structure of this kind is
described having transverse girders, so called noggings, and
the invention is proposed especially for the attachment of
such noggings but can be applied also to other embodiments
of the frame structure of the kind referred to above.
The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple
connection of the transverse girders to the vertical stud
members without the use of special fasteners and particu-
larly without the use of tools so as to facilitate the
erection of the frame structure. However, the purpose of
the invention is also to define accurately the distance
between the vertical stud members when the frame struc-
ture is being erected, by the mounting of the transverse
girders, in order that the junctions between the panels
of standard width mounted later on to the frame struc-
ture, will be located centrally on the vertical stud
members. Then, it must be taken into account that the
panel at a vertical end stud member should have its edge
flush with the stud member, i.e. it should cover the end
stud member completely, and that the distance of a stud
member to a joining partition may be less than the
standard width of a panel.
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In order to explain the invention in more detail
embodiments thereof will be described below, reference
being made to the accompanying drawings in which
FIG. 1 is a side view of a partition having the
frame structure of the invention the panels at one side
of the partition being partly broken away,
FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of one of the
transverse girders,
FIG 3 is a plan view of the girder shown in FIG. 2,
FIG. 4 is a further enlarged horizontal cross
sectional view, taken along lines IV-IV in FIG. l,
FIG 5 is an exploded perspective view of the
transverse girder in FIGS. 1 to 4 and the joining
vertical stud members,
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the left end of the
transverse girder as seen from a position opposite to
that in FIG. 5,
FIG. 7 is a perspective view corresponding to that
of FIG. 5, with a transverse girder of the telescopic
type,
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the telescopic
type girder shown in FIG. 5,
FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of a
modified embodiment of the transverse girder,
FIG. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of the
vertical stud member to be associated with the girder of
FIG. 9,
FIGS. 11 and 12 are corresponding views of a third
embodiment,
FIGS. 13 and 14 are corresponding views of a fourth
embodiment, and
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FIG. 15 and 16 are corresponding views of a fifth
embodiment of the transverse girder and the vertical stud
members.
In FIG. 1 there is shown a frame structure of
5 channel shaped metal sections, which comprises horizontal
runners 10 and 11 mounted to the ceiling and the floor,
respectively, and vertical stud members 12 mounted
therebetween one member thereof being indicated at 12'
and forms the termination of the frame structure and a
10 door opening. A further vertical stud member is indicated
at 12" and is connected to a joining partition or wall.
Between adjacent vertical stud members there is mounted
substantially at half the height a horizontal girder 13,
a so called nogging, the nogging connected to the verti-
15 cal stud member 12' being indicated at 13' and the
nogging connected to the vertical stud member 12" , being
indicated at 13" . At each side of the frame structure
panels are mounted, preferably plaster boards 14 and 15,
respectively. The plaster boards 14 and 15 have the same
20 width as the center distance between the two intermediate
vertical stud members 12, and the junctions between the
plaster boards are located on these vertical stud members
while the end plaster boards cover completely the stud
member 12' and the stud member 12" , respectively. The
25 plaster boards are attached by means of screws to the
vertical stud members as well as the noggings.
Referring to FIGS. 2 to 7 the vertical stud members
12, 12' and 12 " comprise a channel shaped metal sheet
section having a web 16 and limbs 17, the latter having
30 inwardly bent edge flanges 18 and 18', respectively. The
flange 18 extends in parallel to the web 16, the flange
18' being bent towards the web. The horizontal girders or
noggings 13 and 13' also comprise channel shaped metal
sheet sections having a web 19 and two limbs 20 which
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both have inwardly bent edge flanges 21 extending in
parallel to the web 19. Each nogging at one end thereof,
the right end as seen in FIGS. 2 to 5, forms two pairs of
opposite slots 22, 22' and 23, 23', respectively. Each
slot extends along the corresponding limb 20 and a
distance into the web 19 and the edge flange 21. The
reason for the slots 22 and 23 being narrower than the
slots 22' and 23' is that the slots 22 and 23 are
intended to receive therein the flanges 18 while the
slots 22' and 23' are intended to receive therein the
bent flanges 18' of the vertical stud members 12.
