US2352702A - Partition construction - Google Patents

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July 4, 1944.

. Filed Aug. 4, 1940 I July 4, 1944.

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' PARTITION CONSTRUCTION- Fiied Aug. 4, 1940 35heets-Sheet 2- INVENTORS GILBERT L. FOWLES 0nd CHARLES J.NOCAR ATTORNEYS. V

July 4, 1944. e. L. FOWLES ETAL PARTITION CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 4. 1940 3 Sh qe ts-Sheet :5

iiillillill IIIIIIIII-I INVENTORS. GILBERT L. FOWLES and CHARLES J.NOCAR BY I M,W r

' v ATTORNEYS Patented July 4, 1944 A UNITED. STATES" T NT- FFIC 2,352,702 PARTITION CONSTRUCTION Gilbert L. .Fowles, Lakewood, and Charles J. No car, Cleveland, Ohio, assignors toLThe E. F.

.Hauserman Company poration' of Ohio Cleveland, Ohio, a cor- In sheet metal partitions, particularly of the relatively thin space-saving form,. and involving. spaced-apart face plates, it is sometimes a matter of diiiiculty to obtain desirably close fitting Prevalent constructions also have not afforded all the space desired for pipes and like,bulky placements in addition to wiring. Generally i also there has been a lack of adequate means for taking-care of sagging in sections including door frame elements. In accordance with the present invention, a construction may be had providing the desired features of space-saving walls, and l avoiding disadvantages as heretofore noted,

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and tion is its ability to attain precision jointing on the exposed faces irrespective of the inequalities primarily encountered in operijoint construction. Spaced-apart panel face members 3 provide the forth in detail certain illustrative embodiments .of the invention, these being indicative however,

related ends, the invention, then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, thefollowing description and the annexed drawings setting of but a few of the various ways in which the principle of the invention may be employed.

In said annexed drawings:

cal .panel sections; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section, enlarged, taken on a plane substantially indicated by the line II, Fig. 1; Fig. 3

isafragmentary elevational detail of theupper corners of adjacent panel sections; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the corner bracket member thereof; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a reinforcing'm'ember on the inside of the panel face 3 the flange of vertical support member S, Fig. 6.

Screws ll through these openings carry the member; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower corner of a panel floor'support; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the flange of a channel vertical support member, showing a locking lug on the reinforcing member in engagement therewith; .Fig. 8 is a fragmentary horizontal section looking downwardly, taken just above the lower horizontal edges of the panels 3; Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevational detail of the upper right corner of the'portion adjacent the door shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 10 is a fragmentary 5 vertical section taken on a plane substantially indicated by line X-X, Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a. fragmentary horizontal section takenon-a plane substantially indicated by line XI-XI, Fig 9; Fig., 12 is a fragmentary horizontal section of, Figs. 1

and 9;-Fig. 13 is a fragmentary elevational view of the web of an auxiliary support or a door frame support; Fig 14 is a vertical section taken on line XIV-XIV of Fig. 1; and Fig. 15 Y and *in'Fig. 6 for the lower brackets.

ceiling, I

The wall or partition is ingeneral assembled I I ofpanel sections, which may beprepared at the joints between face platesof adjacent sections. 5,

factory and require merely securing together at r the place of construction. Thus, a panel section may,v comprise vertical supports s, such as of channel form, and having their webs 2 directed back to back in the section, see Fig. 2, thereby leaving the channel open at the edge until closed up by the positioning of the adjacent member.

In such'form it wiligbenoticedthat there is no,

outside seam-covering or joint-covering member capable of concealing loosely-closed joints, and an important advantage of the present construc- I ably horizontally and vertically, each facemem- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a portion 25 of wall illustratively including a door and typieach other, the bracket being welded or other;

wise secured to the inside of the face member and such as to project beyond, to expose the bolt holes, as shown in Fig. 3 for the upper brackets, In such positioning, the bolt hole 9, which is desirably somewhat elongated or slotted, comes opposite weight of the face plate and secure it in vertical relation to the supports in desired position.

