US1277397A - Metal clip for supporting plaster-boards. - Google Patents

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W. 'C. EDWARDS, Jn. METAL CLIP FOR SUPPORTING PLASTER BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-26.19I7.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNEEEEE fifll WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, JR, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

METAL CLIP FDR SUPPORTING ELASTER-BQARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented SeptS, 1%18.

, Application filed November 26,1917. Serial No. 203,912.

To all whom it/may concern:

Be it-known that I, WILLIAM C. Emvanns, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Clips for Supporting Plaster Boards, of which the followingis a'description, referringto the drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Thefinvention relates to the combination of plaster-boards with channel members in building construction, the principal objects ofthe invention'be'ing to provide metal "clips adapted to. engage channel members and terminal means carried by said clips for e11- gaging and supporting plaster-boards in desired arrangement, for. both solid andhollow partitions and for suspended ce ling constructions.

Iii the drawings; Figure 1 is a' perspective view ofthe preferred. form of clip. Fig; 2 is a plan view ofa sheet metal blank from which theclip seen in: Fig. 1 is ,fabricated'. Fig.3"is a side view showing the clip as arrangedupon a channel supporting member for. solid partition or suspended ceiling construction and plasterboards supported thereby. lgshowsa pair of clips arranged on .a channel member and plasterboards in combination therewith for hollow partition construction. Fig. 5 is a perspective' ;view showing a modification of the clip seen in Fig.1. Fig. 6 illustrates in perspective the application of the clip seen in Fig. 5 to suspended'ceiling. construction. Fig. 7 is a front view showing the clip seen in Fig. .5 engaging achannel .memben. Fig. 8 is a side "view of'Fig. 7 "with a plasterboard in combination therewith, Fig. 9 is a half portion of the clip seen in Fig. 1 ar ranged to engage a channel adjacent a wall surface.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. Referring to the drawings, in Fig. 2 a sheet metal strip or blank 10 has its ends inwardly split for a distance along the central axis 11 leaving a central portion the full width of the blank. The blank 10 is folded or bent along the dotted lines 13, 13 14, 1 1 15, 15 16, 16 17, 17 in a progressive manner so that a central portion C included between 13, 13 is adapted to act as a base and engage the outer face of a leg 18 of a intermediate: its ends since portions S channel member 19 of suitable sectioiialarea for the uses intended. lfitwist the outer portions of the blank 10 a quarter turn each, in reverse directions, while the splitportions A and B at either on'dare'bent in opposite directions and at right angles to blank 10 along 17. It will beobservecbthat the'rear edge 20'of the blank 10 as seenin Fig. 3 lies in a vertical planeto the point of bending 17, while the twisting brings the front edge21 of the blank 10 into the form of a U-yoke 21 21, 21 The v shaped portions of the blank included between the bends 15 and 16 each become an overhanging shoulders adapted to act as a backing supp ort'tor a plaster-board. The rectangular portions T included be.- tween'the bends 16, 17 are each of width equivalent to the thickness of a plasterboard and the split end portions A and B constitute plaster-board retaining means.

In the clip seen in Fig. 5 the splitting 11 is omitted and the full width of the blank at its ends is bent as at B in the clip seen inFig. 1'; this type of clip is used for suspended ceilings and as the base and top clips employed in partition constructions.

The yoke clip seen inFigs. 1 and 3 is placed in'position around a channel 19 and is then in position to engage the plasterboards; the portions A, A are best adapted to engage. and support a plasterboard P in that position the channel itself will provide a backing support" for the plasterboard; while the portions B, B are best adapted to engage the corners of abutting plaster-board, the V'- lying parallel to the base C in a plane flush with the outer face of the channel. leg l8 serve as backing supports for the plasterboards. The type of clip seen in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 is adapted. to support both centers and corner edges of a plasterboard but this construction requires a pair of clips arranged as in Fig. 6, while only one clip is required of the type seen in Fig. 1. In suspended ceiling work where heavy plaster coatings and wide spans between channel supports occur, the plaster-board is preferably made thicker than in partition construction and the paired clips seen in Fig. 6 of the type seen in Fig. 5 are most suitable as they give more steel supporting area than the type seen in Fig. 1. The latter type however is less expensive to employ The bends 141,15 and a type seen in Fig. 1 would be yoked around said channels so that the flanges 13 would be adapted to engage the opposite corners of said plaster-board, the erection of the partition being progressively carried on by staggering the boards over the faces of the channels so that vertical joints are broken,

as will be understood by reference to Fig. 3

which shows the central portion of a plasterboard P engaged by A, A. while a corner of a second plaster-board P is engaged. by the back flange B leaving the front flange B ready to secure the corner of a third plasterboard when inserted within 13, T and S. This method of construction is also used in suspended ceilings, the channel members being suspended from supports above in the Well understood manner.

Fig. 6 illustrates suspended ceiling construction employing the clip seen in Fig. 5. Rod hangers R anchored in overhead supports such as floor or roof engage around horizontal runner channels H, and a series of channels 19 are properly attached to members H by wiring or other means as at 22. The paired clips are yoked over the channels 19 and engage plaster-boards P as illustrated.

Fig. 4 shows the paired clips of Fig. 1 reversed in position upon a channel and supporting plasterboards thereto in the manner as described concerning Fig. 3, this giving a hollow partition construction with stud 19 vertical joints broken on opposite sides of the partition.

In Fig. 9 a half portion of the clip seen in Fig. 1 engages a channel adapted for supporting plaster-boards adjacent walls and corners, the hook C being a continuation of C bent down at right angles thereto as seen.

Such other modifications may be employed as lie within the scope of the appended claims. y 3

Having fully described my invention What I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A clip for supporting plaster-boards in building construction comprising a yoke shaped metallic member having a central base portion intermediate paired outer side members, each of said side portionsbeing twisted a quarter turn, said twist starting adjacent to said base portion and terminating in an overhanging shoulderportion ly ing in a plane parallel to the said. base portion; and one ormore terminal supports integrally connected-to said shoulder portion by anintermediate portion of Width equivalent to the thickness of a plaster-board.

2. In a building structure, in combination, a beam and a metallic clip, said clip having a base portion intermediate paired outer side portions and forming a yoke shaped structure adapted to straddle said beam, each of said side portions being twisted a quarter turn, said twist starting adjacent to said base portion and terminating in an overhangin g shoulder portion parallel to but spaced apart from said base portion a distance equal to the depth of said beamjand one or more terminal means attached to said shoulder portion and adapted to secure plaster-boards in position substantially yas specified. i Y

WILLIAM G. EDWARDS); JR. Witnesses i RoB'r. L. V H. L. ISRAEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner r intents, Washington, D. G.

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