Complementary elements assembleable into a partition for preexisting wall-partitions

Claim 3

A device in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that there are two pairs of perpendicular flanges on the face of said sole piece section which is opposite to the face which is presented against the existing interior surface, said flanges forming two slots which which receive flanges of at least one supplementary element.

Claim 4

A device in accordance with claim 2, characterised in that there are two of said supplementary elements each of which is provided with a flange for insertion into one of the two flange slots of the sole piece section, said element in cross section comprising two opposite flat support faces respectively engaging a central core and opaque panel of the partition, said flange terminating at one side of said supplementary element in a plane parallel to but set back from one of the said support faces.

Claim 5

A device in accordance with claim 3, characterised in that said supplementary element terminates at the other side in another flange located in a plane parallel to but set back from the other support face, said other flange including a lug adapted for fixing of a section for concealing at the outermost edges adjoining an existing interior surface the joint assembly of a partition having transparent or translucent panels.

Claim 6

A device in accordance with claim 2, characterised in that supplementary element, provided with two flanges for insertion into said two flange slots of the sole piece section, is a profiled section comprising, at the side opposite to the two aforesaid flanges, two further perpendicular flanges each providing a lug adapted for fixing a section concealing, at the outermost edges adjoining an existing interior surface, the arrangement for jointing a partition having transparent panels.

Claim 7

A device in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that said rib of said cover member is slightly inclined towards the shorter side of said upright L so as to force the outermost end of said shorter side against the panel of the partition.

Claim 8

A device in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that said cover comprises a contoured metal section.

Claim 9

Means for jointing the edges of a panel partition to adjoining enclosing surfaces such as existing floor, ceiling and side wall surfaces, said means comprising a sole piece section in the form of a plastics strip which is applied to each respective edge of the partition in combination with at least one joint cover member in the form of an L-shaped metal section which fits externally over the joint between said edge of the partition and the adjoining enclosing surface, wherein the sole piece section has opposite outer and inner faces which are respectively presented outwardly towards the adjoining enclosing surface and inwardly towards the edge of the partition, said outer face being provided with a pair of longitudinal ribs forming projecting feet which have a forked dovetail configuration in cross-section and said inner face being provided with flat seating portions on which exterior panels and, in some cases, a central core component of the partition can rest and with longitudinal upstanding flanges against or between which the edges of said panels and other components of the partition can fit, said sole piece section also being formed at opposite sides with a longitudinal slot which extends laterally into the section and opens outwardly along the respective side edge of the section, and wherein said joint cover member is designed to fit over the joint with the outermost end of its shorter limb abutting against the side face of a said exterior panel of the partition and with the outermost end of its longer limb abutting against the adjoining enclosing surface, said joint cover member also being provided on its longer limb with an internal rib which extends inwardly away from said longer limb adjacent the outermost end thereof and which fits into a respective said side slot of the sole piece section to fix the cover member in place, the length of said rib in transverse cross-section being greater than that of the shorter limb of the cover member, and, disposed above but adjacent to said rib, with a supplementary flange of which the outermost end also abuts against the side face of said exterior panel of the partition and thereby limits the extent to which said rib enters into said side slot of the sole piece section.

Claim 10

Means for jointing the edges of a panel partition to adjoining enclosing surfaces such as existing floor, ceiling and side wall surfaces, said means comprising a sole piece section in the form of a plastics strip which is applied to each respective edge of the partition in combination with at least one joint cover member in the form of an L-shaped metal section which fits externally over the joint between said edge of the partition and the adjoining enclosing surface, wherein the sole piece section has opposite outer and inner faces which are respectively presented outwardly towards the adjoining enclosing surface and inwardly towards the edge of the partition, said outer face being provided with a pair of longitudinal ribs forming projecting feet which have a forked dovetail configuration in cross-section and said inner face being provided with flat seating portions on which exterior panels and, in some cases, a central core component of the partition can rest and with longitudinal upstanding flanges against or between which the edges of said panels and other components of the partition can fit, said sole piece section also being formed at opposite sides with a longitudinal slot which extends laterally into the section and opens outwardly along the respective side edge of the section, and wherein said joint cover member is designed to fit over the joint with the outermost end of its shorter limb abutting against the side face of a said exterior panel of the partition and with the outermost end of its longer limb abutting against the adjoining enclosing surface, said joint cover member also being provided on its longer limb with an internal rib which extends inwardly away from said longer limb adjacent the outermost end thereof and which fits into a respective said side slot of the sole piece section to fix the cover member in place, the length of said rib in transverse cross-section being greater than that of the shorter limb of the cover member, and, disposed above but adjacent to said rib, with a supplementary flange of which the outermost end also abuts against the side face of said exterior panel of the partition and thereby limits the extent to which said rib enters into said side slot of the sole piece section.

Claim 11

Means as claimed in claim 8, wherein the internal rib of the joint cover member is slightly inclined towards the shorter limb of said cover member thereby to facilitate fitting the joint cover member with close engagement between the outermost end of its shorter limb and the side face of said exterior panel of the partition.

Claim 12

Means as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein there is also provided at least one supplementary joint element which fits internally in the edge portion of the partition and wherein there are two pairs of said longitudinal upstanding flanges on the sole piece section forming two spaced apart slots which receive a flange or flanges of said supplementary joint element or elements to hold the latter in position.

Claim 13

Means as claimed in claim 10, wherein said supplementary joint element is a profiled plastics section in which opposite faces provide support surfaces for engaging, respectively, an interior side face of the panels of the partition and a face of a central core member within the interior of the partition, and a side edge portion lying in a plane parallel to, but set back from, one of said support surfaces provides a said flange which fits in one of the said two spaced apart slots of the sole piece section.

Claim 14

Means as claimed in claim 11, wherein the supplementary joint element has an opposite side edge portion which lies in a plane parallel to, but set back from, the other of said support surfaces and provides a second flange having means adapted to engage and locate an internal cover or spacing member for use with partitions having a double glazed construction.

Claim 15

Means as claimed in claim 10, wherein the supplementary joint element is a profiled plastics section comprising a base portion having opposite faces of which one face carries a pair of spaced said flanges which fit into the said two spaced apart slots of the sole piece section while the other face carries a second pair of upstanding flanges having means adapted to engage and locate an internal cover or spacing member for use with partitions having a double glazed construction.