' With the screws removed, the face plate can be bodily dis-assembled from the vertical supports by moving the face plate up or down with respect to the supports, locking engagement being had by means of lugs l3, Figs. 5 and 7, projecting on the inside of the reinforcing member 24 which has been secured to the face plate the lug being near the edge opposite the vertical support, and

positionedfor instance desirably at apoint intermediate the ends of the panel. It is of course possible to 'amx the lugs l3 to the rear surface of the face'plates but in this case the reinforcing member 24' mustbe shortened so as to avoid I 'contact with vertical supports S. The'lugs ll being slightly undercut or bent over, may enter an adjacent openingin the flange of the verti-- is a perspective view of a modification of the lat-Jv cal support S at either th pp 0 f OWfi end :ing holes in the vertical supports.

widest portions and from thence the opening narrows to its center, whereby the lugs M are closely engaged, being raised or lowered to such position, as shown in Fig. "1. Conversely, removal of the plate is efiected by either raising or lowering to bring the lugs l3 into the enlarged upper or lower end of the slot in the flange whereupon the plate can be bodily swung away from the vertical support. Referring now to Fig. 6 it will be seen that each support 8 is suitably anghored to the floor, by means of a narrow stilt it between the support and the floor. The stilt being secured by "screws it, the support is firmly held, while at the same time amplified space between of theopening in such' flange, these being the the adjusting screws 30. 'It will be understood that the door trim is removable in accordance with well known practice, this being no part of I the present invention, the space between the vertical supports and the door frame members beingth'ereby'made accessible. Passageways are provided at both sides of the' door fromfioor'to ceiling and over the door for wires, piping, etc.,

' and by means of a narrower connector bar II,

Figs. 9, 10 and 11, the lower vertical support section 3| and the upper support section ,8 are well secured, while amplified space around the bar 32 accommodates it-to size not heretofore applicable.

the stilt l5 and the baseboard which is suitably secured by any desired means to coter the lower edge of the face plates, permits laying inof pipes of considerable size in addition to wires etc. The wings'a of the corner brackets of the face plates being in ,opposed position on assembled adjacent face plates, Figs. 2, 6, it is seen that takeup screws or bolts l8, see Fig; 8, through the holes :9 of the opposed wings permits the drawing up of the edges into tight joint fit. -The brackets B being sufliciently exposed above and below the plates, such adjustment and tighten- 'ing may be readily accomplished. Any desired vertical adjustment is obtained by reason of the lee-way afforded by the engagement of the lug l3 with the slot'in the support, whereupon the screws, l'l may be tightened int'o final holding position, and the baseboard 20 is put in place there-" over, its detail being immaterial to the present invention. And, theupper exposed ends are closed by members referred to more in detail hereinafter. It is to be understood that the vertical adjustment takes place prior to the insertion of the screw and not afterward. Thus it will be seen that the plates are firmly held to the supports S but are capable of movement up and down so as to aline slots 9 'with the correspondserves to also cover the free margin of the upper The wall section being of spaced-apart plates,

insulating filling material, as mineral wool etc., can advantageously beprovided as illustrated diagrammatically at F, Fig. 2. Possible deformation of the face plates in handling may be prevented by the provision of angle section or channel' section transverse reinforcements 24, Figs. 1,

2 and 5, and to better assist in the holding up'of the mineral wool or the like, angular prongs 25,

Fig. 5; are desirably provided at spaced intervals.

The upper edges 26 of these prongs are blunt and desirably square.

Where a door vis incorporated in' the section,

door frame which is vertically adjustable with respect to the supports in order to compensate for variations in floor level or thickness of floor coverings.

. A removable picture mold provides placement for picture hooks and also allows access to the space behind for wiring, piping,- etc., and .as shown in Fig. 14 this may involve a removable member 35 held by clips ,36. The latter can beintroduced into the mold section by sliding into position from the end when exposed, the clips riding behind the upstanding edge of the face plate of the panel. The moldsection 35 is-provided with a recess or groove 31 and a hook-holding lip 38. Where the partition sections extend to the ceiling, as in Fig. 14, the mold member I! filler plate 40 which is secured to the ceiling, and a neat unobstrusive' finish is had. Behind the picture mold is space for wiring, accessible also for wiring enteringat any point along the ceiling.. The; picture mold is also capable of cover.-

. ing considerable variations in the spacing bea floating and an adjustable mounting'may be had by means of door frame member 28, Fig. 12,

for the hinging and strikes, and these are ad- Justablysecured to the auxiliary vertical supports 29 by take-up screws 30 between the web of the auxiliary vertical support and the web 3| of the door frame member. By means of a keyhole slotted type of opening in the web of'th auxiliary vertical support 29, Fig. 13, the head of the bolt 'or screw, 30 can be conveniently put through the 6 enlarged portion of the openng and be tightened.

