US604698A - Paul kuhne - Google Patents

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P. KHNB.

LATHING.

Patented May 24,1898.

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PAUL KIINE, OF STAPLETON, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE STATEN ISLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,698, dated May 24, 1898.

Application filed April 23, 1897. Serial No. 633,428. (N0 model-3 T0 all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, PAUL KHNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stapleton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lathing, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to certain improvements in lathing for making solid plaster partitions and facings for furred walls and ceilings, so as to make them ready for plastering.

The invention consists of certain features of construction to be hereinafter described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation of a section or panel of my improved lathing. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the same on line 2 2,Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a broken detail, enlarged, of one of the sections or panels. Fig. 4L is a horizontal section of a partition also drawn on a larger scale, and Fig. 5 shows details of various applications of my improved lathing to solid walls.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a section or panel of myimprovedlathing,wl1ich is formed of a number of parallel strips or laths @,that are connected by transverse fasteningwires a interwoven therewith and that are made to cross each other between the laths and are each provided at the end with a wire loop a2 of sufficient size, so as to pass around angle-irons B,that are attached, respectively, to the top and bottom beams of the iioor of the building. The lath sections or panels A are preferably made ona suitable machine in which the interwoven wires form the warp, while the strips or laths are supplied successively in the nature of a weft. When a panel of sufficient size is obtained, the wires are cut off at the end, leaving asuficient length, so as to permit them to be attached to a suitable rod or other stretching device. The loops at the ends of each panel are formed for the purpose of passing the angle-irons through the same, the opposite loop ends a2 of the wires being attached to an intermediate connectingrod cl, which is supported by the I-shaped up- 5o lathing are thus rigidly stretched the plaster coating is applied first to one side and then to the other side of the same, whereby a partition-wall is formed of a considerably less thickness than the present partition-walls and in which no hollow spaces are formed which can be infested with vermin. The solid partitions which are thus produced form an almost iireproof partition of greatly-reduced width as compared to the present partition-walls.

When it is desired to protect my improved partition-walls still more against fire, the slats can either be impregnated bya suitable fireproofing composition or they can be covered by layers of asbestos, felt, or paper, which are applied over the lathing before the plaster is applied to the opposite sides of the same.

Vhen my improved lathing is applied to solid walls, as shown in Fig. 5, the lath-sections are stretched between the furring-strips S and attached thereto, as shown, by means of nails, staples, or other fastening devices. In case partitions are to be connected with the solid walls channel-irons S are attached to the furring-strips, which form a support for the lath-panels of the transverse partitions, as shown in Fig. 5. When the uprights C are intended to form at the same time a support for transverse partitions, one edge of the I-shaped uprights is provided with a channeliron C', which forms the support for the panels ofthe transverse partition, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 4.

My improved lathing and the partitions made by the same has the following advantages:

First. A considerable reduction in the size of the same as compared With the large-sized partition-Walls heretofore in use in which hollow spaces are formed between the layers of plaster. The result is that alarger floor-space is obtained.

Second. Partition-Walls made with my improved lathing prevent the lodging of vermin Within the same and the circulation of bad air or :fire from the stoves above or below the partition-Walls.

Third. My lathing forms, in connection With the uprights and the top and bottom angleirons and the tie-rods connecting the uprights, a very strong structu re, especially after being plastered on both sides, so that a very strong and rigid partition is obtained.

Fourth. My improved lathing is applied with great advantage to furred brick Walls and ceilings, as it saves considerable time in i applying the same to the furred Walls and ceilings and makes it immediately ready for plastering, after which a perfectly rigid structure is obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A partition -Wall formed of I-shaped uprights, tie-rods connecting said uprights, sections or panels formed of parallel laths, and transverse intercrossing Wires attached respectively to the top and bottom angle-irons and to intermediate tie-rods, and layers of plaster-of-paris or other covering material applied to opposite sides of said panels so as to form a strong and rigid partition, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PAUL KUHNE.

Witnesses.

GEO. W. JAEKEL, C. E. GAST.

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