US818327A

US818327A - Metal sheet-piling.

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Publication number: US818327A
Application number: US29601506A
Authority: US
Inventors: John R Williams
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-01-15
Filing date: 1906-01-15
Publication date: 1906-04-17
Anticipated expiration: 1923-04-17

Description

N0. 818,32'7. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906. J. R. WILLIAMS.

METAL SHEET FILING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 100s.

I/Vi l'mconco uNin earns ATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April. 17, 190

" Application filed January 15,1906. Serial No. 296,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JOHN R. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in MetalSheet-Piling,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in metal sheet-piling; and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce a metal sheet-piling of superior character and comprised of sections of novel form and construction, ada ting them for all the uses to which metal s eet-piling may be ut.

Among the specific objects attained by my invention in its preferred embodiment it may be mentioned generally that the units or sections of my piling are strong, durable, and easily rolled, that the sections are formed integrally with means whereby the sections may be locked together, thus dispensing with separate locking-flanges and the like riveted to the sections, that the sections are all alike in form and construction, and that a wall of piling formed of the interlocked sections presents on one side a uniform surface.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top edge view of a metal sheetpiling comprising sections embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a face view, partly broken away, of same. Fig. 3 is a detached top edge view of one or the sections of the piling. Fig. ft is a top edge view of a modified form of pilmg embodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a detached top edge view of one of the sections of the piling shoun in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a top edge view of a further modified form of piling embodying some of the features of my invention.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1, 2, and '3, theindividual sections of the piling are designated by the numeral 10, and these sections a1 corres 0nd with one another and each is com ose of a rolled beam comprising a web 11, aving at one edge an inward lyii iclined flange 12 and at the other ed e a loop 14, which is closed at its outer em and 0 on at its inner end adjacent to said web and ormed of the members 15 16 the former being of.

about the thickness or the web 11 and the member 16 corresponding with the flange 12,

but extending in a direction oppositely thereto, the flange 12 being projected atan angle to or in a direction from the line of the web 1 1 and the flange 16 being rojected toward said line. The loop 14 inc ines correspondingly with the flange 12 and extends beyond the adjacent edge ofthe web 11, whereby the open mouth of said loop becomes disposed adjacent to but beyond said edge of the web.

The manner of uniting the sections 10 is illustrated in Fig. 1, in which it will be seen that the loop 14 of one section engages the flange 12 of the next adjacent section and that the webs 11 of all the sections are in a straight line with one another, presentinga uniform surface along one side of the piling, which is a very des1rable feature in some classes of work. The flanges 12 and loops 14 are correspondingly inclined, so that when the sections 10 are united said flanges and loops may cooperate as hooks to resist any strains tending to separate the sections.

The formation of the flanges 12 and loops 14 is such that when the flanges are in the loops the sections become locked together, and as may be seen the sections 10 are each in the form of a rivetless single integral piece of metal.

The modification represented in Fig. 4 consists in inclining the Web 11 and extending the flange 12 from one side of said web and the loop 14 from the opposite side thereof. thereby forming, in effect, a corrugated single wall piling, one section of which is shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 6 I show the sections 10 as made from plate in lieu of being of the rolled-beam order illustrated in Fig. 1. shown in Fig. 6 imitate as nearly as may be in plate the sections represented in Fig. 1, the inclined flange 12 and loop 14 of each section being extended from the same side of the web 11 and the webs of all the sections being in a straight line. The rolledbeam sections shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, are preferable to the plate-sections represented in Fig. 6,by reason of their greater strength and the fact that the flange 12 and member 16 thereof are thicker than the web 11 and afford adequate resisting members and also suitable end surfaces to receive theforce necessary for drivin the sections.

I ca 1 attention to the fact that the flanges 12 and loops 14 are so shaped that said flanges The sections .al1l10li be pushed from the loops which receivethem by pressure aiplied against the face of the sections in a direction tending to separate the sections, and the preferred shape for said flanges and loops is that shown in the drawings, in which it may be seen that the outer portions of said loops and flanges are set an angle to or inclined from the inner portions thereof.

