Abstract:
A device (1) for augmented connectivity is disclosed, comprising a structure (11) having an inlet (11 a) and an outlet (11), an electric power supply (14), control electronics (2), presence sensors (3), a noise cancellation system (4), security systems (5) and an integrated connectivity system (6), capable of warranting vocal, visual and virtual connectivity with users, services, service providers and others.
Abstract:
A personal communication structure (PCS) may include a frame, a display housing, and a mounting system coupling the display housing to the frame. The mounting system may include four-bar linkages, each four-bar linkage including two links, first pin joints coupling first ends of the respective links to the frame, and second pin joints coupling second ends of the respective links to the housing. Rotation of the links results in displacement of the housing relative to the frame along an arcuate path. Alternatively or additionally, the PCS may include a temperature control system including a ribbed heat sink and multiple air circulation controllers. The heat sink may be coupled to the PCS frame, adjacent to a back surface of the display housing. A first air circulation controller recirculates air in a cavity within the display housing and a second air circulation controller moves ambient air across the heat sink.
Abstract:
A public telephone installation of the niche type, comprising an upright (1) on a base (3) secured to the ground and a screen (4) including side by side symmetric panels (40, 41) held in their internal edge portions (400, 410) in sandwich fashion on said upright (1) by means of a coating (2) constituted by open section bars destined to be laterally approached to the upright (1) and connected thereto with the interposition of the internal edge portions (400, 410) of the screen panels (40, 41).
Abstract:
A stiffening arrangement, comprising a body element (10); a doorframe (20) configured to be attached to the body element (10); wherein the arrangement further comprises a stiffening element (40) configured to be attached between the body element (10) and the doorframe (20) and configured to cause a tension to the body element (10). Also a soundproof space and a stiffening method.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a portable vocal booth (1) comprising a hood (2) that comprises a top (3), side walls (6), a front wall (4) and a rear portion (5) and is adapted to freely enclose a singer's head. The hood (2) comprises a rear part (R), which is intended to accommodate the singer's head and is open forwards and downwards and otherwise limited by the top (3), the side walls (6) and the rear portion (5), and a front part (F), which is intended to be in front of the singer's head and at the back is open towards the rear part (R) and is otherwise limited by the top (3), the side walls (6), the front wall (4) and a bottom wall (8), wherein a sound absorbing insert (16) is provided in the front part (F) inside the front wall (4). In the front part (F) between the sound absorbing insert (16) and the rear part (R) of the hood (2) a partition wall (17) of a sound absorbing material is arranged, and between the sound absorbing insert (16) and the partition wall (17) a gap (18) is provided.
Abstract:
Techniques and apparatus for securing a structure to a support are described. A mounting device may releasably secure a structure to a support. The mounting device may include a first plate, a second plate proximate the first plate, and at least one frangible connection securing the first plate to the second plate. The frangible connection(s) may be adapted to break in response to application of a shear force or other loading above a predetermined value. The mounting device may further include a retention member connecting the first plate to the second plate. The retention member may be adapted to maintain coupling of the first plate and the second plate after breakage of the frangible connection.
Abstract:
A method for building a soundproof enclosure in the form of an independent structure with acoustic properties for isolating noise and vibration is disclosed. The soundproof enclosure comprised a plurality of acoustical wall panels interconnectable each to another at opposing sides for enclosing an interior space of various sizes. It further comprised one or more modular multilayer ceiling unit(s) assembled onto the top edges of the wall panels. The ceiling unit comprised a plurality of ceiling layers, each ceiling layer being vertically spaced apart with one another by brackets to topographically form the multiple guided spaces necessary for air flow circulation. In addition, a construction method by elevating the wall panels and the ceiling units until they fall into precise assembly location for ease of assembly of the components and a floor base unit that enabled the enclosure to about easily in whole is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A freestanding booth comprising a plurality of upstanding peripheral walls, a roof and a base upon which the booth stands in use, one of the walls defining an opening that is closed by a door, wherein the base extends along a basal edge of a plurality of the walls but does not extend across the opening.
Abstract:
A wall structure, comprising a first dampening element (A) comprising at least one layer (20,20a-c) configured to form an acoustic inner surface and/or to dampen sound; a first stopping element (B) comprising at least one layer (30) configured to stop sound; a second dampening element (C) comprising at least one layer (40,40',50) configured to form an acoustic inner surface and/or to dampen sound; and a second stopping element (D) comprising at least one layer (60) configured to stop sound; wherein the layers of the first (A) and second (C) dampening element comprise porous and/or open cell material.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a telephone booth assembly which includes a booth for housing a telecommunication unit and a user of the unit, and a solar panel mounted on the booth, the solar panel being permanently attached to the upper surface of the roof of the booth such that removal of the panel from the roof will cause damage to, or destruction of, the solar panel. Preferably, thepanel is adhesively secured to the booth by means of a chemical adhesive provided between the panel and the upper surface of the roof of the booth. The invention extends a method of attaching the solar panel to the booth, the method including the step of permanently attaching the solar panel to the upper surface of a roof of the booth such that removal of the panel from the roof will cause damage to the panel.