US1270405A - Floor and wall screed-anchor. - Google Patents

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A. T. GIBSON.

FLOOR AND WALL SCR EED ANCHOR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- x2. 1912.

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FLOOR AND WALL SCREED-ANOHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentrgdl J 111mg 25, 191%.

Application filed September 12, 1917. SeriaLNo. 190,949.

To all whom it may. concern Be it knownthat I, ALBERT T. GIBSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of'Chicago, county of Cook, and State of;Illinois,jhave invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Floor and "Wall Screed-Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an an choring means for firmly securing to walls, floors or other parts of buildings, a screed or ground strip, which, when secured in position, will securely support wall trims or other parts of the building. The object of this invention, broadly, is to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable device of this character, especially adaptable in building construction, and which will firmly and securely hold a screed or ground strip in position.

The invention consists in the novel construction herein described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing forming part hereof:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved fioor and wall screed anchor;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion of a wall, showing a screed or ground strip supported thereon by my improved device;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a wall with the device in position, and

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a modified manner of anchoring a screed or ground strip.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

Hereafter, in describing my improved, floor and wall screed anchor, I shall refer to the same as applied to a wall. It will be obvious, however, that the same is applicable to walls, floors, ceilings and many parts of buildings for various uses, so I do not limit my invention to any particular use in conjunction with building construction.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates a fiat plate, preferably of metal. I have shown the plate as being substantially square in outline, although it is clearly obvious that the same maybe of any desiredconfigurationto suit the .necessary or desired requirements of any particular case.

The ,plate 1 is preferably provided adja cent its upper and lower edges, withaplurality of apertures 2, for a purpose to be vertically between the rows of apertures when the device is in use, this groove being formed by slitting the plate and forcing the metal between the spaced apart slits outwardly, as indicated in the drawings.

In Figs. 1 and 5 I have shown the device in use. In those views, 8 indicates a wall or support, to which is applied, at suitable distances apart, spots 6 of an adhesive or plastic substance such as plaster of Paris or the like. The plates 1 are pressed into these spots and properly alined therein while the adhesive is in its soft condition. It will be noted that portions of the adhesive 6 pass through the apertures 2 in the plate and spread on the outer face of the plate. After the adhesive has hardened these plates 1 are thus firmly and securely affixed to the wall. The continuous screed or ground strip 4;, which is of wood or any penetrable material, is then secured to the plates by means of the wire 5 on each plate. This wire 5 passes through the slits in the plate and around the back of the plate through the channel 3 and is wrapped and secured e11- tirely about the strip 4:, as clearly indicated. By wiring the strip in position, in the manner indicated, shims can, when necessary or desirable, be driven between the strip and the wall, thus bringing the face of the strip flush to what will be the true surface of the wall. After the strip 4 has been secured in place, in the manner above described, it is surrounded by the plaster 7 in the usual manner, leaving the front face uncovered. It will be understood that in lieu of the continuous screed or ground strip, an independent block may be attached to each plate if desired.

In the modification of my invention, as illustrated in Fig. 5, I have shown the/wire 5 with its ends secured to nails 9 fixed in the sides of the strip 4. In this modification I have shown the strip 4 secured to the plate 1 by means of a nail 10 which acts as a securing means in addition to the Wire 5. There are many-ways of securing the Wire 5 to the plate and of Wiring the strip L to the plate 1, so I do not restrict my invention to any particular form of carrying this out.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is' not to be restricted to the exact embodiment herein shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

1. 'A' device of the class described, comprising a'rplate, said plate having a plurality of'apertures adapted to receive an adhesive, said plate also having a pair of spaced apart slots" connected by a channel, and a Wire passing throughsa'id slots and in said channel and secured to a ground strip to hold said ground strip connected to said plate.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a flat plate having a pair of spaced apart slots, a channel formed in said plate and projecting from its outer face and connecting said slots, means on said plate adapted to be engaged by an adhesive to support said plate, a ground strip on the outer side of said plate and a wire secured to said strip and extending through the slots and longitudinally through the channel in said plate.

"Signed at the city of Chicago, county of Cook andState of 111., this 4th day of Sept,

' ALBERT T. GIBSON.

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