US1943982A

US1943982A - Structure

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Publication number: US1943982A
Application number: US660586A
Authority: US
Inventors: Marshall K Mccosh
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-03-13
Filing date: 1933-03-13
Publication date: 1934-01-16
Anticipated expiration: 1951-01-16

Description

M. K. MOCOSH STRUCTURE Filed Ilarch 13, 1935 Patented Jan. 16, 1934 STRUCTURE Marshall 1K. Mecosh, neisterstown, Md.

Application March ll3, 1933. Serial No. 660,586

llroadlv, the object of this invention is to edulp parts or articles used lor construction and assembling with means for covering any or all joints created by the placement of said parts.

This object is attained by equipping such parts with `one or more pieces of sheet metal, the pieces ol sheet metal being hired to the said parts.

llhe accompanying drawing shows rnv invention embodied in a structure used lor (Figures jip l. to it, inclusive) sheet metal siding, and lor (lle ill a sheet metal window-sill, in a manner that seems to me nowl to be the preferable one..

lilgure l is a perspective ot a structure for use mi as a. sheet metal siding. lt shows the structure ne it is made tor shipping to the job.

Figures 2 to d, inclusive, illustrate a method ot covering the joint created bv the placement side br side oi two ot the siding structures: gp -ures 2 and t illustrate the :forming on the job ot a sheet metal strip at the two sides oi the structure before the structure is placed on the w and Figures d, 5 and d illustrete the forming on the lo of the sheet metal en vstrips ot two adjacent structures alter theyr have been fastened to the side ol a building, this torining covering the joint.

ligure l is a plan view of a number ot the i siding structures ilastened on a side ot a buildpp ing and having their loints covered as illustinted in liigure l. (ln this case the height of the side oi the buildiilg requires onlv two lengths ot the structures, and on the structures oi' the bottoni row there are no bottom strips 2, and the side strips 2 and 4 entend only to the bottom edge ot the rnain part l oi the structure.)

liligure il is a perspective showing adjacent corners ot :tour of the siding structures placed adlucent each other in the saine plane, with the to sheet metal strips covering the tour joints and the side strips formed to the stage oi their torina- 'tion illustrated by Figure d.

li'igure 9 isa cross-section oi a structure in the lorrn ot a termed sheet metal window-sill. Part et oi the sheet metal strip 13 is shown bent down# vvard to cover the joint between the window-sill and the siding i6. The bent-downwardfpart oi' the metal strip 13 was in the position shown by the dot-and-dash lines at when the structure to `was made.

The structure shown embodied in Figure l comprises a rectangular main part l of flat sheet :metal and three rectangular sheet metal strips 2, 3 and 4, which sheet metal strips are of a degree of rigidity less than that of the sheet metal (Cl. l89-86) part l. Metal strip 2 is lapped over the bottom edge 5 of mam part l, and. parallel thereto, and the lap is welded to mainpart l from side edge ii to side edge 7 .as indicated by the short matted lines. Metal strip 3 lies flat on the main part l, and parallel thereto, close to side edge 6 of said main part l; the metal strip 3 has its upper edge even with the upper edge of main part l; it also covers the end of metal strip 2, and entends downward bevond metal strip 2. ll/letal strip 3 is welded to rnain part l and metal strip 2 from its edge adjacent edge t of inain part l inward a short distance as indicated by the short matted lines.. This welding is line welding and is a narrow ribbon ol welding :trom the top'oi main part l to the bottom of rnetal strip 2. l'he welding oi metal strip 2 to the bottom oi mein part l is, also, line welding. .l hereinafter term metal strip 2 the bottom strip 2, and metal strips E and l side strips 3 and l. Side strips l likewise lies, and is welded at the opposite side edge l oi' in part l. There is a slight `iog in side strips 3 and t where they lap over bottom strip 2, but as these 'two logs eiect the shape ot the structure when termed and the torrning of the side strips 2 and l so little, it is not taken into account in this speciilcation. There is a hole 3 through main part l at its upper edge, and three holes t 4through main part l at each of its two side edges. t and li, through which nails or rivets are run for fastening the structure to a side of a building'.

