Sealing means for intersecting battens

Claim 1

AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL HAVING RIGHT ANGULARLY SHAPED CORNERS SPACED APART TO FORM AN INTERSECTING SPACE BETWEEN THE EDGES OF SAID SHEETS, MEANS LOCATED ON THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL AND ENGAGING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SHEETS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ADJACENT EDGES OF THE SHEETS, BATTEN STRIPS LOCATED ON THE EXTERIOR OF SAID SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL AND PROVIDED WITH SEALING STRIPS EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE BATTEN STRIPS ADJACENT THE EDGES OF THE BATTEN STRIPS AND LOCATED ON THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF WITH PORTIONS PROJECTING INWARD FROM SAID INNER SURFACES OF THE BATTEN STRIPS, SAID BATTEN STRIPS BEING ARRANGED IN INTERSECTING RELATION TO COVER THE INTERSECTING SPACE BETWEEN THE SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL, SEALING MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN THE BATTEN STRIPS AND THE SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL AND SPANNING THE INTERSECTING SPACE BETWEEN THE SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL AND CONFORMING GENERALLY IN SHAPE TO THE INTERSECTING PORTIONS OF THE BATTENS, SAID SEALING MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS COMPRESSIBLE SEALING SHEET AND A PRESSURE PLATE HAVING ITS MARGINAL EDGES SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE SEALING SHEET, THE SEALING SHEET, WHEN UNCOMPRESSED, BEING THICKER THAN THE PORTIONS OF THE SEALING STRIPS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF THE BATTEN STRIPS BUT COMPRESSIBLE TO A THICKNESS NOT EXCEEDING THE THICKNESS OF SAID INWARDLY PROJECTING PORTIONS OF THE SEALING STRIPS, AND CONNECTING MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE MEANS LOCATED ON THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL TO THE BATTEN STRIPS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL AT POINTS SPACED FROM THE EDGES OF THE SEALING MEANS, SAID CONNECTING MEANS SERVING TO DRAW THE BATTENS TOWARD SAID SHEETS IN A MANNER TO COMPRESS THE SEALING STRIPS ON THE BATTENS AGAINST THE MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE SEALING MEANS AND URGE SAID MARGINAL PORTIONS INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH BOTH SAID SEALING STRIPS AND SAID SHEETS OF WALL FORMING MATERIAL.