US2089059A - Diner - Google Patents

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B. G. HARLEY Aug. 3, 193 7.

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A '(0 I m Patented Aug. 3, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE Duma ' Bertron G. Harley. Saco, Maine Appueanon May 24, 1935, sex-m No. 23.147

13 Claims.

This invention relates to portable restaurants known as diners and to building structure peculiarly adapted for housing the same and analogous structures and is an improvement on the portable sectional diner shown and` described in an application filed by me June 4, 1934, Serial N0. 728,897.

The object of the present invention is to cheapen the construction shown and described in the aforesaid application and to provide a sectional diner structure less expensive to build and which will require considerable less time in the erection of a diner.

A further object of the invention is to improve the means for detachably securing the sections of the diner together and to provide simple practical andcomparatively inexpensive means for this purpose adapted also to eiectively seal the joints between the diner sections without interfering with the ready separation of the sections of the diner when it is desired to rearrange the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sectional diner composed of transversely disposed diner sections having separable floor, side wall, and roof portions or sections and provided at the joints between the diner sections with steel channel bars extending between the iloor and roof portions or sections and tying the roof and iloor portions together so firmly that the side walls can neither buckle nor bulge and neither slew over nor separate from one another or from the floor and roof portions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sectional diner of this character in which the oor, side wall, and roof portions or sections when assembled will be so rigidly put together and reinforced and the roof and oor portions so securely tied together that the diner although composed of separable diner sections may be moved about as a unit without causing separation of the diner sections or any of the parts thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sectional diner in which the steel channel bars for tying the oor and roof sections together will lock the tenons of the wall studs in place so se; curely that they cannot possibly slip out of the mortises or recesses provided forthe said tenons.

It is also an object of the invention to provide simple and effective means for rendering the sectional diner thoroughly weatherproof at the juncture of the side wall and roof portions.

An important object of the present improvements is to render possible the preserving of all or the major portions of an original building structure while enabling certain encompassing housing sections which go to make up the'length oi the dinerv to be interchangeable in their relative positions lengthwise of the diner when it is vdesired to enlarge the diner and remove the same from one location to another or rearrange or modernize its contained restaurant equipment.

A further object .of the invention is to enable the roof part of one of the encompassing sections to be interchanged selectively with the roof part of a different encompassing section and likewise to enable the side wall sections and the floor sections of any encompassing diner section to be interchanged with the wall and iloor portions of a different section. In this way, the relative positions of blank wall spaces, windows. doors, chimneys, exhaust fan apertures, plumbing pipes, etc. may be changed at will without destroying and throwing away or requiring reconstruction of an old roof, oor or wall portion of a building with which the built-in restaurant equipment has been structurally associated.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for detachably joining separable diner sections so as to enable the sections to be taken apart as individual units and secured together again either in the same or in dierent relationship without requiring an extremely accurate lining up of the sections as is necessary where separate holes for tie bolts or the like must be brought into precise registering relation before the sections can be secured together. The improved Joiner means includes vertically arranged spline members operating in vertical channels of the adjacent portions of the diner sections and adapted to relieve of excessive stress lag screws employed for maintaining the spline members in clamping frictional engagement with the side wall sections of the diner. This structure also permits the taking apart and reassem- 4" bling of the diner sections with minimum damage to the painted surfaces of the sections and room is afforded for expansion or shrinkage of the sections without development of stresses which would cause warping.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a separable and detachable structure oi'lthis ,Y character which will notl interfere with the use of the Ventilating means shown and described in the aforesaid application and in a divisional application iiled by me the 24th day of May, 1935, Serial No. 23,146.

