US1709954A - Reenforced construction unit - Google Patents

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I III o M o ad nu n I7/ J. T, SALTIEL REENFORGED CONSTRUCTION UNIT Filed July 1.2,l 1927 April 23, 1929.

entre f JorINA'rnnoN T. sALrrnL.,

or erin-vz rnnrANA, Assia-:Non fro'JoHNfAj rArrANfAND osnortnn J. TAMAN, Born Aor GARY, INDIANA. -Y

REENFORCED CONSTRUCTION UNPLI?.VK

Application area July 12,

rlhis inventionl relates ,to ak reenforced construction unit and one object of the invention is to provide a unit of this character formed i of reenforced cement and having its reen-A Another object of the invention is lto so arrange the proj ectlng portions ofthe reenforcements that7 when the blocks or units arey f set in place, certain of the projecting end Vportions of the reenforcements may be'conveniently attached to a beam or other support forming part of a building or other structure towhich the units are to be applied and the remaining endk portions of the reenforcernents embedded in mortar forming a backing for the units; i

Another object of the invention is to provide units which may be employed to construct a floor and may be very securely anchored to supporting beams constituting part of the frame of a building.

Another object of the invention is to provide units which may be employed to build a chimney or column and may be lirmly'held in proper relation to each other'. Y

Another object of the invention is to pre# vent units placed one upon another from having movement relative toV each other and' vthereby permit the units to be quickly set in place. l

. Another object of the invention is to so dispose reenforcements in the units that their end portions may project and vconstitute pins to be received in sockets formed in companion units and very securely retain the units in proper' relation to each other.

' The invention is illustrated in theaccoinpanying drawings, vvvherein Y Figure l is a perspective view of one of the reenforced constructionl units g, j

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line Q-Q'of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the construction unit taken on thel line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Y Fig. l is a sectional view showingthe man# 1927. serial riaeosnm's.:y :Y

ner of securing construction units ysuch as shown in l to thefrarne of a building.4

The reenforced construction unitshown in F ig. lis indicated in general by the numeral l and includes a body portion formed ofcoucrete, cement or other. setta'ble material. The

i block or unit is preferably oblong vin 'shape although itniay haveany shape desiredanld is preferably so shaped that its outer portion is of an even length and width,` whereasits inner portion tapers rearwardly. Therefore, when the units or blocks are employed to erect Aa'wall,'tlie mortar 2 provided betweenadja-` cent units may forni very goodlzeysjas shown in Fig. 4. A metal fabric 8 which may con-y sist of expanded metal or 'interwoven 4wire vbeams and if the beams are metal-thefabrir." may be welded, riveted or secured thereto in any desiredmanner. lt should also be noted that a portion of the niortarwill pass through the meshesv of the reinforcing fabric and as. sist to retain the blocks in proper position relativel to each other'` when erecting a. wall. An auxiliary mesh reenforcement has been shown' in Figs. land 2, and it will be under- Y stood that additional reenforcements'of this type niay beemployed if so desired. Metal strips 6 which are preferably' perforated ezt-.- tend longitudinallythrough the body with p their end portions projecting therefrom and similar strips TeXtend transversely through the body with their ends projecting from the ,upper and lower edge faces l. thereof.

rigidly secured to supporting beams or studs 4: and the strips? may be either vsecured to supporting beams ormay be merely bent The. strips (tare to be nailed, riveted or :otherwise rearwardly and embeddedin mortarlbetween Y the wall and frame `of a building where theyV Vwill constitute anchors vto v'assist inholding Ythe blocks in their propery positions. 'A dd! tional strips 8 extend longitudinally in theV block and have theirl end portions bent"out Ward-ly, as-shownl at9', to provide anchorsk which may besecu'redto beams of 'a building frame if convenient or embeddedin mortar, as previously set forth. By having the block Y provided With a number of reenforcing strips having their end portions projecting from the ends,.s1des and rear face o-t the blockit will always be possible tosecnre some of the v projecting end portions to supporting beams ing af body of set material, and reenio-rcing strips embedded in said body and having end portions projectingi'rom the body and Yconstituting anchors, certain of said strips having their end portions projecting from edge faces of the body and the remaining strips having` their end portions proj ecting` from the rear face of the body intermediate its side and ends.

2. A reenforced construction unit compris- Ving,l a body of set material, and reeniforcing strips embedded in said body and having end portions projecting from the body and con# .stitutinganehors, certain of said strips en#r tending transversely in the body with their end portions projecting. from the side edge faces thereoic and the remainingl strips extending longitudinally in' thebody and certain oiitheir end por'tionsrpro'jecting from the body adjacent its ends and the remaining` end portions proj eotingfrom the rear face of the body intermediate its sides and ends;

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

` JoHNATHnoN r'sALTIEL.' [Las]

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