US1660933A - Paneled structure - Google Patents

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Feb. 2s, 192s.

' H. F. OBERGFELL PANELED STRUCTURE mmf MENEN I f v HEP Patented F eb; 28, 1928.

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HERBERT EyoBEnGFELL, or RIVER FOREST, ILLINQIS, AssIeNoR. .BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, To AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC I Nc., or QHICAGQILLINQIS, A coRoEATxoN or DELAWARE.

TANELED STRUCTURE.

Application mea June \11 1925. Iserial JN0. 36,310.

This invention `relates in general to :panel structure, more specifically the invention relates-:to animproved construction ofspaneled structures, .such as doors, Windows, show cases and fthe like, `which permits `(if ease :in

manufacturing and assembly 1 .with a .conse` quent .reduction Vin manufacturing costs,

.An obj ectv of :the anvention .1s the lprovislon of ;aypaneledstructure .wherein @the weight of fthe' upper panels yis removed :fiomfthe lower fpanels `andsupported onspecial supporting members.

. Another. object ,of my `invention 1 is f to provide a mounting for Athe `glass panels of fa structure, which can be .easily .disassembled Whenever it iis necessary Lto :replace a broken glass. `LFurtherolojects,ofmy inventionfnot specificially referred to here .will iberfappnrent from the` specification c and claims which fol- 10W.

.'lihev drawings comprising iEigs. 11,` 2, andra show sufficient .details :of a door constructed in :accordance with ethe objects of my .-invention, ito ienable La clear .understanding of-zthe invention. `#F.ig. g3 shows aportionotheztop, middle, .and bottom sections ofte complete ly assembled door.` Fig. .l shows the top, middleand bottom sectionsof a-door :with

a part ofthe outer memberscut away todis close ithe internal construction. :Figw isa cross section view l of Fig. i1 taken along the line ,"AAibefQre theoutside .members were brokenaway. y

In Aanautomatic.telephone:system of the Welllknown.; Strowgerrtypey itihas i been found expedient to A,provide a l dust proof housing for certain .of .the switches, `to protect the switches .af-rom dust, dampness, and mechanicalinjurydue to some objectfalling against themilzhezswitchesiso,protected are for example, the plunger type primary or secondarylinexswitches. :An exampleofan installation ofthisfkindfmaybe seen inFig.'95, on

page `'113i o ffthe secondfe'dition ofl Automatic Telephony vby Smith .and .Gampbell In this figure it willbe noticed that in lthe `:foreground :are tiveyline swtchboards enclosed .in a glass-and. steel zoase which -completelyisurcomprising such a case, .for example, that offtheidoor Werevmade of Tshaped sections 60 i which avvere -Welded to fthe` door `stiles. The glasswpanefls were 'set in U shaped rubber sectionsand clampedinto the door "frainelby Wooden strips :Whiohiwereheldto `the door-by machine screws. While* this constructiongave' o5 a. goodsturdy.doorbthat was fairly light, its manufacturing cost was rather high, and accordingly-:the .door of my invention was made to'mprove vupon litspredecessor and toreduce this manufacturing cost.

In the door of my invention lI have -replaced ythe angle [iron Lframe by a channel iron .which has `approximately a 1/2 web and 1 flange. Thestiles f1, bottom'cross piece'` andthe top crosspieceQare made of "75 this channel iron and are mitered and drilled toflt as shown `in thefdravving. Thefcross bars A separating 4the ,glass Vsections, are made ofH sections of-such dimensions aslto permit their-.slidingifreelyin the cliannel'of 3o theidoor iframe. The gilassor metal 4panels such as i6 and 7are supported in Vwooden strips zwhich fit in=the channelof the Iframe and into ,which the panels are llitte'd. This arrangementfreplacesthe rubber channel and 35 wooden stripsfof-the old door and accomlplishes thesameipurpose, thatis preventing this U by means of the cornerbraces 8 which are held in place by machine screws substantially as shown in the drawing.

In assembling this door the bottom wooden grooved strip ll is slipped into the channel at the bottom oi' the U and the side wooden strips 10 are slipped into the channels .et the lstiles adjacent thereto. The glass" or metal panel 7 is then slipped into the grooves formed by these three wooden strips. The H shaped cross section l is'then littcd with the felt washers 5 in the channels of the 'H and slid into the channels of the stilesdown onto the panel 7 and thev side supporting Wooden strips 10, to complete thel panelot the door. By this arrangement the panel 7 is prevented from coming in contact with the frame members l and 3 by means of the wooden strips l0 and ll, and isV prevented from coming in contact with the cross member e by means of the felt washer 5. The side strips l0 are ot such a .length asto support the cross member 4 so that its weight and tlieweiglit et the panels immediately above it are supported bythe wooden strips rather than `by the panel member 7.

