US858448A - Cement facing for floors. - Google Patents

Description

No. 858,448. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

s. H. GARTRELL & w. E. MIDDLETON. CEMENT FACING FOR FLOORS.

"APPLICATION FILED 00123, 1906.

' following is a specification.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, STERNE H. GARTRELL and WIL- Lmm E. MIDDLETON, citizens of the United States,.residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements -in Cement Facing for Floors, of which the This invention relates to cement flooring and is designed more especially as a facing for wood floors, our object being to equip such floors with practically indestructible and sanitary facings which will accommodate the sagging or springing of the floors.

' A further objectis to produce a facing of this character in the forni of slabs or tiles so that in case of injury to one or more of the slabs or tiles they may be replaced, without affecting the adjacent ones, at a low cost and in an expeditious manner. I

With these general objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1, is a plan view of a wood flooring showing a cement facing therefor in course of construction. Fig.

- 2, is a top plan view showing the skeleton work of the preferred type of facing. Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical cement work in Iplace, said figure showing a portion of a skeleton Work 0 different type from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of the skeleton work shown in Fig. 2.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a wood or other flooring, 2 a series of thin lead strips arranged edgewise and in parallel relation, it being understood that each strip 2 may be in a single piece but preferably consists of a plurality of alined sections with their ends abutting as shown in Fig. 2. The strips are preferably provided with longitudinal beads or flanges 3, at their lower edges for a purpose which hereinafter appears and depending from said strips are legs 4 provided with laterally projecting lugs 5 resting upon the fiber, and said legs are provided with apertures 6. 7 indicates similar strips of lead or equivalent-material arranged transversely with respect to strips 2 to form square panels, though it is to be understood that the strips may. be of any suitable configuration to produce panels of any desired design. The strips 7 are provided'at their lower edges with beads or flanges 8, and where they abut against the meeting strips 2 they are preferably cut away as at 9 so as to form close joints with said strips 2 as shown in Fig. 4. 10 are legs depending from strips 7 and provided with apertures 11 and laterally projecting lugs 12, to rest like lugs 5 upon'the floor, and in this connection it should be Specification of Letters Patent.. Application filed October 3, 1906. Serial No. 337,330.

noted that the lugs of both sets of legs are perforated to receive screws 13 or equivalent devices for securing the' strips reliably to the floor I In .the preferred construction, reinforce rods 14ex-' tend through the apertures 11 of alined legs 10'and similower plane than the other to.avoid interference between the two sets of rods, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, it

being also noted that the abutting ends of the alined rods are preferably. connected together by sleeves 16 so that'th ey will not sag when the skeleton-work is ar-f resented July 2, 1907. r

ranged upon a floor. The cement 17in plastic state is poured upon the floor and of course fills the interstices of the skeleton work, the mass of cement being integral by reason of the fact that the panels of cement are connectedbelow the strips between the legs thereof. The

panels are filled up to the level of the upper edges of the It will be apparent that the lead strips will yield vertically or laterally without breakage to accommodate sagging of the floor, and that because of the lateral yield of such strips there will be practically no danger of injury-to the slabs or tiles of cement. Should one of the slabs or tiles become broken or injured it can be readily replaced without 4 affecting the surrounding slabs or tiles. It will'be seen therefore that the floor can be repaired cheaply and easily and always kept in a sanitary condition. I

In exceptionally light facings for wood floors the reinforce skeleton work consisting of rods 14 and 15 may be dispensed with and in lieu thereof the slabs or tiles may be reinforced by wire gauze or equivalent material 19. In Figs. 1 and '3 one of the panels is shown as equipped with a wire gauze skeleton reinforcement, the last-named figure showing how the body portion of the gauze is supported by bending its opposite edges downward to produce supporting legs 20, which will rest upon 1 0 5 cement and strips is maintained. .It will be further I noted that the lead cannot wear more rapidly ti'ian'the cement because it is in the form of narrow strips and is.

protected by the cement, and in this connection it is to be understood that by the term strips is meant the parts of a figure of any design, the parts of such figure being of integral formation if desired.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have produced a cement facing for floors possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable and which obviously is susceptible of modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having .thus described the invention what we as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is 2-- -1. In'a facing for floors, compressible strips arranged to form panels and provided with depending legs to rest upon the floor below and with beads or flanges at the upper ends of said legs, cement filling said panels and united in an integral mass below the strips, and skeleton frames within the spaces described by the panels and embedded in the cement below the same.

united in an integral mass below the strips, and skeleton I frames within the spaces described by the panels and embedded in the cement below the same and consisting of crossed rods supported by the depending legs of said stripsfabove the floor.

3. In a facing for floors, compressible strips arranged zto form panels and provided with depending legs having lugs to rest upon and be secured to the floor, said strips having beads or flanges atthe upper ends of the legs, cement filling said panels and united in an integral mass below the beads, and skeleton frames within the panels and-embedded in the cement below the same and consist ing of crossed rods supported by said strips and above the floor.

4. The combination with a wooden floor, of flexible strips arranged edgewise above the door to form panels and provided with depending perforated lugs arranged to be secured to the floor, cross rods inserted through said perforated dogs out of alinement with the strips, and cement filling the panels and united below the same and surrounding the cross rods, the surface of the cement being slightly grooved adjacent the upper edges of the strips.

. In testimony whereof we uflix our signatures, in the )resence of two witnesses.

STERNE H. GARTRELL.

-WILLIAM E. MIDDLETON.

Witnesses H. C. Honours, G. Y. Tr'mrn.

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