Vertical post assembly
AssigneeNational Gypsum Company
InventorRobert J. Menchetti
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Abstract
A hollow shaft wall with horizontal studs held between corner posts and an intermediate vertical wall support post, which intermediate post has a central reinforcement channel, the reinforcement channel has a bottom and two side walls, the channel is filled with strips of gypsum board, and the two side walls have metal channels affixed thereto providing oppositely opening grooves for receiving and supporting the ends of said horizontal studs.
Claims21
A vertical wall support post comprising an elongate, metal central channel formed by a bottom and two side walls, said bottom and said two side walls forming a central open channel and said central open channel being substantially filled with a nonflammable material, said post further comprising a pair of side channels, opening outwardly in opposite directions away from said side walls, said side channels being secured to said side walls spaced from said bottom and being suitable for the reception and support of vertical wall members.
A hollow wall, extending vertically upwardly from a floor, readily assembleable from a first outer side and suitable for construction where the second inner side is relatively inaccessible, comprising:
- (a) two fixed vertical posts each extending upwardly from said floor at each end of said hollow wall and each having a vertically extending channel with a channel opening directed toward the opposite of said vertical posts;
- (b) at least one fixed vertical intermediate post located between said ends of said hollow wall having a pair of vertically extending, oppositely directed channels with channel openings directed toward said ends of said hollow wall and a reinforcement channel between said oppositely directed channels, said reinforcement channel having a channel filled with rigid, nonflammable material and a channel opening directed perpendicular to said wall;
- (c) at least one horizontally disposed, elongate, formed sheet metal stud, said stud being formed from a single sheet of sheet metal and having an inner flange, a central web and an outer flange;
- (d) a plurality of core boards, each said board having an upper edge and a lower edge, each said board having a length substantially equal to the length of said horizontal stud, said lower edge of at least one of said core boards being supported on a central web of said stud immediately therebelow and said upper edge of a second said core board being disposed against and supporting said central web of said stud immediately thereabove, means on said stud holding said core board edges spaced inwardly from said outer flange of said stud;
- said horizontal stud and said core boards having opposed ends extending into said channels of said vertical posts;
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- (e) wallboard affixed to an outer face of said outer flange of said horizontal stud.
A vertical wall having a plurality of coplanar sections, said coplanar sections being reinforced and supported by an intermediate vertical wall support post located between a pair of said wall sections and forming a space between said coplanar sections, said intermediate post having a central reinforcement channel filled with nonflammable, rigid material, said rigid material extending into said space, and a pair of oppositely opening grooves, said wall sections extending into said grooves.
A vertical wall comprising first and second wall panels which are parallel and spaced apart to form a hollow wall, said first wall panel comprising at least two coplanar wall sections, said wall sections including an inside surface which faces said second wall panel and an outside surface which faces away from said second wall panel, said wall sections further including vertically extending edges which are adjacent but spaced apart, said vertical wall further comprising a vertical support post which extends between said adjacent edges and is secured to said first and second wall panels, said post comprising first and second channel means, each of said channel means including inside and outside flanges and a web extending between said flanges, said webs of said first and second channel means being secured together and extending between said adjacent edges and perpendicular to said wall panels, said flanges extending parallel to said wall panels, said flanges and said web of each of said channel means forming a channel opening and said channel openings receiving said adjacent edges, said outside flanges overlying and being secured to said outside surfaces of said wall sections, and said inside flanges being secured to said second wall panels.
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