US1037321A

US1037321A - Building construction.

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Publication number: US1037321A
Application number: US67809912A
Authority: US
Inventors: James D Rives
Original assignee: J W BLOSSER
Current assignee: J W BLOSSER
Priority date: 1912-02-16
Filing date: 1912-02-16
Publication date: 1912-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 1929-09-03

Description

.J. D. BIVjES. BUILDING cons'rnuo'non.

AHLIOATIOI "LSD 218.16 1912. 1,037,321. Patented Sept 3, 1912.

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1,037,321. Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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amount UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

JAMES D. RIVES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH 'IO J. W. BLOSSER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters rstent.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES D. Rrvns, a. citizen of the United States, residin at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and tate of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Construction, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to building constructions and particularly to an improved frame building provided with an exterior coating or veneer of concrete or other plastic material.

An important object of my invention is to provide a structure of the above mentioned character, which will be to a high degree proof against weather conditions, largely re resistant, and which can be cheaply constructed.

In accordance with m invention I provide a hollow wall inclu ing an inner open frame-work. Upon the inner face of this frame-work are laced furring strips, to which are secured laths. These laths are covered with a coatin of plastering. Upon the outer face of the rame-work are secured boards formin a sheathing, which is preferably provide upon its exterior face with a section of water-proof paper or like material. Secured in spaced relation to the outer face of the sheati work of reinforcing wiresu I provide-.am chor-wires, preferab y disposed in the mesh openings of the wire netting. Thesoanchor wires are secured to the boards b staples m the like, which also serve tohol the wator-proof paper'in place upon the sheathing or boards. a y

In practice I have found'it advantageous to extend the end portions of the anchorwires through the mesh-openings of-ths're-.

inforcing net-work, which prevents areas.

-work is disposed a sheathing placement ofthese anchor-wires when the softconcreteis poured about; them. The anchor-wires are of,desired lengths'and are bent in-serpent-ine form so 'that they, will not; vbei exposed by {extending beyond thei: outer; faceof 1 the coating ormeneer ofcon-i' crete. -,-A moldiis placed at a suitable spaced? the desired thickness ofithe Lcoat ngorveneer; of concrete tobe formed, andtheconcrete is;

ing or boards is a netupper end.w1th'a.hor1zontal plate 8. A sepoured into the space formed by the mold and the sheathing. The concrete is allowed to harden and the mold is subsequently removed. B my construction a hollow wall is provide comprising an open interior frame-work su porting relatively thin spaced outer wal s of plastic or cementitious material. Air is permit-ted to circulate or is circulated through the opening in the hollow wall, such air keeping the various portions of the wall dry.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of my improved building construct-ion or wall, with parts progresslvelv broken awa to more clearly show details of construction, Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sect-ionat view throu h the completed wall, Fig. 3 is a horizonta cross-sectlonal view throu h the comleted wall taken at one corner t ereof, and, ig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the anchor-wires.

In the drawin .wherein for the puroses of illustration, I have shown a preferred embodiment of an invention, the numeral 1 designates a sil of an u )standin open intermediate frame-work. teach 011% of this sill is a post 2, connected at its curing strip 8 is attached to the post 2 and connectedmidway its ends with a purlin 4. Upon the inner face of the open frame-work are secured upstanding furring strips 5, connected at the ends thereof with the sill 1 and theplateB, as shown. Upon these furring strips are secured laths 6 preferably horially arranged. .These laths serve to suport and hold an inner coating of plastering :EUponthe outer face of the open frameformed of boards 8, preferabl vertically disposed and secured to the sill the purlin 4, and plate -.8",by..nsils..or other means. Disposed upon the;outeriface. of this sheathing is a sheet of ji tvater-proofji material 9, preferably waterroofpaper commonly termed tarred felt. g ecured; upondheaboar'ds 8 are horizontal fandvertical spacing strips 10 and 11. The '.--horizontal;spacing strips 10 extend the entire length of the wall and are laced ad'acent the upper and lower ends t iereofm he vertical spacing strips 11 are always placed at the corners of the wall and about openings for doors and windows (not shown).

