GB123367A - Improvements in Portable Buildings. - Google Patents

Abstract

123,367. Aston, A. E. Feb. 12, 1918. Portable buildings.-A floor of juxtaposed sections D, Fig. 51, being provided, wall sections A, B, C, C', C<2>, and H' are set up thereon to constitute, with roof sections E, a cubicle, row of cubicles, or a long room. Two such rows or rooms being erected, the passage between them is covered by roof sections G laid at right-angles to the sloping sections E. The sections A, B of the outer walls are wooden frames covered outside by overlapping sheets of corrugated iron with or without intervening canvas, and they are fixed to the floors and attached in contact to each other by bolts at allotted holes f. The sections of the roof are similar frames. The sections C<2> of the opposite walls, which will also be outer walls if only one row of cubicles is erected, are somewhat taller, and are covered outside by planks which project at top and bottom. The sections C, C' of the end walls or partitions are frames covered with planks ending flush. The outer uprights of the partitions are furnished with eyes C which register with holes f in the sections A, B, C<2> of the main walls and take bolts. The top members of all the wall sections are furnished with central eyes c, and the ends and sides of the roof sections E or G have corresponding holes. Figs. 52, 53, and 54 show the joints at the eaves, corner, and verge respectively. The requisite windows and doorways with or without lights or louvers thereover are incorporated in the sections. Doorway-sections are provided for the ends of the passage, and these may be used between the partition sections C' with removal of the inner walls C<2> so as to widen a cubicle or combine two into a larger one. As this removal leaves a gap between the adjacent uprights of the partition and the doorway section, a filler, Fig. 50, is provided. Alternatively, with removal of the inner walls C<2>, the sections C' may be replaced by sections k, Fig. 35. Also either the passage or one row of cubicles may be omitted. Further, the partitions may be omitted and the roof sections may be supported by a truss, Fig. 49, which is made of folding parts for easy packing. Lastly, a top light in sections is provided to take the place of a roof section of the passage or gangway.