The advantages of the present improvements stand outin relation to serious problems which have come to confront the manufacturers and operators of wayside diners. The early lunch cart was not much more than a wagon on wheels constructed in long and narrow proportions. This characteristic of shape has been maintained in the modern and more spacious diners partly because of the greater ease with which one or two attendants can quickly serve meals at a long straight bar or counter. Such bar or counter requires a complement of kitchen appliances and food preparing stations arranged in a long row Y paralleling the counter and extending .along a substantial portion of the length of the diner and usually erected against the long rear wall of the diner housing. Kitchen equipment such as the coffee urn with its fuel supply and drain pipes, the gas stove with its fume gathering hood and outlet chimney, the hot plate with its smoke removing vent and forced draft exhaust fan require structural association with that kportion of the housing in which they are located. Consequently such pieces of equipment cannot be separated from the housing without disrupting the latter and leaving an unsightly condition requiring costly reconditioning or reconstruction to remedy.

Nevertheless, there i's almost always desired a relocation of the component parts of the equipment when a diner is removed to a new location or its length increased to accommodate business growth. The location of doors and,windows is seldom suited to the new condition either of changed equipment or exterior surroundings. Heretofore it has been necessary to waste a large portion of the owners initial investment in the diner in making the required changes. The remedy for these conditions provided by the present invention also affords relief from the restrictions set up by the laws of many states against the use of the highways for transporting a wheeled load of such large dimensions as the modern integral diner building.

With these and other objects in view, the inl vention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: f

Figure 1 is a view of my improved diner in front elevation showing in full lines a small diner composed of few sections and embodying the present improvements and showing in broken lines the modied appearance of the diner when its length is increased` by thev addition of interchangeable encompassing sections.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic floor plan suggesting one possible interior arrangement for the elongated diner of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front perspective view of one encompassing end section, the interior equipment of which is indicated by broken lines;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing an intermediate encompassing section.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing another intermediate encompassing section.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the exterior of the other encompassing end section. Y

Figure 7 is an enlarged view looking lengthwise of the diner and is taken partly in section on the plane 1-1 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through one side of one of the diner sections showing the side wall section and portions of thc floor section and the roof section.

Figure 9 is an enlarged detail horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a detail perspective view illustrating the construction of the side sills and joists.

Figure 11 is a detail perspective view of portions of certain parts of one of the diner sections and showingthe said parts separated and illustrating the precise manner of assembly.

Figure 12 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view illustrating the arrangement of the corner structure of the diner.

Figure 13 is a rear perspective view of certain encompassing diner sections joined together and drawn on a somewhat larger scale than Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive, the wall portion of one ofI the sections being omitted.

A typical layout for a modern diner interior with its fittings and restaurant equipment is indicated in Figure 2. A long bar or service counter i0 is anked by a rowy of stool seats Il. In a small diner this counter and row of seats may occupy nearly the entire length of the interior whereas in larger diners they may occupy only a portion of the diners length. Additional serving capacity is represented by tables I2 and seats i3 which are sometimes replaced by a second long counter paralleling the main counter l0.

Extending along the rear wall of the diner a series or row of food preparing stationsis diagrammatically represented and may comprise from left to right a work bench i4 with light from window l5, a stove or hot plate i6, a cof- V fee urn I'Lan ice cream station i8, a draft beer station i3, a dish washing sink 20 and a food refrigerator 2l. not require windows. Continuing to the right are two booth tables 22 with their seats 23, lounge seats 24, lavatories 25, each preferably having window light. Any other desired arrangement may, of cQurse, be employed and as the particular construction of the ttings and restaurant equipment does not constitute a portion of the present invention and are fully described and illustrated in the said applications further description of the same in the present application is deemed unnecessary. It will be evident that in changing the arrangement of the equipment of a diner as heretofore constructed, the owner must leave the various pieces of kitchen equipment at their original locations in the length of the diner or disrupt major portions of the diner housing construction.

Y As a solution to these problems, the present invention contemplates a building structure for housing diners composed of a number of separable encompassing housing or diner sections which is possible because of the considerable length of a diner in comparison with its transverse dimensions. 'I'he separable relationship of these housing sections is illustrated in Figures 3 to 6 inclusive. Each housing or building section comprises in its construction a floor section 26, wall sections 21 and a roof section 28. The floor section comprises tongue and groove ooring 29 laid on transverse joists 33 provided at their ends with tenons 3i which are iltted in mortises 32 of side sills 33. The side sills may constitute a portion of the floor section or be continuous and extend from and be associatedwith a plurality of housing sections. The tenons 3| which Most of the foregoing stations do l aosaosc are located at the ends of the iolsts have their upper edges flush with the upper edges or faces of the joists andthe mortises 32 are of greater depth than the tenons 3| and extend above the same when the tenons 3| are seated in the mortises as clearly illustrated in Figure 10 of the drawings. The upper portions of the mortises above the tenons 3| form recesses for bottom tenons 34 of side wall studs 35 to provide foot locks for the side wall sections 21.

