US1158653A

US1158653A - Hollow-tile structure.

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Publication number: US1158653A
Application number: US86078614A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur W Dowe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-09-08
Filing date: 1914-09-08
Publication date: 1915-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 1932-11-02

Description

A. W DOWE.

HOLLOW TILE STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-8,1914.

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ARTHUR w.-nowE; or Los ,nncntns, CALIFORNIA.

HOLLOW-TILE STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed September 5; 1914. Serial no. 8603786.

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Be it known that I, An'rnini Down, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in. the county ofLos Angeles, State v of California, haveinvented. new and useful Improvements. in Hollow-Tilev Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to. a wall or other There are many olej'ectsof my invention, and many advantages a primary ob ectmay ing meansffor securely holding a hollow tile ,wall or other structure together, in such pr event displacement of any individual form that the hollow tile blocks andjthe holding means may be easily and quickly assembled. 7

Another object is to provide a mechanism which is inexpensive to manufacture and to assemble; to make thebinding or holding means invisible when the wall is finished; to

i block; and also to prevent lateral bending Referring particularly to the drawings,

of the wall in a vertical direction.

The specific. construction and the particular advantages of my invention are exhave shown preferred forms "of my invention in the accompanying drawings, m

which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section plan showing the same, Fig. 3 is a perspectie plate or clip used in myinvention.

the numeral 10 may designate hollow tile blocks, or other blocks offsimilar nature,

which are laid in horizontal coursesand vertical tiers on any suitable foundation, as

illustrated. at 11. .Between' each of the adjacent vertical tiers; of blocks I place. a stud strip 12, which is preferably a thin fiat, me-

tallic'strip of iron heldclbsely between adjacent tiers. The strip is thin enough so that there is no appreciable opening between adjacent vertical tiers ofbloclis. In forming my improved structure, these vertical their upper ends are held by any suitable V temporary means, properly spaced apart in vertical position. These stud strips thus become guides for the placement of the hollow blocks 10.

iron,with vertically projecting tongues 21,

with an aperture 22 for stringing over stud strip and with apertures 23 for the reception of Wedges 24, if desired. The distance between the opposite tongues 21 is. such that.

i these tongues will enter the hollow interiors be described as being the provision of bindof the hollow blocks and will bear against their interior faces as is clearlyshown in 7 Figs. 1 and 2, drawing the blocks together edges bear against the side faces 10 of the plained in the following specification, and I interiors of the hollow blocks, so that the blocks are thus prevented from transverse I relative movement-'relative both to the stud strips'12 and to the adjacent block which is tied by the same clip. If desired, wedges 24 of a portion ofa wall constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2' is a sectional maybe inserted through the apertures 23 in the clips and driven home with their bearing faces against the inner surfaces of the adjacent blocks 10 of the courses immediately above and below, as shown in Fig 1; thus drawing the adjacent blocks more, closely and tightly together. In Fig. 1 I have shown two Wedges in the same clip; but it is only necessary to use one wedge on one side of each clip. a v

The wallstructure is continued as high as desired and the top of the wall may be finished oft in any preferred manner. It will be particularly noted that there are no metallic parts projecting on either face of the wall and that the tile blocks therefore offer a smooth and uninterrupted surface for plastering or other finishing. stud strips are first placed in position and From the foregoing description the pri- Between the adjacent horizontal courses" of hollow blocks I string my tie clips 20 over f is mary features of my invention may be'readily seen. It is one of the essential advantages of my invention that the stud strips 12 are held tightly in vertical straight positions so that they becomein .efiiectrstiff:

land havlng vertically projecting tongues engaging the interiors of the adjacent hol- J eners of great'strength for resistanceto lateral bending of the wall in a vertical direction. In fact, it is practically impossible to bend my wall without theac'tual rupture or crumpling of the vertical stud strips, which can not be accomplished unless the wallispractically demolished. The tie clips not only prevent the lateral and longitudinal displacement of any individual block, but they also tie all of the blocks to the various stud strip's,so that the wall as a (whole is held securely together in all of itsconstituent parts, 7 with'which my wall structure can be assem- The ease and rapidity bled is readily apparent. 1

