Abstract A marine panel hanging assembly for hanging marine panel sections in spaced relationship with the inside surface of a ship''s hull, in one embodiment, utilizing a metallic bulkhead stiffener already in place in which first and second insulator plates are clamped around the bulkhead stiffener and held in place by first and second clamp plates to which are attached via screws thereto in a non-metal to metal heat transfer relationship. Another embodiment for utilization with metallic bulkheads consists of a primary contact insulator against the bulkhead to which is attached a metallic saddle having a saddle insulator in contact with a backwall thereof and a metallic nut plate in contact therewith which in turn has an insulative bolt plate ahead of it. The nut plate being displaced from the saddle assembly and the panels being attached directly to the sliding bolt plate resulting in no metal to metal heat transfer. A third embodiment is for utilization with a bulkhead which is accessible from each side and utilizes an insulator on each side of the bulkhead with a bore through the bulkhead to which is attached a tubular clamp screw insulator. A clamp screw is passed through both insulators with a clamp plate on the faces of each insulator to hold the entire assembly together, the clamp plate acting as a nut plate with threaded apertures therein for screwing wall panels thereto.
A panel hanging assembly for coupling insulative panels to a vertically disposed metallic member comprising: an insulative block having one surface abutting a vertical metallic member, said vertical metallic member being fixedly attached to a structure and has one section thereof substantially at right angles to said structure and another section thereof substantially parallel to said structure, said insulative block having one surface abutting an outside surface of said another section of said metallic member; a metallic bracket; first coupling means coupling said metallic bracket to said insulative block to a surface opposite said abutting surface; a second insulative block abutting a back surface of said another section; said first coupling means comprises a clamp screw and nut, said clamp screw passing through said metallic bracket, said insulative block, and said second insulative block, spatially disposed from said metallic member and in threadable engagement with said clamp nut; and second coupling means for coupling a panel to said metallic bracket.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A panel hanging assembly for coupling insulative panels to a vertically disposed metallic member comprising: an insulative block having one surface abutting a vertical metallic member, said vertical metallic member being fixedly attached to a structure and has one section thereof substantially at right angles to said structure and another section thereof substantially parallel to said structure, said insulative block having one surface abutting an outside surface of said another section of said metallic member; a metallic bracket; first coupling means coupling said metallic bracket to said insulative block to a surface opposite said abutting surface; a second insulative block abutting a back surface of said another section; said first coupling means comprises a clamp screw and nut, said clamp screw passing through said metallic bracket, said insulative block, and said second insulative block, spatially disposed from said metallic member and in threadable engagement with said clamp nut; and second coupling means for coupling a panel to said metallic bracket.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The panel hanging assembly of claim 1 wherein: said metallic member is a hull stiffener attached to a ship hull at an angle placing said another section substantially parallel with a centerline of the hull and said insulative block and said second insulative block and bevelled at an angle for placing said metallic bracket substantially parallel to said hull.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The panel hanging assembly of claim 1 wherein: said second coupling means comprises at least one screw in threadable engagement with said metallic bracket; a clamp washer carried by said screw; first and second cooperating recesses in abutting non-overlapping adjacent panels, said cooperating recesses being dimensioned for receiving and limiting relative movement of said clamp washer, said screw being dimensioned for passing through said clamp washer and panels and being threadably coupled with said metallic bracket.