US1348018A - Method of building construction - Google Patents

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F. LEIUHIENBERG AND M. M. McCAHTHY.

`NIETHDD 0F BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 0611213.1919- Patented July 27, 1920.

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FRED LICHTENBERG AND MICHAEL M. McAR'rHY, oF'Yo-NKEBS, NEW Yoan.

METHOD 0F BUILDINGCONSTBUGTION. i

Speeication of Letters Patent. Patented u ly Application filed October 13, 1918. Serial No. 330,161.

To all whom t may fron/wa Be it known that we, Faun LlcirrnNnnRc and MICHAEL M. MUCARTIIY, citizens of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county ot' Westchester and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Methods of Building Construction, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a method of building construction and has for an object to provide a method of construction which consists in employing sections or slabs ot' material composed of reinforced plastic material of such a nature that the sections ma;Y be secured to studding or the like merely by driving nails or other suitable fasteners through the material into the studding. n

nother object of the invention is to provide a method of building construction of the character above set forth which consists in employing slabs of reinforced plastic material., the reinforcement projecting beyond the edges ot the slab whereby the slabs may be so arranged as to cause the projecting reinforcing element to lie in overlapped or staggered relation whereby plastic material may be subsei'luently inserted in the spaces between the slabs and by binding the reinforcing elements of' the adjacent slabs to- ;l'etlicr Form a perlect bond.

ln addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements in the details ot' construction and arrangement ot' parts, to be hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresj'ionding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear,

Figure l is a view in side elevation illustrating our method of building construction.

Fig. 2 is a detail view on an enlarged scale illustrating the manner in which the bond is formed, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of the preceding ligure.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates a slab, the same being preferably oblong in configuration and consisting of a material which is plastic when wet and hard when dry. The composition ot the material may be cement with sand, gravel or any other suitableillng agent and the composltion does not form a part of the present invention. Extending throughout the mass of the slab is a reinforcement of wire fabric which may be relatively coarse, and consisting of the vertical strands 11 and the horizontal strands 12. The vertical strands are Yarrangedin pairs and formed with loops 18 at their ends, while the strands l2 are separate and independent and roject beyond the vertical ends of the sla as shown in Fig. 2. Applied to the rear face of the slab 10 is a layer of hard paper 14 or the like, the edges of the paper extending beyond the edges ot' the slab as shown at 15.

In use, the slabs are a lied to the studs 16 by means of nails li), the latter being driven right through the material of: the slabs, and intoV the studs, the nature ofthe material employed in forming the Slabs being such as to stand the insertion of the penetrative elements without breaking or cracking. The slabs are arranged in such a manner as to break the joints as shown in Fig. l and where adjacent ends of slabs are applied to a stud, nails are driven through the ends of both slabs into the Sallie stud. It will be noted that the slabs are in spaced relation owing to the projecting ends ot the reinforcing elements 11 and 12 and it also will be noted that the slabs are arranged relatively so that the loops 13 at the upper and lower edges of the slab will be in relatively overlapped or staggered relation. It will also be noted that at the vertical edges ot the slabs the projecting ends of the horizontal element 12 are likewise arranged in overlapped or staggered relation. `The spaces between the slabs are then filled by means of a suitable binding agent such as mortar as indicated at 18. It will be noted that the projecting edges l5 of the hard paper section 14- are disposed in overlapping relation thus covering the joints between the slabs, and forming on the front side a base upon which the mortar joint 18 may be applied. It will be obvious that it the inner surface of the slabs is to be plastered that the tar paper will form a base upon which the plaster may be applied. Thus it will be seen that We have provided a novel method of building construction in which the material employed is easily transportable. and which mayl be cheaply and quickly constructed. and w ich is at the same time durable and easily applied. It will be apparent that the provision of the tar paper renders the material air tight and damp proof, the overlapping edges of the paper protecting the joint between the slabs. The relation of the reinforcing elelnents in the manner in which they are projected beyond the edges of the Slabs. enables the perfect bond to be formed between the slabs making the wall practically a. monolithic construction. Other uses and advantages will readily oecnr to those skilled in the art to which this invention appeiiains.

While we have illustrated and described our invention with some degree of particu-- larity we realize that in practire various alterations therein may be made. le there fore reserve the right and privilefe of changing the form of the details o construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ot' the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having` thns described our invention, what we claim as new and desire 'to secure by `United States Letters Patent is:

AY wall construction comprising vertical spaced stndding, a plurality of slabs of planted material nailed to said studding in broken joint formation with the edges of the slabs in spaced relation, eachV slab having a reinforcing element molded therein in a forni ot' a sheet of woven wire fabric theedges oi" which extend beyond the edges of the slab, the vertical strands of said reinforcingr element beingv looped at ealh einh a horizontal strand straight with each end said loop beingV arranged between the loop of reinforcingr element oi adjacent slab and the projecting edges of the horizontal strands being arranged in overlailipine relation with respect to the projecting edges of the reinforcing element of adjacent slabs, a covering of tar paper upon the rear face oi each slab said paper projecting beyond the edges of each slab to a distance corresponding to the extent of projection of the reinforcing;r element tlieremt whereby said paper edges of adjacent slabs may be overlap ed, and a bond of plastered material iilleV in between the slabs.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatnres in presence of two witnesses.

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