US20040216409A1 - Bricklaying device - Google Patents

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US20040216409A1
US20040216409A1 US10/476,911 US47691104A US2004216409A1 US 20040216409 A1 US20040216409 A1 US 20040216409A1 US 47691104 A US47691104 A US 47691104A US 2004216409 A1 US2004216409 A1 US 2004216409A1
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    • 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
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    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/14—Conveying or assembling building elements
    • E04G21/16—Tools or apparatus
    • E04G21/18—Adjusting tools; Templates
    • E04G21/1841—Means for positioning building parts or elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/14—Conveying or assembling building elements
    • E04G21/16—Tools or apparatus
    • E04G21/18—Adjusting tools; Templates
    • E04G21/1841—Means for positioning building parts or elements
    • E04G21/1883—Spacers, e.g. to have a constant spacing between courses of masonry
    • 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
    • E04B2002/0256—Special features of building elements
    • E04B2002/028—Spacers between building elements
    • E04B2002/0282—Separate spacers

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  • the invention relates to a brick laying device in particular such a device for assisting in the bricklaying process.
  • any pressure that is applied to the brick forces it further into the mortar bed either directly when the brick is being laid or indirectly when pressure is being applied from an additional course above. Because all bricks cannot be laid with the same pressure these inconsistencies come to light over the finished wall. As a result, even more skilled bricklayers, achieving high quality brickwork is a time consuming task. There is currently a decline in the number of skilled bricklayers who can achieve a good standard of work which in turn gives rise to a problem with the future supply of brick layers as training facilities may not be available.
  • a brick laying aid includes a latticed structure having marginal elongate beads. The structure is laid atop a course of bricks with the beads lying along the edges and mortar is added. Once the mortar has dried the bead can be removed or left in place. In either case various problems arise with this arrangement. Because of the external beading the device needs to be positioned precisely onto the brickwork. Mortar is effectively placed within the device, between the beads, such that when the next course of bricks is laid there will be no excess mortar squeezed from between the bricks such that a satisfactory bond may not be obtained.
  • the recess formed by removing the bead may be too deep and the beads may also prevent the effective shedding of water which can be essential for longterm performance. Furthermore the device requires significant amounts of material and, because of the elongated cylindrical beads, can give rise to production and storage problems.
  • the spacer elements are enveloped in bonding material in both dimensions, hence effectively embedded in the bonding material such as mortar in use, the spacer elements do not interfere with the brick laying process and in particular allow excess mortar to be squeezed out from between the bricks and scraped off, allowing an improved bond to be obtained.
  • the provision of the spacers at intervals along the long axis of the mat allow improved storage.
  • the spacers are dimensioned so as to allow the mat to be rolled up.
  • the spacers are of a width to slightly less than a 100 mm standard brick width, most preferably 84 mm. This leaves an 8 mm spacing either side such that even if the bonding material is recessed the spacer is fully enveloped by the bonding material.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of a wall constructed according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a third embodiment
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a pillar spacer according to the invention.
  • the arrangement is designated generally 10 and includes a course of bricks or blocks 12 with a spacer 14 laid thereon.
  • the spacer 14 comprises a lattice mat, matrix or base 16 with a plurality of upstanding spacer elements 18 extending upwardly therefrom.
  • the lattice is elongate and of width slightly smaller than that of the course of bricks 12 and the spacer elements 18 are arranged at intervals along each long edge of the lattice.
  • the lattice 16 and spacer elements 18 are preferably formed integrally of plastic material such as a polymer material, polypropylene, PVC, HDPE or nylon.
  • the lattice 16 can be formed in any appropriate manner as will be apparent to the skilled person for example injection moulding, extrusion or a spinning dye.
  • the lattice 16 can be cut to an appropriate length or shape to deal with corners and angles and the spacer elements 18 preferably extend upwardly slightly less than the desired spacing between courses of bricks to take into the account the mortar film that tends to form on the top of the spacers 18 .
