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US1374955A
US1374955A US375827A US37582720A US1374955A US 1374955 A US1374955 A US 1374955A US 375827 A US375827 A US 375827A US 37582720 A US37582720 A US 37582720A US 1374955 A US1374955 A US 1374955A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
    • E04B2/14—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element
    • E04B2/16—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position
    • E04B2/20—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements

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  • This invention relates to improvements in concrete building blocks, and the object of this improvement is to supply for use in wall construction or otherwise a block formed wholly of concrete, shaped and designed to be light, conveniently handled, inexpensive, and arranged to be interlocked with abutting blocks in a wall.
  • Figure l is a perspective view of the improved block as seen from below.
  • Fig. 2 is a medial vertical longitudinal section of one of these blocks, showing one end interlocked with an end portion of another like block.
  • Fig. 3 is a medial vertical transverse section of the block.
  • Fig. at is a plan view of one of these blocks as interlocked at one end with the abutting part of another block, and
  • Fig. 5 is an end elevation of block.
  • the concrete block shown is of a shape such as is typical of those made by a moldingmachine including a rotatable formerhead, relative to which there is a co-pending application for patent.
  • the rotary former head referred to particularly shapes the elongated longitudinal closed end downwardly opening trough 2 in the lower face of the block 1, the discoidal former-head giving an arcuate-curvature 3 to each end of the trough 2, which, by eliminating any reentrant interior angles at the ends, strengthens the block.
  • Downwardly wedging or eoned niches or recesses 4 are formed provided in a wall, largely increase the heat insulation and prevent most of any moisture from being transmitted through the wall.
  • the blocks may be made of such a size as to be easily handled by a bricklayer, and are light to handle because of their shape.
  • the hollows 2, the recesses 4-, and other features of the block may be considerably varied without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • a building-block having in its under face a longitudinal trough with areuate ends, and having in each outer end wall a recess having its upper end open to the top plane of the block and its lower end closed, said recess being gradually diminishedv in cross-sectional area longitudinally from its upper toward its lower end to maintain an approximately uniform thickness in that part of the block between it and said longitudinal trough.

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JIM. SCHEN K, DECD. E. M. SCHENK. ADMINISTRATRIX.
CONCRETE BUILDING BLOCK. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1920.
1,374,955. Patented A r. 19, 1921.
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JOHN M. SCHENK, DECEASED, LATE 0F WATERLOO, IOXVA, BY ELLA M. SCHENK, ADMINISTRATRIX, ASSIG-NOR TO ELLA llI. SCHENK, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.
CONCRETE BUILDING-BLOCK.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Apr. 19, 1921.
Application filed April 22,1920. Serial No. 375,827.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ELLA M. SCHENK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, administratrix of the estate of OHN M. SCHENK, deceased, (whose former residence was N o. 1416 Hawthorne Ave.,Waterloo, Iowa,) state that said JOHN M. SOHENK invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concrete Building- Blocks, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in concrete building blocks, and the object of this improvement is to supply for use in wall construction or otherwise a block formed wholly of concrete, shaped and designed to be light, conveniently handled, inexpensive, and arranged to be interlocked with abutting blocks in a wall.
'This object has been accomplished by the means which are shown in the illustrations of the improved block, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the improved block as seen from below. Fig. 2 is a medial vertical longitudinal section of one of these blocks, showing one end interlocked with an end portion of another like block. Fig. 3 is a medial vertical transverse section of the block. Fig. at is a plan view of one of these blocks as interlocked at one end with the abutting part of another block, and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of block.
Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The concrete block shown is of a shape such as is typical of those made by a moldingmachine including a rotatable formerhead, relative to which there is a co-pending application for patent. The rotary former head referred to particularly shapes the elongated longitudinal closed end downwardly opening trough 2 in the lower face of the block 1, the discoidal former-head giving an arcuate-curvature 3 to each end of the trough 2, which, by eliminating any reentrant interior angles at the ends, strengthens the block. Downwardly wedging or eoned niches or recesses 4 are formed provided in a wall, largely increase the heat insulation and prevent most of any moisture from being transmitted through the wall. The blocks may be made of such a size as to be easily handled by a bricklayer, and are light to handle because of their shape. The hollows 2, the recesses 4-, and other features of the block, may be considerably varied without departing from the scope of the invention.
Having described this invention, what is claimed is:
A building-block having in its under face a longitudinal trough with areuate ends, and having in each outer end wall a recess having its upper end open to the top plane of the block and its lower end closed, said recess being gradually diminishedv in cross-sectional area longitudinally from its upper toward its lower end to maintain an approximately uniform thickness in that part of the block between it and said longitudinal trough.
Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 29th day of March, 1920. i
ELLA M. SCHENK.
Adminszfmtflw of the estate of John M.
Schenk, deceased.
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Cited By (5)

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US2900814A (en) * 1958-02-25 1959-08-25 Samuel R Carson Concrete block construction with a compartment having a knock-out panel
US20100122507A1 (en) * 2008-11-18 2010-05-20 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block
US20100223868A1 (en) * 2007-10-10 2010-09-09 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block
US20100242390A1 (en) * 2008-11-18 2010-09-30 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block with drain feature
US20110162314A1 (en) * 2009-11-03 2011-07-07 Acp Manufacturing Ltd. Retaining wall block

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2900814A (en) * 1958-02-25 1959-08-25 Samuel R Carson Concrete block construction with a compartment having a knock-out panel
US20100223868A1 (en) * 2007-10-10 2010-09-09 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block
US20100122507A1 (en) * 2008-11-18 2010-05-20 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block
US7757451B2 (en) * 2008-11-18 2010-07-20 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block
US20100227017A1 (en) * 2008-11-18 2010-09-09 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block
US20100242390A1 (en) * 2008-11-18 2010-09-30 Lee Lum Mark E Ventilated building block with drain feature
US7997893B2 (en) 2008-11-18 2011-08-16 Lee Lum Mark E Mold for ventilated building block
US20110162314A1 (en) * 2009-11-03 2011-07-07 Acp Manufacturing Ltd. Retaining wall block
US8381478B2 (en) * 2009-11-03 2013-02-26 Acp Manufacturing, Ltd. Retaining wall block

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