US1217952A - Ceiling. - Google Patents

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T. H. KANE.

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THOMAS H.

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KANE, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIG-NOR TO TRUSSED CONCRETE STEEL MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

1915, Serial No. 69,330. Divided and this application filed August 28, 1916. Serial N0. 117,225.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THouAs H. KANE, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Ceiling, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a ceiling particularly suitable for portable or temporary hospitals and schools, election booths, garages and the like, and its object, briefly stated, is to provide very cheaply a construction that possesses, in greater measure than structures heretofore known, lightness, strength, ease of manufacture and erection, and general capacity for service.

This application is a division 'of my application for patent on building construction, Serial Number 69,330, filed December 30,1915.

The nature of the invention will be more fully understood by reference to the specification and drawings, in the latter of which Figure 1 is a fragmentary transverse vertical section through a building to which the ceiling is applied and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary central longitudinal section corresponding thereto. Fig. 3 is a similar section showinga panel which is not provl'led with a door, the ceiling also being omitted. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic fragmentary horizontal section or truss and panel diagram. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section on either of the lines 6-6 or GSL-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary vertical section showing a modified construction.

1n the embodiment of the invention shown, the external wall surface is formed of corner panels 1, side panels 2 and 3, end panels l and doors 6, gable ends 8 and filler plates 9 above the doors-all of thin sheet metal. Each of the panels 1234 has its side edges bent inwardly to form flanges 13 grooved at 14, and adjacent panels 1-2- 3-4 are joined throughout a portion of their height by thin metal posts or key plates 15, having ribs 16 received in the grooves 11 By perforating the fianges 13 and the posts and providing slotted bolts 18 and wedges 19, a very convenient means is afforded for tightly together to exclamping the parts clude dust and air. These elements, while preferable, may be replaced by wall structures of widely different character.

Resting directly on the upper ends of the members of each pair of posts are gusset plates 21 having ribs 22 (Fig. 1) conforming to and in alinement with the ribs on the posts, and to these gusset plates are joined sheet metal rafters (each of which may include an upper fiange 23, a web 2st and a lower fiange 25) and sheet metal ties 26, preferably of channel'cross-section. Sheet metal channel Suspenders or intermediate members E28 are used to join the peaks of the rafters to an intermediate point of va corresponding tie. The various joints between the gussets and Suspenders and the rafters and tie are preferably formed by spot welding; and, in order to provide a large surface of contact, the ianges Q5, together with the flanges of the suspenders, are bent out into the plane of the web of the corresponding member as indicated respectively at 30 and 31 (Figs. 1 and E2). The members 23-24-25 and ZG constitute, respectively, the compression and tension chords of the roof truss.v If desired, the peaks and ties of adjacent trusses may be connected by sheet metal sway braces 32 also welded in place (Fig. The gussets preferably include outwardly projecting eave supporting extensions 33 (Fig. 1).

1t will be observed that the posts of key plates 15 terminate some distance below the roof and that the panels 1--2-8 extend upwardly thereto and are each provided with a flange 34 that lies substantially in the plane of the upper faces of the rafters. (Fig. 1.) When the gussets are in position and the plates are joined thereto by wedge bolts 18-19, as heretofore explained, a tight lweatherproof joint is therefore secured throughout the height of the side wall.

The end panels differ from the panels 2, merely in that they have their upper edges bent to form a horizontal flange 36 (Fig. 2), grooved to conform to a ribbed horizontal bar 38, that extends across the building and is of the same cross-section as the posts, except that its edge 39 (which projects outwardly) is bent to form an inclined drip board. The sheet metal end gables are zontal flange 4l conforming to the ribbed upfper surface of the bar 38 'and also havin ange 42 bent into the plane of the roo Similar flanges (not shown) along the adjacent ed s of the halves inclose a vertical stiffening ar 44 (Fig. 3) of the same crosssection las the join the several parts as before. Projecting outwardly from the flanges 42 and preferably welded thereto (Fig. 2) are flat metal light-sealing lates 45, not shown in Fig. 3.

