US3276129A

US3276129A - Mason's line guide for metal door bucks

Info

Publication number: US3276129A
Application number: US460697A
Authority: US
Inventors: George L Andrews
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1965-06-02
Filing date: 1965-06-02
Publication date: 1966-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 1983-10-04

Description

Oct. 4, 1966 5. L. ANDREWS 3,276,129

MASON'S LINE GUIDE FOR METAL DOOR BUCKS I Filed June 2, 196

INVENTOR GEORGE LANDREWS ATTORNEYS United States Patent "ice 3,276,129 MASONS LINE GUIDE FOR METAL DOOR BUCKS George L. Andrews, 1232 Todds Lane, Hampton, Va. Filed June 2, 1965, Ser. No. 460,697 6 Claims. (CI. 3385) This invention relates to improvements in line holding guides for use by masons.

An object of the present invention isto provide an improved line holding guide which is adapted to be easily and quickly applied to metal door bucks, or door frames, to facilitate the accurate laying up of structural units between a pair of such bucks, such, for example, as cement blocks, bricks or like units and the maintenance of the row of such units in a proper straight line and at the proper elevation along the row.

Another object of the invention is to provide a guide line holder, designed to be used in pairs between adjacent sides of metal door bucks, and formed to slidably engage over or upon the edge of the wall adjacent flange of the buck and be held in position by the line connecting one guide to another.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, designed to be used in pairs as stated and held in position by the guide line connecting the pair and also adapted to be easily slid along the edge of the flange of the buck to which it is attached, so that the guide line can be readily moved up from one course of blocks or brick, to the proper elevation for the laying of the next course.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a guide line holding device of the above described character which is formed in such manner that a line attached thereto can be maintained parallel with and in close proximity to the top horizontal edge of a course of blocks or bricks without interfering with the laying or placing of the same in position.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a guide line holding device which is formed in a novel manner to facilitate the easy attachment of a line to the device while it is mounted in position upon a flange of the door buck.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, with the understanding that the invention is not confined to a strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view illustrating a conventional type of metal door buck flanked on two sides by incompletely constructed walls, together with one side of an adjacent door buck, between which and the first buck the wall is being set up, and showing a pair of guide line holding devices in operative position and constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the intion.

FIGURE 2 is a detailed view on an enlarged scale showing the mounting of one device upon a flange of the door bucks, looking in the direction of the arrows from the section line 2--2 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3 is a horizonal section taken substantially on the line 33 of FIGURE 2 through a portion of one buck only.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view showing a modified form of the holder shown in FIGURES l to 3.

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view showing another modified embodiment of the line holder, designed for attachment to flanges of different widths.

3,276,129 Patented Oct. 4, 1966 Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown in perspective in FIGURE 1 a metal door buck or frame which is generally designated 10 and a side portion of a second door buck, or frame, which is generally designated 12. Between adjacent sides of the twobucks is a partially constructed wall 14 here shown as being made up of conventional blocks such as cement blocks or cinder blocks, although these may also represent bricks or any other units designed to make up the desired wall.

In laying up the courses of block units, it is desirable to have a means, such as a guide line, to insure that the blocks are placed in proper alignment so that a perfectly vertical face can be obtained for the wall. The device of the present invention in its different embodiments is designed when used in a pair, to maintain the guide line, designated 16, in a parallel plane with the vertical face of the wall or with the top, inner or outer edge of a course of blocks by providing a guide for the placement of the blocks.

As the door bucks illustrated are of the same form, the same reference characters will be employed for designating the different parts thereof.

Each door buck comprises the spaced parallel jambs 18 connected at the top ends by the head 20. The inner faces of the jambs and the under face of the head are formed to provide the usual door stop 22.

The front or outside face of the frame which borders the jambs and the head, is designated 24 while the inside or rear of the frame has the bordering inside face or flange 26. The outer face portion 24 of the frame is relatively wide or it may be of the same width as the inside face flange 26 and these inside and outside faces or flanges are parallel as shown in FIGURE 3.

The outer or front face flange is bordered by the inwardly projecting or rearwardly projecting flange 28 which is parallel with the jamb 18.

