US1329614A

US1329614A - Building construction

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Publication number: US1329614A
Application number: US315577A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lally John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-08-06
Filing date: 1919-08-06
Publication date: 1920-02-03
Anticipated expiration: 1937-02-03

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J. LALLY..

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED AUG.6| 1919.

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J. LALLY.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6, 1919.

UNITED STAT JOHN LAIILY, 0F BOSTCN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Application filed August 6, 1919. Serial No. 315,577.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LALLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in building'construction of the reinforced concrete type and constitutes an improvement on the structure of my Letters Patent No. 1,258,917, dated March 12, 1918, and it is my object to cheapen, lighten, simplify and strengthen the structure shown therein and to make additional provision for reinforcing the floor adjacent the column and provide means for holding the reinforcing bars taut and tie the columns together into a rigid,

' braced structure.

- of slots 2 inside of the column above the slot.

that the crown is In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of my improved construction provided with a circular crown, partly in section; Fig. 2 a top view of the structure of Fig. 1-; Fig. 3 a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a plan view of one form of floor reinforcing; Fig. 5 a top view of my construction with a square crown, showing the reinforcing bars and adjusting means therefor; Fig. 6 a sectional view of the structure of Flg. 5; and Fi 7 a detail View of the reinforcing bar ad usting means.

I employ a column 1 as the foundation of my structure and provide it with a plurality near the top. A bracket late 3 is inserted in each of these slots an has an upwardly extending lug 4 engaging tn; crown 5, circular as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and square in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, is connected to the brackets by struts 6 extending from the crown to the brackets. This leaves the crown open and, as the slots 2 are so located flush with the top of the column, I am enabled to superimpose the upper story column 7 on the lower column with its base flush with the upper floor.

In practice the column 1 is filled with plastic material like concrete, thereby binding the brackets 3 in position and strengthening the structure.

In a building the column and crown are set up and wire reinforcing fabric 8 is laid in position to form the floor reinforcement.

Reinforcing rods of any desired shape 9 are arranged radially over the crown and extend under the wire fabric to better disthe outside diameter tribute the loads and strengthen the structure where the floor joins the column.

The wire fabric, reinforcing rods, crown and outside of the column are then embedded in the plastic material, generally concrete, and the resultant structure is a reinforced but light,

monolith which is not only strong,

only by and the floor space is diminished of the column.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 a square crown 5' is employed and is provided with a tension plate 10 on the upper .face of the crown and preferably wider than the top face. This tension plate has a plurality of slots 11 along its length at right angles to its long side and is secured to the crown by means of bolts 12.

The reinforcing bars 9 have hooks'13 on their ends and these hooks ass over the inner edge of the tension p ates and engage it.

After the columns have been set up the hooks 13v are placed over the tension plates of'adjacent columns and anchored thereto so that on pulling up on the tension plates and bolting them in place the reinforcing bars 9 are held tautly in place and unite the columns into a self supporting, metallic structure around which the concrete may be poured.

I claim:

1. Building hollow column slotted below the top, a bracket with an upwardly extending lug in each slot, a crown approximately flush with the top of the column, struts connecting the crown and brackets and a plastic filling within the column engaging the brackets. I

2. Building construction composed of a hollow column slotted below the top, a bracket with an upwardly extending lug in each slot, a crown approximately flush with the top of the column, crown and brackets, a plastic filling within the column engaging the brackets and plastic material covering and embedding said structure. a

3. Building construction composed of a hollow column slotted below the top, a bracket with an upwardly extending lug in each slot, a crown approximately flush with the top of the column, struts connecting the crown and brackets, means on the top of the column for engaging a superimposed column and plastic material within said column engaging the brackets.

solid struts connecting the ioo 4. Building construction composed of a hollow column slotted below the top, a

bracket with an upwardly extending lug in each slot, a crown approximately flush with the top of the column, struts connecting the reinforcing barsbracket with an upwardly extending lug in each slot, a crown approximately flush with the top of the column, struts connectin the crownand brackets, a plastic filling within the column engaging the brackets, a tension plate adjustably secured to the crown and reinforcing bars anchored to said plate.

7. A plurality of adjacent columns each having an open top crown thereon, tension plates adjustably secured to the crowns, and reinforcing bars anchored to said tension plates and extending from crown to crown whereby the columns are united into an integral structure.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN LALLY.