Movable partition arrangement

Claim 2

A partition arrangement for use in a room, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, each of said lateral edges being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, mounting means for mounting said plurality of walls on a floor, lateral walls and a ceiling of the room, tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses for coupling adjacent wall elements to each other in tension, said tubular coupling means including a tubular member arranged within said recesses so as to be completely independent of said mounting means and freely movable at least in directions toward and away from the floor and ceiling mounting means during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements, said means for mounting said plurality of wall elements to the floor, lateral walls and ceiling of the room consists of a substantially U-shaped profile means, and wherein the partition arrangement is a double-wall partition arrangement, means are provided for fixedly securing each of a plurality of said wall elements to respective leg portions of each of said U-shaped profile means when said plurality of walls are in assembled condition wherein said means for securing said plurality of wall elements to said U-shaped profile means includes a profile metal sheet, said arrangement also including a baseboard means, and means for releasably securing said baseboard means to each of said wall elements along a lower edge thereof, wherein the height of each of said wall elements is less than the height of the room, and wherein a ceiling strip means is disposed between the ceiling of the room and an upper edge of the wall elements, said ceiling strip including a first surface portion extending between the upper edge of the wall elements and the ceiling and a second surface portion extending at substantially a right angle to said first surface portion, said first surface portion on one side thereof facing the ceiling being provided with at least one sealing lip contacting the ceiling of the room and on the other side thereof being provided with a rub means for maintaining said ceiling strip in position.

Claim 3

An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said U-shaped profile means and said plurality of wall elements define an interior space in the double-wall partition arrangement, and wherein sound deadening means are disposed within said interior space.

Claim 4

A partition arrangement for use in a room, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, each of said lateral edges being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, mounting means for mounting said plurality of walls on a floor, lateral walls and a ceiling of the room, tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses for coupling adjacent wall elements to each other in tension, said tubular coupling means including a tubular member arranged within said recesses so as to be completely independent of said mounting means and freely movable at least in directions toward and away from the floor and ceiling mounting means during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements, said means for mounting said plurality of wall elements to the floor, lateral walls and ceiling of the room consists of a substantially U-shaped profile means, and wherein the partition arrangement is a double-wall partition arrangement, means are provided for fixedly securing each of a plurality of said wall elements to respective leg portions of each of said U-shaped profile means when said plurality of walls are in an assembled condition wherein said means for securing said plurality of wall elements to said U-shaped profile means includes a profile metal sheet, said arrangement also including a baseboard means, and means for releasably securing said baseboard means to each of said wall elements along a lower edge thereof, and wherein each of said wall elements extends the full height of the room.

Claim 5

A partition arrangement for use in a room, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, each of said lateral edges being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, mounting means for mounting said plurality of walls on a floor, lateral walls and a ceiling of the room, tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses for coupling adjacent wall elements to each other in tension, said tubular coupling means including a tubular member arranged within said recesses so as to be completely independent of said mounting means and freely movable at least in directions toward and away from the floor and ceiling mounting means during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements, said means for mounting said plurality of wall elements to the floor, lateral walls and ceiling of the room consists of a substantially U-shaped profile means, and wherein the partition arrangement is a double-wall partition arrangement, means are provided for fixedly securing each of a plurality of said wall elements to respective leg portions of each of said U-shaped profile means when said plurality of walls are in an assembled condition wherein said means for securing said plurality of wall elements to said U-shaped profile means includes a profile metal sheet, said arrangement also including a baseboard means, and means for releasably securing said baseboard means to each of said wall elements along a lower edge thereof, and wherein each of said wall elements extends the full height of the room.

Claim 6

A partition arrangement for use in a room, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, each of said lateral edges being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, mounting means for mounting said plurality of walls on a floor, lateral walls and a ceiling of the room, tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses for coupling adjacent wall elements to each other in tension, said tubular coupling means including a tubular member arranged within said recesses so as to be completely independent of said mounting means and freely movable at least in directions toward and away from the floor and ceiling mounting means during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements, said means for mounting said plurality of wall elements to the floor, lateral walls and ceiling of the room consists of a substantially U-shaped profile means, and wherein the partition arrangement is a double-wall partition arrangement, means are provided for fixedly securing each of a plurality of said wall elements to respective leg portions of each of said U-shaped profile means when said plurality of walls are in an assembled condition and wherein each of the U-shaped profile means includes a web portion connecting the leg portion, said web portions of the respective profile means in contact with the side walls, ceiling and floor of the room, at least one recess means is provided in each of the leg portions and the web portions, and sealing means are accommodated in each of said recess means.

