US3364088A

US3364088A - Process for making ornamental wall facings

Info

Publication number: US3364088A
Application number: US319398A
Authority: US
Inventors: Colman J Seman; David C Seman; Frederick P Seman; John G Seman
Original assignee: Colman J. Seman; Frederick P. Seman; David C. Seman; John G. Seman
Current assignee: FREDERICK P SEMAN; JOHN G SEMAN
Priority date: 1963-10-28
Filing date: 1963-10-28
Publication date: 1968-01-16
Anticipated expiration: 1985-01-16

Description

Jan. 16, 1968 c SEMAN ET AL PROCESS FOR MAKING ORNAMENTAL WALL FACINGS Filed Oct. 28, 1965 United States Patent 01 Fiied Oct. 28, 1963, Ser. No. 319,398 1 Claim. (Cl. 156-71) This invention relates to buildings and, more particularly, to siding for buildings and the like.

This invention is an improvement over the process of applying siding and the like to buildings shown in Patent No. 3,096,195.

In the said patent, it was necessary to apply a base coat of cementitious material to the building before applying masking tape to form the joints. It was, therefore, necessary to first apply a coat to the building and then the masking tape to the coated material and to then apply the plaster.

In the present disclosure, the masking tape can be applied to a panel at a factory by means of machines or the like and the panel mounted on the building. The only necessary operation thereafter is to apply the cementitious material to the panel and remove the masking tape from under it, thus saving considerable time and expense and, also, obtaining a more uniform job of laying the masking tape. Further, it is possible to lay the tape in irregular decorative patterns in this manner which would not be possible in a field installation.

It is, according an object of the present invention to provide an improved process of applying a coating of material to a building.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved process of applying a coating of material to a building which is simple, economical, and eflicient to carry out.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a view of a panel made according to the present invention;

FIG. '2 is an enlarged View of a taping arrangement for FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view of the arrangement of two panels placed together; and

FIGS. 4 and 5 are views of other methods of the taping arrangement.

Now with more particular reference to the drawing, a panel is shown which could be a sheet of flexible material such as a sheet suitable for use as a vapor barrier. This could be cloth, plastic material, or some other material and it can be bonded to the outside of a building. If the panel It} is made of plywood or some other rigid material, this material can be nailed or otherwise attached to the building. Where the sheet is used for interior decoration, it has been discovered that a sheet of material such as fabric is suitable for the base sheet of the panel 10.

There-after, longitudinal tapes 11 and transverse tapes 12 are placed in position on the panel 10 prior to shipment of the sheet. The panel can, therefore, be sent out to the job with the tape in place thereon ready for a coat of cement material or other material having the property of hardening in situ to be placed thereover. Thereafter, before the cement material has had time to harden, the tapes 11 and 12 can be removed and, with them, the plaster overlying them, thereby leaving a brick like finish.

The two sheets of the panel 10 are held together by a seam 14 which covers the joint therebetween and the plastic cement material which is subsequently applied is applied over the seam 14 as well as the other parts of the sheets.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show other ways of holding two sheets together to receive tape such as the tapes 11 and 12 in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

In FIG. 4, the two sheets 16 are held together by a rigid bar 18 which is held to the sheets by means of screw 15.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, a rigid bar 20 is held to a sheet 19 by means of bolts 17.

The process disclosed herein could also be carried out by providing a pattern of cardboard or the like conforming to the pattern of the configuration desired. The pattern could be of the same thickness as the coat of material to be applied. This pattern could be applied to the panels at the factory and the panels shipped to the job site as set forth herein. The final coat of material could then be applied and the pattern thereafter removed.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferred practical forms but the structure shown and process disclosed are capable of modification within a range of equivalents without departing from the invention which is to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claim.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

We claim:

1. A process of applying plastic material to the outside surf-ace of a building comprising providing sheets of rigid plywood material,

applying relatively long pieces of pressure sensitive tape to one side of said sheets,

applying relatively short pieces of said tape to said sheets general-1y perpendicular to said first mentioned pieces to form a brick like pattern,

attaching said sheets to said building,

and then applying plastic cementitious material having the property of hardening in situ over said tape and said sheets to a depth of at least one-eighth inch, and removing said tape before said material hardens.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,110,335 3/1938 Kritzer ll78.5 2,510,120 6/1950 Leander 1l744 2,995,461 8/1961 Boicey et a1 1178.5 X 3,032,433 5/1962 Lewis et al 11738 X 3,096,195 7/1963 Seman et a1 117-8.5

EARL M. BERGERT, Primary Examiner.

HAROLD ANSHER, Examiner.

Claims

1. A PROCESS OF APPLYING PLASTIC MATERIAL TO THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF A BUILDING COMPRISING PROVIDING SHEETS OF RIGID PLYWOOD MATERIAL, APPLYING RELATIVELY LONG PIECES OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE TAPE TO ONE SIDE OF SAID SHEETS, APPLYING REALTIVELY SHORT PIECES OF SAID TAPE TO SAID SHEETS GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FIRST MENTIONED PIECES TO FORM A BRICK LIKE PATTERN, ATTACHING SAID SHEETS TO SAID BUILDING, AND THEN APPLYING PLASTIC CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL HAVING THE PROPERTY OF HARDENING IN SITU OVER SAID TAPE AND SAID SHEETS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST ONE-EIGHT INCH, AND REMOVING SAID TAPE BEFORE SAID MATERIAL HARDENS.