US1641623A - Composition building siding - Google Patents

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' 1,641,623 1927 w. A. CARTIER COMPOSITION BUILDING SIDING Filed sept 26. 1925 Z? A EC Egg 1 Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

new ears WILLIAM A. CARTER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COMPOSITION BUILDING SIDING.

7 Application filed September 26, 1925. Serial No. 58,842.

This invention relates to composition building sidings, and to the method of making such sidings. I

This invention is an improvement over that disclosed in my prior Patent Number 1,582,684, issued to me April 7, 1925, for method of facing wall structures.

In certain types of construction as the brick veneer building, it is the practice to build a frame house With ordinary wooden sheeting and, thereafter, build a brick wall of one brick thickness adjacent the sheeting.

This brick wall is insecurely tied to the sheeting or building, and frequently gives considerable trouble as it easily gets out of alignment due to the settling of the wall. In addition to this, it is not a very secure construction, although materially cheaper than a solid brick wall.

' This invention is designed to overcome the defects noted above, and objectsof the invention are to provide a method of making building sidings and a siding which will simulate either the brick veneer facing or stone block construction or any other desired pattern.

Further objects are to provide a construction such that there is no chance of the formation of cracks in the wall even when settling occurs as the successive slabs are held together in interlocking relation in addition to the holdsec'ured by the mortar, and in which a very secure and permanent attachment for each slab at a plurality of points to the frame work is afforded in a very simple and novel manner.

An embodiment of the invention is shown I in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a fragment of a Wall showing the slabs in position. i

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional 'view to an enlarged scale of a portion of the wall.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through the mould showing the parts in one stage of construction.

plurality of slabs A which are arranged in be broken by the successive slabs from one tier to the next tier. i

This figure shows one side B of an end block and the corresponding side C of the other end of a similar end block, it being understood that these end blocks are made with unequal legs, as will be described in greater detail hereinafter. l

In forming the siding, a mould is employed having a bottom portion. 1 and end other edges of the slabs, that is,'the horizontal edges are flat. WVithin the mould a plurality of short pins'.6 project upwardly from the bottom and serve to position conical corks or filling members .7, as indicated in Figure 3, suchfilling membersor conical blocks, whether of wood or cork, be ng lightly positioned upon the pins 6 prior to moulding the slabs.

In moulding the slabs, concrete or other material, as indicated at 8, is poured into the mould and smoothed off adjacent the upper ends of the filling members 7 After the filling of the body portion of the mould has been completed and it is properly smoothed off level with the top, a marginal or border member 9 hinged to the, body portion, as indicated in Figure 3, is swung downwardly into position and filling mate rial 11 'of any suitablecolor is poured into this portion of the mould. It is then smoothed oif and a grating 9, hinged to the marginal or border portion 9, is rocked into position, as shown in Figure 3. The grating is most clearly shown in Figure 3, and is preferably formed of half round rods secured together in any appropriate manner to make the desired pattern whether .for bri'Ck,;imitation or imitation ofstone or blocks.

It is to be noted that this grating is so formed'fthat when it is rocked into position, it presses a pattern into the fillingll and simulates the joints between successive bricks or blocks. At spaced point in the grating pins are provided, as indicated in .a staggered manner so that the joints will Figure 3, and these pins align with the filling member 7 and form apertures in llU the moulded slab adapted to subsequently receive securing nails hereinafter described and also to indicate the position of the filling member 7 in the finished block.

It is to be noted that the grooves formed by the grating may be filled with cement 'or other suitable material,"as indicated at 15, and described subsequently. However, the process may be followed in a slightly different manner. For example, the body of the cement, as indicated at 8, may be one 7 show between successive bricks or blocks and is in reality the uncovered portion of the body part 8 of the cement. This gives an inset joint effect which is so highly desirable incertain types of walls.

Figure 2 shows the manner in which the slabs are applied to the Wall. In this figure, the uprights or studdings are indicated at 12, and the sheeting at 13. The slabs are positioned against the sheeting 13 and nails 14 are driven through the apertures left by the pins 10, and through the filling members 7 and into the studding, the heads of the nails being positioned within the appropriate channels left by the grating. These channels are subsequently filled with mortar, as'indicated at 15, in order to complete the imitation of brick or stone or concrete construction.

. The horizontal joints between successive and prevents the formation of cracks along the wall even when settling occurs.

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ther, the individual slabs are secured to the Wall at a plurality of points, such construction being illustrated in detail in the drawings. In addition to this, the securing means is wholly hidden by the filling 15 for the channels, and thus the securing means is protected from the action of the Weather.

If desired the horizontal joints can also L It will be seen that slabs have been provided which will imitate any desired facing, and which will freely adapt themselves to the the formation of buildings such as the brick veneer buildings or similar types of structures.

Further, it will be seen that a wall constructed in accordance with this invention is very much more reliable and rigid than can be formed by the ordinary methods.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may-b'e variously embodied and is, therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

I claim:

' An outer slab for a building wall comprising a body portion having its outer face formed with a pattern thereon simulating tiers of distinct members, a series of tapered fibrous blocks embedded in the body portion with their larger ends stopping short of the outer face of the slab and with their inner ends flush with the inner face of the slab, said outer face having depressions formed therein in alignment with said blocks, whereby nails may be driven into the recesses, through the fibrous blocks and into supporting members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

WILLIAM A. CARTER.

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