US757986A - Greenhouse or other glazed structure. - Google Patents

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No. 757,986. PATENTED APR. 19, 1904. G. B. WEATHERED. GREENHOUSE OR OTHER GLAZED STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GREENHOUSE OR OTHER GLAZED STRUCTURE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,986, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed July 24, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. WVEATHERED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cranford, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Greenhouses or other Glazed Structures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a novel form of greenhouse construction, with the object of providing a light, strong, lasting structure and one having a minimum of parts to obstruct the light or cast a shadow upon growing plants. In carrying out my invention I provide upon a suitable foundation-wall an angle-plate of metal securely connected thereto. A bed-plate may be and is preferably employed below the angle-plate. An angle-bar of parts preferably at an acute angle to one another occupies a position parallel to the angle-plate and to the bed-plate when employed and a series of T-bar uprights extend between, are connected to, and support the angle-bar at a predetermined distance above the angle-plate.

The sash-bar is preferably composed of a main wooden member and stiffening T-bar member connected together and given the desired conformation for the roof or top of the structure. The wooden member is cut to stop at and rest upon the angle-bar, and the web of the T-bar member is cut transversely to set upon a flat top surface of the angle-bar, while the plate of the T-bar continues down ,over one surface of the angle-bar and is connected thereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the foundation, the parts associated therewith n through the angle-bar, and an elevation of th e parts connecting the same and rising therefrom. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section at a: a of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a horizontal section at y y, Fig. 1.

The foundation-wall a may be made of any suitable material. These foundation walls, however, are preferably of concrete. I prefer to place on the top of this foundationwall a bed-plate 6, although I do not limit myself to the employment of suchplate. Bolts 2 are advantageouslyembedded in the concrete at suitable intervals, and these extend through the angle-plate 0, resting upon the Serial No. 166,858- (No model.)

foundation, and where the bed-plate b is employed said bolts not only pass through the angle-plate 0, but through the bed-plate Z), securely connecting both of these parts to the foundation. I

(Z represents bar uprights at their lower ends secured to the upright member of the angle-plate 0, the end faces resting either upon the concrete or preferably upon the surface of the bed-plate b to take up the strain of the weight from the connecting-bolts 3. These bar-uprights are preferably of T form in crosssection, and at their upper ends they are connected by bolts 4 to the vertical member of the angle-bar e. The one part of this bar a is at an acute angle to the vertical part to shed the water upon the outside, and this bar is preferably made with a flat top face 6'.

The sash-bars are preferably formed of the wooden bar f and the T-ironbar g, the web of said T-iron bar being let into a groove in the under surface of the wooden bar, and the said bar 9 and the wooden bar f connected together by screws, as shown in Fig. 3. The bars g and fl are substantially of the same sectional conformation. In connecting the lower ends of the sash-bars to the angle-bar e the wooden part f is cut at an inclination to rest upon the inclined upper surface of the bar 6, and the web of the T-iron bar 9 is cut through transversely, so that the web portion at the end may rest directly upon the flat surface of the bar 6, while the plate portion lies flat against the inner surface of the upright portion of the bar 0 and continues down the face of the bar and is securely connected thereto by bolts 5, screws 6 being employed to advantage through the inclined portion of the bar a from the under side into the wooden bar f. It will thus be seen that the two parts constituting the sash-bars substantially straddle the angle-bar e, producing a structure of great rigidity and also one in which there is a direct and vertical thrust.

I do not herein limit myself to the employment of the bed-plate 5 nor to the cross-sectional form of the bar-uprights d, as the first of these may be employed or dispensed with and the form and proportions of the second may be varied.

. the lower ends of the wooden and iron bars to the angle-bar.

2. In a greenhouse structure, the combination'with a foundation, of bolts let into the foundation at spaced-apart distances, an angle-plate upon the upper surface of said foundation and secured thereto by said bolts, a series ofbar-uprights and bolts for connecting the same at their lower ends to the vertical member of the angle-plate, an angle-bar having one part at an acute angle to the other part and having an intermediate flat upper surface, means for connecting the said anglebar to'the upper ends of the series of bar-uprights, sash-bars each comprising a wooden bar and a T-iron bar with the web of the T- iron bar let into a groove in the under surface of the wooden bar with the lower end of the wooden bar cut to rest upon the upper surface of the angle-bar, and the'web of the T-iron bar cut through so as to rest on the flat surface of the angle-bar and the plate of the T- iron bar to pass down inside of the angle-bar, and means for securing both the wooden and T-iron bars to the angle-bar.

3. In a greenhouse structure, the combination with a foundation, of bolts let into the foundation at spaced-apart distances, a bedplate and an angle-plate upon the upper surface of said foundation and secured thereto by said bolts, a series of bar-uprights and bolts for connecting the same at their lower ends to the vertical member of the angle-plate, an angle-bar having one part at an acute angle to the other part and having an intermediate flat upper surface, means for connecting the said angle-bar to the upper ends of the series of bar-uprights, sash-bars each comprising a wooden bar and a T-iron bar with the Web of the T-iron bar let into a groove in the under surface of the wooden bar with the lower end of the wooden bar cut to rest upon the upper surface of the angle-barand the web of the T-iron bar cut through so as to rest on the flat surface of the angle-bar and the plate of the T-iron bar to pass down inside of the angle-bar, and means for securing both the wooden and T-iron bars to the angle-bar.

4:. In a greenhouse structure, the combination with a foundation, of an angle-bar having one part at an acute angle to the other and vertical part and having an upperintermediate fiat surface, means for supporting the same upon and above the foundation, sash-bars each having a T-iron bar with the web of the T- iron bar cut through so as to rest on the fiat surface of the angle-bar and permit the plate of the T-iron bar to pass down against the inner surface of the angle-bar, and means for securing the said plate to the angle-bar.

5. In a greenhouse structure, the combination with a foundation, of an angle-barhaving one part at an acute angle to the other and vertical part and having an upper intermediate flat surface, means for supporting the same upon and above the foundation, sash-bars each having an iron bar arranged for contacting support and connection with the said anglebar, and meansfor securing the said plate to the angle-bar.

Signed by me this 22d day of July, 1903.

CHARLES B. WEATHERED.

WVitnesses:

GEO. T. PINcKNEY, BERTHA M. ALLEN.

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