US1450724A

US1450724A - Wall structure

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Publication number: US1450724A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1923-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 1940-04-03

Description

Apr. 3, 1923. 1,450;724

J. M. HEWLETT wAL L' STRUCTURE Filed May 26, 1922 lnvenkor',

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Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MONROE HEWLETT, OF LAWRENCE, NEVJ YORK, ASSIGNOB TO THE STOCKADE BUILDING SYSTEM, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WALL STRUCTURE.

Application filed May 26,

To all whom it may concern:

it known that I, JAMEs MONROE Hnw Lurr, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Lawrence, county of Nassau, and State of New York have invented certain new and useful Improvements in all Structures. of which the following is a specification.

This invention is suitable for either the outside walls of buildings or for partitions between rooms. And the object is to provide a wall of light weight. in which inexpensive materials form the larger part, and in which little labor and skill in erecting is required.

Further objects are to provide a wall 0 good appearance, of ample strength for the support of overhead beams, and to which door and window frames can be properly secured. Further objects are to provide a wall. with good heat insulating properties and which is sound proof.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a wall struc ture broken away which embodies this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the wall;

Fig. 3 shows one of the tie members em ployed between columns; and

4 shows one of the tie members employed between a column and a wall facing.

Blocks 5. 5 of rectangular form each have two vertical holes therethrough the centers of which are one quarter the length of the block from the ends so that when the blocks are laid in a wall breaking joint the holes in adjacent courses will be in register. As the character of this wall is such that the blocks are not particularly depended upon for structural strength but more particularly for heat insulating and sound deadening, an inexpensive material. such as excelsior is used. as the base and held together by a small amount of any suitable binder such as slaked lime.

In building the wall, as each course of blocks is laid there are placed between each vertical hole and the two sides of the wall, two transverse tie members each consisting of a horizontal tie section 6, a turned-over end 7 at one end of the tie section and a depending arm with a part 8 which lies close to the side of the hole and with other 1922. Serial No. 563,785.

parts 9, 9 which are spaced away from the side of the hole by reason of the depending arm lying along a sinuous line. The lengths of the depending arms are each nearly double the thickness of a block and when the tie members are set between each course they will in consequence overlap. Also as each course is laid there is placed between adjacent holes a longitudinal tie member consisting of a horizontal tie section 10 with depending arms at the ends each with a part 11 which lies close to the side of the hole and with

other parts

12, 12 which are spaced away, these depending arms being similar to the depending arms of the first mentioned tie members. Then the wall has been laid up to a sufiicient height, concrete 1& is poured into the vertical holes and flows around the portions of the depending arms, which are spaced away from the sides of the holes so that the overlapping parts are embedded in the concrete and bound together and serve the purpose of continuous reinforcements along four sides of the column. The concrete columns with the embedded depending arms of the tie members are the essence of the wall from a structural view point and are depended upon to carry whatever load the wall has to bear. The blocks serve at first as molds for the columns and subsequently principally as furring for the wall facings and as heat insulating and sound deadening filling. The turned-over ends of the transverse tie members engage the sides of the blocks and prevent the tie members from getting out of position previous to or during the pouring of the concrete columns. Also, if any form of facing is applied, they serve to engage and tie such facing to the wall.

Metal lath

15, 15 in the form of wire mesh may be placed against the sides of the wall and engaged by the turned-over ends of the transverse tie members. This serves for the support of any suitable wall facing 16 as lime or gypsum for interior sides and stucco for sides exposed to the weather. The wire lath is not essential. for the excelsior of the blocks is a suitable direct support for the material of the wall facings.

Where window or door frames are to be set, the blocks are notched so that such frames project into the vertical holes. A portion of a window frame 17 so placed is shown. Attached to the frame is a metal corner strip 18 which becomes embedded in the concrete when poured in the hole.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is l. A wall structure comprising blocks with vertical openings therethrough in register,

parallel wall facings, a row of concrete columns in the vertical openings, and tie members between each column and the wall it'acings which have depending arms embedded in the columns.

2. A wall structure comprising blocks with vertical openings therethrough in register, parallel wall tacings, a row of concrete columns in the vertical openings, tie members between the columns, and tie members between each column and the wall facings, the tie members having overlapping depending arms embedded in the columns.

3. A wall structure consisting of blocks with vertical openings therethrough in register, concrete columns within the vertical openings, and horizontal tie members between the columns each having a depending arm longer than the depth of a block and embedded in a column, the depending arms of the tie members overlapping within the vertical openings.

t. A wall structure consisting of blocks with vertical openings therethrough in register, concrete columns within the vertical openings, and horizontal tie members between the columns each having a depending arm longer than the depth of a block for engagement with the wall of a vertical opening and having parts spaced from the side of the opening and embedded in the column,

the (:lepending arms of the tie members over lapping within the vertical openings.

5. A wall structure consisting of blocks with verticalopenings therethrough in regis-ter, concrete columns within the vertical openings, and horizontal tie members between the columns having at each end a depending arm in engagement with the side of an opening in a different block and embedded in a column, the depending arms of the tie members overlapping within the vertical openings.

6. A wall structure comprising blocks with vertical openings therethrough in register, wall facings, horizontal tie members each having one end in engagement with a wall facing and a depending arm from the other end in a vertical opening, the depending arms of the tie members overlapping within the vertical openings, and concrete columns within the vertical openings in which the depending arms are embedded.

7. A wall structure comprising blocks with vertical openings therethrough in register, wall facings, horizontal tie members having at each end a depending arm inengagement with the side of an opening in a different block, horizontal tie members each having one end in engagement with a wall facing and depending arm from the other end in a vertical opening, the depending arms of both sets of tie members overlapping within the vertical openings, and concrete columns within the vertical openings in which the depending arms are embedded.

JAMES MONROE HEWLETT