US1438640A - Portable building - Google Patents

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1. FLACK AN-D P. SCHEPP.

PORTABLE BUILDING.

I APPLICATIQN FILED DEC. 10, 1920.

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PORTABLE BUILDING.

Application filed December 10,1920. 1

To all to 710m it may concern 2 Be it known that we, JOHN FLACK and PETER Sorrnrr, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of La Salle, county of La Salle, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable buildings having numerous uses, such as temporary stores, camps, barracks, voting booths, etc., and is designed to be suitable for transport on a power truck or fiat car.

The objects of the invention are to provide an extensible building of this nature which when the sections thereof are in telescopic relation provides a suitable storage place for supplies while the structure is of such dimensions as to permit convenient mounting on a flat car or similar transporting device.

The objects of the invention are attained by a structure as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a plan of the building with the telescopic sections thereof in extended relation and with the roof removed.

Figure 2 is a similar plan view but with the sections of the building telescoped to minimum dimensions.

Figure 8 is an elevation in longitudinal section taken on he line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the extended building with the roof removed.

Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an end view of the building when telescoped to minimum dimensions and shows the roof in place withhinged portions thereof outside of and secured to the side walls of the building. g

The general features of the structure comprises a central rectangular frame which may be of proportions or dimensions similar to the superstructure of a box car; The side walls of the building are supported by beams which have telescopic relation with the frame structure and may be drawn outwardly, thus increasing the exterior dimensions of the building approximately three times that of the central frame structure. The central frame structure is provided with a fixed floor and separate floor sections are hinged thereto to provide floors for the side sections of the building, but which may be Serial No. 429,691.

swung up to vertical position when it is desired to reduce the dimensions of the build ing. i

Referring to the drawings, the central frame structure 1 is closed at its ends by the end walls 2 and 3 having sliding doors and 5 therein. The side walls 6 and 7 are rigid with transverse beams 8 which are slidably supported in the central frame structure 1. The side walls may, therefore, be moved away from the central frame structure 1 in order to increase the dimensions and capacity of the building. The floors 9 for the side sections of the building .are in hinged relation with the floor 10 of the central section. Therefore, after the side walls are drawn outwardly the floors or wings 9 are lowered from their vertical position into their normal. horizontal position. The rear end walls 11 of the side sections of the building are in overlapping sliding relation with the end wall 2 of the central section, while the front walls 12 of the side sections are in overlapping hinged relation with the front end wall 3 of the central section. The steps 13 are also hinged to the central section and when not in use may be swung to a vertical position and serve to retain the end walls 12 in closed position against the end walls 8 of the cen tral section. The outer lower corners of the side sections carry screw jackets 14: whereby the building may be properly level. The roof 15 if formed in three sections, the side sections or wings 16 thereof being hinged to the central section in order that when the building is telescoped to minimum dimensions the section 16 of the roof may be lowered and secured to the side walls 7.

In transporting the building, it is reduced to the compact structure illustrated in Figure 6. while like a box car provides con siderable space in the central section for the housing of supplies. The operation of ex tending the building consists in propping up the sections 16 of the roof and then drawing the side walls 7 outwardly to the maximum distance permitted and lowering the floor sections 9. The steps are lowered and the end walls 12 of the side sections are swung into place to close the ends of these sections.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be vmounted at each end of said central frame,

said hinged members being swingable outwardly into position to close the side sections When said side Walls occupy their extended positions is and being swingable inwardly into overlapping relation to close the ends of said central framevwhen the buildin is collapsed.

@igned at Chicago this 2nd day of Dec. 1920.

JOHN FLAOK.

PETER SOHEPP.

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