In the same manner each nogging 13 at the other end
thereof forms two pairs of slots, a narrow slot 24
located at the same side and shaped in the same manner as
l~ the slots 22 and 23, and a wider slot 24', located at the
same side and shaped in the same manner as the slots 22'
and 23'. At this end the nogging forms also a tongue 25
which projects centrally from the web 19 and has a
circular aperture 26 as well as a punched flap 27
projecting downwards at an oblique angle. A protrusion 28
formed partly by one of the limbs 20 and partly by the
edge flange 21 thereof projects at each of the lower
corners.
It is the intention that the nogging shall be
connected to a stud member 12 having the limbs thereof
projecting towards the nogging, by the edge flanges 18
and 18' being inserted into the slots 22 and 22',
respectively, or alternatively into the slots 23 and 23',
respectively, the other end of the nogging being
connected with a vertical stud member 12 the web 16 of
which faces the nogging, the tongue 25 being inserted
into a triangular aperture 29 in the web 16 and the
protrusions 28 being inserted into triangular apertures
30 in the web 16. When the tongue 25 is inserted into the
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aperture 29 the flap 27 can engage behind the web in
order to prevent withdrawal of the tongue 25. If a
nogging when it is to be mounted between two adjacent
vertical stud members 12 is connected initially to the
5 stud member which shall engage the slots 22, 22' or 23,
23', respectively, the nogging will be maintained on this
stud member by such engagement projecting substantially
horizontally therefrom. However, it can be displaced
along the stud member so as to be brought into register
l0 with the apertures 29 and 30 in order that the tongue 25
and the protrusions 28, respectively, can be inserted
into these apertures in the other stud member, or rather
the stud member can be passed onto the tongue and the
protrusions. The nogging is dimensioned to define the
IS distance between two adjacent vertical stud members,
which means that the distance between the end edge 31 of
the nogging from which the tongue 25 and the protrusions
28 project, and the slots 22, 22' equals the distance
between two adjacent vertical stud members 12, that is
20 required in order that the junctions 32 (FIG. 4) between
two plaster boards will be located exactly centrally of
the vertical stud members as shown in FIG. 4. This is
true for the two intermediate stud members 12 in FIG. 1
but not as far as the vertical stud members 12' and 12"
25 are concerned, which form the termination of the
partition, where the plaster boards 14 and 15 should
cover the limbs of these stud members completely so as to
have the end edges thereof flush with the web of the stud
members 12' and 12" as is also shown in FIG. 4. The
30 nogging 13' then will be connected to the vertical stud
member 12' not at the slots 22 and 22' but instead at the
slots 23 and 23' which thus are spaced a distance
inwardly of the slots 22 and 22' that equals half the
length of the limbs 17 of the vertical stud members.
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Thus, the noggings 13 and 13' utilized to define in an
exact and simple manner the pitch of the vertical stud
members so that it will be adapted to the standard width
of the plaster boards 14 and 15. The aperture 26 in the
tongue 25 is provided in case it is desired, e.g. after
the tongue having been bent perpendicularly, to connect
the nogging by means of screws to the vertical stud or a
joining wall or partition or frame structure to which the
partition described herein is to be connected. Then it
usually may be necessary to cut off also the protrusions
28 so that they will not form an obstruction.
Because it is seldom possible to adapt the length
of a partition to the width of the plaster boards so that
l5 plaster boards of standard width only can be used for
panelling the partition, it most often occurs that the
plaster boards close to a joining partition or the like
must have another width than the standard width and thus
must be cut to this width. For the space in the frame
structure closest to the joining partition the nogging
cannot in that case be used as it is, because it is too
long. The nogging according to FIGS. 2 to 6 then is used
in order to obtain a telescopic nogging according to FIG.
