US2100209A - Studding shoe - Google Patents

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A. H. BLEUEL STUDDING SHOE Nov. 23, 1937. I

Filed Jan. 20, 1936 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented av. 23, 3937 This invention relates to studding shoes, and more particularly to a studding shoe adapted to attach a metal stud directly to a floor.

In using metal studs in the construction of in-- terior partitions in concrete buildings, two general methods have heretofore been employed to fasten the stud to the floor.

The first and most common method has been to drill a hole in the concrete of both the floor and ceiling, and how the stud into the two holes. Drilling the holes consumes considerable time, and is therefore expensive.

The second method used is to employ a channel iron sleeper which is attached to the concrete floor by expansion bolts, or other suitable means, and attach a similar sleeper to'the ceiling, and fasten the studs to the two sleepers either by wiring, or by the use of a studding shoe. This method is also expensive, due to the cost of the sleepers, and hence has not been used generally.

One object of the present invention is to produce a studding shoe that will enable metal studs to be attached directly to the concrete floor and/or ceiling without using intervening sleepers.

Another object is to reduce the cost of constilsructing interior partitions in concrete build- 3 Further objects are to produce a studding shoe 0 that can be readily and economically manufactured, and which will be simple to use as well as sturdy. I other objects will be apparent from .the following description. 4

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view showing a pair of studding shoes holding a stud in place in a i ng.

Fig. 2 is an isometric view of the studding shoe. with a portion of a channel stud shown in dotted Fig. 3 is a plan view of the studding shoe with a channel stud in place, and is a cross section on the line 3-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3,1ooking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 01 Fig. 3, showing the conical nail holder. v Referring to the drawing, in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, two studding shoes l0 and II are shown attached to a floor I2 and a ceiling [3 respectively of a concrete building. The shoes support a stud It in place between them.

v The studding shoes are shown in detail in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive, and comprise a plate IS with tongues l6 and I1 punched out and bent up toward each other to form a clamp adapted to en- 6 gage the opposite sides of the base of a. channel or Z-bar stud l8. The tongues l8 and H are-of sufiicient width to engage the sides of the stud i8 and prevent lateral movement of .the stud.

The four corners of the plate I5 are punched with holes l9, and the metal surrounding the holes I9 pressed upward to form a frustro-conical projection 20, with the hole IS on the upper face thereof. The projection 20, and hole 19 form a holding member and guide for concrete nails 2|, which are used to'secure the shoes In and II to the concrete.

, In use, the stud I4 is cutto length and the shoes l0 and II attached to the ends thereof. The concrete nails 2| are inserted in the holes IS in the projections 20 and held therein by friction. The stud is then put in place between the floor and ceiling, alined in any well known man ner, and the nails driven home into the floor and ceiling. The nails are driven flush with the plate 45, flattening the-projection 20 against the plate l5, as shown in Fig. 1, to hold the shoe securely in place.

Having thus described the invention, it will be apparent that it is susceptible .to various changes and modifications, and it should not, therefore, be limited to the particular form herein shown and described, but only by the scope of the appended, claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A studding shoe of the character described comprising, a plate adapted to be fastened directly to a floor, tongues formed on said plate adapted to grip and retain the base of a metal stud, and a frustro-conical projection on said plate having a hole in the outer end thereof adapted to guide and retain a nail while driving into a floor, said projection being adapted to be crushed by the driving of the nail.

2. A studding shoe of the character described comprising, a flat plate adapted to fit flush on a floor surface and be fastened thereto, a pair of resilient tongues formed on said plate and adapted to resiliently retain a metal stud therebetween, and a deformable projection on said plate having means to retain and guide a. nail while driving into said floor.

3. A studding shoe of the character described comprising, a flat plate adapted to fit flushon a floor surface and be fastened thereto, a. pair of resilient tongues formed on said plate and spaced from each other and adapted to resiliently retain a metal stud therebetween, and a frustro-conical projection on said plate having a hole in the outer end thereof adapted to retain and guide a nail while driving into said floor, said projection being adapted to be crushed by the driving 01'.

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