US762678A - Reinforced terra-cotta partition. - Google Patents

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No. 762,678. PATENTEDJUNE 14, 1904. v P. H. BAEVIER.

REINFORGED TERRA-GOTTA PARTITION.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 5, 1904. A

N0 MODEL.

f' y l Y vUNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

REINFOFICED TERRA-COTTA PARTITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,678, dated June 14, 1904. Application filed January 5,1904. Serial No. 187,796. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, IIIILIr II. BEVIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Reinforced ',lerra-Cotta Partition, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lhis invention is an improvement in partition-walls employed in the construction of buildings.; and it relates more especially to means for bonding the joints between superposed terra-cotta tiles. In this invention I seek to provide means for increasing the strength and eliciency of the mortar or cement joint between the superposed tiles, and to the attainment of this end a metallic member of open-work or lattice-like construction is placed between the courses of tiles and embedded in the plastic bond in a way for the material while in a plastic state to pass through the metallic member and to adhere to the surfaces of adjacent tiles, the mortal' and the open-work metallic member producing a thin, strong. and secure joint between the tiles.

lllurther objectsand advantages of the invention will appear in the course et' the subjoined description, and theI actual scope thereof will be dolined by the annexed claims. hei'erencc is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of' this specilication, in which similar characters ol' reference indi- ;-ate correspomling parts in all the figures. l Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion l of a partition having its tiles united by al plastic and metallic bond as contemplated by this invention. AFigs. 2 and 3 aredetail views l oi' di'l'erent embodiments ot' the metallic bond contemplated by this invention. lu Fig. I of the drawings the letter A ini 'idr-s a portion of a metallic building struc- I ture, and l is a luirizontal beam adapted to i be upheld by a pillar or column (l. On the l beam and adjacent to the metallic construcl lion A isa partition, which is builtup ol' tiles l laid in courses, as indicated at l) IC, said tiles el the partition being laid to break joints. lCach lilo is ol' the cellula: construction well known to those skilled in the art, and said tiles are provided in their opposing faces with longitudinal channels or grooves, which are adapted to receive plastic material, such as cement or mortar, to form the plastic bond or joint indicated at F by the drawings.

The important feature of my invention re-A sides in the employment of a metallic bond which is of open-work or lattice-like construction, examples of which are shown more clearly by Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. In Fig. 2 the metallic bond (Ir is shown as made of wire and consists of parallel cables f/ g' and transverse strands g2. This metallic wire ,bond can be economically and rapidly manu- Vfact! Ired by existing machinery, which is constructed and operated to make the transverse strands g2 cross one another between the side cables g g, and thereby produce a plurality of openings 0r interstiees of large area. I do not, however, desire to contine myself to the employment otl a wire bond, because I am aware that I may use a bond similar to that shown at H in Fig. 3, whereina length or strip of metal is cut or stamped to produce side portions Il. /l and connecting transverse members lf, the whole arranged to provide openings ot' large area,v as shown. I prefer, however` for certain reasons to employ thc wire construction of Fig. 2, because the wire bond can be manufactured cheaply, conveniently reelcd, and shipped in a reeled condition, and the bond can be cut into lengths by ordinary tools to meet the requirements of the particular work in hand.

Al'ter one course ot' tiles is laid the operator should proceed to apply the open-work or lattice-like bond upon the grooved top surfaces ot' the courscot'tlles, and the plastic material, such as mortar or cement, should now I be applied in theordinary wayover the whole surliwe of' the tile course. rlhis plastic material flows throughtheopeningsor interstices ot' the lattice-like metallic bond and coats the upper surface of the tile course, al'ter which the next course of tile should be imposed directlyl upon the bonding material, so as to be united by such material to the sub iaeenti-ourse of tiles. 'I`he plastic material hlls the whole space between the two courses ol' tiles andthe IOO grooves in the opposing surfaces of the tiles. The compact 'Forni of the metallic bond allows the useol narrow mortar joints, and thisbond is thoroughly embedded in the plastic niaterial, which extends from one course of tiles to the other through the openings in the metallie bond. This construction produces 0X- treniely du rableand strong joints between the courses of tiles, and the metallic bond ocs cujiies very little space in the plastic joint.

"lhe metallic lattice-like bond may extend continuously of thejointsbetween the courses ol tile, as shown by the drawings, or it may' be arranged in interrupted layers with gaps or spaces between thc ends ofthebond in each joint, saidspaces inthediscontinuousmetallic bond being spanned by other metallic bonds in the joint or joints of an adjacent. course or courses of tiles. It is to be understood, therefore, that I reserve the right to employ my lattice-like metallic bond ina variety of ways between the courses ot' tile.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent-d 1. A partition-wall comprising courses of tiles united by a plastic and metallic bond, the metallic element of the bond being of ope-nwork or lattice-like construction, having side pieces joined by cross-pieces at angles to each other which is [illed by the plastic element of the bond.

2. A vertical partition-wall having courses of sunerposed tiles, the latter being provided with grooves or channels in their opposing faces, a plastic lilling between the courses, and a horizontal Inetallicbond embedded in the iilling and disposed opposite to the channels or grooves of the tiles, said metallic member of the bond being of open-work or lattice-like construction, having side members united by diagonal cross members and having its openings occupied by the plastic filline.

1n testimony whereof I have signed'my name to this specilication in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.l

. PHILIP H. BEVIER.

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