US911062A - Deformed bar. - Google Patents

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UNITED STAllES ,PiUlENT OFFICE.

FRANK V. MCMULLIN, 0F lIIJti E:.\\l Ul IICNNSYLYrlNlA, A SIHNUH "lll ll l llllT A. CUMMINGS, OF llllAY l1, Pl: N iiYLVA X l .l.

DEFORMED BAR.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed June 7, 1901. Serial No. 377.831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK V. MCMULLIN,

a resident of lfiilgewoorl, in tho county of Allegheny and State of Penn ylvania, limo invented a new and usi-i'nl lnn ri'wmnmlt in Deformed Ilors; srnl l do hereby ihw-loro tho following to ho it full. (floor, nml moot Llosoription thorooi'.

This invention relates to lh lnrnml mt tollio lJltIS and ospooinlly to bars for use for tho reinforcement ol. ornn'ri-to and similar oeinontitious motorinls.

Tho object of the invontion is to provi lo a bar which is cheap in nninuhn-tin'i and which forms strong :rnrhorngos for the rornont or other ("HWfll'lllULl slshstnnvo to provent the slipping, of tho bur in tho omnont Hill therein innronso iho olhoiomry ol' the ruinforoomont.

The invention comprises at bar inning the construction horoimmltor (lvsorihod and claimed.

These Wobs or ribs m'o out of parallelism in. order to provnlo grinning moliots or nnrlmrs 8. es in tho cement. 'lhi irre-gulmity oi the .(i s may beoom'oniontly 1 onrod. by musing certain ribs to npprmir-h m'l i other at inlor vsls, such as by list i nn ngr tho Inn at the points 3, in such :1 nmnni-k as o (nus-o two oi the ribs to come In contact, its at l nnrl the opposite l two to come in contnot at This forms in two opposito i'in'os oi tho hnr n sm'zos of pockets o into which tho amount lills ancll thorohiro proviehw it o'ooii nnchomgo. Tho

flattening ol the bar it! points 31 ninhi-s tho outline irregular when Wont-Ll l'ronlnny l osil l i l tion, :1: clearly ndicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Whrn rionwl from one position the bar narrow at th s lhitlonoil portions 3 and wide at tho poi'hots (3, v. hilo vii-nod at right miglos to this position rho lnir iwn-irrowost it tho povhols H and .i'nhonril out at the flattened portions :3. This hm: Pill; be. conveniently l'orlnml h rolling tho ha? of the cross section shown in Fig. 4, alter whit-l1 it is flattened at the point 1 in any suitable n a such as in snitahl r iormorl rolls or under a. press lmnnnor or tho like. Consequently the bar is ohonp to nninulsn nro as the flattening may ho rrorriorl out Whih: thn inn is cold.

it is not nooossnr that tho flattened portions ho always in tin; some piano, as shown in Figs 1 and 2, but tho; nan be alternately :irrmlgwl at right :ingg i l to ear-h other. or in any ll'ltlilllll insnnor without Minding the ollirionry of tho hm. lnilool. ii is not nonessorj' that the. ribs shonhl ho hrought absolutolv in Wntucn but MW distortion of the r I l ribs to not [hon] not o1 p: :nlhlisrn enables 0 to perform their (loihom in soino h sirorl lnnvtion.

Fir. shows a nioiliih'ntion having the central or wire portion 1' onlnrgorl to provide nioro nish-rii-il. lr. this him; the ribs cannot nonvnnionlly ho brought into sonisot at tho llrlblillfl'i portions, as shown at 8.

i. A motollio lmr having n plurality of indepornlont cominuous ribs oxtondi 7 longitudinally of and laterally hoyonrl the lmr and having portions thereof lllSPOStLl at angles to the axis of thqlrnr and alternately in opposite ilirootions, mlincont ribs being substantially in oontnot nl. intnrvals.

moi slli lnn' l'mving FL plurality of i11- rloponilont ribs oxtondinl longitudinally of nml laterally beyond the liar and nltornatoly funding from and oppronohing (:M'li other.

3. A motnllio bur having a central portion and. n plurality of indepornlent ribs projectins: hoyonil soul contra iortion and extending: hingituclinolly of tho hnr, and nltornntely rt-coiling from Etllll npproiwhing such other.

4.. A inotollir: lli'll' oi rrm-ilonn cross section having rnljnront ribs lying more olosoly in proximity at some portions of their length laterally at intervals to bring adjacentiribs than at other ortions. into proximity. 0 5. Ame'talhc bar of cruciform cross section In testimony whereof, I the said FRANK laterally distorted at intervals to bring adja- V. MCMULLIN have hereunto set In hand.

5 cent ribs into proximity. F. V. MGM LIN.

6. A metallic bar provided with a plurality Witnesses: of inde endent ribs extending longitudinally ROBERT C. TOT'IEN,

of and aterally beyond the bar and flattened JOHN F. WILL.

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