'Ihe side wall sections are composed of the vertical studs 35 and -inner and outer covering sheets 35 and 31 suitably securedeto the studs.

The inner sheet 38 which preferably consists of insulating wall board extends from the floor to the roof section and the outer sheet 31 which is preferably sheet metal extends above and below the upper and lower ends of the studs to'provide 4 upper and lower extensions 38 and 39." The lower extension 38 overlaps the side sill 33 at the outer side face thereof and fits in a recess 33I in the upper outer corner of the sills of the same.

Each side wall section is provided at the top with a side wall plate 4| approximately L-shaped in cross-section and provided in its lower face with mortises 42 which receive upper tenons 43 located ,at the central portions of the upper ends of the-side wall studs. head lock is formed for the side wall sections. The L-shaped formation oi' the side wall plate provides a longitudinal recess 44 at the inner upper portion of the side wall plate 4| to receive a depending portion of a roof plate 45 which is inverted L-shaped in cross-section forming' a longitudinal recess at its lower outer portion as clearly illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawings. The plate 4| of the side wall section and the roof plate 45 are fitted together to interlock the rooi' section against lateral movement and the top extension 38 of the outer covering sheet 31 of the side wall section extending upwardly over the outer face of the side wall plate 4| and projects above the same and overlaps slightly the adjacent portion of the roof plate. The extensions 38 may be integral with the outer covering sheet or otherwise formed. The said top extension 38 is secured to the said plates 4| and 45 by top lag bolts B5 which pierce the top portion or extension 88 of the outer covering sheet 31 and the upperportion of the side wall platte and its inner ,end por-` tion pierces the roof plate 45 and an inner face plate |i5a whereby the roof section and the side wall section are tied together.

The inner face plate 45a which preferably consists of a thin metal strip or plate covers the joint between the continuous side wall plate 4| and the roof plate $5 and assists in assembling and centering the roof plate 45. 'Ihe inner face plate 45n forms a wall for the recess of the continuous side wall plate 4| and cooperates with the same to provide a groove or channel into which the dependingportion of the roof plate may be readily fitted. /The side wall plate 4| while pref-y erably continuous throughout the entire length of the diner may be otherwise constructed.

'I'he roof section 28 consists of a roof covering 41 of sheet metal or other suitable material and roof ribs 48 to which the' roof covering 41 is secured. The roof ribs 45 are provided at their ends with recesses 49 cut into the terminal portions of the roof rib's at the lower edges or faces thereof to enable the ends of the roof ribs to rest upon the upper faces of the roof plates 45 and to fit against the inner side faces thereof.

'I'he roof ribs may be secured to the roof plates By this construction a 45 in any mutable manner and the roof sections are provided with horizontal bead strips 55 located at the ends of the roof ribs nd tting against the same and against the adjacent portions of the roof plates and the side edges of the roof covering 41 and provided in their lower edges or faces with recesses 5| which receive and conceal the upper edge of the outer covering sheet 31. The upper portion 52 of the inner sheet extends beyond the upper ends of the studs 35 to the roof. ribs to form an upper extension which overlaps the side section plate 4| and a portion of the roof plate 45. While the outer covering sheets of the side wall-sections and the roof covering are described as being preferably composed of sheet metal and the inner covering sheet of the side wall section is preferably insulating wall board, any other suitable material may, of course, be employed as will be. readily understood. The advantages. however, of employing sheet metal exterlorly of the diner or analogous structure of this character and the insulating wall board interiorly thereof will be apparent. The inner and vouter covering sheets 38 and 31 are spaced apart by the vertical side wall studs 35 and dead air insulating spaces are thereby provided in the side wall portions of the diner. I

