US899349A

US899349A - Built-up post.

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Publication number: US899349A
Application number: US44381708A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Friedrich Steiber
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-07-16
Filing date: 1908-07-16
Publication date: 1908-09-22
Anticipated expiration: 1925-09-22

Description

C. F. STEIBER.

BUILT-UP POST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 190s.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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A TTOHNE YS STATES PATENT oEEroE. CHARLES FRIEDRICH STEIBEmoE NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 22, V190s.

To all whom 'it may concem: y

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. STEIBEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx,

in the county and State of N ewYork, haveinvented a new and Improved 'Built- Post, of which the followlngis a ullglclear',

and exact description.

This invention relatesto ost's such as used on the interior work of uildings. The object of the invention is to producea post of simple construction which isbuilt'eu'p or formed of a number of pieces set together.

The invention relates especially to the `con struction loi section. The form of t ese parts is such as to facilitate' their being stamped orreadily formed vfrom sheet metal. l p

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more full described hereinafter forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the aCCOmpanying drawings formin cation in which simi ar characters Aoli' 'reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. y Y

AFigure 1 is a'longitudinal vertical section taken through to my invention; Fig. 2 isa .crosssection through the posttaken-onkthe line 2 -2 of Fig. 1, but upon an enlarged scale; Fig.13 is a cross section through the post taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fi 4 is a lan of the blank or plate from which the ase of the post is formed b means of a die Fig-'5 isa perspective of te completely formed base;

point on the post; Fig. 7 is a perspective ofl the crown, the blank for whi is shown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is an elevation ofthe post at the point of connection between the .upper section and lower section. thereof.

Referring more particularly to the parts,

and Yesjiecially to Figs. 1,2, and 3; '1 re resents t rectangular in cross-section, as shown 1n Fig.

2. The lower end of this lower section seats ulpon a base 2, the construction o" which is s own very clearly in Fig; 45. The lower part of the base presents flat sides or cheeks 3` and the base,the capital or headofthe post, and to the collar whichconnect'sr the upper part 'ofithe ostl with :the lower and particularly set a part of this sp'eci-- a post constructed accordingthis way the blank is pressed into the desired e lower sectionofa post Whic isA above these cheeks, themetal is pressed so as to form an Vornamental uper part 4 for the base, the upper edge 5 wlliereor constitutes a seat for the lower end of the section 1. This edge 5 is disposed around a squareopening and the sides ofthis' opening areprovidedwith upwardly projecting--trian ar ears 6. These ears are received within t e lower end .of the' section 1, and 'are attached rigidly 65 thereto by` rivets 7, as indicated in Fig; 1.-

The base is adapted to be formed from a blank having the form shown in Fig. 4. blank` is substantially square, having square n otches8 cut in the corners thereof so that four laps ,9 are formed on the sidesV of the blank. At the center of the plate, an opening 10 is punched in the form of a star having four `arms 11 which are disposed on the diagonals of the'blank, asv indicated. In forming 75 the base from the blank, the ilaps 9 are bent Adownwardly on the dotted lines 12` joining y the corners of the notches 8, and these flaps form the cheeks 3 of the base.

The metal at the dia onal dotted lines 13 is pressed be- 80 tween these lines 13 to form the ornamental part 4, as will be readily understood. At the dotted lines 15 which join the corners of the star, the central part of the plate is bent upwardly so as to form the triangular ears 6, as shown, and at about thelines 15, the edges 5 are formed which constitute the seat for the lower end of the lower post section 1. In