7. In that case the nogging in FIGS. 2 to 6 or two
noggings are divided into two parts, two parts having
different end formations from a single nogging or two
separate noggings are "boxed" as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
This means that the two parts are put together with one
limb of one part located on the outside of one limb of
the other part at one side, and with the other limb of
said one part located on the inside of the other limb of
said other part at the other side as shown in FIG. 8. The
webs are mutually spaced and form together with the limbs
a box section. The prerequisite for such "boxing" to take
place is that one limb of the nogging is longer than the
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other limb, viz. so much longer as corresponds at least
to the double thickness of the metal sheet from which the
nogging is made, preferably a little more than the double
thickness of the sheet. The two parts forming the nogging
can now be telescoped as much as is necessary in order
that the composite nogging can be mounted between two
vertical stud members 12 and 12 " which both have the
limbs facing the noggings because the vertical stud
member 12 " is connected at the web thereof to the
joining partition. Accordingly, it is not possible to use
the tongue 25 and the protrusions 28 for connecting the
nogging to the vertical stud member 12 " . Here, the same
type of connection can be used as at the other end
because the nogging has the slots 24 and 24' which are
engaged with the edge flanges 18 and 18'. The limbs 17 of
the vertical stud members are resiliently moved apart so
as to allow the edge flanges thereof to be engaged with
the slots. It may be necessary to bend the tongue 25
downwards so that it will not abut the web 16 of the stud
member 12' when the connection is being made.
In the web of the noggings apertures may be
provided for passing conduits or conduit pipes through
the web, and such a conduit pipe 35 is shown in FIG. 1.
However, it is preferred that flaps 33 are punched in the
web 19 of the nogging, which can be bent down when it is
desired to provide an aperture for the passage of
conduits or whatever it is through the nogging. The flaps
can also be used for locking the boxed parts of the
telescopic nogging laterally as seen in FIG. 8. If the
flaps which preferably are tapered towards the free end
thereof, are given a width at the base, which corresponds
to the distance between the inwardly bent edge flanges
21, the flaps will engage the edge flanges of the boxed
parts of the nogging as shown at 34 in FIG. 8, so that
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the parts will not be moved apart laterally for example
when fastening screws are screwed into flanges for the
attachment of the plaster boards.
In order that the nogging can be divided in the
manner described for making the telescopic type of
nogging thin slots may be provided at suitable positions
in the web and the limbs, said slots being separated from
each other by narrow portions of the web and_the limbs,
respectively.
The sections which form the vertical stud members
can be provided with apertures 29 and 30 at suitable
intervals in order that the noggings can be mounted
substantially at the center if one nogging only is used
in each space of the frame structure, or a nogging can be
mounted at the top spaced from the ceiling, and another
nogging can be mounted at the bottom spaced from the
floor if two or more noggings are used in each space.
The construction of the nogging at the end thereof
where the tongue is provided can be modified, the
apertures in the vertical stud member being modified
correspondingly. In the embodiment according to FIG. 9
the protrusions 28 are eliminated and the flap provided
in the tongue 25, indicated at 27', is angled downwards
perpendicularly. In order that this flap can be engaged
behind the web 16 of the vertical stud member 12 the
triangular aperture 29 has been replaced by a rectangular
aperture 29', the height of which is sufficient in order
to allow the passage of the flap 27' so that said flap
can be engaged behind the web.
The flap 27 can also be replaced by a portion 27 "
wherein a depression is made at one side of a slot that
has been punched in the metal sheet as shown in FIG. 11.
The stud member 12 for co-operation with the nogging of
this embodiment can form apertures 30' which are
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rectangular instead of being triangular as the apertures
30.
In the modification according to FIG. 13 the
nogging has two tongues 25' which replace the tongue 25
and are formed partly by the web 19 and partly by the
limbs 20. Each tongue has a flap 27 which is, however,
angled upwards instead of being angled downwards, the
aperture 29 being replaced by two rectangular apertures
30" in order that the tongues 25' will be received
therein, the upwardly angled flaps 27 then engaging the
stud member above the upper edge of the rectangular
apertures
Finally, there is shown in FIG. 15 a modification
wherein protrusions 28' are provided which are formed
IS exclusively by the limbs 20, not by the edge flanges 21,
the stud member 12 forming narrow slots 30" ' in order to
receive the protrusions therein. Also the aperture for
the tongue 25 is formed as a slot 29" .
The shape of the tongue or tongues, respectively,
and the protrusions as well as the apertures provided
therefor can be further modified in different manners
within the scope of the invention. The embodiments shown
and described herein are examples only of the plurality
of possible variations and combinations.
