US1087511A - Expanded metal lath. - Google Patents

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C. H. SGAMMELL.

EXPANDED METAL LATE.

LPPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1910 1,037,51 1 I Patented Feb. 17,1914.

CHARLES H. SCAMMELL, OF NEW YORK,

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"8T. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RbEBLING CON- STRUCTION COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EXPANDED METAL ILA H.

1,087,511. Specification-of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,339.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SCAMMELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented, certain new and useful Improvements in Expanded Metal Lath, fully described and represented in'the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates ,to expanded "metal lath of that class formed by slitting the metal. and drawing out the strands to open the slits and turn the strands at an angle to the plane of the metal and which is used generally as lathing to hold plaster in building construction, althi'iugh applicable, also to other uses.

Such met: 1 lath has heretofore been made and handled in large sheets, involving large expense in handling and shipment and great incomeuionce and waste of material in use.

The present invention provides a new article of manufacture consisting of a roll of expanded lath, by which the above objecticns are entirely avoided, and other important ad vantages secured in the manufacturc,hamlling and use of expanded metal lath.

ln the accon'ipauyingdrawings forming a part of this sptwilication, a roll of expanded metal. lath embodying the invention is illus trated, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the roll. Fig. is a plan. view on a larger scale of a short piece of the sheet forming the roll, with the central portion broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail 'ction of the metal.

In the drawings, the roll A is formed of the expanded metal lath a, the size of the roll dependingripen the quantity of metal lath desired, and the roll being shown as held in form by wire ties 1, which holding means may, of course, be varied. has its strands 2 forming the meslrturned at an angle to the plane of the metal, as shown in Fig. 3, and the edges of a continuous sheet forming the roll are trimmed evenly in the process of manufacture, as shown at 3 in Fig. 2, so as to make the sheet and roll of uniform width, and avoid the irregular and bent edges which are produced in manufacturing such lath. Thisroll of expanded metal lath is much cheaper and The lath more convenient lll packing, handling, shipment and use than the large sheets heretofore used, the large economy in space and convenience in handling being apparent. In use, the roll may readily be put into and held in position and the quantity required unrollcd in place and cut otl', so that the incon venient lifting and holding in place of large sheets is avoided. and material is saved as only just the quamity to be used is cut off and the lapping irequent with the old sheets avoided. The trimming of the sheet at opposite sides of the roll produces even edges, avoiding the tearing oi the hands liable to occur in handling the torn and bent strands of nntrimmed sheets. and the lath packs more closely in the roll as there are no bent ends to separate the layers, and this trimming also secures even ends so that the 'edges of the sheet will not bend when the roll strikes on its end.

What I claim is 1. A new article of manufacture consisting of a package roll of expanded metal lath formed by rolling up a sheet of lath having the strands turned at an angle to the plane of the metal.

2. A new article of manufacture consist ing of a package roll of expanded metal lath termed by rolling up a sheet of lath having the strands turned at an angle to the plane ofthe metal, and having the op posite edges of the lath trimmed to form a sheet of uniform width and even ends of the roll.

3. A new article of manufacture cons1sting of a package roll of expanded metal lath formed by rolling up a sheet of lath stretched longitudinally of the sheet and transversely to the slits, and having the strands turned at an angle to the plane of the metal, said metal being rolled up in the direction in which it is stretched, and having the opposite edges of the lat-h trnnmed to form a sheet of uniform width and even ends of the roll.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence 0: two subscribing Witnesses.

J. A. GRAVES, VI-II. KENNEDY.

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