The end studs of the side walls of the housing or building sections are provided with vertical channels 53 extending fromrthe floor section to the side wall plate and the adjacent channels 53 receive spline members 54 of wood or metal which seal the joints between the housing or building sections'and also' space the' adjacent endstuds from each other to provide an intervening space 55 for lag bolts 55. The space also allows for contraction and expansion and enables the lag bolts to extend from the exterior of the side wall sections to the spline member without piercing any portion of the side wall sections. 'I'he joint is bridged and concealed at the exterior of the housing sections by a steel channel joint cover bar 51 which is pierced at intervals by. the lag bolts and the latter extend4 inwardly from the channel joint cover to the spline member 54 and are preferably provided at their outer ends with polygonal heads 58 to enable them to be engaged by a wrench or other tool for tightening the lag bolts and drawing .the spline members into tight frictionalor clamping engagement with the end studs whereby the housing sections are securely and detachably tied or connected together and the joint securely sealed from the roof section to theoorsection. The vertical side edges of the outer covering sheets 31 are preferably bent outwardly to form flanges 59 which are located within the channel of the joint cover. 'I'he side wall sections are also preferably provided at their inner faces with a joint cover strip 60 of .wood or any other suitable material and preferably a molding of an ornamental character. The inner joint cover strip may be secured to the side wall sections by any suitable means. The top molding 50 extends down overl the upper ends of the steel channels and provides a weather-tight joint at juncture of the roof portions or sections and the side wall portions or sections. The channel bars may if desired be arranged interiorly of the wall sections.

While the spline members preferably extend from the roof section to the oor section for completely sealing the joint between the sections they may, of course, be 'of any desired length and owing to the vertical arrangement of the spline member 64 and the channels which receive the same any sagging of the sections will not affect the cout pling or interlocking relation between the spline member and the side wall sections or affect the tying of the wall sections together or the adjustment afforded by the lag bolts which may be readily tightened if required.A The spline section and the adjusting bolts willv enable the housing sections to be easily and quickly assembled and readily separated without injury to the housing sections which may be readily reassembled and rearranged as desired.'

Where the edges of two wall sections are to be assembled in right-angular relation a corner post l6l is employed and arranged as illustrated in Figure 12 of the drawings. The corner post 64 which is preferably rounded at the exterior corner is provided in two of its adjacent faces with vertical channels 66 similar to the channels 63 of the adjacent end studs of the said wall sections and receiving a spline 66. The splines 66 which `join or tie the corner post 64 to the adjacent wall sections are arranged in the channels 66 of the corner post and in the channels 63 of the said wall sections and tie or connect the corner post 64 and the wall sections together. 'Ihe splines 66 which may be of either metal. or wood space the corner post from the adjacent end studs of the wall sections to Iprovide intervening spaces for lag bolts 6l which extend from steel channel bars to the splines 66.

The lag bolts 61 pierce the channel bars 68 and pierce and engage the splines 66 for maintaining the same in tight frictional engagement with the walls of the channels or grooves of the corner post and the adjacent end studs. The exterior faces ofthe corner post are preferably covered by a sheet metal covering plate. 69- having its marginal side portions overlapped by the channel bars 68. 'I'he side edges of the corner post covering sheet are preferably bent at right angles to form flanges I0 which are arranged in the channels of the steel channel bars 61.

The lower ends ofthe channel bars 51 are tied to the side sills by lower lag bolts 40 andthe upper ends of the channel bars 5l are tied to the roof sections by the upper lag bolts 46 which extend through the roof plates 45 and the continuous side plates 4|., thereby tying the roof and floor sections together. The vertical steel channel bars 5l which are arranged at regular intervals form a steel cage for the diner extending from the floor sections to the roof sections and tying the roof and floor sections together so firmly that the side wall sections can neither7buckle nor bulge and can neither 4slew over nor separate from one another or from the roof and oor secticns Also the steel cage locks the tenons 43 of the side wall studs sosecurely in place that they cannot slip out of the mortises or recesses in which they are arranged. The diner even though `made in sections, when assembled is so rigidly put together and reinforced",that it can be moved about as a una.