The method oi covering the side loints illustrated by Figures 2 to 6, inclusive, is this: DIlust before the structure is applied to a side ol e. building, the side pieces 3 and 4 are folded over hat on themselves at the inner edge of the welded ribbon so that the side pieces 3 and ml extend bevond the edges 6 and l of the main part l as illustrated by ligure 2, the lolding movement being indicated by the arrow. Then the parts oliV the side pieces il and t that extend beyond the

edges

6 and 7 are bent upright, at right-angles to main part 1, with their outsideA surfaces l0 and ll perp'endicularlv above side edges 6 and '7, respectively. Then before, or after, the structure is applied to a side of a building the dat folds are opened up wide enough to permit the driving of nails or rivets through holes 9 and then the folds again closed iiat over the nails or rivets. This bending, and subsequent opening up of the flat folds, is done with tinners bending irons or other suitable tools. Or, the bending of one side strip can be deferred until the structure is applied to the side of a building adjacent another structure and nailed or riveted to the building; the side on which the bending is deferred being the one that is not yet adjacent another structure. Two of the structures with their side pieces formed as illustrated by Figure 3, and adjacent each other at their sides, are illustrated by Figure 4, this Figure 4 representing only the joint created by the edge 6 of one of the structures being adjacent the edge 7 of the other structure, together with the part of each structure contiguous to the joint. Ihe next stage of the forming of the side pieces is illustrated by Figure 5: here the free (upright) ends of the side strips 3 and 4 have been folded over to the right and downward in a tight fold, the folding movement being indicated by the arrow. The next stage, as illustrated by Figure 5, has been Areached by folding tothe right,

as indicated by the arrow,the fold illustrated by Figure 5. This bending of the side pieces together into a fold covers the joint in a manner satisfactory for a vertical or partly-vertical joint in siding exposed to the weather, although soldering of the formation along the line indicated at the letter S in Figure 6 is advisable in some cases. The soldering may consist simply of spots of solder spaced along the line indicated at the letter S or continuous soldering.

In covering a side of a building with these siding structures, one structure is rst nailed or riveted through holes 8 and 9 to the bottom of the side of the building. Each of the structures for the bottom row may have the bottom strip 2 omitted and the side strips 3 and 4 may end at the bottom edge 5 of the main part 1 when Inanufactured, as is shown in Figure '7. Also, the side strips 3 and 4 may be cut off with tinners snips even with the bottom edge of bottom strip 2 if desired. Or, for the bottom row, structures exactly like that shown in Figure l may be used. Either before or after the first structure is applied to the side of the building, the side strips 3 and 4 can be formed as illustrated by Figures 2 and 3 and described above. Then other structures can be applied in the same Way adjacent each other so that they will be disposed as indicated by Figure 8, which shows a corner of each of four structures 'where they join. It will be noted that the four

side edges

6 and 7 adjacent each other are on a straight line; and that the four edges, consisting of the two bottom edges 5 and the two upper edges, adjacent each other are, also, on a straight line perpendicular to the straight line of

side edges

6 and 7. Also it will be noted that the bottom strip 2 of each structure, together with the bottom end of side strips 3 and 4, overlaps the structure immediately below it, with the upright part of each of the side strips 3 and 4 disposed on the outside of the upright part of each of the side strips 3 and 4 of the structure immediately below it. This disposition of the side strips throws them slightly out of line, but not to an extent that interferes seriously with the placement of the structures or the bending of the side strips, and the matter is, therefore, not taken into account in this specification. The

side strips

6 and 7 in Figure 8 are at the stage of bending illustrated by Figure 3. The side strips are-then bent through the stage illustrated by Figure 5 to the stage illustrated by Figure 6. The vertical joint can be made at the corner of a building also.

There can, of course, be variations in the form and construction of this siding structure within my invention. To mention one variation: the main part 1 need not be flat.