The line guide of the present invention, as illustrated in FIGURES 1 to 3, is generally designated 30. This consists of a plate of suitable material, preferably aluminum, although it may be made of any other suitable material 'or suitable metal, and the numeral 32 designates the body of the device. The body 32 has the

longitudinal edges

34 and 36 while the

numerals

38 and 40 designate the transverse outer end edge and the inner transversely rounded edge 40, respectively.

The rounded inner edge extends only a part of the way across the transverse or vertical width of the plate body and joins or is continued into the reverted flange 42 which is in spaced relation with the body 32 thus forming the recess '44 in which is clasped the free longitudinal edge 46 of'the flange 28 when the device is mounted in operative position upon the door buck, as shown in FIG- URE 3.

The

longitudinal edges

34 and 36 of the plate body 32 have formed therein and substantially in alignment transversely of the plate body, the spaced

line engaging notches

48 and 50.

The plate body is formed in the part thereof between the notch 50 and its inner end, with the offset tongue 52, the offset being in the direction away from the side of the plate opposite from the flange 42. The tongue 52 has the front and

rear edge notches

54 and 56 respectively. It will be seen that the rounded edge 40 terminates short of the inner end edge of the tongue in which the notch 50 is formed.

In the use of the embodiment of the line guide device thus far described, it will be seen that a pair of such devices are applied to the opposed spaced flanges 28 of a door buck by engaging the rear edge 46 of the flange in the recess 44 formed between the flange 42 of the device and the body 32. The length of the body is preferably such as to position the end portion which is opposite from the flange 42, beyond the front face 24 of the frame or buck structure so that at least a portion of each

notch

48 and 50 is located so that free access may be had thereto to Wrap a portion of the guide line 16 around the body in the

recesses

48 and 50.

The tongues 52 may be disposed to extend downwardly or they may be positioned to extend upwardly or to be in an upright position, as may be desired merely by reversing or switching the units. When placed in position the notch 54 at the inner end of the device Will be located so that the line when placed therein to extend to the same notch of the opposite device, will be in proper position of alignment with the top forward or outer edge of the underlying course of block or brick units.

As illustrated in broken lines in FIGURE 3, the line may be fixed in any suitable manner to the tongue after passing through the inwardly facing notch 54, as, for example, it may then be wrapped or passed across the underside of the tongue and engaged in the inner notch 56 and cross the outer side of the tongue and then passed back across the inner side and up to and wrapped around the plate between the

notches

48 and 50 and secured with a suitable knot.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG- URE 4, the device, which is here generally designated 130, differs from the form of the device designated 30, in the formation of the body plate 132 at the outer end of the latter where the top and

bottom edges

134 and 136 are cut at an angle to converge in the direction of the inner edge 138. The device otherwise is constructed in the same manner as the device 30.

A second embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGURE 5, which is generally designated 230. In the second embodiment the body plate 232 is made of materially greater length than the

body plates

30 and 130 and the

longitudinal edges

234 and 236 are provided with a series of oppositely positioned

notches

248 and 250. In this embodiment the device is made so that it may be applied to bucks in which the flange portion 228 may be of a Width greater than the flanges for which the

devices

30 and 130 are designed. Thus the greater length of the body 232 will position a number of the transversely spaced notches 248450 so that the guide line may be easily attached thereto.

In the embodiment designated 230 it will be seen that the offset tongue 252 may be made only with a single notch 254 which would be in the inner end edge of the plate, whereby when the line 16 is engaged in the notch it can be passed between the tongue and the adjacent flange 228, forwardly across the face of the plate and then wrapped around the plate to be engaged into oppositely positioned notches 248-250 and tied in place.

In all instances the devices when set up in a pair in the manner described, would have the notches of the tongue portions thereof disposed so that the guide line extending between the guide devices or line holding devices may be drawn taut and lie approximately in the plane of the inner edges of the

flanges

28 and 228.

