Improvements in the Construction of Walls for Buildings.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Walls for Buildings.
I, MORITZ HELLINGER, of Untersachsenfeld Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, in the
Kingdom of Saxony, 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 :—
My invention relates to a novel method of constructing buildings having walls
composed of artificial plates. By means of the said method I dispense entirely with
the employment of frame-work as heretofore generally employed in the structure of
buildings having walls composed of such plates.
The object of my invention is to construct the said buildings so that they will be
provided with double or multiple walls forming air-spaces the said walls being
composed of plates artificially produced in any well known or suitable manner from
magnesiferous material that is to say, of material containing magnesia in any form
and connected with each other in a direct way so that they will constitute a rigid
self-supported structure which on the other hand will allow of being readily taken
apart for the purpose of transportation from one place and re-erection of the same
building at some distant place.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a perspective view of double walls partly broken away and constructed
in accordance with my present invention.
Figure 2 is a front view of such wall.
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section of Figure 2 on the linear, and
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are detail views illustrating in horizontal section and on an
enlarged scale certain modes of connecting the single walls with each other to form
the said double or multiple walls.
As above stated artificial magnesiferous plates of any known or suitable kind are
used as the sole material for constructing the walls the said plates being arranged
so that the corners of the plates forming one of the single walls lie right opposite the
centre of the plates of the adjacent single wall, and vice versa, as clearly shown in the
drawings. To this end, the lowermost horizontal row of plates B forming one of
the single walls is made only half as high as the other rows of plates of either wall the
said plates being placed edgewise the one above the other. On the corners of all
the plates, between the latter are placed blocks ab of magnesiferous or any other
suitable material such as wood, so that, in accordance with what has been above
stated some of the said blocks will be opposite the centre of the adjacent plates and
some of the same opposite to the middle of the joint of the plates of the adjacent single
wall that is to say, the blocks a on the plates of the wall A will be in the horizontal
centre line of the plates of the opposite wall B, and vice versa.
The plates of the two walls A B are screwed or nailed or otherwise fastened to the
blocks ab arranged between them as described and the structure thus formed will be
strong, rigid, and self-supported requiring no frame-work and enclosing between the
said walls a body of insulating air. Buildings having double or multiple walls
constructed in accordance with this invention will be relatively fire-proof as compared
with the wooden or other similar buildings as heretofore constructed with a view to
allow of a ready connection and disconnection of the parts.
The plates used may by preference have a thickness of say to 1 inch, and a height
of 3 to 5 feet by about 3 feet width but these dimensions may be changed according
to circumstances and play no essential part.
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 —
In the construction of buildings the method of forming double or multiple wall;

page_text: from magnesiferous artificial plates by arranging the platos of the single walls
opposite to the plates of the opposite wall so that the corners of the plates of one
single wall will coincide for the one part with the centres and for the other part with
the middle of the joints between the plates of the opposite single wall or walls, and
by placing upon the said corners between the single walls blocks and uniting the 5
latter with the plates of either wall, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.