US2122339A - Building construction - Google Patents

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June 28, 1938. o. F. DOLT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed July 29, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 m ll/1111x 11 WWI ATTORNEY3 Patented June 28, 1938 PATENT OFFICE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Otto Frederick Dolt, Louisville, Ky., assignor to Margaret 0. Bolt, Louisville, Ky.

Application July 29, 1936, Serial No. 93,267

2 Claims.

This invention relates to building construction and has for an object to reduce the cost of building construction by the provision of panels and roof sections which may be manufactured complete by economical standardized shop manufacture and set up on location simultaneously with the erection of the Walls on the building foundation.

A further object of the invention is to produce a masonry brick or other building which will be of insulated and fire proof construction throughout and introduces an economical and novel means of obtaining these results, comprising in part, assembling at the factory a series of panels, some blank, some with door jams, some with windows, some with closets, some with book cases, and so forth, these panels being then set up on the building foundation so as to leave spaces between them which spaces are filled with steel reinforced concrete to provide concrete, columns between adjacent panels.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a building with portions broken away, to expose the panels, columns, and roof members constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1 showing a portion of the floor plan of the building.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1 showing the ceiling and roof members.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view showing the roof members and the stepped projections carried thereby for locking the members to the walls.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through adjacent panels showing how the panels are locked to each other and locked to the walls.

Figure 6 is a detail plan view of intersecting panels at a corner of adjoining rooms prior to pouring the cement column at their intersection.

Figure '7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a panel.

Figure 8 is a front elevation of a modified form of roof member for. constructing a comparatively fiat roof of less pitch than the roof shown in Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view through a panel.

Figure 10 is a cross sectional view taken on the line l0l0 of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a detail perspective view of one of the roof members.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, Ill designates the brick walls of a one story and attic dwelling, the same being of conventional construction on a suitable foundation. Simultaneously with the erection of the walls, panels are set up to provide the interior of the building, these panels being standard units of factory mass production. The panels are formed of suitable fire proof and insulating material, certain of the panels H being blank, while others are equipped with fixtures such as a door, a window [3, a cupboard M, a closet 15, a broom closet l6 and other interior fixtures.

The panels are set up in position with spaces between them, which spaces are filled with cement to provide columns I! which look the panels together and receive the load strain of the building.

More specifically, as best shown in Figure 3, a standard panel is constructed of parallel walls l8 and I9 having grooves to receive transverse spacers which are tied to the walls by loops 2| of wire encircling the spacers and looped through openings 22 in the walls, the ends of the loops extending exteriorly of the outer wall and being twisted together to form locks 23 which are imbedded in the wall construction II] as the walls rise during construction of the building.

Between each two adjoining panels a space is left into which cement is poured to provide the columns ll, there being tie wires 24 disposed in the spaces and passed through confronting spacers 20 to hold the panels aligned with each other while the cement is being poured. Reinforcing steel rods 25 are built into the cement column as is conventional and also corrugated metal lock strips 26 are built into the columns to be imbedded in the walls Ill. The strips 26 lock the columns to the walls while the tie rods 24 lock the columns to the panels.

The roof members 21 each comprise diverging solid integral cement or like plates 28 and 29 the former constituting the roof proper and being lapped over the similar plates of adjoining sections, as shown in Figure 1, and the latter constituting the purlins. Steel rods 30 may be imbedded in the roof members.

be formed of the same material.

As best shown in Figure 4 the roof members have stepped integral locking lugs 3| projecting outwardly from each end 32 and the bricks 33 of the brick wall are built upon these stepped lugs to lock the roof members to the Walls. As best shown in Figure 11 each roof member is provided at intervals with triangular webs 34 which are received in notches 35 formed in the next uppermost course of roof members, as shown in Figure 1 to look all of the roof members together as a unit. The roof members at the peak may be butted together and a V-shaped metal cap piece 36 may be placed astride the intersection of these roof members and firmly fixed thereto in any preferred manner to key these members together.

As shown in Figure 6 intersecting panels at a corner of adjoining rooms may bebutted end to end with a space3'l left between them. A tie wire 38 may be passed through this space and through the spacers 20 of aligned panels to hold the panels associated while the cement is being poured in the space to form the load supporting column. It is also shown in this figure, as well as. in Figure 5, that the room face of each wall of the panel is plastered, as shown at 39, and this may be done at the factory or on location as preferred.

In Figure 7 there is shown,a modified form of panel in which a longitudinally extending web 40, and a transverse web 4|, is built into the panel to reinforce and strengthen the panel to resist severe conditions of service.

In Figure 8 there is shown a modified form of roof member-in which the purlins 42 are formed integral with a horizontal load supporting truss 43 and these purlins are also formed integral with a single piece roof member 44 having a gentle pitch. R/oof members of this type are suitable for comparatively fiat roof building construction.

As shown in Figures 9 and the walls 45 of the panel may be formed of insulating material and longitudinal and transverse spacers 46 may The wires 41 are passed around the spacers and through the walls to anchor the parts together.

From the above description it will be apparent that the provision of the novel panels, roof members, and the process of assembling and locking the same together as above outlined, produces a quick economical method of building construction in which the entire interior may be set up as the walls of the building are being built thus promoting economy of time, eliminating waste in construction, and producing a substantially fire proof insulated building.

What is claimed is:

1. In building construction, knock-down structural panels adapted to be arranged to form supporting upright and. horizontal beams, comprising parallel molded walls, integral transverse spacers reinforcing the walls, certain of the spacers being in the form of blocks disposed adjacent to the ends of the walls, said walls being adapted to be set up on the building foundation so as to leave spaces between them with said blocks disposed parallel in position to coact with the ends of the walls in forming molds in which concrete may be poured to form supporting upright and. horizontal beams, tie wires passed through the walls parallel with the spacers and having twisted ends adapted to form mortar locks, and a plaster coating on the outer face of one wall of each panel.

2. In building construction, knock-down panels adapted to form supporting upright and horizontal beams, wall and ceiling knock-down panels each comprising parallel walls and spacers between the walls, certain of the panels being adapted to be assembled to be laid at a right angle to certain others of the panels to form respectively a floor and a wall, said panels having open ends, I-beams closing the open ends of the horizontally laid panels and supporting the panels in aligned position, channel beams supported upon the upper ends of the vertically disposed" panels and closing the outer ends of the horizontally laid panels, and cement poured outside of said channel beams into the upper ends of the vertically disposed panels.

' I O'I'I'O FREDERICK DOLT.

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