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US1367655A
US1367655A US346966A US34696619A US1367655A US 1367655 A US1367655 A US 1367655A US 346966 A US346966 A US 346966A US 34696619 A US34696619 A US 34696619A US 1367655 A US1367655 A US 1367655A
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  • This invention relates to concrete construction, and particularly tothe formation of walls, piers, abutments, or like structural elements, and the object of the invention is to enable a concrete wall or like structure to be built without the necessity of using forms.
  • a further object is to economize in the use of concrete, cement and like material, particularly in sections of the country where there is a sufiiciency of wood but where transportation is difficult and it is hard to get concrete.
  • a further object is to provide a composite wall of concrete and wood so constructed that the wood is entirely embedded in the concrete, thus preserving the wood, while at the same time the wood fills up the space which would ordinarily be taken up by concrete, thus economizing on the concrete, and at the same time forming a wall which is solid, strong, and which, to all intents and purposes, is as good as a solid concrete wall.
  • This wall consists of concrete 2 and wooden blocks 1.
  • These blocks 1 are preferably sections of logs of irregular shape and of any desired diameter, though preferably the logs or sections will have more or less uniform diameter, these logs being preferably split into half sections, though not necessarily so.
  • a layer of concrete 2 is placed upon the foundation and then a layer of these logs or blocks 1 is disposed upon the concrete layer while the latter is still wet. Then concrete is placed over these logs so as to thoroughly embed the same.
  • the logs may be entirely embedded, that is the wall may be covered on both surfaces with concrete, or the concrete simply put over the top of the layer of logs, leaving the ends of the logs exposed.
  • these logs permit sheathing to be readily attached to the con- 7 crete wall by nailing the sheathing to the logs.
  • the endsof the logs may, of course, be painted, tarred on the outside, or otherwise coated so as to prevent the inlet of moisture where the ends of the logs project flush with the outer face of the concrete.
  • this system of building walls is particularly valuable in sections of the country where there is plenty of timber but where it is difiicult to get concrete, and also permits the very rapid building of a wall without the necessity of using any forms whatever, the logs acting to hold the concrete together and permit the opposite faces of the wall to be smoothed off by a trowel or ordinary tools.
  • a wall composed of a mass of artificial stone and billets of wood, the billets being disposed in approximately horizontal courses adjacent to but separated from each other and embedded in the artificial stone, each billet extending transverselyof the length of the wall and being formed of sections of tree limbs in their natural state, the artificial stone filling the spaces around and between the billets.
  • a wall composed of a mass of artificial stone and billets of wood, the billets being disposed in approximately horizontal courses adjacent to but separated from each other and embedded in the artificial stone, each billet extending transversely of the length of the wall and being formed of sections of tree limbs in their natural state, the artificial stone filling the space around and between the billets and the ends of the billets extending to the surface of the artificial stone

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L. N. BUTLER.
FORMLESS SYSTEM OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.
APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23,19I9- Patented Feb. 8, 1921.
UNITED STATES LOUIS N. BUTLER, OF WYLIE, MINNESOTA.
FORMLESS SYSTEM OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 8, 1921.
Application filed December 23, 1919. Serial No. 346,966.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIsN. BUTLER, a citizen of Wylie, in the county of Pennington and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful way of building with concrete, to be known as Formless Systems of Concrete Construction.
This invention relates to concrete construction, and particularly tothe formation of walls, piers, abutments, or like structural elements, and the object of the invention is to enable a concrete wall or like structure to be built without the necessity of using forms.
A further object is to economize in the use of concrete, cement and like material, particularly in sections of the country where there is a sufiiciency of wood but where transportation is difficult and it is hard to get concrete.
A further object is to provide a composite wall of concrete and wood so constructed that the wood is entirely embedded in the concrete, thus preserving the wood, while at the same time the wood fills up the space which would ordinarily be taken up by concrete, thus economizing on the concrete, and at the same time forming a wall which is solid, strong, and which, to all intents and purposes, is as good as a solid concrete wall.
Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein The figure is a fragmentary perspective view of a wall constructed in accordance with my invention.
This wall consists of concrete 2 and wooden blocks 1. These blocks 1 are preferably sections of logs of irregular shape and of any desired diameter, though preferably the logs or sections will have more or less uniform diameter, these logs being preferably split into half sections, though not necessarily so.
In the building of a wall in accordance with my invention, a layer of concrete 2 is placed upon the foundation and then a layer of these logs or blocks 1 is disposed upon the concrete layer while the latter is still wet. Then concrete is placed over these logs so as to thoroughly embed the same. The logs may be entirely embedded, that is the wall may be covered on both surfaces with concrete, or the concrete simply put over the top of the layer of logs, leaving the ends of the logs exposed. The irregular shape of to the layer below, and I have found in prac tice that this gives a wall of great strength and solidity with the use of only a minimum of concrete. Furthermore, these logs permit sheathing to be readily attached to the con- 7 crete wall by nailing the sheathing to the logs. The endsof the logs may, of course, be painted, tarred on the outside, or otherwise coated so as to prevent the inlet of moisture where the ends of the logs project flush with the outer face of the concrete. As before remarked, this system of building walls is particularly valuable in sections of the country where there is plenty of timber but where it is difiicult to get concrete, and also permits the very rapid building of a wall without the necessity of using any forms whatever, the logs acting to hold the concrete together and permit the opposite faces of the wall to be smoothed off by a trowel or ordinary tools.
I claim 1. A wall composed of a mass of artificial stone and billets of wood, the billets being disposed in approximately horizontal courses adjacent to but separated from each other and embedded in the artificial stone, each billet extending transverselyof the length of the wall and being formed of sections of tree limbs in their natural state, the artificial stone filling the spaces around and between the billets.
2. A wall composed of a mass of artificial stone and billets of wood, the billets being disposed in approximately horizontal courses adjacent to but separated from each other and embedded in the artificial stone, each billet extending transversely of the length of the wall and being formed of sections of tree limbs in their natural state, the artificial stone filling the space around and between the billets and the ends of the billets extending to the surface of the artificial stone
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