The filler p ate 9 (Fig. 2) has ribbed horizontal flanges 46 and 48 that conform respectively to the ribbed surfaces of the bar 38 and the lintel bar 49, the edges ofthe latter of which project beyond the flange 48. An upper sheet metal jamb plate 50 including edge flanges 5l and a stop portion 52 is detachabl secured to the bar 49 by bolts 53. As the parts are clamped together by wedge bolts 18-19, the lintel bar and the joint plate may be said to b e sus ended from the bar 38. The depth of the pl) as to bring the upper edge of the door 6 below the eaves, from which it follows that the door may be readily inserted in lieu of one of the panels 2 or 3, they being of the same width; As indicated at the right side of Fig. 7, a wooden lintel bar 54 may be substituted for the metal lintel bar and jamb;

1t is preferred to'provide -a rib 55 to insure a tight joint when the screws 56 are entered.

The ceilings are formed by sup orting a series of asbestos or other boards 2 on the lower flanges of the ties 26 and on sheet l metal angle irons 73 or plates 75 welded, re-

spectively, to the webs and lower flanges of the ties. At the ends of the building the ceiling plates maybe supported on sheet metal hanger plates 76 that lie flat against lining boards 65 (which may be used to secure dead air spaces) and by the lintel structure. It is obvious that hanger plates, simlar to the plates 76, may be used between the sides-of the door and the corners of the building.

. tions of the chord Theroof covering (designated as a whole by the numeral 80) may be of any approved character.

I claim 1. A building comprising a plurality of roof trusses having sheet metal lower chords arranged in substantially the same plane, said chords being of channel cross section, sheet metal plates welded to the lower porand projecting therefrom on the sides opposite the flanges of the channels, and ceiling plates extending across between the trusses and resting directly on the plates and the lower flanges of the chords.

2. A building comprising a plurality of roof trusses having sheet metal lower chords arranged in substantially the same plane, said'chords each including a vertical web posts. Wedge bolts 18-19v 0f the ate 9 is such- A trusses and resting directly on the plates and flanges.

3. A building comprising a roof truss and an en said truss including a lower chord having a horizontal flange, said end including a plurality of sheet metal panels, a door frame of less height than the panels, a horizontal stifl'enin bar extending across the upper edges o the panels and above the door frame, a sheet metal filler detaehably secured to the bar and to the door frame, and la ceiling plate extending across between the flange of the truss and the door frame.

4. A building comprising a roof truss and an end, said truss including a lower chord having a horizontal flange, said endincluding a plurality of sheet metall anels, having their u per ends extending a ove the level flange on the lower chord, a horizontal stiffenin bar extending across the upper edges o the panels, a sheet metal hanger plate secured to the bar, said plate having a flange substantially in the plane of the flange of the truss chord, and a ceiling plate extending across between the flanges and resting thereon.

5. A building. comprising a plurality of roof trusses having arranged in substantially said chords including vertical webs and horizontal flanges, sheet metal plates welded to the lower portions of the chords and projecting therefrom on the sides opposite to the flanges, and ceiling plates extending across between the trusses and supported on the plates and flanges.

6. A building comprising a roof truss and an end, said truss having a lower chord,.said end includin a plurality of sheet metal panels, a horizontal stiffener bar extending across the upper edges of the panels, and ceiling means closing the space between the lower chord and the end, said ceiling means being supported by the stiffener bar on the side next to the end.

7. A building comprising a roof truss and an end, said truss having a lower chord, said end including a plurality of sheet metal panels, a horizontal stifener bar extending across the upper edges of the panels, a plate secured to the stiffener bar and depending therefrom, ceiling means closing the space between the plate and lower chord, said ceiling means being supported on one side by the lower chord and being carried on the the same plane,

lother side by the stiflener ba'r through the sheet metal lower chords els, a door frame of less height than the panels, a horizontal sti'ifener bar extending 9. A building comprising a roof truss and across the upper edges of the panels and an end, the latter including a plurality of above the door frame, ceiling means extendsheet metal anels, the truss having a lower 10 ing across between the truss and the door chord, a sti enerbar extending orosswise of 5 frame, and means for supporting the side of the panels, and ceiling means carried by'said chord and stifener ar.

THOMAS HI the ceiling means adjacent the end'rom the stiener bar.

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