The

numerals

12 and 18 designate vertical and horizontal reinforcing wires of an open fabric or net-work. The vertical wires 12 are attached at their ends to the boards 8 and extending over or about the horizontal strips 10 are held in spaced relation from the sheet 9. The horizontal reinforcing wires 13 are attached at their ends with'the boards 8 and extending about the vertical strips 11 are held in spaced relation to the sheet 9. It is thus seen that this open fabric or net-work formed of the reinforcing wires is securely attached to the boards 8 and retained spaced therefrom. Preferably disposed within the mesh openings'of the wire net-work are anchor-wires 14, which are at tached to the boards 8 by sta les 15 or other means. These staples in a dition to connecting the anchor-wires with the boards 8 also serve to connect the sheet 9 with suc boards. The anchor-wires 14 are bent into vermiform or serpentine shape, as shown; and they ma be thus bent prior to being secured in pace or secured m- 'place while straight anc subsequently bentto a desired.- curvature. Care is takenthat the turns, twists or kinks produced should extend lat-j orally in waves between the sheet 9 and; the outer surface of a coating or veneer 164 It is desirable that the anchor-wires 14g should extend diagonally toward and from the boards 8, thus also orming waving re-;

.inforcing lines longitudinally and'per en-a dicularly and in as man diverse directionsl as may be convenient. ese anchor-wiresl reinforce laterally, the outer coating or veneer of concrete 16', and also serve to-f anchor or attach such coating to the bOtildSt 8. The anchor-wires 14 are interwoven; more or less with thev reiriforeingwires -12l and 18 and. project through the mesh-open-i ings so as to euga c with the wires12and; 13, in order that t on free ends may not be displaced by-thedesce'ndin stream of eon-l crete, which is employed to orm the coating 16. The'vertical and ihorizontal-zWires 12$ and 13 extend throughand are embedded 'ini the longitudinal central axisof thec'oncretel coatin 16 and'serve to reinforce thesame! vertica lyand longitudinallyr tilnjadditioni to the'sbove name functionbftheanchor-t w res 14, they cctipe rate with' the wires 1% and 13 and aid them in-reinfcmin'g the'concrete coating 16. 'This"jointk,act1on of'th invention as (natty 3 'th l- 'produceif results that could not; 0 had ivy-"t e employmentg'ot' elther not "alone." 5:ll1'e Y anchor-wires. 11 'remfor'ce the coating 16' horizontally aad'per pendieularly anchor or bind it to the sheathmgof boards 8, and bein deflected outwardly from their points 0 attachment on the sheathin I and again inwardly toward the ,sheathing, tliey bind the inner and outer ;longitudmal halves of the coating 16, so as to prevent any cleavage of the same along the'medial line, wherein are disposed the -reinforcing

wires

12 and 13. This concrete ,eoating or veneer is formed by placin a face' mold 18 forwardly of and suita ly s need from the sheet 9, depending upon t e desired thickness of the coating 16 to be obtained.

The concrete is of a proper consistency so that it may be freely poured between the mold 18 and the sheet 9. It is thus seen that the reinforcing

wires

12 and 13 and the anchor-wires 1-1 will all become securely embedded in the material of the coating or veneer 16. The

wires

12, 13 and 14 being Ispaced as shown, form anopen structure, which allows of the free feeding of the soft. concrete into place, such concrete entirely h, surrounding the wires, forming no pockets -menta-l to many metal reinforced concrete walls. As soon as the veneer or coating of concrete 16 has'sufliciently hardened, the 'face meld 18 is raised an appropriate distance and; more cement poured in and allowed to setand harden. This process is continued until tho'wall' orthe structure is completed.