  • the spacer 14 comprises a thin lattice roll 16 , approximately 75 mm wide, which is unrolled along the length of the bed joint formed on top of the course of bricks.
  • the roll has a number of 10 mm thick bed joint spacers 18 attached at equal intervals to position themselves evenly as the lattice 16 unrolls.
  • the spacers are arranged at intervals of 180 mm centre-to-centre and are cuboids of 10 mm side length providing a number of spacers underneath each brick, one at each corner ensuring that the brick is level and plumb.
  • a further spacer 20 in the form of a further cuboid of 10 mm at the side can be inserted manually into the perpendicular joint and lateral pressure arranged to compress the mortar in this direction. This process can be repeated for each brick along the bed joints.
  • the mortar will pass through the lattice arrangement ensuring that the necessary bondings in successive layers has occurred and that the integrity of the structure is assured. Because the spacers are arranged at intervals and are inwardly positioned relative to the course of bricks, when downward pressure is applied excess mortar can be removed ensuring a firm bed. Similarly when lateral pressure is applied excess mortar can be removed.
  • the lattice 30 comprises three spaced elongate support members on which are provided spacer elements 32 at intervals.
  • Each spacer element 32 comprises a transverse ridge connecting the elongate members and generally of triangular cross-section having the desired height.
  • the width of the lattice i.e. between the outermost elongate members 30
  • the height of the elongate members 30 is 3.5 mm
  • the height of the spacers 32 is 5.5 mm providing a total height of 9 mm which, taking into account the film of mortar that forms during the brick laying process, will provide a brick spacing of 10 mm.
  • the width of the spacers 32 at the base is preferably between 3 and 4 mm and the pitch or interval between the spacers is preferably 40 mm.
  • the lattice comprises three spaced elongate members 40 and transverse members 42 at intervals along the elongate members. Projecting upwardly from the transverse members 42 are a plurality of spacer elements 44 of generally cylindrical shape. In the embodiment shown a spacer element 44 is provided at the intersection of the two outer elongate members 40 with each transverse member 42 and two further spacer elements 44 are provided equally spaced along the transverse member 42 . As a result corners and angles can be spaced appropriately. However other distributions of spacer elements are of course possible.
  • a lattice generally designated 50 comprises a plurality of ridge-like spacer elements 52 aligned in the longitudinal direction and generally of triangular cross-section.
  • the spacer elements 52 are distributed at intervals along the lattice 50 and provided in spaced pairs.
  • a lattice comprises a plurality of spaced transverse members 60 with elongate boundary elements 62 either side.
  • boundary elements 62 Provided on the boundary elements 62 are a plurality of spacer elements 64 at intervals each spacer element 64 comprising a disk through a horizontal diameter of which the boundary element 62 passes.
  • a pillar arrangement comprises effectively a hollow square formed of bricks in a one and a half brick arrangement.
  • the spacer is cut into lengths and laid atop the course of bricks after which the next course is laid in the manner described above.
  • the spacer is robust, chemically and temperature inert, stable, long-lived and mechanically strong. It is simply and intuitively used and gives rise to a stable structure without affecting the appearance of the structure.
  • the lattice arrangement allows the product to be rolled and because the spacers are provided internally of the brickwork course it allows a firm bedding to be obtained without blocking excess mortar from escaping.
  • the lattice can be of any appropriate configuration that allows water to pass through it and provides a firm bed and in particular can comprise perpendicular or diagonal lattice members which can be extruded, punched out or formed in any other appropriate manner.
  • the spacer elements themselves can be of any appropriate form and dimension and can be formed integrally with the lattice or bonded or adhered to it. The distribution of spacer elements can be varied as required to take into account building block dimensions, right angles or angled joints.
  • the lattice itself can also be formed of any appropriate material not limited to plastic material and including, for example, ceramics, cement or metal materials.
  • the spacer can be formed in lengths or in other shapes and/or of other materials to meet specific brickwork requirements or for use with other types of building blocks such as breezeblocks as appropriate.

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