US1241445A - Building construction. - Google Patents

Description

H. RYAN.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

Application filed July 1, 1916. Serial No. 107,031.

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This invention relates to building construction.

The object of the invention is the proimprovements in vision'of an improved theater building con.

" taining a ramp or inclined walk leading to thee-gbalcpny which crosses the foyer or ante-rOO-.mf'tothe rear of the main auditorium midway the length of the foyer and thus permits the foyer being positioned directly against the side wall of the building with the result of large increase in the seating capacity of the auditorium. Access to the balcony is greatly facilitated by the novel arrangement of the ramp as provided in my invention. l

The invention consists in the novel construction of a theater building, and the adaptation, arrangement and combination of novel features therein, as will be fully described in the following specifications, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally set forth in the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a building constructed in accordance with my invention, taken on line 1 1 of Fig. a

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 taken on line 4 4 of Fig. l.

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating certain constructional details of the invention.

Referring to said drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts in the several views, the reference numeral 10 indicates the front wall of a rectangular building, 11 the opposite rear wall, and 12 and 13 the connecting side walls, respectively. Said walls constitute the main structural elements of the building, although the front wall is largely of glass and of an ornamental character. 101 indicating the columns upon which the weight of the structure is carried.

Interiorly of the building as defined by said walls, is a vertical wall 15 which is connected to the side wall 13 intermediate the intersection of the latter with the front and rear walls, and extends toward the opposite side wall and directed toward the front of the building at an inclination forming an obtuse angle upon the side adjacent the rear wall 11 and which, if projected to intersect an extension of t-he back wall 11, would diverge from the latter' at an angle of approxinmtely thirty degrees.

Between the diver-ging walls 11 and 13 is the auditorium 14 consisting in a converging walled chamber' whose narrower end 1G in proximity of the wall 13 is provided with a stage 17 and motion picture screen 18 which are directed symmetrically with respect to the major axis of the auditorium. Said stage and screen may desirably occupy the larger portion of said narrow end of the auditorium, and the rows of seats 2O are, or may be, arranged in radiating lines, all of which converge upon the stage and screen.

rl`he side walls 11 and 15 of the audi torium having a divergence of about thirty degrees and the screen being positioned at the smaller end thereof, all the seats occupying the entire auditorium may be arranged substantially in front of the screen to obtain a good view of the pictures being shown thereon with practically no observable distortion of the image being projected through the Visual angle being oblique from the axis of the beam of projection.

The angle of vision from the most extreme side seats will be less than fifteen degrees, which will not cause a noticeably distorted picture to be observed.

19 indicates a wing extension of said wall 15 that may extend to the wall 12 in lines rectangular thereto. Said wing does not extend to the lower or main floor but begins at the mezzanine floor and thence upwardly to thc upper floors or roof.

Referring further to the floor plan of the 1 as they A single ramp or inclined walk 30 is provided for attaining access to the balcony 31. The lower` entrance 32 to said ramp 1s upon the one side of said lobby near the entrance 25 and to the outer side of the foyer, and eX- .tend over the foyer,

inclined plane under annarch 33 formed in the lower portion of wing wall 19, until about the mid-,length of the -rearend ofthe auditorium is reached, whereupon the ramp is given al relatively sharp bend, as at 35 and crosses overhead of thel foyer land thence extends in two oppositely directed branches 36 and 37 by easyy curves tothe opposite sides ofthe auditorium balcony.

The ramp is inclined with'a rise of about one foot in siX feet of length;y Its lower end 32 is positioned yforwardly in close proximity of the entrance 25 and considerably removed from the` side wall 12, so that where its curved sweep at its lower end approaches said side wall 12, it has reached an elevation that carries it well above the foyer. j For a distance from the entrance, the side Wall 41 of the foyer and the inner railing 42 of the tends with a curved sweepv upwardly in an point somewhat beyond the archway 33 formed by the lower edge of the wing-,wall 19, when the ramp vhas reached an elevation to afford head-room in the foyer, theramp continues in the same ,curved sweep to eX- as at 45, while the ,foyer is directed toward the side wall, as indicated in the dotted lines 46 in Fig. 2, .and beyond the projected center aXialline, approximately, of the auditorium, the foyer is positioned directly against ltheside wall 12 and extends thus to the rearwall 11 of the building. y. u

In all otherarrangements o f ramps in theater buildingsknown tome, lthe ramp 'is positioned `to. the rear of the foyer and eX- tended to the opposite side `of the auditorium; that is to say, what would be between the foyer as presented in Athe drawings, and the wall 12, and extended to close proXimity of the rear wall 11, thus taking oft' ,valuat one end of said foyer, its lower l'end positioned adjacent the enl. trance end of said foyer upon the side oppof ramp are in vertical alinement but at a -4 able seating capacity from theauditorium and bringing the higher end of the ramp upon one side of the balcony, necessitating either a long return passage to reach the oppositel side of the balcony, Vor another ramp to reach the opposite side of the balcony more'directly.

By the provision of the ramp as in my invention, and vby crossing overhead the foyer at about its midlength, I am enabled to carry the foyer back to the side wall 12, aording a much larger seating capacity andv enable the patrons to reach the balcony by anl easy grade upon either side by lengths.

It will be seen by reference to Figs. 5 and ranch ramps 36 and' 37 which are of equal l 6, that the provision of the ramp somewhat overhangingthe foyer, as indicated by the construction angle 47, is not at all objectionable from an interior decorative point of view and as-has been most successfully demonstrated. j Having described my invention, what I claim, is

1. In -a building of the class described, including an auditorium on its main floor andI a balcony, a foyer positioned at the rear of saidauditorium having an entrance and a ramp having site from the auditorium, and crossing over said foyer at approximately the midlength .of the foyer to afford access vto the balcony.

. day of J une, 1916.

HENDERSON RYAN.

Witnesses:

HORACE BARNES, E. PETERSON.

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