US2603875A

US2603875A - Line holder for masons

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Publication number: US2603875A
Application number: US100125A
Authority: US
Inventors: John H Kroll
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-06-20
Filing date: 1949-06-20
Publication date: 1952-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 1969-07-22

Description

y 22, 1952 J. H. KROLLV 2,603,875

LINE HOLDER FOR MASONS Filed June 20, 1949 IN V EN TOR.

By kc/2,2 HA mzz //j/ Ww Patented July 22, 1952 UNITED 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE LINE HOLDER FOR MASONS John H. Kroll, Spokane, 'wash. Application June 20, 1949, Serial No..100,125

My; present invention relates to improvements in aline holder for masons.

It. is the principal object of my invention to provide a device for holding the ends of the line that is stretched between the corner portions of a brick or building block to guide the mason in laying the successive layers between the corners. To be efiective for the masons a device of this character should be light andcompact. It should also be easily applied to the corner of a brick or block and insure alignment of the line with the mortar course between bricks.

Mor particularly it is the purpose of my inventionto provide a line anchor for masons which embodies in a single metal stamping, anchoring teeth, a guide plate, a mortar line guide tongue, aline receiving eye and a line attaching means, all arranged so that the holder can be laid against the masonrywall at the corner of a brick or block where it will hold firmly enough to retain the line and will guide the'line along the top of the brick or block. y

In a preferred embodiment of. my invention I utilize a small metal stamping which can be readily carried in the pocket and which is relatively,inexpensive so that if a mason should loseonethe cost of replacement is minor. The construction is such that it is easy to attach the line to it and draw the line taut.

-.The nature and advantages of my invention will appearmore fully from the following descriptionand the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred form of the invention. The drawings. and description are illustrative only however, and should not be considered as limiting the'invention except insofar as it is limited by the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic view illustrating my invention as applied to opposite corners of a building wall to stretch the masons guide line across the intervening space;

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of one of the line holders;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1; and f Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating a slightly modified structure.

Referring now to the drawings, my improved invention utilizes a metal plate I!) and provides the necessary gripping fingers I l and [2 by bend- 4 Claims. (01. 33 85) ing a portion of the plate at one end thereof at right angles to the plate and providing teeth. [3 directed parallel to the plate at the ends ofthe fingers]! and I2. The fingers II and i2 are preferably separated by a cut out at 14.

Immediately adjacent to the fingers l land-l2 a tongue I5 is struck out of the plate and bent. over as-illustrated best in Figure 3,-to provide an anchoring slot for the line I6.

Near the other end of the plate l0 and inline with the inneredge of the portion l2, I provide a guide rib l]. by turning a portion of the plate, ID at rightangles to the main body of the plate and at right angles to the portions II and I 2.. This guide rib I1 is tapered. Its function is to, rest-on the top surface of the brick and extend into the mortar space so as tosupport the line guiding end of the plate ill at the right level. A

small tongue I8 is provided at the end of the plate. [0 adjacent to the rib IT. This tongue I8 is bent to form an eye [9 with a slot 20 between the tongue and the plate Ill so that the line Hi can be inserted into the eye [9 with ease.

Since the line has to be drawn quite taut order to function as a good guide, provide means on the plate III- for wrapping theline upon itself before it is secured beneath the tongue I 5. This means comprises two lugs 2| and 22 which are struck up from the material of the plate in alignment with the eye l9 and the tongue l5. Pref erably these lugs 2| and 22 are rounded transversely so-as to avoid a tendency to cut the line l6.

IIdO not find it necessary to provide any guide rib on the'plate in adjacent to the fingers II and I 2 to align the plate with the top of the brick. The member I! and the eye l9 are very close together so the corner engaging end of the plate Ill may be slightly up or slightly down with respect to the mortar line without any appreciable effect upon the positioning of the line Hi. If better alignment of the plate In is needed I can provide this as shown in Figure 6 by forming a guide rib 23 from the portion l2. This rib- 23 extends into the mortar space and serves to align the corner engaging end of the plate in.

In using my device the mason attaches one end of his line to one of the plates ID by hooking it over the tongue l5 and taking two or three turns around the lugs 2| and 22 and then snapping the line over the tongue l8 into the eye l9. He places this plate against the wall with the portions H and I 2 hooking around the corner of the brick and the rib l1 resting on top of the brick with which he wants the line to serve as a guide. He

3 then extends the line to the opposite corner where he attaches another plate ID as illustrated in Figure 1. He then passes the line over the tongue [8 into the eye IQ of this plate anddraws the line taut by turning it over the lug 22. When the line is taut enough he wraps it around the lugs Zl and 22 for a few turns and secures it beneath the tongue l5. The line can be tightened at either end and can beshifted to higher levels very readily by simply. moving the plates Ill upward as de: sired.

It is believed that the natureand advantages l of my improved line holder will be apparent from the foregoing description. I am aware that lineholders made of a single metal stamping have been proposed heretofore and an example of such a line holder is the Roberts Patent No..8 i7,824. My improved line holder however, provides. a novel means for assuring its position with" respect to the top of a brick and further provides a novel'construction for-guiding and securing the line thereon;

p 1". A line holder for masons, adapted to be laid against the masonry wall at the corheroi a block, such las a brick, said holder comprisin ganfelongated plate having gripping fingers' at one'end thereof extending out in a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to the shorter axiso-fsai'd plate, said fingers having teeth thereon painted in the direction that the plate extends from said end, a guide 'rib adjacent to. the other end *of'j the plate extending in aplane perpendicular tosaid plate and parallel to the longer axis of said plate,

a tongueon said other end of the plate extending transversely of the plate and bent over the .plate to form with the plate, an open guide eye on the opposite side of the plate from the. guide rib and aligned with the rib, and a line anchoring mem-',

her at the first named end of the plate aligned with the guide eye.

2. A line holderfor masons, adapted. to. be laid against the masonry wall at the cornerofa block,

such as a brick, said holder comprising an .,e longated. plate having. gripping fingers at one end thereof extending. out. in a. plane perpendicular.

to saidfplateand parallelto the. shorter axis of said "plate, said fingers having teeth thereon pointed in the direction that the. plate extends from said end, a guide ribadjacentrto the other end of the plate extending inv a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to the longer axis of said' plate, said plate having a line guide. eye

thereon, on the opposite side of the plate from saidrib and at: the same end and having a'line Having thus 'descri-bedrrry invention, I claim:

- plate extending in a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to the longer axis of said plate, said plate having a line guide eye thereon, on the opposite side of the plate from said rib and at the same end and spaced divergent lugs struck up from the plate intermediate its ends for Winding the linethereon.

' 4. A line holder for masons, adapted to be laid against the masonry wall at the corner of a block, such as a brick, said holder com-prisinganielongated plate having grippingfingersat one'iend thereof extending out in a plane perpendicular. to

said plate and parallel to the shorter axis of said plate, said fingers havingteeth thereon pointed in the directionthat the plate extends from-said end, a guide rib-adjacenttothe other end of-the' plate extending in a plane perpendicular to said plate and parallel to the longer axisof said platdz a tongue on said other end of" the plate extending transversely of the pl'ate and bent over the plate to form with the plate, arr-openguid'e 'eye' on the" opposite side of the plate from the guide-'rib and aligned with the rib, spaced divergent lugs pro= jecting outwardly from the plateintermediate its ends for winding the line thereon, and a line anmember at the first named end of the! ohoring plate aligned with the guide eye.

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