It; is well known that concrete or cement structures are more or less pervious to water. This is the case with a solid wall formed of concrete or the like and even with a hollow wall of such material, having a dead air space. It is thus seen that moisture would pass through the concrete coating 16 and alimately come in contact with or effect the sheathing formed of the boards 8. These boards would thus expand or contract with the change in the weather conditions. The distortion of the boards 8 by the expansion or contraction thereof will exert reat force ''upon the coating 16 through t e anchor "w res 14-and other elements. Even if the reinforcing means of'this coating should hold, it' isobvious that the coating as a 'wholeyvouldwork loose from the boards, and "hence"beeom'e liable to be cracked or otherwise damage'dr' In a hollow wall with a I H I Adeadair space, air in such space collects and reinforcing wires 12 and/13 and the'anchen' wires 14'is a very importfint featureiollth iture, -besid'es"makingthe building cold and {holds the moisture which damages the struc- -dam i1." -.I-ov e'rcomo these disadvantages by rov dlngmeanl to cause a circulation of air n the .openingpftliehollow wall, whereby 'the variousparts o! the wall arekept dry.

and preventing corrosion which is so detri- 9 lllll To accomplish this the sill 1 is provided upon its outer face with a lower inlet air opening 1 havin communication with the atmosphere exterlorly of the buildin The circulating or drying air entering t rou h the openin 1" asses upwardly through tie hollow Wu 1 and discharges throu h an outlet opening 20 formed upon the p ate 3. It is thus seen that the heat from the interior of the building or room of which this wall forms a part, will heat the air within the opening of the hollow wall and cause the continuous circulation of the air through such hollow wall, the air entering throu h the opening 1" and discharging through tie openin 20, as above stated. This c1rcula-- tion of the air is free and in all directions, both vertical and horizontal. In this connection particular attention is called to the arrangement of the purlin 4 and strip 5, as shown. The purlin 4 is spaced from the plasterin 7, which allows of the free passage of the circulating air therebetween m a vertical direction. The strip 5 is spaced from the boards 8 and allows of the free horizontal circulation of the air therebetween. I have found that this means of circulating air through the hollow wall operates satisfactorily to keep the different parts of the wall dry. I have found it advantageous under certain conditions to feed heated air into the openin 1", from a hot air furnace (not shown). t is obvious that such heated air will circulate through the hollow wall and be discharged through theopening 20. If desired, suitable openings (not shown) may be made through the plastering 7 whereby some of the heated air circulating in the hollow wall may pass into the room to warm the same. It is thus seen that I provide a wall simulating a solid stone or concrete wall, but being free from any of their disadvantages. and possessing superior unlit-ice. My wall may be made for a. frac ion of the cost, is moisture-proof to a high dc rec, almost as durable, quicker.

to erect, an is strong and neat in appearance.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that numerous changes in the arrangement of parts may be resorted'to without departing from the s irit of the invention or the scope of the su joined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a building construction, a hollow wall comprising an upstanding wooden main frame, sheathing boards secured upon the outer face of the main frame in close relation to each other, an open wire fabric havin its edges securely attached to the sheathing boards, a plastic wall en aging the outer surface of the sheathing oards and having the open wire fabric embedded therein, anchorwires bent in serpentine form and corresponding approximately in number to the mesh openings of the wire fabric, the free end portions of the anchorwires being embedded transversely in the plastic wall, and elements attaching the anchor wires between their ends with the sheathing boards, whereby the plastic wall is connected with the sheathing boards uniformly throughout its entire area.

2. The combination with a supporting structure, of a plastic wall, a reinforcing open metal fabric embedded axially in the plastic wall and attached to the supporting structure, and anchorwires attached between their ends to the supporting structure and having their end ortions bent in serpentine forms to exten in divers directions m the plastic wall, the anchor-wires co-acting with the open metal fabric to reinforce the plastic wall in all directions.

8. The combination with an upstanding supporting structure, of a plastic wall disposed adjacent one side thereof, a reinforcmg open metal fabric embedded in the plastic wall to extend longitudinally thereof, and anchor-wires securely attached to the supporting structure and having their free end portions bent in serpentine form to extend in divers transverse directions in the wall, to cooperate with the open metal fabric for reinforcing the plastic wall in all directions.

' In testimony whereof I aiilx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. RIVES.

Witnesses:

H. W. Dnws, R. 0. Eva.

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