US1440676A

US1440676A - Augustus gkotjwdman

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Publication number: US1440676A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1923-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1940-01-02

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- UNITED smras AUGUSTUS GROUNDMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

'WALL AND CEILING CONSTRUCTION.

`Application led November 30, 1921. Serial No. 518,779.

To all whom t may concern:

`Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS GROUND- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and re-` siding at New Yorlnin the county of New York and State ofl `New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Vall and Ceiling Constructions, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it apper'tains to make and use the same..

This invention relates to partition wall and ceiling constructions for dwellings, apartment houses and similar buildings, and the object of the invention vconsists in providing an improved composition board or boards provided with reinforcing wires or rods which are mounted therein and extend through the ends ofY said board' or boards by means of which said boards are mounted in connection with suitable supports in forming `the framework or body portion of a wall or ceiling construction; a further object being to provide improved means for supporting and spacing saidboards in connection with their supports; and `with these and other objects in view the invention consists in awall'or ceiling construction of the class and forithe purpose specified which is simple in construction` and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention vis fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing vforms av part, in which the separate parts of Vmy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which:

Fig. l is a diagrammatic View showing a part of a wall or ceiling constructed accordin to my invention; l

ig 2 a partial section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and, i

Fig. 3 a perspective View of one oftlie compositionboards which I employ.

In Figs. 1 andQ of the drawing l have indicated at `5 a number of studs or other` frame members of a wall or ceiling of any kind with which my improved composition board 6 `is .adapted to be mounted. In Fig. 3 I have shown one of they. boards 6` in detail, said boards are'composed of any suitable composition material, such as concrete, cement or the like and are provided with reinforcing rods 7 which are imbedded there in ,and `extend longitudinally thereof, said rods at one end of the board passing outwardly through the back of the board as shown a t 8 and fashioned into approxi-- mately hook-shaped form asfindicated at 9 to engage the studs 5, as hereinafter described, and the other ends of the rods `Z extend through the endsof the board 6 as shown at 10 and are adapted to be'wrappehfi around the studs 5 as hereinafter setout.` Inmounting the boards in connection with the studs 5, the end portion of one of the boards 6y is provided-with hook-shaped members studs by 9 and is engaged with one of the passing said hook-shaped members in back of one of the studs 5, as shown at the left -of FigQ, and the other endsii') of the rod 7 of said board are wrapped around another of the studs 5 as shown at l1 in Fi g. 2 of the drawing, and in placing or securing another board 6to the last named st board as shaped members 9 of said lastnamed board 53 ud or at one side of the first named shown in Figs. l and 2. the hookare passed around Asaidlast named stud and the ends l0 of the rods of the first named studs 5a and the in Figs. l and 2 of the drawing. boards 6 are reinforced and supn ported centrally thereof and also spaced on the studs by rods or heavy wires 13 which are mounted on the outer' faces of the boards 6 wires 14 centrally of the studs 5fL and tie are passed around the studs 5a above and below the boards 6. as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and said wires are twisted together as shown at 15 to securely hold the rods 13 in position and to provide a space 16 between the` side faces of the boards 6 when placed one upon an-` other.

' It will complete ing of plaster or other material 1T indicated .in dotted lilies in Fig. of the drawing is placed over the boards 6, and this material extends into the spaces 16 between the side portions of the boards 6 and also in spaces 17 between the adjacent ends of said boards.

Heretofore it has been customary and essential to tie both end portions of the reinforcing rods or Wires of boards of this class to the studs or other supports, but with' my.' construction the boards, or the reinforcing rods or Wires thereof, are hook-shaped in form at one end and are so fashioned as to engage one of the studs, and the other ends of said reinforcing Wires or rods are Wrapped around the studs, and by means of the rods or Wires 13 and tie Wires le the central portions of the boardsv are reinforced, spaced and supported in connection with the studs or other supports for such boards, bat While have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention intoef fect, it will be understood that I am not necessarily limited to these details, and changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, Within the scope ofv the appended claims, Without departing from the spirit ofl my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as neivvandA desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A Wall or ceiling construction of the class described composed of a plurality of composition boards mounted in connection with studs or other supports, said boards being provided With reinforcing rods Which extend longitudinally therethrough and project at the opposite ends of said boards, said rods atA one end of the boards being hook-shaped in form to engage predetermined studs or other supports and the other ends of said rods being of sufficient length to permit of their passage around other studs or other supports, and reinforcing rods mounted on the outer central faces of said boards and extending longitudinally of intermediate studsor supports to reinforce the central portion of said "boards 2. A Wall or ceiling construction of the class described composedof a plurality of composition boards mounted in connection with studs or other supports, said boards beingprovided With reinforcing rods which extend longitudinally therethrough and pro jectat the opposite ends; of said'fboards, said rods at one end ofthe'boards being hoolb shaped in. form to' engage predetermined studs orrothergsupports' and the'other ends of said rodsbeingof'siicientrlengthA tol permit'v oftheir passage around otherA studsor supports, reinforcingrods mounted on the outer central faces of saidboardsand` extendinglongitfudinally ofintermediate; studs or supportato` reinforce' the central"A portion' of said boards, and means for securing said last named rods to said studs or supports.

3. A wall or ceiling construction of the class described composed of a plurality of composition boards mountedin connection with studs or other supports, said boards being provided with reinforcing rods which extend longitudinally therethrough and project at the opposite ends of said boards, said rodsk at one end of the boards being hookshaped in form to engage predetermined studs or. other supports and the other ends of said rods being of sufficient length to permit of their passage around other studs or supports, and reinforcing rods mounted on the outer central faces of said boardsand eX- tending longitudinally of intermediate studs or supports to reinforce the -central portion of said boards, and means for securing said last named rods to said studs or supports, said means being located between the adjacent side faces of the boards and serving to space said boards one from another.

4. A Wall or ceiling construction of the class described composed of a plurality of composition boards mounted in connection with studs or other supports, said boards being provided With reinforcing rods Which extend longitudinally therethrough and project at the opposite ends of said boards, said rods at one end of 'the' boards beinghoolrshaped in form to engage predetermined studs or other supports andthe other ends of said rods being of suiiicient length to permit of their passage around other studs or supports, reinforcing rods mounted on the outer central faces of said boards and eX- tending longitudinally of other studs or supports to reinforce the central portion of said boards, and Wires adapted to be passed around said studs and said last named reinforcing rods between the adjacentside faces of said boards for securing said rods to said studs and for spacing said boards one from another.

5. A composition board for forming Wall and ceiling constructions of the class described, said board being provided With reinforcing Wires which are imbedded therein, said Wires at one end of the board extending outwardly through the baci; thereof and being fashioned to substantially hook-shaped formation and the other ends-of said wires extending through the other end' of said board.

6. A composition board for forming Wall and ceiling constructions ofthe class described, said boa-rd being provided with reinforcing Wires which are=1imbedded therein, said Wires at one/end of lthe board extending outwardly-through the back thereof and being fashioned'to substantially hook-shaped formation andthe otherends of said Wires extending throng-h the other end oftsaid board', andthe first named@endportion-.ofthe board bein provided in the bool; face thereof and in. juxtaposition to the Wires which extend therethrough with grooves.

7. A composition board of the class described, said'board being provided with re nforoing rods which extendy longitudinally therethrough and imbedded therein and which extend outwardly through the opposite ends of the board, the rods at one end of the board extending laterally therethrough `zuid being fashioned into hook-shaped form.

AUGUSTUS GROUNDMAN.