Other panels are added to the door in the similar manner, the last panel using .a stile wooden strip 9 and a cross member wooden strip lQwhich differ from the other strips in that they are formed to t around the corner braces 8. i l/Vlien the last panel is in place the top cross member 2-is placed and the machine screws tightened into the corner bracexand the door is completed, ready to receive the ,hinges and door pulls which may be of any well known type attached in the regular manner. v

In practice it is not necessary to provideV right and left hand doors in the formation ot' a case such as shown Vin Fig. 95 of the above reference. The door oit' my invention may be equipped with hinges and door pulls ywhich are so located as to be symmetrical, thereby enabling the door to be turned end for end to form a right or lett hand door. door for example, the welded section of the frame will appear at the bottom, and on the other door, that is the right hand door, the welded section will appear at the top. l The construction of the doors is such. that in either ease the weight of the cross members and panels are supported bythe side strips 9 and 10.

In the event that one of the glass sections becomes broken and has to be replaced, the door is disassembled by removing the machine screw 13 which loosens the corner brace and end section 2 which can then be removed, the vpanels and side strips are removed down to the broken panel which is then replaced, and the door reassembled in v the same manner as already described.

Having thus described my invention .what

On one of the doors, a left handv I consider new and desire to have protected by Letters Patent is pointed out in the ap pended claims. Y

llhat is claimed is:

l. A paneled structure comprising a channel frame, panel members, grooved strips which lit into said trame channels and which support said panels, panel separating cross members which are slipped into said channels, and which rest on certain of said strips and oversaid panels, said strips and'cross members holding each other iii place in said channel trame the members ot'wh'icli form the sole means olf holding said structure togetlier. c l Y 2. A paneled structure coi'nprising a rectangular Ytraine composed ot' channeled sections, three sides olf said iframe being perma-V nently lined together, the fourth side being detachable therefrom, panels vfor said structure, supporting strips forvsaid panels, said strips litting into thecliannels of said fra-me,

and nanel se Jaratino members which fit into 1 said itramey channels, rest onl certainof said supporting strips and slip over said panels, the weight or the bottom one otsaid panels being supported solely by'one of said strips and the weight of the other panels being.V

supported by said separating members which are in turn supported by saidI strips, the' various members of said structure being .held

in their respective places solely by the other? members and said channeled frame.

f e. 1n a aneled structure aI channel iron u n rectangular irame, three sides of wliichare welded together, the fourth side being held thereon by screws, glass or metallic panels for said structure, removable wooden strips fitting into the channel of said trame, said strips containing grooves' into which said panels fit, a panel separating member of rl .channel of said frame, a felt strip whieh'fits into the groove in said H section, said felt and wooden strips cooperating to prevent` the panels from coming in Contact with said metal trame work and said wooden strips supporting said panels and H section.-

4. A paneled' structure consisting of 'ai steel trame having a base and a pair of up-Y rights each part having a channelregistering with the channels of the others, means comprising a series of removable unitsfOr supporting panels in said frame, said units including side supports and cross bars each recessed in register to retain a panel, and each unit `supported in the other units. d

A paneled structureconsisting-of a steel frame having a base and a pair of upi'ights each part having a channel registering with the channels ot the others, meansV comprising a series of removable units for supporting panels in said tramesaid units including side supports and cross bars each vshaped cross section which-slides into theV the frame solely by y recessed in register to retain a panel, and each unit supported in the frame solely by the other units, said side supports being all shorter than the panel supported thereby and acting as supports for the cross bar, and each cross bar supporting the side supports of the adjacent panel.

6. A rectangular paneled structure comprising a channeled frame one end and two sides of which are permanently fixed together, and the other end being removably attached thereto, panels for said structure, grooved supports for said panels the vsupports for the first panel being removably fitted in the channels of said ixed end and sides adjacent thereto and the panel slid into the grooves of the supports, H section separating members, one of which is slid into said side channels onto said side supports and over said panel to form a top therefor and a bottom `for the next panel, the supports and separating members of the next and other panels beingk similarly inserted,

the removable end of said frame formin a t `7. A frame for apaneled structure comprising base and side members, and means for building up a series of interchangeable panels therein consisting of grooved strips slightly shorter than the panels they Support and cross members, said structure built up and assembled in said frame in units each comprising a base and a pair of side supports and each unit acting as the sole vertical support for the next unit, said units being al1 interchangeable and removable.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 6th day of June, A. D. 1925.

HERBERT F. OBERGFELL.

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