The housing or building sections are designed to be provided with clear stories 6| having windows 62 and transoms 63 to afford the desired Ventilating means. As the Ventilating means and the operating mechanism therefor are fully shown and described in the aforesaid applications and do not constitute a portion of the improvements of the present invention, further description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

What is claimed is:

i. A sectional building construction for diners a,ose,oso v and the like including a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections comprising a door section, side wall sections ha'ving vertical end studs provided with longitudinal channels. a roof section supported by the side wall sections, and means for detachably securing the sections, and means for detachably securing the transverse housing sections together comprising a vertical spline member fitted in the channels of the adjacent end studs and adjustable means connected with the spline member for frictionally engaging the same with the said end studs, said spline member being of sufllcient size to spacev the engaged end studs from each other to provide an intervening space for the said adjusting means and for contraction and expansion of the side wall sections.

3.(,A sectional building construction for diners and the like including a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections composed of a floor section, side wall sections having vertical end studs provided with longitudinal channels, a roof section supported by the side wall sections, and means for detachably securing the transverse housing sections together .comprising j a vertical spline member fitted in the channels of the end studs, a channel joint cover bridging the `joint between the housing sections and a lag bolt piercing the channel joint cover and engaging the spline member for frictonally engaging the latter with the end studs.

4. A sectional building construction for diners and the like including a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections composed of a floor section comprising joists provided at their ends with tenons, flooring supported by the joists and side sills provided at their inner faces with mortises of greater depth than the tenons of the joists and receiving the same and extending above the said tenons to the upper faces of the sills, side wall sections provided with studs having tenons at their lower ends fitted in the upper portions of the mortises of the side sills to form a foot lock for the side wall sections, and a roof section supported by the side wall sections.

5. A sectional building construction for diners and the like including a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections composed of a floor section comprising joists provided at their ends with tenons. flooring supported by the joists and side sills provided at their inner faces with mortises of greater depth thanthe tenons of the joists and receiving the same and extending above the said tenons to the upper faces of the sills, side wall sections provided with studs having tenons at their lower ends fitted in the upper portions of the mortises of the side sills to form a foot lock for the side wall sections, said side wall sections having extensions overlapping the sills, means for securing the side wall sections. to the sills to retain the studs in interlocked'relation with the sills, and a roof section supported by the side wall sections.

6. A sectional building construction for diners and the like comprising a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections including side wall sections provided with vertical studs having tenons at their upper ends, side wall plates located at the top of the side wall sections and approximately L-shaped in cross-section and having mortises in their lower faces receiving the tenons of the side wall studs to form a head lock for the side wall sections, and a roof section having roof plates inverted L-shaped in cross-section fitting the side wall plates and interlocking the roof section with the side wall sections against movement laterally of the building construction.

7. A sectional building construction for diners and the likecomprising aplurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections including side wall sections provided with vertical studs having tenons at their upper ends, side wall plates located at the top of the side wall sections and approximately L-shaped in cross-section and having mortises in their lower faces receiving the tefnons of the side wall studs to form a head lock for the side wall sections, and a roof section having roof plates inverted L-shaped in cross-section tting the side wall plates and interlocking the roof section with the side wall sections against movement laterally of the building construction, said side wall sections being provided at the top with extensions overlapping th`e roof plates.

8. A sectional building construction for diners and thelike comprising a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections including side wall sections provided with vertical studs having tenons at their upper ends, side wall plates located at the top of the side Wall sections and approximately L-shaped in cross-section and having mortises in their lower faces receiving the tenons of the side wall studs to form a head lock for the side wall sections, a roof section having roof plates inverted L-shaped in cross-section tting the side wall plates and interlocking the roof section with the side wall sections against movement laterally of the building construction,

said side wall sections being provided at the top with extensions overlapping vthe side wall plates and the roof plates, and means including lag bolts piercing the side wall plates and engaging the roof plates to tie the roof section to the side wall sections.

