US1242609A - Building construction. - Google Patents

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L 6L1. E. SCHUMACHEHL BUILDlNG CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED mus 20. I916.

WITNESSES ZZMW W r THlR ATTURNEY INVENTURS,

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

, more particularly 'finish thus likewise protec D UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SCHUMACHER AND JOSEPH E. SCHUMACHER, 011 LOS ANGELES, OALIFOBllIA.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 191 '7.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Jenn SCIIUMACHER and JOSEPH E. Scnmmonnn, both citizens of the United States, residing at Los Anelcs, in the county of Los Angelcs and tate of California, have jointly invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to composite lathing and methods of applying the same, and relates to composite lathing including both plaster-board and metallic elements which are suitably connected together for associated use, means being provided for aflixing or applying the same to the building structure and likewise for holding the .plaster-board element and the metallic element. together. To such composite lath plaster may be applied in the usual manner, becoming firmly inter-engaged with the metallic lathing element and spread over the same and-the plaster-board lathing element, and thus providing the finished plaster wall surface. In employing such a composite lathing the plaster-board element may be directly affixed to the building structure or may be held to the building structure by the means which hold together the plaster-board element and the metallic element in assemblage. The peculiar methodof use assembling these elements in accordance with the invention, and the particular and peculiar means entering into the invention for so assembling these elements together and; for applying the lathing to the building structure, renders it possible to operate in applying the lathin from a single side or surface thereo namely, the surface to which ultimately and finally the plaster is applied to produce the plaster finish. Thus the composite lathin may be rapidly and effectively installed an finished, and such work may be done progressively b a single 0 erator without the assistance 0 a helper,i desired. Furthermore the composite lathing is of course of greater strength and. tends to maintain its ormation better than in thesole useof metallic lathing, and the building or wall thereof is by the plaster-board element rendered practically fire-proof, sound roof and weather proof, independently o and without 'relyin upon the plaster finish which is appli to the lathing, such laster ted from fire and weather by such backing of com-' posite lath. The metallic element of the V composite lath is also entirely embedded within the finishing plaster or plastic body, acting as a bond or reinforcement for the same and producing greater inherent structural strength. Likewise, the means utilized for holding in assemblage the plasterboard elcment and the metallic element and holding the same, if desired, to the building structure, are all embedded in the plaster or plastic element and constitute a bond or reinforcement for the same, likewise extending through the plaster-board and, where used to attach the composite lathing to the building structure, thus serve to directly unite the plastic finish or surface material, together with the other elements of the lathing with the skeleton or frame of the building. Such means likewise are capable of application and use, by the peculiar and novel means and method incident to the invention, without drillipg, notching or otherwise altering the structure of the building frame, be it of wood or metal. This results in a saving in time as well as conserving structural strength. It will be noted that all of the parts and features of a. wall built up to include such composite lathing are fire-proof, and the same will remain intact even if combustible portions of the building burn, so long as the skeleton or frame of the building to which the lathing and walls are applied is capable of resisting combustion.

The invention has for its objects the provision of a composite lathin and wall resultant upon the use of suc lathin and the institution of improved means or assembling and constructing. and applying,

such features, generally in accordance with the above statements, and otherwise, and which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and formation, economy in labor, inherent structural strength and durability, resistance to the elements, insulation with respect to sound and convenience and econom in application and installation, and which will be enerall superior in efliciency and servioeabi ity an practicability.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists 'in the novel and useful provision, formation, combination, association, relative arrangement, inter-relation of parts and elements and features. and

method of procedure and performance, all as hereinafter described, shown in the draw ing and finally pointed out in claims.

'11 the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fragment of a Wall. including a composite lathing constructed and organized in accordance with the invention, a plaster covering being applied to such lathing and being broken awa in part for better illustration of the l'athing, such figure likewise showing means for uniting the lathing elements, and if desired, for mounting the same and the plaster upon the frame of the building with slight modification;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same taken upon the line zc r", Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the appended arrows;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the wall structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, lookijng in the direction of and at the region indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side view of means for assembling together the lathing elements as d15- closed in. Figs. 1 to 13 inclusive, the same being in detached position and in the relation its parts assume or present prior to appl1- cation to the lathing elements; and

Fi 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a. modi ed form of construction of the uniting means and modified frame construction to which the lathing and Wall are applied and with which the same are connected by such means.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the same reference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, the improved composite lathing therein disclosed comprises a plaster-hoard element A a metallic clement B, and means or clips (.j whereby said elements are held together it assemblage, in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, similar means or clips I) being disclosed in Fig. 5, in modified form, for the same .u'rpose and .i' or the further purpose of holding the lathing and the plaster surface applied to the "same to the building frame.

The lathing element B consists of what is commercially known as metal lath being preferably of foraminous constru ion and consisting of perforated sheet metal which is applied to. the plaster-board element A so as to be bonded within and to reinforce the plaster covering or surface E applied to the plaster-board e ement A and said metal element B and over the same. The plasterboard element may be directly tacked or nailed or otherwise secured to the frame of the building, indicated at F in Fig. 2, as for instance. by screws 6; whereas in Fig. 5 the plaster-board element A and the metallic clement B are shown as held together by the means D which likewise secure the said elements A- and B to the building frame a member of which is shown at (l, as of channel iron construction.