form. 9o

On the upper end of the lower section 1, the upper section 16 of the post seats; This u persectionis n'ot formed in one iece like tlie section 1, but is built up, as in 'cated in Fig.v 3. In its construction it comprises main side plates 17 which are offset inwardly -on their central Yaxes so as to form shallow grooves' or channels 18,`and the edges of these plates are bent around so as to form anges 19 at the corners of the post. Between the main plates 17, intercostal plates. or aum'liary side plates 20 are provided. These plates are without flanges and ,are simply attached by rivets 21 to the inner face of the flanges 19, as indicated in Fig. 3. Near the lower endof the up er section 16 of the post, a collar 22 is attac ed; the form ofV this collar is shown very clearly in Fig. 7. It isof square form to lit the post section and is pressed so as to form ornamental side plates 23 presenting edges 24 from which rectangue lar ears 25 project upwardly, as shown. This collar is adapted to be formed from a blank such as that shown in Fig. 6. This blank is of square form, as shown, and has square openings 26 punched in it near the corners. At their inner corners, these square openings 26 connect with a main central opening 27 which is also of square form, but much'enlarged, as indicated. In forming the collar the outer rim of the plate beyondthe dotted lines 28 which connect the outer sides of the square openings 26, is pressed into the form shown at 23, the diagonal dotted lines 29 indcating the oint where the ornamental edges 30 of t e part 23 are formed. The parts of the plate between the openings 26 constitute flaps 31, and these are bent upwardly on the lines 28 so` as to form the ears 25, as shown in Fig. 7. These ears are of the same width as, the channels 18, and the channels are )f sufiicient depth to enable the outer faces of the ears to be substantially iiush with the outer faces of the main plate when the ears are in position, as indicated in Fig. 3. ln forming the upper section 16 of the post, this collar is slid over the lower end of the section and attached thereto near the lower end by means of rivets 32, as shown in Fig. 1.

At the upper end of the post section 16, a crown or capital 33 is attached, and this capital comprises a collar 34 which is similar in forni to the collar 22, that is, it presents ears 35 which are received in the channels-18. It should be stated that the distance between the edges of the flanges 19 on the sides of the post are substantially the same as the width of the ears 25 and the ears 35, so that the ears operate to hold the collars rigidly in position and relieve the rivets from much of the strain to which they would otherwise be subjected.

For the purpose of ornament, the blank from which the capital collar 34 is formed will have a wider rim, so that the finished collar will project from the post and improve its appearance. ln pressing the collar 34 its outer edge is formed into a flange 36 which constitutes a seat for the rounded cap 37,

which finishes off theupper end of thel post, as indicated. Mter the collar 34 is placed in position, the ears 35 thereof` are attached to the section 16 of the post by rivets 38, as shown. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- Y

1. A built-up post having a base formed of sheet metal and having a seat for a post-seetion, said base having upwardly projecting integral ears at said seat, and a post-section received on said seat and attached to said ears.

2. A builteup post having side plates with channels formed therein, and a collar formed seams' l of sheet metal having integral ears received in said channels and attached thereto.

3. A built-up )ost havingmain side plates with centrallyA isposed channels formed in the faces' thereof and having longitudinal flanges at the edges thereof, other side plates between said main side )lates and attached to said flanges, and a co ar formed of sheet metal having integral ears received in said channels and between said flanges and attached to said side plates.

4. A built-,up post having a base formed of sheet metal having a seat for a post-section and having integral upwardly projecting ears at said seat, a lower post-section resting on said seat and engaging said ears, an upper post-section received in the up )er end of said lower post-section, and a col ar formed of sheet metal having integral ears attached to said up er post-section and resting on the upper en of said lower post-section.

5. A built-up post comprising a lower seetion, an up er section received in the upper end thereo said u per section having side plates with channe s formed therein, and a collar formed of sheet metal, having ears attached in said channels and of substantially the same width as said channels.

6. A built-up post comprising a postsection having side plates with channels formed therein, and a capital having a collar formed of sheet metal having integral ears received in said channels and attached to said side plates, said side plates being of substantially the same Width as said channels.

7. A blank for forming a base for a post, consisting of a plate of rectangular form having notches cut in the corners thereof and having a central opening forming fiaps adapted to be bent up to form ears for attaching the post body to said base.

8. A blank for forming a base for a post, consisting of -a rectangular plate having notches cut in the corners thereof andforming flaps therebetween adapted to be bent downwardly, said plate having a star-shaped open ing in the center thereof the arms whereof extend toward'said notches, said )late having Vears formed between said arms a apted to be bent upwardly.

9. A blank for forming a collar for a post', consisting of a plate of rectangular form having rectangular openings near the corners thereof and having a centrally disposed rectangular opening connecting with said first openings at their inner corners.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES FRIEDRICH STEIBER.

Witnesses EDWARD SCHOPPE,

PETER limon.