US1789400A - Block and wall construction - Google Patents

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Jan. 20, I931. s, BROZEK 789,400

' BLOCK min WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed llay 28, 1930 INVENTOR.

fiiaizle Zimze/c,

BY v

A TTORNEY.

"ffa'nd' toe" wall constructionfembojdying the line 5Qof'fFigure l. sa ief' 7 q uire that the "foundation jwallfbe formedimentof myinventio nlthe numeral desig-f o'blo ck'is provided Whichis adapted to befu'se'cl 1 such as three bricks-,"anclfhas 'a'width equalto 5 i-flsolid block ofthis characteri's'heavy ointsf The f blocki's"providedffjupon i one;

' receiving recess, anclj re, ireecommufn'ig ingfgrooves 'or" slots 12,-snificienfl -1arge to;

Patented Jan. 20, 1 931 7 sr'ixnnnynnoznn'or-nnrnorrf ICHIGAN; l BLOCK imnwiiu. cons rnuorion j iieafidnfmea m 2 8 ,193 i),' '.Serial n o lleseeoefl j 'ilV Iy' invention relates to a builcling loloclilf "Figure 5 isia horizont'al s@t nta1:e;1;q11

- )In the drawings, wherein V 7 5 t I ,9, l for cat ons, bulldlng regulations r e- I of illustration, isshownfa preferred emloocli-" In some 1 a .t a of solid;fhlocks 'hrick', or colncrete; l/lyun fnates'afsolid block formed of concrete, clay vention providesai solidblock} meeting these-1; or? iother'plastic materialrfThis block has-a 5 requirements.

7 v r I I y e 5 height-jequal-tothe combined" height of af' 1 In accordance with 'my invention, a s

olicl plurality of brioksfplujsf the inortar joints,

l in connection with a hriek facing, amen Etlie combined wiclth of two bricks, plnsthef ner to properly bond thehrickffaeinglfto the, mortar go nts. The blo'ch naygbeformed same. In addition to this, ad a cer' tlayers oi in any suitable le11gt hs,';*su c h a sthe com- 5 blocks may haveinterlockingengagement. bmecl lenathsofgtwobricks, plusgthe mortar difiicult to handle?v To meetthls QQIldltlOIhN corner su ch as the npper corner, W1thja'br1ck;

I provide ve rtioalhand receiving grooves rorfireceivingl recess l l," extending throughout l slots, which extend through thetopandhot 'jthfe' ent reff length offtjh'e same; angl passing f v. to'm of the block; iAt-one"end;; theseyslot th-ro ugh-jtheends thereof; This recess prei pass through the vertic'al and ho rizontal walls erjab'ly has a yviclthof about 'one fhal'fjof the" ofthe brick receiving. recess formefdinthe4 width oftheblockl block. I Hand holes or recesses are -,forII.iecl The block 10 'sfjprovidecl atits. epeds itef v in theblookfatv its entls, ben eath the brick ends with substantiallyvertioal hancl'reoeiv I I 5' eationiwith the'hand receiving'gmoves. Thel completely receive the handsl f These grooves l e hand receivinggrooves areofsufficientsize;extend-through the topiancl 'bottomfof the p 'to receive the entirehand,whereby the blocks block, and also pass through the vertical and." I j b, in the upperposition. NVhen' invertedl'tlie horizontal finger holes 13,-arrangednear and maybe properly manipulatecl when inverted, Ihorizontalfwalls of 'the jhric'lg rece iving' re-j as well as when the brick receiving recess is l cess' The' blockis provided in its ends witli I I blocks will haveinterlocking engagementbe'n th the hr okrece ving recess and n-free When the brick receiving-recesses "a're'jja commumeatlon v vv' lth the: hand' r 'ei-ving ranged rippermosItQ-the handmaybe inserted gi V 'jl2.5"'

therein, in'whole or in part, effecting afmore' I Figure Ewan QOiiStrii@ti6fi'iSl1OWn i j the blockshown ini my: Patent No. 1,753,820,

rte-4 of Figure 3; and,

" convenient manipulation of the block. a [lfhe present invention. is, an improvementupon,-

' issued April8,fl930.' V 1, In the'accompanying drawings, forming? a part of this specification, and-in which like numerals .are employed {todesignate like partsthroughout the same, a

Figure 1 isan end elevation of a wall em- 45 ooclying my inventlon,

embodying horizontal layers 14b, 15, 16 and 17' of the b1oc ks"10. The blocks 10 'in the layer have their briclrreceiving recesses arrangech remote from. the brick facing 1'8,

while theiblochs mum layer l6 are invertecl v so'thet the. extension 19 of the same projects into the .hri'ckfreceiving. recess 11 [of the j blocksii'nthei1ayer'17,wliile the extension '19 of theblooks inthe layer 'l'l project into the brink rec'eivingfreces'ses otthehlocks in'the". I layers 16, these blocks thereby interlocking.