Claim 7

A partition arrangement for use in a room, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, each of said lateral edges being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, mounting means for mounting said plurality of walls on a floor, lateral walls and a ceiling of the room, tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses for coupling adjacent wall elements to each other in tension, said tubular coupling means including a tubular member arranged within said recesses so as to be completely independent of said mounting means and freely movable at least in directions toward and away from the floor and ceiling mounting means during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements, said means for mounting said plurality of wall elements to the floor, lateral walls and ceiling of the room consists of a substantially U-shaped profile means, and wherein the partition arrangement is a double-wall partition arrangement, means are provided for fixedly securing each of a plurality of said wall elements to respective leg portions of each of said U-shaped profile means when said plurality of walls are in an assembled condition and wherein each of the U-shaped profile means includes a web portion connecting the leg portion, said web portions of the respective profile means in contact with the side walls, ceiling and floor of the room, at least one recess means is provided in each of the leg portions and the web portions, and sealing means are accommodated in each of said recess means.

Claim 8

An arrangement according to claim 4, wherein two recess means are provided in each web portion for accommodating a sealing means.

Claim 9

A partition arrangement for use in a room having spaced side walls, a ceiling and a floor, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, a first connecting strip for connecting said wall elements to the floor, a second connecting strip provided on each side wall for connecting said wall elements to the side walls of the room, and a third connecting strip for connecting the wall elements to the ceiling of the room, each respective connecting strip including a first surface portion contacting the floor, the side walls and the ceiling of the room respectively, and at least one other surface portion contacting the wall elements, said first, second and third connecting strips forming a common frame element for providing the support of said plurality of wall elements, each of said lateral edges of said wall elements being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, and tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses of adjacent wall elements for coupling adjacent wall elements, said tubular coupling means being mounted in said recesses completely independently of said first and third connecting strips and freely movable relative thereto at least in directions toward and away from the surface portions contacting the wall elements of said first and third connecting strips during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements such that said plurality of wall elements are coupled to each other by said tubular coupling means under tension in an assembled condition, wherein each of said connecting strips consists of a substantially U-shaped hollow profile member, and wherein recesses are provided in said profile member for receiving sealing means, wherein means are provided for releasably mounting said second connecting strips to the side walls of the room, wherein the wall elements are attached to each side of said first and third connecting strips and to said second connecting strip to define a doublewall partition arrangement, and wherein the width of said second connecting strip is substantially equal to the width of the partition arrangement, wherein each of said second connecting strips is provided with further recesses disposed on the surface portions thereof contacting the respective side walls of the room and on the surface portions thereof contacting the wall elements, and wherein sealing means are arranged in each of said further recesses, wherein an interior space is defined between the wall elements attached to said connecting strips, and wherein sound deadening means are disposed within said interior space, and wherein the height of said wall elements is less than the height of the room, and wherein a ceiling strip is disposed between the ceiling of the room and an upper edge of the wall elements, said ceiling strip including a first surface portion extending between the upper edge of the wall elements and the ceiling of the room and a second surface portion extending at substantially a right angle to said first surface portion, said first surface portion on the side thereof facing the ceiling being provided with at least one sealing lip contacting the ceiling of the room and on the other side thereof being provided with rib means for maintaining said ceiling strip in position.

Claim 10

A partition arrangement for use in a room having spaced side walls, a ceiling and a floor, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of wall elements each having a pair of spaced lateral edges, a first connecting strip for connecting said wall elements to the floor, a second connecting strip provided on each side wall for connecting said wall elements to the side walls of the room, and a third connecting strip for connecting the wall elements to the ceiling of the room, each respective connecting strip including a first surface portion contacting the floor, the side walls and the ceiling of the room respectively, and at least one other surface portion contacting the wall elements, said first, second and third connecting strips forming a common frame element for providing the support of said plurality of wall elements, each of said lateral edges of said wall elements being provided with a recess extending along the entire length thereof, and tubular coupling means disposed in said recesses of adjacent wall elements for coupling adjacent wall elements, said tubular coupling means being mounted in said recesses completely independently of said first and third connecting strips and freely movable relative thereto at least in directions toward and away from the surface portions contacting the wall elements of said first and third connecting strips during an assembly and disassembly of the plurality of wall elements such that said plurality of wall elements are coupled to each other by said tubular coupling means under tension in an assembled condition, wherein each of said connecting strips consists of a substantially U-shaped hollow profile member, and wherein recesses are provided in said profile member for receiving sealing means, wherein means are provided for releasably mounting said second connecting strips to the side walls of the room, wherein the wall elements are attached to each side of said first and third connecting strips and to said second connecting strip to define a doublewall partition arrangement, and wherein the width of said second connecting strip is substantially equal to the width of the partition arrangement, wherein each of said second connecting strips is provided with further recesses disposed on the surface portions thereof contacting the respective side walls of the room and on the surface portions thereof contacting the wall elements, and wherein sealing means are arranged in each of said further recesses, wherein an interior space is defined between the wall elements attached to said connecting strips, and wherein sound deadening means are disposed within said interior space, and wherein the height of said wall elements is less than the height of the room, and wherein a ceiling strip is disposed between the ceiling of the room and an upper edge of the wall elements, said ceiling strip including a first surface portion extending between the upper edge of the wall elements and the ceiling of the room and a second surface portion extending at substantially a right angle to said first surface portion, said first surface portion on the side thereof facing the ceiling being provided with at least one sealing lip contacting the ceiling of the room and on the other side thereof being provided with rib means for maintaining said ceiling strip in position.