US2198316A - Wall and ceiling construction - Google Patents

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April 23, 1940. F. w. RICHARDSON WALL AND CEILING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 6. 1939 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 23, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFHCE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to wall and ceiling construction of the type composed of so-called panel boards, which are made of various materials or compositions of materials and are supported in wall or ceiling-forming positions by attaching them to such conventional backing or structural members as studs, joists, and the like.

Important objects of the present invention are to generally improve wall and ceiling constructions of the type wherein panel boards are employed; to facilitate fastening the panel boards securely in wall or ceiling-forming positions; and to make it easily possible to lend a neat finish to the wall or ceiling along all lines of jointure r between adjacent panel boards.

Other objects and advantages ofthe invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accom panying drawing, in which Fig. l is a fragmental view illustrating in elevation a wall or ceiling constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional View, enlarged with reference to the scale of Fig. 1 illustrating the present invention as embodied in a pair of meeting walls, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a panel board, the section being taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In providing a wall or ceiling construction according to the present invention, a plurality of panel boards ii are employed, which panel boards may be preformed from various materials or compositions of materials such for example as plaster, fibre, and equivalents thereof. These panel boards 5 may be of standardized dimensions and are so shaped in section as to present a plurality of marginal ledges 6 which are disposed rearwardly of the plane of the wall-forming face i of the respective panel boards. As will be read-- ily understood from the drawing, particular reference being had to Figs. 3 and 4, the wall-forming face i of each panel board is disposed in a plane parallel to and spaced from the plane of the ledges 5, between which planes the panel board is bevelled as shown at 8. Further regarding the cross-sectional contour of the panel boards, it is to be especially noted that each of them is so formed, as will be readily understood from Figs. 3 and 4, that their opposite ends and sides are disposed in planes perpendicular to the plane of the wall-forming face 1 as well as the plane of the opposite or rear face to of the panel board.

According to the present invention, the panel boards 5 are secured in wall or ceiling-forming positions by attaching them to conventional backing or structural members H such as studs, joists and the like, the margins of the respective panel boards being. disposed in an overlapping relation to the backing members as shown most 5 clearly in Figs; 2 and 3, leaving a substantial space between adjacent panel boards to accommodate the fastening devices or anchor strips l2 and It, the former of which is particularly adapted foruse intermediate adjacent panels in 10 a straight wall or ceiling construction, and the latter of which is particularly adapted for use intermediate the end panel boards of a pair of meeting walls, such, for example, as two side walls or one side wall and a ceiling.

Referring particularly to the fastening device I2, it will be observed that such device in its entirety is made of expanded metal and is so shaped as to provide a base 15 adapted to abut against the backing member ii, to which it is securely fastened as by a series of nails iii. The base 15 and its associated wing-like gussets ll collectively constitute a channel structure, the side walls (1. e. wing-like gussets ll) of which are inclined outwardly and form with the backing member H and the adjacent panel boards a pair of relatively large pockets It, the function of which will hereinafter more clearly appear. As shown most clearly in Fig. 3, the wing-like gussets H are provided at their outer ends witha pair of panel-board'engaging flanges 2b which impinge on. the ledges 5 of adjacent panel boards, the force of impingement, and hence the clamping action of the flanges being due to the inherent tension set up in the fastening devices when they are nailed or otherwise secured to the backing members i l and being of suincient intensity to effectively retain the panel boards in wall or ceiling-forming positions against such backing members. As will be understood from Fig. l, the 40 fastening devices I? at opposite ends or sides of the panel boards of a given row or series of such boards may be of uninterrupted lengths throughout the linear extent of that row or series of panel boards, whereas the remaining fastening devices employed in connection with the panel boards of that series or row may be cut to lengths correspending to the distance between the longer or full length fastening devices.

According to the present invention, it is easily possible to lend a neat finish to the wall or ceiling along all lines of jointure between adjacent panel boards 5 by there applying a filler, such as a suitable plaster 2! which flows readily through the mesh or openings in the wing-like gussets ll of primed reference characters, it is believed unnecessary to elaborate on the details of construction or the function of the device other than to -point out that the base B includes a pair of base porions l, connected together by an intermediate web 22 which forms with the structural members I I a relatively large pocket 24, the function of which, like that of the pockets l8 and I8 is to receive a portion of the plaster 2| or similar material as it is applied along the line of jointure between the end panel boards of two meeting walls or of one wall and a ceiling in order to lend a neat corner finish at such line of jointure.

Although only one modification, namely, the modified form of fastening device for use intermediate the end panel boards of two meeting walls or of one wall and a ceiling is herein shown and described, it will be understood that various other changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a wall or ceiling construction, a backing member, a plurality of panel boards arranged in a spaced meeting relation and having their margins overlying said backing member, a fastening device secured to said backing member intermediate said panel boards and including a base attached to said backing member, a pair of perforated wing-like gussets extending outwardly from said base and forming with said backing member and with said panel boards a pair of relatively large pockets, a pair of panel-board engaging flanges carried by said wing-like gussets and impinging on adjacent panel boards, and a filler overlying said base, said gussets, and said panel-board engaging flanges, and a similar filler confined within said pockets and in union with the first-mentioned filler.

In a wall or ceiling construction, a backing member, a plurality of panel boards having marginal ledges disposed rearwardly of the plane of the Wall-forming faces of such boards, said panel boards being arranged in; a spaced meeting relation and having their margins overlying said backing member, a fastening device secured to said backing member intermediate said panel boards and including a base attached to said backing member, a pair of perforated wing-like gussets extending outwardly from said base and forming with said backing member and with said panel boards a pair of relatively large pockets, a pair of panel-board engaging flanges carried by said wing-like gussets and impinging on said ledges of adjacent panel boards, and a filler overlying said base, said gussets, and said panelboard engaging flanges, and a similar filler confined within said pockets and in union with the first-mentioned filler.

3. In a wall or ceiling construction, backing members, a plurality of panel boards arranged in a spaced meeting relation and having their margins overlying said backing members, a fastening device secured to said backing members intermediate said panel boards and comprising a base including a pair of base portions, a perforated web connecting said base portions and forming with said backing members a relatively large pocket, a pair of perforated wing-like gussets extending outwardly from said base and forming with said backing members and with said panel boards a pair of relatively large pockets, a pair of panel-board engaging flanges carried by said wing-like gussets and impinging on adjacent panel boards, and a filler overlying said base portions, said web, said gussets and said panel-board engaging flanges, and a similar filler confined within said pockets and in union with the first-mentioned filler.

4. In a wall or ceiling construction, backing members, a plurality of panel boards having marginal ledges disposed rearwardly of the planes of the wall-forming faces of such boards, said panel boards being arranged in a spaced meeting relation and having their margins overlying said backing members, a fastening device secured to said backing members intermediate said panel boards and comprising'a base including a pair of base portions, a perforated web connecting said base portions and forming with said backing members a relatively large pocket, a pair of perforated wing-like gussets extending outwardly from said base and forming with said backing members and with said panel boards a pair of relatively large pockets, a pair of panel-board engaging flanges carried by said wing-like gussets and impinging on said ledges of adjacent panel boards, and a filler overlying said base portions, said web, said gussets and said panel-board engaging flanges, and a similar filler confined within said pockets and in union with the first-mentioned filler.

FRANK W. RICHARDSON.

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