An Improved Device for Securing the Plinths or Washboards of Walls and such like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Dec., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing the Plinths or Washboards of
Walls and such like.
I, CARL BAER, of Eltville, on the Rhine, Germany, Architect, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
The object of the present invention is to provide a fastening device for the
plinths or washboards of walls and the like which will obviate the necessity of
adopting the present methods of fastening and will, at the same time, enable
the plinths to be very expeditiously secured in place.
It is necessary to drive or fix into the wall pieces of wood, requisite for the
attachment of the device, at distances from each other of from 1 to 2 yards
according to local circumstances.
The fixing device consists of a metal plate which, owing to its peculiar shape,
can be fixed simultaneously to the wall, the floor and the plinth. The nails or
screws, by which the whole is fixed to the wall, pass through openings in the
middle of the metal plate and into the pieces of wood inserted in the wall of
the building if it is of masonry or direct into the boards of the wall if the latter
is made of wood. A hook bent over at the bottom of the plate and provided with
two punched out and turned down spurs, which enter the floor, prevents the
device moving out of place.
The plinth is attached to the metal plate by means of an upwardly projecting
tongue, which enters a slot or groove made at the bottom of the plinth, and also
by means of two punched out and turned over spurs or projections at the middle
of the plate which enter the wood of the plinth and secure firmly in position.
A bent part at the top of the metal plate is brought down on the upper end of
the plinth and secured in place by means of screws or nails.
It is evident that the device can be applied to any kind of plinths whether for
walls, wood linings or wainscots, or the like, by varying its height and breadth
and it is also evident that the device can be fixed anywhere and in a short space
of time.
Tata il: 911
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing the Plinths or Washboards of
Walls and such like.
I, CARL BAER, of Eltville, on the Rhine, Germany, Architect, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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page_text: plinths or washboards of walls and the like which will obviate the necessity of
adopting the present methods of fastening and their objectionable features and at
the same time, enable the plinths to be very effectively secured in place.
And in order that this my invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into effect or practice, reference is hereby made to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which:
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved fastening device;
Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line - of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line y-y of Fig. 1;..
Like letters refer to like parts throughout all the figures.
It is necessary to drive or fix into the wall, pieces of wood, requisite for the
attachment of the device, at suitable distances according to local circumstances.
The fixing device consists of a metal plate a which, owing to its peculiar shape,
can be fixed simultaneously to the wall, the floor and the plinth. The nails or
screws, by means of which the whole is fixed to the wall pass through holes b
provided in said plate a and into the pieces of wood inserted in the wall of the
building, if it is of masonry, or direct into the boards of the wall if the latter
is made of wood. A hook bent over at the bottom of the plate and provided
with two punched-out and turned down spurs c, c, which enter the floor, prevents
the device moving out of place. The plinth D is attached to the metal plate a
by means of an upwardly projecting tongue d which enters a slot or groove
made at the bottom of the plinth and also by means of two punched-out and
turned-over spurs or projections e at or about the middle of the plate, which
enter the wood of the plinth and secure it firmly in position. A bent part f at
the top of the metal plate is brought down on the upper end of the plinth and
secured in place by means of screws or nails g.
It is evident that the device can be applied to any kind of plinths whether
for walls, wood linings or wainscots, or the like, by varying its height and
breadth and it is also evident that the device can be fixed anywhere and in a short
space of time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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The improved means for securing plinths or the like, consisting of a metal
plate having upper and lower horizontally projecting flanges, an upwardly pro-
jecting tongue on the bottom flange, punched-out and turned down spurs on
said bottom flange, and horizontally projecting and punched-out spurs at or
about the middle of said metal plate, the whole being adapted to be secured by
means of nails, screws, or their equivalents, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Dated this 30th day of November 1899
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.