Torsion spring metal ceiling system and hardware

摘要

A rectangular panel for a suspended ceiling, the panel having a suspension spring with two divergent arms at each of two opposed panel edges mounted on a rear side of the panel, each spring being mounted on the panel in an arrangement permitting the arms to lie parallel to a front face of a panel, project rearwardly perpendicular to the front face and to lie outside of the panel parallel to the front face, the spring mounting arrangement enabling the spring to be maintained in the rearward orientation by a force developed by the spring with its arms confined and locator elements for registering the panel with grid members of the ceiling.

主权项

1. A panel for a suspended ceiling, the panel having a rectangular profile in plan view with two pairs of opposed sidewalls having upper edges whereby the panel has a shallow pan configuration, a clip rigidly fixed on the panel at each of two opposed panel edges, a suspension spring with two divergent arms at each of said two opposed panel edges carried on a respective one of said clips, said clips providing locator elements rigidly fixed to the panel and projecting obliquely toward a center of the panel above a topmost of said panel sidewall upper edges, the locator elements having guiding surfaces adapted to bring the panel into registration with external edges of lower flanges of a suspended grid member when the panel is misaligned relative to a suspended grid a small distance in two perpendicular horizontal directions.