US1045507A - Metallic paneling. - Google Patents

Description

E. G. BUDD.

METALLIC PANELING.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZS, 1910.

L' I k Patented N0v.26,1912.

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METALLIC PANELING.

'Original application filed February 18, 1909, Serial N o. 478,693. Divided and this application led July 29 Specification of Letters Patent.

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1910. Serial No. 574,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. EDWARD G. Btno, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain -new and useful. Improvements in Metallic Paneling, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is directed to the of an improved form of metal-lic paneling for use in the construction of railway cars and buildings. More particularly, the' invention concerns 'the provisionof an improved paneling for use in the spaces between windows in the side wall of a railway oar, on the inner sideof the wall.' g

This applicationis av division of my copending applicatiomvSerial- Nob 478,693,

tiled February 18th, 1909.

The invention involves the construction 'of the panel itself and the means whereby the panel vis mounted in its position in the wall. T he openings in which the panels are placed frequently vary in size to a considerable extent, even though great care is exercised in constructing the car, and the securing means provided in accordance with the invention permits of convenient-ly compensating for such variations. This securing means also permits of readily removing the panel when such removal is necessary for inspection, repair or re-paintingt The con4 struction of the panel itself is such. that a very attractive appearance is obtained in a panel. whichmay be manufactured at low cost.

The preferred embodiment of the invenin the accompanying rawings in which` Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of the 'window post to which the panel is secure'd, Fig. 2 is a view in elevation showing a portion of the panel and the window post to whichvii` is'secured, F ig. 3 is a horizontal section of the panel and window posts and ,I F ig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure shownin Fig. 3.

Referring to these drawings, the two window lposts are indicated by the numerals 13, these posts being preferably formed of strips of sheet-metal bent along lines runprovision ning lengthwise thereof to the desiredjsectional shape. Each window post 13 is se'- cured to a metallic member 5 of angular cross-section, these members forming the" care be exercised in theconstru'ction of metallic railway A.

cars, variations of size and shape exist yin the openings between the window posts for the panels, and I have therefore provided means whereby the panel may be @enveniently mounted in its' opening compensation made for such variation. The panel 7 has a plurality of angle-pieces 12 secured to the rearfaoe thereof a slight distance back from the edges of the panel. The window posts 13 are provided with openings 14 therein in such positions asv to lie opposite the spaces between the angle-pieces 12 when in position. When assembling the parts for a car the workman is supplied with a pluralit-y of separators 15 in the form of wash-l such length are employed as may be foundnecessary, these being placed between the several angle-pieces 12 and the window posts 13. Rivets 16 are then inserted through the openings inthe angle-pieces l2, the separators 15 and the window posts 13. and the heads of these rivets are turned over so as to secure the parts firmly together. Such riveting of the parts maybe readily accomplished by means of a suitable tool inserted through the openings 14. By securing the angle-pieces 12 to the panel T adjacentI to 'but set backfrom the edges thereof, more or less of the edge of the panel projecting beyond the angle-pieces may be cut awa-y as may be found necessary, in order to make the panel fit snugly within the opening between `adjacent window posts. though that opening depart slightly' from the size and shape intended.

The panels 7 are preferably made complete in large quantities and they vmay be made of such size that in all cases they will be found large enough; then when fitting ap and proper4 at intervals the case it it were 'this operation, openings panel to its opening`v the edges thereof may be trimmed down slight-ly so that the panel will properly close the opening.

The panel proper is constructed from a single piece of sheet-metal usually ot rectangular shape and of the size required for the complete panel. In order to give the panel an ornate appearance, the central portion of this sheet-metal. plate is savved out so as to provide an edge portion oi rectangular or other shape and a'central portion 17. This central portion 17 is secured to the edge portion T by means of a strip 1S of sheetmetal of Z-shaped cross-section bent lengthwise to conform to the configuration oi' the central portion 1T ot the panel. 18 is secured at one edge to the edge portion 7 of the panel and at the other edge to the 1 central portion 1T 'in any suitable manner, as

'by brazing itto these part-s. A molding 19A is then secured to the panel, around the edges of the central portion 17. This molding may be made ot' sheet-metal, which can be readily pressed to embody any desired design, and is preferably provided with a backwardly extending edge portion 20 adapted to lie against the cent-ral portion ot' the Z-shaped strip 18. This flange 20 is thenriveted to the Z-shaped strip 18, in order 4to hold it in position. To facilitate Q2 may be provided in the central p ortion 17 of the panel, adjacent to the edges thereof, through which a suitable tool may be inserted IWhen turning over the ends ot the rivets 21. By this construction oi the panel, a much more ornate appearance can be produced than would be attempted to press a single piece of sheetmetal so as to make it embody a similar design, for the reason that This strip l, the use to which these panels are ordinarily l put requires that sheet-metal be employed of such thickness that a sharply defined design of attractive appearance cannot 'readily t be produced therein in the pressing operalltion. Furthermore, with the construction l above described,4 much less expensive dies l may be used in the production of thcvpanel and such dies may be used in producing l panels of various sizes.'

l Having notv described my invention, what l 'claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

t A, panel comprising a sheet-metal frameiplate having an opening therethrough, a l, sheet-metal panel-plate located opposite said t opening and displaced trom the plane of the i frame-plate, a sheet-metal strip of Z-shaped cross-section having one flange thereof set cured to the inner side of the ramoplate adjacent to the edge ot the opening therethrough and having the other flange secured to the panel-platea sheet-metal molding of angular cross-section having the Wall thereg ot adjacent to one edge lying against the body portion of said strip and the opposite edge abutting against said panel-plate, and rivets securing together the body portion ot t said strip and t-he Wall of said molding l which lies against it, said panel-plate'havt ing openings therein adjacent to said rivets l and leading to the interior of said molding, l substantially as set forth. i This specification signed and witnessed 'i this '23rd day of July, 1.910. ly EDWARD o. Bunn. l t l Yitnesses: I

W. M. Sworn, llaman M. T Heins.

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