US2063748A - Method of moving and resetting tile walls - Google Patents

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Dec. 8, 1936.

E. OLSEN METHOD OF MOVING AND RESETTING TILE WALLS Filed May 29, 1935 'IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIII g IIIIIIIII Patented Dec. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES METHOD OF MOVING AND RESETTING TILE WALLS Edward Olsen, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Alexander H. Cathcart and Louis A. Villaume, St.

Paul, Minn.

Application May 29, 1935, Serial No. 24,011

7 Claims.

This is a method of moving building walls from one place to another, and for resetting them, so that a tile or similar wall in a building may be readily moved from one place to another and reset into position where it may serve as a wall or partition to divide the building into difierent rooms. In ofiice buildings or other buildings where hollow tile walls are used to divide up the interior of the building into different sized rooms, heretofore when it was desired to change any of these walls they had to be taken down and ordinarily the hollow tile blocks which made up the wall were cracked and destroyed to such an extent that a considerable waste took place. With my method these tile walls may be readily moved from one place to another and reset into position so that they may be used as a partition wall at a very small expense. With my method it is only necessary to disengage the wall around the edges thereof from the ceiling of the building, adjoining walls and the floor, and then the wall may be moved or shifted to the position desired. This saving in office buildings where it is often desired to redivide the space or rearrange the rooms, is very material and thus my method is highly desirable for this purpose.

A feature resides in providing pairs of dolly brackets which in accordance with my method are attached to the wall which is to be moved by placing the dolly brackets of the pair directly opposite of each other on either side of the Wall and bolting the dolly brackets to the wall or partition. Several pairs of these dolly brackets may be used in proportion to the size of the wall. Thus the method is particularly applicable to moving hollow tile walls with plastered surfaces, such as are commonly used in office buildings and the like and prevents the necessity of tearing down or breaking up the entire wall, thereby preventing waste of material.

In office buildings the walls are usually uniform in character and are made of hollow tile or other suitable material so as to provide soundproof walls between the oflices, so that usually the wall or major portion thereof can be salvaged intact by employing my method for moving and resetting the same into the desired position In carrying out my method it is desirable to provide dolly brackets of any desired size. This is usually determined by the height of the walls in the particular building. Each dolly bracket includes a base portion which is supported upon the floor by swivelled caster wheels which will permit the dolly to readily run in any direction. Extending in a right angular manner from the base member I provide a wall surface engaging upright and by suitable bracing means the upright is braced to the base portion. The upright is adapted to extend at right angles from one end of the base member of the dolly so as to provide a triangular-like dolly brace of a strong and substantial nature capable of supporting a heavy tile wall or a wall of a similar character when a pair of these dollies are attached to the wall preferably directly opposite each other.

Further the method includes wedge or other suitable means for co-operating with the base of the dolly to raise the same slightly from the floor so as to hold the dolly stationary and against rolling on the caster wheels during the disen-"lo gagement of the wall and during the resetting thereof. These members form an adjustable means for moving the dolly brackets so as to square up the wall in resetting the same, holding it stationary in the desired position.

The drawing illustrates the manner in which my method is carried out.

In Figure l I have illustrated the wall of a room to which the dolly brackets have been attached, showing one side of the same with the adjustable Wedge members holding the dollies stationary and showing in dotted lines the edge portion of the wall which is cut away to free the wall from the ceiling, walls and floor.

Figure 2 illustrates a perspective of a Wall supported by pairs of my dolly brackets.

Figure 3 illustrates an end view of a wall held by my dolly brackets with the wedges positioned under the dollies so as to square up the wall in the desired position and taking the weight of the wall off of the casters.

In carrying out my method, when it is desirable to move a wall such as A of a building, I attach two or more pairs of dolly brackets such as B to the same with the brackets extending on either side of the wall. Suitable holes are bored through the wall A so that the brackets B may be secured by the bolts Ill. The bolts 10 extend through the wall so as to securely attach the brackets to the same on either side thereof, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3.

Each dolly bracket B is formed with a base portion H which is adapted to be supported by the swivel casters l2 so that the dollies may move freely in any direction. Extending upright fromfi the base flush with one end thereof, I provide the wall engaging upright member l3 which is adapted to be rigidly secured in upright position by the brace member M. The upright member [3 is formed with a series of holes l5 through which bolts I!) are adapted to extend so as to bolt a pair of dolly brackets B positioned on either side of the wall A. When the dolly brackets B have been properly attached to the wall A, it is desirable to position the brackets rigidly in place by inserting adjustable wedge members ll beneath the base I l in a, manner to hold the dollies B rigid. Then the method is carried out by cutting the outer peripheral edge of the wall A as indicated by the dotted line it in Figure 1, thus freeing the wall A from the ceiling, side walls and floor of the building. When the wall is out free, the wedges H may be removed and thereupon the dolly brackets B will act to carry the wall to the desired position.