It will also be seen that the line guides when connected by the tightened or taut line 16, will not only be firmly held in position against accidental slipping but also they can be manually forced upwardly or downwardly, that is, slid along the edge of the supporting flange to raise or lower the line as may be desired or place it in any other desired position. Thus it will be seen that there is provided by the present invention a relatively simple line holding device which when in use will add greatly to the ability of the mason to lay the building units accurately and speedily. Also the devices may be made light in weight and are of relatively small size so that they can be conveniently carried with other tools.

As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, the present embodiment is therefore illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of the inven tion is defined by the appended claims rather than by the description preceding them, and all changes that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims or that form their functional as well as conjointly cooperative equivalents, are therefore intended to be embraced by those claims.

I claim:

1. A masons line guide for attachment to a metal door buck having a vertical flange, said guide comprising a plate having two ends and longitudinally extending edges, a flange extending in the transverse direction of the plate along one portion of one of said ends and spaced from one side face of the plate and forming with said side face a recess in which an edge of the said vertical flange of the door buck may be engaged, said flange of said plate having one end terminating a substantial distance short of one longitudinal edge of the plate, a tongue forming an extension of the plate at the said one longitudinal edge and at the said one of said ends of the plate and being in a plane offset from the plane of the opposite side of the plate, said longitudinal edges of the plate having notches therein at the side of said tongue remote from the said one of said ends of the plate, said tongue having a side edge which forms another portion of the said one of said ends of the plate and said side edge of the tongue having a line attaching notch formed therein.

2. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said flange forms an integral continuation of the material of the plate turned back into the said spaced relation with the said one side face of the plate.

3. The invention according to claim 1 wherein the said longitudinally extending edges are in substantially parallel relation and the plate is of materially greater length than width and wherein a plurality of said notches are formed in each of said longitudinal edges.

4. The invention according to claim 1 wherein the tongue has a notch formed in a side edge opposite from the first mentioned notch.

5. A masons line guide for attachment to a metal door buck having a vertical flange, said guide comprising a plate body having front and rear ends, the plate body at the rear end being extended in a portion of its width into a reverted flange which is spaced from one side face of the plate and forms therewith a recess adapted to receive the edge of the said vertical flange of a door buck, the plate body having longitudinal edge portions, one of said edge portions of the plate body being extended into a tongue member which is late-rally offset from the opposite side face of the body and has .a narrow neck portion at the end thereof where it joins the plate body and a wider terminal end portion, said tongue having a notch in the edge thereof nearest to said reverted flange, and each of said edge portions of the body having a notch therein adapted to receive a portion of an end of a guide line engaged in the notch in the tongue.

6. The invention as defined by claim 5, wherein the plate body in the portion thereof between the notches in the longitudinal edge portions and the front end of the body is of greater width than the portion of the body between said notches and the rear end of the plate body.

No references cited.

LEONARD FORMAN, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. A MASON''S LINE GUIDE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A METAL DOOR BUCK HAVING A VERTICAL FLANGE, SAID GUIDE COMPRISING A PLATE HAVING TWO ENDS AND LONGITUDINALLY COMPRISING EDGES, A FLANGE EXTENDING IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION OF THE PLATE ALONG ONE PORTION OF ONE OF SAID ENDS AND SPACED FROM ONE SIDE FACE OF HE PLATE AND FORMING WITH SAID SIDE FACE A RECESS IN WHICH AN EDGE OF THE SAID VERTICAL FLANGE OF THE DOOR BUCK MAY BE ENGAGED, SAID FLANGE OF SAID PLATE HAVING ONE END TERMINATING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE SHORT OF ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE PLATE, A TONGUE FORMING AN EXTENSION OF THE PLATE AT THE SAID ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE AND AT THE SAID ONE OF SAID ENDS OF THE PLATE AND BEING IN A PLANE OFFSET FROM THE PLANE OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLATE, SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE PLATE HAVING NOTCHES THEREIN AT THE SIDE OF SAID TONGUE REMOTE FROM THE SAID ONE OF SAID ENDS OF THE PLATE, SAID TONGUE HAVING A SIDE EDGE WHICH FORMS ANOTHER PORTION OF THE SAID ONE OF SAID ENDS OF THE PLATE AND SAID SIDE EDGE OF THE TONGUE HAVING A LINE ATTACHING NOTCH FORMED THEREIN.