The plaster-board element may first be nailed up or otherwise put in position upon the frame members F, and the metallic element 15 in sheets of convenient dimensions, then attached thereto by the means C; or the two elements A and B may be assembled at the factory or prior to installation of either element, the elements A and B united by the means (I being jointly installed as by nailing to the building framework. In either case suitable holes 7 are punched or drilled at proper intervals through the plaster-board element A, each to receive one of the means C, which is preferably formed of a single length 8 of pliable metallic wire formed centrally into an elongated body loop 8 and one end portion of which is angled as at 8" and 8 to produce a terminal portion at 8 to lie in a plane spaced from that of the body loop and approximately parallel therewith. The other end portion is brought into engagement with the first mentioned end portion at the bond 8* therein and prior to use ranges angularly from the plane of the body loop 8" in a direction opposite to that in which the first named end portion is bent, producing a terminal portion 8 which may be depressed or returned substantially into the plane of the body loop 8 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. In applying each such means (3, the terminal portion 8 is entered thiough the hole or opening 7 and brought to bear in its extension upon the rearward surface of the element A being first passed through one of the openings in the metallic clement B, to bring the body loop 8 to bear down upon such clement ll. lhe terminal portion 8 is then depressed and brought to bear upon the element l5 ranging in a direction the opposite from that assumed by the body loop 8, so that such terminal portion 8 and such body loop assume an end-to-end relation, extending materially over the element B and binding the same firmly against the element A. The said body loop and terminal portion 8 may besubjccted to pres sure by pliers or any suitable implement, to increase the force of the grip, whereby the elements A and B are jointly embraced be-v tween the clamping jaws 8* and 8 on the one hand and the clamping jaw 8 on the other hand.

in the form of construction shown in-Fig.

5 the means D in each instance is construct-- ed In accordance with the oonstructlon and formation of the means C in the other figures, with the modification that the length of material of the wire body 8 between the bends 8" and 8 is increased so that a beam such as G may be engaged by the terminal portion 8 in hooked engagement; In assembling the parts and elements and applying the composite lathing to the frame of the building, includin the beam G, the termi nal portion 8 is rst inserted through the respective hole or opening 7, after having been passed. through the mesh of the element B with the terminal portion 8 ranging parallel with the beam G. \Vhen such terminal portion has been brought to the rear extremity of such beam G, the entire device D is given a one-quarter turn, bringing such terminal portion 3? into hooked engagement with the beam G, whereupon the terminal portion 8 is brought to bear upon the element B in the same manner as in the other figures the lathing elements be ing firmly bound together and jointly applied and held to the frame of the building. In Fig. 5 one of the means I) is shown in process of insertion in a position for engage ment with a beam G. This is shown in the upper portion of such figure In the lower portion of such figure the means I) is shown as in engagement with the beam and as brought into final clamping position Of its parts to hold the elements together and to the beam. It is to be understood that further means C may, and preferably are, provi cd to hold the elements A and '8 together at points falling between the zones of the latbing where the same are held to the beam (l.

The plaster or plastic covering It is spread or massed completely war the element l: and the 'Face of the element A behind such element l3, as shown in part in Figs. 1 and 5, the element B being firmly embedded within the plastic element l5 and reinforcing and, bonding the same, adding to the inherent strength of the plastic covering, and likewise intimately uniting and binding such plastic covering with and lo the elelllllil and resullantly to the Frame ol' the building. 7

it will be apparent that ihc wall so construck-d, namely, including the two elements A and ll, and ihu plastic covering applied to the same, is of high superiority Willi rer speet to inherent structural strength, resist ance to the elements, and as a sound insulating structure; and that it may readily be assembled as to its various parts and installed in position with a minimum of labor and economy of time, all operations being performed at and from one face or side of such wall and the various parts thereof as it is formed.

W'hen such advantages and elements of superiority are considered, the extreme inexpensiveness of the composition lathing and wall resultant upon its use becomes apparent.

It is manifest that many variations and modifications and substitutions may be made with respect to the showing of the drawing and the disclosure of the foregoing description and statement, in adapting the same to varying conditions of use and kinds of service, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus disclosed our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In fastening means for securing lath and plaster board, a clip having initially widely angled parts, one of which is adapted to be passed through plaster board and metal lath and into engagement with one thereof, and the other of which parts is adapted to be brought to bear upon the other of said plaster board and metal lath after such introduction; said clip being provided with a body portion from which such parts range and which likewise is adapted to bear upon one of said elements; said clip being formed of a single length of pliable wire formed into a loop to constitute said body part, and providing at its ends said other parts.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SCllUhlAUlllGlt. JOSEPH E. SCHUMACHER. \Vi tnesscs liar noun lvns Bnanesnnn, WILLIS S. Mrrcnnnn.

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