US1140913A - Facing-blocks. - Google Patents

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F. G. NIEMEYER v FACING- BLOCKS; APPLICATION mib SEPT. 29. 1914.

'luz u rigo FREDERICH GEORGE NIEMEYER, OF DENISON, TEXAS.

FACNG-BLOCKS,

Application med september 29'` 1914.

To V 117/ /e/m/a it may conte/'n lle it known that l. Fin-:namen (l.

)i1-:riait a citizen olt the lnited States. and.;

residing at Denisonv` in the. count)v olt Gray son and State o'lE Texas. have inade certain new and useful lnlprovenients in Facingllloclis.

This invention relatesto building strucA tures. and niore particularly to an iniproved veneer ur 'facing l'or use with wooden or nietal traine-work.

(ne ol the principal objects o'l the invention is to provide an improved 'lacing block having means tor 'facilitating the read)1 connection olE the bleek with the traine-work ot' a building.

A\nother obj iet oll the invention is to pro vide a l'ranie-\\'orl\Y "ating niade up ot a pluralityY ol` blocks having' uuceinented tongue and groove connections with each other. and havingl each a single point ot' suspension troni the l'raniewvork. wherebjV relative niovenieut and adjustment may be had between the blocks. upon vibration or settlement ot' the 'l'raniework.

Yl'urther object contemplates the provision otI a 'facing block which will be extremely simple, durable, cllicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

-With these and other objects in view, which will beconie :pparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement ot parts hereinafter more fully desc lied, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingl in which like characters ot' reference indicate like parts throughout the figures7 of which; j

Figure l represents a horizontal sectional view taken-through one corner ot' a building incorpo ating niy invention in its con struction7 Fig. f2 repisents a detail vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. l and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, Fig. 3 represents a front elevational vieny ot one 'of the facing blocks, Fig. 4 represents a View similar to Fig. 3, typifying the blocks used at the corners of a building".

rThe frame-work to which the blocks are connected, may be constructed of wood or metal, and includes the vertical studs 5 and horizontal laths or strips t3 connecting said studs in parallel and spaced relation With cach other. 'lhe facing blocks may be Specification of Letters Patent.

llatent ed May 25, lull.,

Serial No. 864.0355.

lornied ot' any suitable and desirable inaterial` and are substantially rectangular in shape` one longitudinal edge aud one lateral edge, T and respectively, ot each block, being provided with a tongue. whileI the respecti\el \Y opposite longitudinal and lateral edges 0 and 1t). are n'ovided with a groove. ln assembling the block to forni the facing, the longitudinal odge T is uppermost and the edge S occursl zk the right hand end of the block. while eliges l) and lt) resp .ctively torni the bottoni and lett hand edges of each block. i

l'at-h block is provided near its upper edge with a reinlloreeuient ll embedded therein` said reinforcement pre tel-ably taking the torni o'l a si L e r a plurality of strands ol barbed wire, fr. tie wire l2 is provided Jfor each block. h v iueans ot which said block may be suspended iironi the 'traine-work. At

one rnd said tie wire is secured to the rein-- forcement ll and is embedded in the block, the opposite end ot the tie wire emerging lroni the block at' the rear 'face and near the upper edge thereof. I

ln assenioling the blocks, `the tie wires are passed under and around the laths or strips ll and artl twisted upon or suitably se.- cured to nails or other anchoring ineans 13 provided in the top edges oit the laths in the lnanner clearly indicated in Fig. Q. laths are arranged so that their centers are spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of the blocks, so that when said blocksare in position the upper and lower edges of each of theni rests against adjacent laths.

The blocks are arranged so that the. tongues oi each block engage in the grooves ot' the adjacent upper and lateral blocks. and

the joints thus provided are. not cemented is the usual case. but are le'l't 'tree of any cement' or n'iorlar or similar substance, whereby any vibrations or settling ot' the framework will be coinpensattal for b V slighty ;hit`ting or readjustn'ient ot the blocks, so that the latter will not be. broken or cracked; a disadvantage accruing to many forms of jfacing blocks. Since each block has but a singley point of suspension from the frame-work, it Will be readily understood that a slight movement or oscillation of the l'ilocks to :weoinniodate the vibration of the 'lranie-work` will be allowed.

'The co.- iier blocks indicated at ll, may be of a different design from the other blocks,

The

f die on'e ends of those neares'i; bei -g thickened ai l5 in the lype bleek shown in `Fig. fl, althoughii. will be understood this variation in Clesign is merely foi' ehe purpose of presenting an atrae 'e exerie'r, dees noie modify the moc-le of Operation of the blocks. Hewevei, the cernei1 blocks have lthenw outer edges niiteiecl 1G, as indicate@ in `iiig. l, so to ineke a perfee; i at the corners of thef andV a cement filler 1'? may if de sii-ed be placed in the channel orgroove 0ev surfing between the comer blocks of adjacen sides. The corner blocks are also suspended hy means of' tie wives in the nienner already infliea'ctl. 'The eut-ei.' faces of the blocks may he plain er designed to iniiiene stone? and may he niolfilefl er milled to present any desired finish. Theedges bounding Jche oue? face of each block are founded as indicated.

Although have described the preferred embodiment of iny invenion.l l may desiie to make such changes in the construction, eenibination and arfangenient of paris sheree, as do not depart from 'the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

1. A building including a plurality of horizontally spaced strips, a plurality of facing blocks each rovied with means for securing 'the saine at a single point` to one of Jehe hoi-izcntal strips, said blocks having interlocked tongue and groove connections, said connections being nnoemen'tel.

2. building including a framework, a plurality of blocks, a flexible tie for suspending eaeh block at a single point from the i'an'iework, said blocks having intenlocked. unceinented oonnecions, whereby the blocks ,may readjust themselves to acc0minoflate vibration or ,settling of the frame.

The combination of a frame and a plurality of blocks suspended each from the 'iframe ai a single point and having interlocking uneemented connections.

FREDERICK GEORGE NIEMEYER.

Witnesses:

Mien-inn SHARP, W'ILLIAM J. W LLAMs.

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