My invention consists in the features herein described; but I do not limit myself to the particulars and specific points of construction contained in the specific form herein described. There arevarious detail coni structions which may be varied without exceeding the scope of my invention, which comprises fundamentally the use in combination of the vertical stud strips and the tie clipstying each of the hollow blocks to the stud strips and holding the stud strips tightly in true position between the blocks,

the blocks thus holding the stud strips in blocks to prevent their relative movement against the inner surfaces of the hollow such a position that the stud strips become ,eflective stlffeners against transverse dislocation of the wall.

Having described my invention, I claim; 1. In a wall structure of the character de scribed, comprising blocks laid in vertical tiers and horizontal courses, the combmation of vertical stud strips between adjacent tiers, and tie clips strung on said stud strips between adjacent courses, said clips embodying each a fiat thin horizontal plate engaging portions of each of the four adj acent blocks and having vertically projecting tongues engaging each of said adjacent both transversely and longitudinally of the block formed wall. I V

2. In a wall structure of the character described, comprising hollow blocks laid in vertical tiers and horizontal courses, the

combination of vertical stud strips between I adjacent tiers, tie clips strung on said stud V strips between adjacent courses and engaging each of the four adjacent blocks to preblocks to draw. the blocks together,

3. In a wall structure of the character 'described, comprising hollow blQOkS laid in vertical tiers and horizontal courses, the

; scribed, comprising hollow blocks. laid in vertical tiers and horizontal courses, the

combination of vertical stud stripszbetween extendingover portions of'adjacent blocks embodying each a flatthin' horizontal plate V I low blocks to prevent their relative movement transversely-and longitudinally of the block formed wall, and wedges bearing against the tieclips and bearing against the inner surfaces of the hollow blocks to draw the blocks together.

at. In a wall structure of the "character deadjacent tiers, tie clips strungon said stud- Q strips between adjacent courses and engag-' 'ing adjacent blocks to prevent movementthereof longitudinally and transversely of the'wall, and wedgespassed through apertures in the oIips'and bearing against the inner surfaces ofthe blocksof' the horizontal courses immediately above andVbelow the respective clips.

5. In a wall structure of the character described, comprisinghollow blocks laid" in vertical tiers and horizontal courses, the combination of vertical stud strips between adjacent tiers, tie clips strung on said stud strips between adjacent courses, said clips embodying each a flat thin horizontal plate extending over portions of adjacent "block s andhaving vertically projecting tongues engaging the interiors of the .adj acent hollow blocks to prevent their relative movement transversely and longitudinally of the block ioo formed wall, and wedges passed through,

apertures in the clips and. bearing against the inner surfaces of the blocks of the horiz'ontal courses immediately above and below the respective clips.

6. In a wall structure of the character de-.

scribed, comprising hollow blocks laid in adjacent tiers, and tie clips strung on said strips between adjacent courses, said clips...

having upwardly'and downwardly pro ect ing tongues which engage the interior walls of each of the four adjacent blocksto pre vent both longitudinal and transverse movement of the'blocks. v

7. "In a wall structure of the character ,described, comprising hollow blookslaid-in vertical tiers and horizontal courses, the combination ofvertical stud'strips between adjacent tiers, and tie clip Strung on 'i g strips between. adjacent courses, there be ing between each two adjacent'courses two 1 V of said clips, one immediately above the other, each of. said clips embodying a flat body with an aperture for stringing on the stud strip and tongues projecting vertieally, those of the upper clip projecting uphave hereunto subscribed my name this 28th wardly and those of the lower clip projectday of August, 1914.

ing downwardly into the interiors of each of the four adjacent hollow blocks, engag- ARTHUR Down 1 ing said blocks to prevent both longitudinal Witnesses:

and transverse movement thereof. JAMES T. BARKELEW,

In witness that I claim the foregoing I F. B. ARMSTRONG.

Co ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.