against the narrowed portion ofthe slot. It will be seen thus that the door may behung on its tween the ceiling member and the upper edge of theface plates of the panel sections, audit will be noticedthatthe mold has load-bearing support on the panel units. By reason of the ar-' rangement of the clips, suflicient up and down sliding movement with respect to the flange of the ceiling member may be had to permit the mold to be removed vby raising suiliciently so that the lower engag'ement'can be cleared past the upper edge 'of the face plateand the'mold then I be tilted outwardly and thus be taken oil. A slightly variant finish of the picturemold may omit the groove along the face and the picture hooks may be hung on the upper edge 38'. Where" it is desired to leave a space between the ceiling and the upper edge of the partitiomthe picture mold 35 similarly held by the clips covers the 5 upper margin of the panel face plate 3, Fig. 15,

find a finish for the top may be had by the channel member 42 which has laterally extending flanges l8 and rebent flanges 44 engaging the upper margins "on the picture mold. A deeper framing in place, and any compensation or stress channel member 15 has its flanges 48 secured may be taken care of by the adjustable bolts 30- suitably, as by welding, to the flange portions 48 at their different locations, and a smoothly closing door isreadilyobtainable. ,Subsequently if at any timebinding develops at some point,

of the channel member 42. Holes l8, 41, in the channel'members allow access for wires etc. or

a screwdriver for operation on screws through compensating adjustment may be easily hadby" 1Q convenient holes as at ll.

Other modes of applying the principle of the invention may be employed, change being made as regards the details described, provided the features stated in any of the following claims, or the equivalent of such, be employed.

We therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as our invention:

1. Ina wall construction, channel vertical supports, panel face members, openings in the lateral wings of said channel vertical supports, said openings being wider at the ends than at the middle, locking lugs projecting inwardly from each face member and effectively interlocked with said vertical supports in said openings and screwthreaded means for also tightening a face member on its vertical support to prevent vertical movement.

2'. In wall construction, channel vertical supports, panel face members, openings in the lateral wings of said channel vertical supports, said openings wider at the ends than at the middle, and locking lugs projecting inwardly from each face member and interlocked in said openings.

3. In wall construction, vertical supports, panel face members, and means including cooperating locking lugs and receiving openings in said supports and face members, said openings tapering in opposite directions, in such manner that the ends are larger than the center, for permitting 6. In wall construction, vertical supports, a panel face member, and angle-wing pieces, one of said pieces being secured to said panel face member near each corner thereof and each of said angle wing pieces having openings for the reception of connecting means, said means extending to an adjacent vertical support, each of said angle wing pieces having one wing spaced from and parallel to the plane of the panel and extending toward an opposite corner and another wing at right angles to said first wing and extending toward said panel, and openings in such wings for fastening means.

7. In wall construction, vertically extending post members, panel face members mounted upon said posts, said panel members having horizontally slotted brackets and fasteners extending through such slots for fastening the panel members' to the posts, andmeans independent of the disassembly of a panel face member from a vertical support by either raising or lowering the face member. j

4. In wall construction, panel sections including a channel vertical support for each edge of the section and with the channel webs in the section directed back toward back, panel face members, openings in the flanges of said vertical supports, said openings being wider at the ends than at the middle, locking lugs projecting inwardly from each face member interlocked in said openings, corner brackets on the inside of said face members extending slightly therebeyond at the top and'bottom, each having one wing provided with a slotted fastener-receiving opening, fasteners passing through said openings securing said face members to the vertical supports, each of'said brackets having another wing at right angles provided with a fastener-receiving opening and fasteners extending through said openings for securing adjacent face members edge to edge.

5. In wall construction, a panel face member, a panel corner bracket near each corner thereof, each of said brackets having two wings, one wing spaced from and parallel to the plane of the panel and extending toward an opposite corner and another wing at right angles to said first wing and extending toward said panel, and openings in such wings for fastening means.

vertical supports for drawing adjacent face members in tight edge to edge contact.

- 8. In wall construction, vertical supports, a door frame and panel face members thereabove, and a narrow bar extending from said door frame for supporting upper structure and connected to a vertical support adjacent a face member above said door frame, said support being spaced from said door frame thereby providing passway space across the top of the door frame.

9. In wall construction, a panel face member, a horizontal 're-inforcing member on said panel face member, and upwardly directed prongs on the inside of said re-inforcing member and extending away from same for anchoring filling material, said prongs having free, square ends.

10. .In wall construction, vertical supports, panel face members, a horizontal picture mold member having a longitudinal groove, clips at the'back for holding said member, and a cornice finish including a deep channel member with upwardly extending flanges and a shallow channel member seated within said first member and having outwardly extending flanges, said last named flanges having down turned portions, one of said portions engaging the inner upper margin of said mold member.

11. In a wall construction, panel sections erectable as units, each section comprising a vertical support for each edge of the section, panel face members secured to said vertical supports by bracket members, said securing means carrying the weight of said panel face members,-and take GILBERT L. FOWLES. CHARLES J. NOCAR.

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