US361438A

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Publication number: US361438A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1904-04-19

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2 Sheets-Sheet,- 1.

(No Model.)

' I. M'ESKER.

SHEET METAL CEILING, WALL, OR PANEL. N0. 361,438. E Patented Apr. 19, 1887;

i with UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

FRAXK MFSKE'R, or s r. Louis, MISSOURI, Assumou 'ro Musiciannuo,

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SHEET-METAL CEILING, WALL, OR PANEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,438, dated April 19, 1 887. A pplicatinu liled October l8, i888. SerialNu. M0546. (Nu model.) I

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Be it known that l, FRANK Ill 125K ER, of St. Louis, i\lisso uri, :ave made a new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Metal Ceilings, \Valls, or lianels, of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description. L r

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, Figure l is a view, from beneath,ofa ceiling in which the improvementin to question is embodied. One only ofthe panels or sheets shown corrugated. Fig.2 isavertical section, upon an enlarged scale,on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, enlarged, on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a I 5 vertical section, upon a still larger seale, showing a portion of Fig; 2; and Fig. Sis aviewih perspective, from beneath, ot'a portionof the improved ceiling, portions being broken away -to exhibit the interior construction; 1 The same letters of reference denote the same parts. I The ceiling is composed substantially of the sheets A. and the parts styled the cross- At one of its side edges the sheet 5. is inclined upward to form a flange, u; Figs. 2, 4, and the flange is preferably extended, at a, backward above the main portion of the sheet, substantially as is shown. At its opposite'sidc edge the sheet is turned backward upon itself, and also upward, substantially as isshown at'a' antl i'rom'the-uppermost point of the part tr the sheet is extended horizontally outward, substantially as is shown at a. The sheet is also preferably shaped to form .5 what may be st-ylcd the longitudinal bar, Cthat is, the sheet is bent downward ate and then upward at ci1 nd thus a rib or bar of any desired depth may be introduced into the sheet in the immediate vicinity of the fold 4 aa; and while I desire not to be limited to the precise form in cross-section shown of the" bar G, I consider it a desirablcone as well for.

its appearance as on account of its being a desirable mode of strengthening that edge of the sheet and of supporting the adjoining sheet, the several sheets forming the ceiling being combined aslollows': Beginning at theside of the room, the flange a of the first sheet ismatle to rest upog a suitable support, such as the molding I), ,lgs. 1, 2. For this purpose the molding is cut away at d to receive the edge of dog fold, and the edge of' the adjoining sheet the fold 16- a.

the sheet, substantially as shown in Fig. 2. I desire not to be confined to the particular manner shown of folding the sheet to forin the flange a, provided the construction is such as to permit of that part of the sheet to be received into a supportingfold, such as the fold a a of the adjoining sheet, as shown in Figs. 2, eL-that is, the fold a a must be a rc-eutcrmust be adapted to enter and be held within The improvement therefore can, in a measure, be carried out by entirely oniitting'the flange a and by correspondingly shaping the fold a c to admit and support the unlianged adjoining-sneetrd prefer," however, the particular shape shown'in all respect's, as thereby the improvement is best carried out. The outer edge of the sheet A, Fig. 2, is secured to the joist E, or otherfire ture of the floor to which this ceiling is being applied, by means of nails F or other equiva lent fastenings passed through the part a upward into the joist, substantially as is shown in Fig. 2. The edge of the adjoining sheet,

. A, Fig. 2, is thcirpassed into the fold a" of, so

as to rest therein, and so as to conceal the nails F, and then the outer edge of that sheet A in turn is niadeto support the rear edge of the next sheet, and so on throughout the width of the ceiling. The cross-bars B are used at the 4 ends of the sheets A. Their principal function is to complete the design of and give a finish to the ceiling at that point; but they also serve a useful purpose in stiffening the sheets at their ends. To this e'nd that portion of the cross-bar'which appears-to view may he made to conform to the appearance of the bar C; hence inv this respect the cross-bar may be of various shapes. Itis attached in 0 position by means of its-folds b 1), into which the ends a ai'rcspectively, of the adjoining sheets are respectively received, substantially as is-showu in Fig. The cross-bar extends across the width of the sheet, and at its endsabuts upon the longitudinal bar 0. A rosette,- G, Fig. 1, .or other ornamental piece, may be used tocover the bars B G where they come together, and itmay be secured in place 'by any suitable fastening. sheet metal is liable to sag or to warp out of shape, and to prevent this, as well as to fur- A plain panel of .100

ther improve the design of the ceiling, a corrugation, a", Figs. 1, 3, 5, is introduced into the sheets A. The corrugation is crosswise in the sheet, and it is better to extend it throughout the width of the original sheet, so that when the bar 0 is subsequently formed in the sheet the corrugation extends into the bar, substantially as is indicated in Fig. 5.

Although the corrugation a? is crosswise in the sheet, I desire not to be restricted thereto, as it may extend longitudinally in the sheet. It is better, however, to extend the corrugation in the manner shown. It is also preferable to have the rib 0 formed in the sheet as one part thereof; but, if desired, the rib may be in the form of a separate piece and be at tached to the sheet A.

FRANK MESKER.

Witnesses:

(f. D. Moonv, Th1. nix.