Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
  • E04B1/58—Connections for building structures in general of bar-shaped building elements
  • E04B1/5806—Connections for building structures in general of bar-shaped building elements with a cross-section having an open profile
  • E04B1/5818—Connections for building structures in general of bar-shaped building elements with a cross-section having an open profile of substantially U - form

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• WALL FRAME STRUCTURE This invention relates to metal wall frame structures, and more particularly to those applicable to domestic dwellings, sheds, halls and other public or commercial buildings.
• a wall frame structure for a building comprising a pair of spaced parallel, U-shaped rolled metal plates having inwardly projecting impressions open top and bottom formed in a line along each of the arms of each of said U-shaped plates, a plurality of rolled C-shaped metal studs interconnecting the pair of plates at spaced intervals with each of said studs having at each end portion in opposite walls of said stud apertures accommodating respective ones of said impressions which protrude therethrough, and clip elements inserted through the openings of protruding ones of said projecting impressions and adjacent an inner face of a respective one of said studs to lock said studs to said plates.
• Fig. 1 shows in perspective the assembly of a stud to a plate for a wall frame structure of this invention
• Fig. 2 depicts one embodiment of a locking clip used in the structure
• Fig. 3 depicts a second embodiment of a locking clip.
• the wall frame structure of this invention preferably comprises a pair of spaced parallel, horizontal wall plates positioned at the top and bottom of the frame which are bridged by a plurality of spaced, upright wall studs.
• Fig. 1 shows the construction of each wall plate 4 and each stud 5, both being produced from rolled steel or other metal.
• the invention is concerned with the formation of the plates 4 and studs 5 and their manner of interconnection, and this is typified by the fragmentary illustration of Fig. 1 of interconnection between the lower end of a single stud and a bottom plate. An identical interconnection is made between the upper end of the stud and the top plate.
• the wall plate 4 is U-shaped in cross section, i.e. having a flat base 6 and upright parallel walls 7 and 8 provided with inwardly projecting rectangular impressions 9 arranged in a row along each of the walls 7 and 8.
• the impressions 9 may be formed while the plate 4 is in blank form prior to roll forming.
• a battery of punches and dies may serve to form the impressions 9 in a single pass of a blank for the wall plate 4.
• These tools (not shown) operate to press the metal of the wall 7 or 8 into internal impressions 9 with simultaneous shearing along shear lines 10 thus to provide openings at the top 11 and bottom 12 of the formed impressions 9.
• Each stud 5 is preferably composed of rolled C-shaped steel section with longitudinally extending reinforcing ribs 13 pressed into the side walls 14 and 15 and the base 16. Rectangular apertures 17 are provided near the end of the stud 5 in the side walls 14 and 15 the dimensions of which are no less than, and preferably close to, the outside dimensions of. each of the impressions 9. Thus, a selected one of the impressions 9 may be accommodated within an aperture 17 to protrude therethrough beyond the inner face of the wall 14 or 15. Each impression 9 protrudes sufficiently beyond the inner face to reveal its open top and bottom.
• a locking clip 18, shown in more detail in Fig. 2 is provided with tongues 19 for insertion through the open top 11 , or bottom 12, of the impression 9 adjacent the inner face of the respective wall 14 or 15.
• the tongues 19 are ganged together by a bridging arm 20 for simultaneous insertion of a pair of tongues 19 through the openings in a confronting pair of impressions 9.
• a transverse corrugation 21, directed inwardly of the clip 18 is provided near the root end 22 of each of the tongues 19.
• FIG. 3 An alternative form of locking clip 18A is shown in Fig. 3 which is provided with a ' tongue 19A and retaining corrugation 21A which at is root end 22A is integrally formed with an operating tab 20A to assist in insertion and withdrawal from an impression 9.
• any wall plate 4 and stud 5 is achieved. Regardless of manufacturing tolerances in the components rigidity is achieved through the use of the locking clip 18. Furthermore, interlocking between any stud 5 and plate 4 is initially effected by insertion of a stud 5 along its axis into the channel of a plate 4 so that the extreme end of the stud 5 engages with the base 6 of the plate 4. To assist in such insertion an inwardly directed inclined lug 24 is formed at the opposite ends of each of the walls 14 and 15 of each stud 5 to form a ramp as a lead-on for the impressions 9. Thus during axial insertion of the stud 5 the walls 7 and 8 of a plate 4 as well as the walls 14 and 15 of a stud 5 will flex to allow entry of the impressions 9 into the apertures 17.

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