FigureflZi's a perspective view ofone of the Thebldck iiithlay 15'h vtheiffl tb t f u blocks, I toms arranged upon the flat inverted" bottom Figure 3 is a plan view of the same, Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on 11116 o*the;t1e1;s' in thela-yer l6 and their brick receiving rrecesjses face inwardly toward the a brick facing "18 Th hlocks'inthelayer'lft r v transversely to enter the briclrreceiv ngrea "have their fiat bottoms arranged adjacent to the blocks in the layer 15, while the brick recesses 11 and bond with i ceiving recesses face outwardly with respect to the brick facing, to receive the extensions be inverted. Y e A I The brick facing 18 embodies horizontal of the'blocks, in the next layer, which would layers of bricks 20 and 21. The bricks in; the

layer 20 extend'longitudinally ofthe wall, while the bricks in the layer 21 are disposed I I hands'in thegrooves l2la'nd the fingerf'holes 13 and'ithis will permit 'the 'b'locks to' be I shifted to-close end to end relation without I When the M101: receiving recess is arranged .he hands scraping upon the adjacentbloc k,

" uppermost the n y be inserted in whle the convenient manipulation of the block.

. ""maybeinserted lnto the handfreceivlng facing,

Further, when'the ,block is inverted, thehand groove, so that the fingers may engage within the finger holes 131 ci wi I bri k a g-ye th n en tionlis not T restricted to the use: of the brickas a ol a my bel o n ediellia' tirely ofthe solidblocks, the blocksineach.

two' 'layersbeing inverted with respect to eng 1, each other, so thatthe extension jof one block enters the recess of the other lblockxln handling the blocks, whether they are used with the brick facing or not, the arrange,

ment of the vertical grooves and holes ,renders it possible for the mason to properly ,orthe invertedposition.

t It is tobe; understood that the form of" my invention, herewith shown anddflscribed,

is to'be taken as a preferred exarnplelof the sa andi-t t u ha g n h ape; v o

' thatthe blockniay be nverted so that the ex I size andarrangement of parts, be re sorted to, without departing from thefspiiit ofmy invention, or the scope-ofthesube" joined claims.

Having thus cla m 1., 'A'solid block for building a; a having a'brick facing, said blockhaving a height a p? proxi nating the co nbined height of age and handlethe bl'eck in the V described invention, I I I I .sa1dhandholes,sardrecesswhenintheupper:

walls of the brick receiving recess and leading into the e'nds'of said recess, the ends of the block having finger holes arranged nearthe brick receiving recess and leading into the vertical grooves, the arrangement being, such that the hands may be passed through either end .of the vertical hand receiving grooves and'the handsginserted in part or in whole within the brick receiving recess when it is arranged uppermost so that the fingers may be conveniently; introduced into said finger holes.

lengtl1, eaeh block beingprovided at'its ends with vertical handreeeivinggrooves extend-i ing'through its top andv bottom, each block? being further provided with finger holes "arranged" adj meat, to the brick receivinglrecess I V I I and leading intotthe,hand"receivinggrooves,

or 1n. part,vv1th1n.this recess, which aids in,

extension ofonefb wk e e 'fth b l Tie-i ceiving recess of the therfblock', the blocks 5 i, t e next lever ha ng he rl ri k e 4 e e V I jing recesses arranged uppern'lost,and a brick While I havesh wn the solid blocks as as facingi fo'r-tlie blocks comprising layers of e entr neth r e s f r the b acks. in the. I

v e. at eera v a V 3. ;{Alfsolid block for building a Wa'1l1,' said 1 block beingprovi'ded upon one corner with a recess extending throughoutits entire length forming at projection upon the block, said I blockrbeing'providedin its ends' gwith sub stantially'vertical' hand" receiving grooves which extend through the top and'bottorn of the block, said: grooves passing through the vertical and horizontalwalls of therecess and leading into the ends of saidlrecess, the ends ofthe block having finger holes arrangedv near the brick receiving recess. and leading into vertical grooves, the arrangement being" such "tensionof one block willfenter the recess of the adja' cent block and theh'ands may be p'assed'through eitherr'end of'thevertical grooves so that the fingersmay engage in most position also serving to receive the hand in whole or in part so that thefingers may be, more. conveniently passed through the vertical grooves and,enterthefinger holes. a Y

V In testimony whereof Iafixj my signature; ,SgTANLEY'BRQ-ZE'K

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