While I prefer that each beam or section of the piling have at the side of one edge a loop 14 and at the side of the other edge a flange 12, so that all the sections may correspond with one another, it is obvious that with less convenience my invention may be realized by having each alternate sect-ion formed with the loops 14 at the side of both edges and the intermediate sections formed with the flanges 12 at the side of both edges to enter and pass into locking relation with said loops. In

this modified arrangement there would be no change in the character of the loops and flanges; but the sections would be of two classes, one carrying the flanges at the side of each edge and the other the loops at the side of each edge.

What I clainl as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each being in one integral piece of metal comprising a web, a flange pro- 'ected from the side of one edge thereof and a loop projected from the side of the other edge thereof, said loop be ng closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the web, and said flanges and loops on said sections being of a formation adapt-ing them to interlock one upon the other, whereby they resist any pressure appliedagainst the face of the sections tending to separate the same; substantially as set forth.

2. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each rpmprising integrally a web, a flange nojeried from the side of one edge tl'iereof and a loop projected from the side of the otlmr edge thereof, said loop beii'ig closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the web, said flange being inclined inwardly from its edge of the section and said loop be ing corresponilingly inclined outwardly from its edge of the section; substantially as set forth.

A metal sheet-piling composed. of inter locked sections each being in one integral pieceiif metalccm :rising a web, a flange pro jectcd from the side of one edge thereof and a loop project ed fri an the same side of the other edge thereof, said loop being closed at its outer end and open. at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining -'-'-dge of the web, and said flanges and loops nu said sections being of a r matron arla 'itmz; them to interlock one upon the other, winireliiy they resist any preseras-a7 sure applied against the face of the sections tending to separate the same; substantially as set forth.

4. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each comprising integrally a web, a flange projected from the side of one edge thereof, and a loop projected from the same side of the other edge thereof, said loop being closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the web, said flange from its edge of the section and said loop heing correspondingly inclined outwardly from its edge of the section; substantially as set forth.

' 5. A metal sheet-piling composed of inter,

- locked sections each being in one integral piece .to separate the same, and said flange and the outer member of said loop of each section being thicker than the web of the section; substantially as set forth.

6. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each being in one integral piece of metal comprisin a web, a flange .projected from the side 0 one edge thereof and a loop projected from the same side of the other edge thereof, said loop being closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the web, and said flanges and loops on said sections being of a formation adapting them to interlock one upon the other, whereby they resist any pressure applied against the face of the sections tending to separate the same, and said flange and the outer member of said loop of each section being thicker than the web of the section; substantially as set forth.

7 A metal sheet-piling composed of inter locking sections each comprising integrally a web, a flange projected from the side ofo'ne edge thereof, and a loop projected from the side of the other edge thereof, said loop being closed at its outer end and open at its imier end, and the outer portions of said flange and loop being set at an angle to the inner portions thereof; substantially as set forth.

8. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked. sections each being in one integral piece of metal and said sections respectively having at their adjoining edges a loop and a flange projected from the side of the edge of the sections and adapted to interlock one within the other, whereby they resist any pressure applied against the face of the sections tending to separate the same, saidloop being inclined inwardlybeing closed at its outer end and open at, its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the Web; substantially as set forth.

9. A metal sheet-piling'composed of integral interlocking beam-sections at Whose adjoining edges said sections are respectively formed with a loop and a flange projected from the side of the sections and adapted to engage each other, said loop beinginclined outwardly and closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the Web, and said flange being correspondinglyinclined inwardly; substantially as set forth.

10. A metal sheet pih'ng composed of integral interlocking beam-sections at whose ad joining edges said sections are respectively formed with a loop and a flan e projected from the side of the sections an adapted to engage each other, said loop being closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the Web, and the outer portions of said loop and flange being set at an angle to the inner portions thereof; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 13th day of January, AD. 1906. j I JOHN R. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, ARTHUR MARION.