US1050130A - Concrete structure. - Google Patents

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. 6.0. '-HARVEY.

CONCRETE STRUCTURE. y

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1912.

`1,05O,1 30. Ptented Jan14,1913.

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Y GEORGE C. F GENEVA., OHIO.

Y CONCRETE :STRUCTURE Specication of Letters latent. Patented Jail. 14, 1913.

Application-med Iay 3, 1912. Serial No. 694,987.

To 'all 'wiom t may concern# Be itknown that I, GEORGE C.'HARVEY, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Geneva, in the county of Ashtabula and State 1 of Ohio, have invented a certain new A and useful Improvement. in l Concrete Struc tures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to concrete structures, vand the object of the invention is to provide a concrete structure formed ometal-reinforced blocks, the -metal rein-y forces being so constructed and .arranged I- that they may readily be interlecked when laid to form a tying or bonding engagementv between each block of a course of blocks, and also between each successi-ve course of blocks, to thereby producea firm and du rable structure. 0

The invention vconsistsl in a concreter structure, having as its essential novelty a series of blocks, each of said blocks having grooved ends, and provided with a number,

of longitudinalV reinforcing rods molded therein and having their ends projecting from the ends of the blocks and extending into the grooved ends thereof and'provided with bent orvhooked ends arranged so that the hooked ends of the rods of adjacent blocks may readily be interlocked; each of said blocks having a substantiall centrally arranged reinforcing rod embed ed therein and engaging the longitudinal rods therein and projecting vertically from the upper surface of the blocksland adapted to enter theV space between the adjacent grooved ends of the blocks'of the course above and interlock with the hooked ends ofthe longitudinal rods, all substantially as I will proceed now moreparticularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention in the several figures. of

which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is an elevation artlv 'broken away transversely and vertica` and showing myY invention embodied in a silo. Fig. 2 is a.

transverse-horizontal section taken' in the plane of liiie '2V-2, 1.v Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a block. Fig. et is a. transverse vertical section of a. block taken in the plane of line 4--4, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is .a Vvertical section illustrating parts of two courses fof blocks. F' 6 is'a transverse horizontal section throng the door and its adjacent -tively at 11 so far as the forni 4of the silo is concerned, it may be as usual, and using the silo I also be made of mortar ornement 8, all as indicated inFig.v l. I

The several blocks 6 may alike in construction, and theywill be of appropriate shape or shapes and size or sizes. for the structure to be'erected. As shownin-"the drawings, each block is segmental, and its ends are provided with Aver. tically disposed grooves ,9. Molded in its body are `the longitudinally disposed reinforcing rods 10 of metal, these rods extending outwardly into thegrooves and bent transversely and vertically at their oppositeends, respectively, as indicated respecand 12 to form complemental interlocking hooks, so that when two blocks are arranged end for end their rod ends or Vhooks 11 and 12 will interlock and 'thus serve to' tie the' blocks together. At about the longitudinal center of each block is a vertically disposcdrod -13 permanently einbedded in the block and connected with the longitudinal rod or rods in any suitable way, as by bending its end lll around the lower-most -rod 10, or by forming such end as an eye through which the longitudinal rod is extended. This vertical Vrod is so disposed as to intersect the hooked ends 11 and 12 of adjacent blocks in the course of blocks next above where the joints break, thus not only serving to retain these ends 11V and 12 vin an interlocked--state, but also :serving to prevent the blocks from getting out of alinenient transversely as well longitudinally. The spaces between the vedends of'the blocks occupied by the hookedends'll and 12 of the longitudinal rods and the projecting ends 13 of the vertical rods may also be filled with mortar or cement as indicated at.15, Figs. 1 and 2.: In the making of a. doorway, there mayl be substantially be blocks having their llongitudinal rods l threaded and bolted in the door-jambs 16, as shown in Fig. 6. Thesedoor-'ambs may have the ladder rungs 17 bolted in them; and they may be provided withy guidegrooves 18 Vto receive sliding door sections l 19 in any usual or approved Way.

Correction in Lettersl Patent No.f1*,050,130.

As already suiciently indicated, the blocks will be' in size and shape appropriate to the structure to be erected. They may be made of cement or concrete,- or other suitable plastic material lor composition. 1 s

What I claim is l. A building block for concrete structures, having vertical grooves in o poste ends, longitudinally arranged rein orcing rods molded in sald block and projecting into the grooves and tenninating-therein in hooks, Vthe hooks upon opposite end s of the block being arranged so that thehooks and adj acent'blocks will interlock one with the other when the `blocks, are laid end for end, and a vertically disposed lrod embedded [senin] in saidblock and' projecting through the 25 block aboutfmidway and connected 'to and anchored by one or more of said longitudinal rods.

Y 2. A concrete structure, composed of.'

blocks laid end to end in courses with.` break-joints, the blocks having vertically disposed end grooves, and longitudinal rel inforcing rods molded in said blocks'and having complemental interlocking hooked ends projectlng into said grooves, an'd vertically disppsed rods embedded in the blocks and tied tothe longitudinal rods and projecting through the blocks and into the grooves of adjacent superposed blocks and adapted to secure the vengagement of the interlocked ends of the longitudinal rods.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of May, A'. D. 1912.

n is heeeyl derrifiecl that iin Letters Patent No. 1,050,13o,"granted January 14,. f 1913, nponthe application of George C. Harvey, of' Geneva, Ohio, Afor an improvement in Concrete Structures,` an-error appears the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 22, for the word and read on; and .that thesaid Letters Patent should -be readwith `this correction therein that the sameA may conform to the record of the-case in the PatentOHice. Y

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be blocks having their llongitudinal rods l threaded and bolted in the door-jambs 16, as shown in Fig. 6. Thesedoor-'ambs may have the ladder rungs 17 bolted in them; and they may be provided withy guidegrooves 18 Vto receive sliding door sections l 19 in any usual or approved Way.

Correction in Lettersl Patent No.f1*,050,130.

As already suiciently indicated, the blocks will be' in size and shape appropriate to the structure to be erected. They may be made of cement or concrete,- or other suitable plastic material lor composition. 1 s

What I claim is l. A building block for concrete structures, having vertical grooves in o poste ends, longitudinally arranged rein orcing rods molded in sald block and projecting into the grooves and tenninating-therein in hooks, Vthe hooks upon opposite end s of the block being arranged so that thehooks and adj acent'blocks will interlock one with the other when the `blocks, are laid end for end, and a vertically disposed lrod embedded [senin] in saidblock and' projecting through the 25 block aboutfmidway and connected 'to and anchored by one or more of said longitudinal rods.

Y 2. A concrete structure, composed of.'

blocks laid end to end in courses with.` break-joints, the blocks having vertically disposed end grooves, and longitudinal rel inforcing rods molded in said blocks'and having complemental interlocking hooked ends projectlng into said grooves, an'd vertically disppsed rods embedded in the blocks and tied tothe longitudinal rods and projecting through the blocks and into the grooves of adjacent superposed blocks and adapted to secure the vengagement of the interlocked ends of the longitudinal rods.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of May, A'. D. 1912.

n is heeeyl derrifiecl that iin Letters Patent No. 1,050,13o,"granted January 14,. f 1913, nponthe application of George C. Harvey, of' Geneva, Ohio, Afor an improvement in Concrete Structures,` an-error appears the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 22, for the word and read on; and .that thesaid Letters Patent should -be readwith `this correction therein that the sameA may conform to the record of the-case in the PatentOHice. Y

o. o. BiLLINGs',

Actif/1g' Commissioner of ligaments.y

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