9. A sectional building lconstruction for diners and the like including a plurality-of separate transversely disposed housing sections composed of a floor section comprising joists provided at their ends with tenons, ooring supported byi the joists and side sills provided at their inner faces with mortises of greater depth than the tenons of the joists and receiving the same and extending above the said tenons to the upper faces of the sills, side wall sections provided with vertical studs having tenons at their upper and lower ends, the lower tenons tting in the upper portions of the mortises f the sills to form a foot lock, said side wall sections having top and bottom extensions, means for tying the side wall sections to the floor section, side wall plates approximately L-shaped in cross-section having mortises in their lower faces receiving the tenons of the lupper ends of the studs to form a head lock, a roof section provided with roof plates approximately inverted L-shaped in cross-section tting the side wall plates to interlock the roof section against lateral movement, and means for tying the roof section and the side wall sections together.

10- A SeCtiOnal building construction for diners the joists and side sills provided at their inner 5 faces with mortises of greater depth than the tenons of the joists and'receiving the same and extending abcve'the said tenons to the upper faces of the sills. side wall sections including vertical studs having tenons at their upper and lower ends, the lower tenons 'fitting in the upper portions of the mortises ofthe sills to form a fot lock and an outer covering sheet secured to the side wall studs and having top and bottom extensions, means for tying the side wall sections to the floor section.. side wall plates approximately L-shaped in cross-section having mortises in their lower faces receiving the tenons ofthe upper ends of the studs lto form a head lock, a roof section provided with roof plates approximately inverted L-shaped in cross-section fitting the side wall plates to interlock the roof section against lateral movement, said roof section being composed of a roof covering and roof ribs provided at their ends with recesses located at the lower faces of the roof ribs and tting the upper surfaces and the inner side surfaces of the roof plavtes, and means for tying the roof section and the side wall sections together. l

11. A sectional bonding construction for diners and the like including a plurality of separate transversely disposed housing sections composed of a floor section comprising joists provided at their ends with tenons, flooring supported by the joists and side sills provided at their inner faces V3F,`r with mortises of greater depth than the tenons of the joists and receiving the same and extending above the said tenons to the upper faces of the sills, side wall sections including vertical studs having tenons at their upper-and lower 4o ends. the lower tenons fitting in the upper portions of the mortises of the sills to form a foot lock, and an outer covering sheet secured to the side wallfstuds and having top and bottom extensions, means 'for tying the side wall sectionsf45 to the floor section, side wall plates approximately L-shaped in cross-section having mortises in their lower faces receiving the tenons olf the upper ends of the studs to form a head lock, a roof section provided with roof plates approximatelyeinverted L-shaped in cross-section tting the side Wall plates to interlock the roof section against lateral movement, horizontal bead strips covering the outer ends of the roof ribs,

the adjacent portions of the'roof plates and the 55 outer edges of the lroof covering and provided at the bottom with longitudinal recesses receiving the upper edges of the top extensions of the side wall sections.

12. A sectional diner including a plurality of 60' transversely disposed diner sections comprising oor sections having continuous side sills, side wall sections detachably interlocked at the bottom with the oor sections and provided at the top with continuous side wall plates having longitudinal recesses, androof sections supported by the side wall sections and having depending portions detachably interlocked' with said recesses, and vertical bars extending from the floor sections to the roof sections and secured to the same and 7o arranged at intervals throughout the length of the diner and forming a cage for tying the roof sections and floor sections firmly and securely together and for retaining the side wall sections in place whereby the side wall sections are preroot plates having depending portions interlocked with the continuous side wall plates and vertical barsxtending from the floor sections tothe roo! sections andsecured to the same and arranged at intervals throughout theilength of the diner and forming a cage for tying the iioor and roof sections together and for retaining the side wall sections in place whereby the side wall sections are prevented from buckling, bulging, slewing over or separating from'one another or from the root and floor sections.

`B4ERTRON G. HARLEY.

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