The structure shown in cross-section in Figure 9 comprises a formed sheet metal windowsill 12, which is the main part of the structure, and a sheet metal strip 13 line welded thereto along a line that will be at the joint between the structure and the siding of a building when the structure is placed as a window-sill in a building, the line being indicated at 14, along which line 14 strip 13 is shown bent downward at rightangles to its original position, its original position being indicated by the dot-and-dash line at 15. The structure is made with the strip 13 in its said original position, and the strip 13 is bent downward after the structure is put in place in a building. The siding of the building is indicated by the dot-and-dash lines at 16. 'Ihe siding may or may not be of metal. The strip 13 in its bent-downward position covers the joint created by the placement of the structure adjacent the siding 16. Strip 13 could be Welded to the window-sill 12 along a line in the dot-anddash position 15 and the edge 1'? of the strip bent downward outside the siding.

These two embodiments of my invention indicate some uses to which it can be put in construction work. There are also other fields in which the invention can be used to advantage.

The main part of'such a structure need not be of metal, or need it be of sheet form. vIt can be a block or other shape or article. It can be, for instance, a furnace or stove part where it is desired to increase the resistance to the passage of air through the joints thereof. Any

method that will fix the sheet metal strips to the main parts may be used, welding or other method. The xing may be done in a factory or shop or on the job on the site oi' a construction or assembling job, but, as a rule, a more workmanlike job and economical job of xing can be done in a factory or shop.

I claim:

1. A construction member having a strip of sheet metal lying against said member and secured contiguous to an edge of said member along a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of said strip, the said strip not extending beyond the contiguous edge limit of the said member widthwise of said strip, whereby the said strip may be formed over a joint to cover same by displacement of said strip along the line of attachment.

2. A construction member as set forth in claim 1, the strip thereof being of a degree of rigidity less than that of the said member.

3. A construction member having a piece of sheet metal lying against said member and secured contiguous to an edge of said member along a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of said piece, the said piece not extending beyond the contiguous edge limit of the said member widthwise of said piece, whereby said piece may be formed over a joint to cover same by displacement of said piece along the line of attachment.

4. A construction member as set forth in claim 3, the piece of sheet metal thereof being of a degree of rigidity less than that of the said member.

5. A construction member having a strip of sheet metal lying against said member and secured contiguous to an edge oi said member along a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of said strip and extending the entire length of said edge of said member, the said strip not extending beyond the contiguous edge limit of the said member widthwise of said strip, whereby the said strip may be formed over a joint to cover same by displacement of said strip along the line of attachment.

6. A construction member as set forth in claim 5, the strip of sheet metal thereof being of a degree of ridigity less than that of the said member.

7. A construction member having a piece of sheet metal lying against said member and secured contiguous to an edge of said member along a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of said piece and extending the entire length of said edge of said member, the said piece not ex tending beyond the contiguous edge limit of the said member widthwise of said piece, whereby said` piece may be formed over a joint to cover same by displacement of said piece along the line of attachment.

8. A construction member as set forth in claim 7, the piece of sheet metal thereof being of a degree of rigidity less than that of the said inember.

9. A siding having a strip of sheet met-al lying against said siding and secured contiguous to an edge of said siding alongl a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of said strip, the said strip not extending beyond the contiguous edge limit of said siding widthwise of said strip, whereby said strip may beA formed over a joint to cover same by displacement of said strip along the line 11. A siding having two strips of sheet metal lying against said siding, each of the two strips' being secured contiguous to an edge of said siding, the two edges of said siding being opposite each other, along a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of each of said two strips, each of the said two strips being within the edge limit of said siding contiguous that one strip widthwise of that one strip, whereby each of the said two strips may be formed to cover a joint created contiguous the respective said edge.

l2. A siding as set forth in claim 11, the strips of sheet metal thereof being of a. degree of rigidity less than that of the said siding.y

13. A siding as set forth in claim 11, but having; also, a strip of sheet metal lying against it and secured along a line parallel to and contiguous to a third edge of said siding, whereby the lastmentioned strip may be made to cover a joint contiguous said third edge.

14. A window-sill having a strip of sheet metal lying against said window-sill and secured contiguous to an edge of said window-sill along a line parallel to and contiguous to an edge of said strip, the said strip not extending beyond the contiguous edge limit of said window-sill widthwise of said strip, whereby said strip may be formed over a joint to cover same by displacement of said strip along the line of attachment. 15. A window-sill as set forth in claim 14, the strip of sheet metal thereof being of a degree of rigidity less than that of the said window-sill. MARSHALL K. MCCOSH.