. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . e them watertight. They areexpensive and not very satisfactory where there is muchvibration in the floor, which is generally the case in pack-ing houses. A better construction would be to line the woodengutters with copper or tin and thoroughly solder
. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . e them watertight. They areexpensive and not very satisfactory where there is muchvibration in the floor, which is generally the case in pack-ing houses. A better construction would be to line the woodengutters with copper or tin and thoroughly solder all jointsafter they had been nailed. Cutters in Concrete Floors In Figure 139 is illustrated a method of constructingthe gutters in concrete floors. The sides are made with6-inch channel irons set 10 inches apart and anchored tothe concrete with i/^-inch bolts on six-foot centers. Thebottom of the gutter is finished with Portland cement mor- CONSTRUCTION DETAILS 247 tar and made to slope with a 3-inch pitch towards the drainoutlet. This is placed in the concrete floor before thecement has set and is made with a 4-inch threaded nipple,12 inches long, onto which a standard 4-inch pipe flangehas been screwed to hold the nipple in position. The gut-ter boards are made with two 2x4-inch oak boards bolted -/e 2GALVftNIZED IfciON& FIG. 139—DETAIL OF GUTTER IN CONCRETE FLOOR. to galvanized iron carriages %x2 inches, spaced four feetapart. The bolts are Vo inch in diameter, with countersunkhead and galvanized. Wood Gutters In Figure 14(his illustrated the construction of a woodgutter. The sides are made of 4xlO-inch and the bottomof 3xl2-inch clear flr. The sides are rabeted one inch forthe bottom piece, which is placed with a slope of four inchestoward the drain outlet. The joint is painted with white 248 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS lead and oil and two lengths of seine cord dipped in paintare stretched from end to end, before the gutter is puttogether. The sides are drawn up ti
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