Then the wall A is reset into the desired position by using suitable wedge members H to square the wall in the building and to set it rigidly in position so that the outer peripheral edges may be built onto it to complete the wall structure in providing a partition in the building.

It will be apparent that by my method a tile plastered wall may readily be moved in practically its entirety from one position to the other, thus permitting the ordinary oihce building to operate more economically in the rearranging of partitions to form the desired rooms in a building, thus doing away with former wasteful method of tearing down and rebuilding walls at a much greater expense than where my method is employed. It will be apparent that the Wall A when moved in the manner described may be repositioned as desired and at a small cost the edges of the wall may be completed to anchor it in the desired position.

With my method considerable time is saved as well as permitting the movement of walls economically because it saves in the use of tile and material, including the plaster, as Well as the labor. Therefore, my method is very desirable.

The dolly brackets 13 may be made of any suitable material such as wood, where it is desired to have the same of a light-weight yet having sufficient strength to support the wall, or these brackets may be made of any other suitable strong material. It is desirable that the brackets be made up in a manner so that the parts thereof are connected together to form a strong supporting dolly bracket which when connected to the wall, provides ample bracing means to hold the same firmly so that it can be moved easily from place to place without danger of cracking the wall while it is being moved. With my method it is only necessary to cut away a small portion of the margin of the wall so that it may be set free, thereby saving the major portion of the wall.

My method is applicable to any omce building or other building where it is frequently necessary to change partition walls to suit the tenants; or other places Where it is desirable to move walls or partitions of this character.

It is apparent my method may be carried out in the manner set forth or in such manner as may be apparent to anyone skilled in the art and such apparatus may be employed as would assist in the best embodiment of the method in a simple and economical manner within the scope of the appending claims:

I claim:

1. The method of moving tile and similar building walls comprising attaching to the wall bracket members having caster wheels, then cutting the marginal edge of the wall away to free the wall from the connecting members of the building, then moving the wall to the desired position and resetting it to provide a partition at a different place.

2. The method of repositioning hollow tile walls and the like comprising perforating the wall at dififerent points, then attaching bracket dolly means by bolts extending through the perforations in the wall and the dollies, then applying skids under the dollies to rigidly set the same, then cutting the marginal edge of the wall free, after which removing the skids and moving the wall to the desired position, whereupon the skids reset the dollies in rigid position to square the wall into proper position, and then buildng the wall into completion to form a partition of a room.

3. The method of moving hollow tile partition walls and the like of buildings consisting in attaching on opposite sides of the wall pairs of dollies which are provided with caster wheels on the base of the same by bolting the dollies securely to the wall, then rigidly positioning the dollies against movement on their caster Wheels, then cutting away the marginal edge of the wall, whereupon the dollies are set free so as to move the wall from one place to another While firmly braced by the dolly brackets.

l. The method of repositioning inside plastered partition walls of buildings comprising first bolting to either side of the wall dolly brackets which have supporting caster wheels which permit the dollies to move in any direction, then setting the dolly brackets against movement, then freeing the outer edges of the wall from the building, and then releasing the dolly brackets so as to move the wall as desired.

5. The method of moving plastered partition walls of buildings in practically their entirety consisting in bracing the wall from either side thereof by attached braces which extend in a manner to brace the wall to be moved from either side, then releasing the outer edges of the wall from adjoining portions of the building, and moving the wall with the braces attached thereto to support the same while being moved, and resetting the wall in the desired position by adjusting the braces to square the wall in relation to the building, and building up the edges of the wall to complete the same.

6. The method of moving interior tile or similar walls of buildings comprising anchoring pairs of dolly carriers to the wall to be moved, then placing wedges under the carriers to hold them stationary, then cutting the wall free of the building around its edge, then removing the wedges and moving the wall by the carriers to the position desired.

7. The method of moving a heavy tile wall or the like in the interior of a building consisting in attaching pairs of carriers to the opposite sides of the wall, then cutting the outer edge of the wall away and moving the wall by the carriers to the desired position and then adjusting the carriers to square the wall in the building in the desired position, and then building in complemental wall portions around the wall that was moved to complete the wall by building up the outer edges thereof to the ceiling, walls and floor of the building.

EDWARD OLSEN.

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