Improvements in the Construction of Partitions for Buildings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 11th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Partitions for Buildings..
I, JOHN FRENCH GOLDING, of 400 Twenty Sixth Street, Chicago, Illinois,
United States of America, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to partitions for buildings and is designed as a substitute
for the ordinary tile partitions and ordinary lath and plaster partitions heretofore
commonly employed.
The objects of the said invention are to cheapen the structure, to economize
space and to avoid the formation of flues wherein vermin may abide, and to provide
a partition which shall be fire-proof, sound-proof and strong.
According to my invention I employ vertical iron bars or wires along the line
of the proposed structure and stretch along these a web or sheet of some suitable
metal lathing, such for instance as that now commonly known as "expanded
metal," and of the kind referred to in the Specifications of prior Patents No. 6977
of 1884 7357 of 1885 and 5741 of 1888. I build the plaster to the desired thickness
upon each side of this web. Metal lathing of this character is adapted to support
the plaster equally well upon either side, inasmuch as the plaster forced through
the meshes of the lathing from one side forms keys upon the other side which
are well adapted to support the plaster upon said other side.
In carrying this present invention into practice I secure T-bars, to the floor or
ceiling, and connect them by vertical wires which are conveniently passed through
openings formed in the vertical members of the bars. These wires are drawn taut
and serve to support the sheets or webs of metal lathing. For this lathing I prefer
the article now known as 66
expanded metal," and herein before referred to, which
may be purchased in sheets of considerable length and width and may be easily
secured to the wires, not requiring to be stretched as is the case with wire
lathing, and it does not divide the plastering as does sheet metal lathing. Instead,
however, of this expanded metal, wire cloth or some other known form of sheet
metal lathing may be used. The sheets of lathing are preferably drawn from the
front of one wire to the rear side of the next wire, and then again in front of the
third wire and so on, the adjacent sheets thus alternating with and crossing each
other, so that the partition is greatly strengthened, and the under breadths may
sustain the weight of those above them. Where channel or angular bars are used
in lieu of wires, the lathing is preferably secured to one side thereof.
After the web of lathing is erected, the plaster is applied to both sides of the
web and to the thickness desired. In the application of the plaster it is forced
through the meshes of the web and forms the keys upon the reverse side thereof,
adapted to unite with or economically hold the plaster which may be applied upon
said reverse side; or by the use of a centering board held against one side, the
whole thickness of the partition may be formed at once.
By my invention 1 thus produce a partition which requires but little labour or
material in its building, which will resist the transmission of sound to a greater
extent than ordinary partitions; and which is both vermin- and fire-proof and
occupies much less space than constructions heretofore employed.

page_text: In a modified construction, I employ rigid vertical members, and which are
preferably of channel iron, as the channel sides form a key for the plaster.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in the Construction of Partitions for Buildings.
I, JOHN FRENCH GOLDING, of 400, Twenty Sixth Street, Chicago, Illinois,
United States of America, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to partitions for buildings and is designed as a substitute
for the ordinary tile partitions and ordinary lath and plaster partitions heretofore
commonly employed.
The objects of the said invention are to cheapen the structure, to economize
space and to avoid the formation of flues wherein vermin may abide, and to provide
a partition which shall be fire-proof, sound-proof and strong.
According to my invention I employ vertical iron bars or wires along the line of
the proposed structure and I stretch along these a web or sheet of some suitable
metal lathing, such for instance as that now commonly known as "expanded
metal," and of the kind referred to in the Specifications of prior Patents No. 6977
of 1884 No. 7357 of 1885 and No. 5741 of 1888. I apply plaster to the desired
thickness upon each side of the web. Metal lathing of the aforesaid character
will support the plaster equally well upon either side, inasmuch as the plaster
forced through the meshes of the lathing from one side forms keys upon the other
side thereof, which keys are well adapted to support the plaster upon said other
side.
The nature of my invention will be more fully understood from the accompanying
drawing, in which :-
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Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away, of a partition constructed according
to my invention;
Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same;
Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the position and method of fixing the
vertical members to which the web of lathing is secured;
Figure 4 shows a portion of the preferred construction of metal lathing.
In carrying this present invention into practice I secure T-bars, A, B, to the
floor and ceiling, and connect them together by vertical wires C which are con-
veniently passed through openings formed in the vertical members of the T-bars.
These wires which are drawn taut serve to support the sheets or webs of metal
latbing D. For this lathing I prefer the article now known as "expanded metal,"
and illustrated in Figure 4, which may be purchased in sheets of considerable
length and width and which may be easily secured to the wires. The expande
metal does not require to be stretched as is the case with wire lathing, and it does
not divide the plastering as does sheet metal lathing. Instead, however, of this
expanded metal, wire cloth or some other known form of sheet metal lathing may
be used. The sheets of lathing are preferably drawn from the front of one wire to
the rear side of the next wire, and then again in front of the third wire and so on,
as indicated in Figure 2 the adjacent sheets thus alternating with and crossing
⚫each other. By this arrangement the partition is greatly strengthened, and the
under breadths are able to sustain the weight of those above them.
After the web of lathing is erected, the plaster E of the desired thickness is
applied to both sides of the web. In its application, the plaster is forced through

page_text: the meshes of the web and forms the keys upon the reverse side thereof, adapted to
unite with or economically hold the plaster which may be applied upon said
reverse side; or by the use of a centering board held against one side, the whole
thickness of the partition may be formed at once.
By my invention I thus produce a partition which requires but little labour or
material in its building, which will resist the transmission of sound to a greater
extent than ordinary partitions, and which is both vermin-proof and fire-proof and
occupies much less space than constructions heretofore employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination in a wall or partition of vertical tension wires, breadths of
metallic lathing secured thereto, said breadths being interwoven with the vertical
wires, and a body of plaster covering the vertical members and lathing upon both
sides, substantially as specified.
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2. A wall or partition constructed substantially as described with reference to
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Dind this Ond do of & nuil 1905
JOHN FRENCH GOLDING.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.