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US767494A
US767494A US18527803A US1903185278A US767494A US 767494 A US767494 A US 767494A US 18527803 A US18527803 A US 18527803A US 1903185278 A US1903185278 A US 1903185278A US 767494 A US767494 A US 767494A
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  • This invention relates pt "ticularly to building-blocks used in wall construction, and has for its object to provide an improved block of the kind stated characterized particularly by an improved arrangement and construction of air-cells and recesses therein. These cells pass only partly through the block, leaving a continuous top or bottom to receive and support the mortar used in binding the blocks together.
  • the air-cells insure dryness in the wall and lightness in the block without impairing the strength of the wall and without producing the weakened joints incident to hollow blocks in which the openings pass all the way through vertically, which gives very little binding surface for the mortar.
  • the block shown and described herein is suitable for all uses of wall construction, foundations, and abutmcnts.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the block, showing the bottom thereof.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly in longitudinal section.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a portion of a wall, with a doorway. constructed of the blocks.
  • the blocks are made of plastic material, such as concrete or cement, and are preferably made rectangular.
  • the face thereof may be plain or ornamental and the preferable symmetrical construction makes them reversible, so that they may be placed in the wall with the cells up or down.
  • the cells are placed to open down, and in the description the face through which the cells open is called the bottom.”
  • the block is indicated at 6 and the cells therein at 7
  • These cells are preferably octagonal or circular in shape and are disposed in two parallel rows, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, producing a continuous wall 8, extending lengthwise therelgetween.
  • the cells of the respective rows are staggered or placed in zigzag relation to each other, which is believed to produce a stronger construction than if they were placed at right angles to each other.
  • the double row of cells enables the block to be made wide enough so that one thickness will do for an ordinary wall, as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the top 9 of the block isflat and continuous, inasmuch as the cells 7' do not extend all the way through.
  • recesses 10 which extend from the bottom of the block nearly to the top thereof and are useful for various purposes. They admit of slight tooling to cut away the remaining portion 11 ,to receive door or window casing, cleat, or. strip, as indicated at 12, which is thus sunk into the ends of the blocks when the same are used in wall construction, forming with mortar a practical air-tightjoint.
  • the recesses also form places for handholds in lifting and setting the blocks. Also when set up in the wall the mortar placed between the ends of the blocks engages behind the side edges of the recess, forming an effective end bond.
  • the mortar is convenicntly and easily spread onthe plain top surface of the blocks, and they may be' laid by any ordinary stone or brick mason.
  • the mortar on the top of the blocks presses up into the cells, making the same air-tight and also forming a substantial bond, preventing movement of the blocks upon each other and forming a wall of. great strength and solidity without the assistance of any metal or other binding device. In this respect it is especially serviceable for abutments, retaining-walls, and decks.
  • the cells become air and Water tight anrl a dry, light, and cheap construction 15 produced.
  • a building-block having a fiat continuous top the full size of the bl0ck,-a series of cells in the bottom arranged in two parallel rows and zigzag relation to each other, and a recess in each end of the block, open at the hotl tom and having thin walls at top and side, re.- 10 movable to receive a frame.

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No. 767,494. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.-
J. A. NOBLE.
BUILDING BLOCK.
APPLICATION FILED DEO.15,1903.
N0 MODEL UNITED STATES Patented August 1904.
PATENT OEEIcE.
BUILDING-BLOCK- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,494, dated August 16, 1904. Application fi December 15,1903. Serial No. 185,278- (No model.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, J OSIAII A. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Building-Blocks, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates pt "ticularly to building-blocks used in wall construction, and has for its object to provide an improved block of the kind stated characterized particularly by an improved arrangement and construction of air-cells and recesses therein. These cells pass only partly through the block, leaving a continuous top or bottom to receive and support the mortar used in binding the blocks together. The air-cells insure dryness in the wall and lightness in the block without impairing the strength of the wall and without producing the weakened joints incident to hollow blocks in which the openings pass all the way through vertically, which gives very little binding surface for the mortar. The block shown and described herein is suitable for all uses of wall construction, foundations, and abutmcnts.
in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the block, showing the bottom thereof. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a portion of a wall, with a doorway. constructed of the blocks.
The blocks are made of plastic material, such as concrete or cement, and are preferably made rectangular. The face thereof may be plain or ornamental and the preferable symmetrical construction makes them reversible, so that they may be placed in the wall with the cells up or down. Preferably the cells are placed to open down, and in the description the face through which the cells open is called the bottom."
Referring specifically to the drawings, the block is indicated at 6 and the cells therein at 7 These cells are preferably octagonal or circular in shape and are disposed in two parallel rows, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, producing a continuous wall 8, extending lengthwise therelgetween. The cells of the respective rows are staggered or placed in zigzag relation to each other, which is believed to produce a stronger construction than if they were placed at right angles to each other. The double row of cells enables the block to be made wide enough so that one thickness will do for an ordinary wall, as shown in Fig. 3. The top 9 of the block isflat and continuous, inasmuch as the cells 7' do not extend all the way through. In both ends of th block are recesses 10, which extend from the bottom of the block nearly to the top thereof and are useful for various purposes. They admit of slight tooling to cut away the remaining portion 11 ,to receive door or window casing, cleat, or. strip, as indicated at 12, which is thus sunk into the ends of the blocks when the same are used in wall construction, forming with mortar a practical air-tightjoint. The recesses also form places for handholds in lifting and setting the blocks. Also when set up in the wall the mortar placed between the ends of the blocks engages behind the side edges of the recess, forming an effective end bond.
ln use in building the mortar is convenicntly and easily spread onthe plain top surface of the blocks, and they may be' laid by any ordinary stone or brick mason. When the following course is placed on the lower course, the mortar on the top of the blocks presses up into the cells, making the same air-tight and also forming a substantial bond, preventing movement of the blocks upon each other and forming a wall of. great strength and solidity without the assistance of any metal or other binding device. In this respect it is especially serviceable for abutments, retaining-walls, and decks. The cells become air and Water tight anrl a dry, light, and cheap construction 15 produced.
What I claim as new, and (lGSllO to secure by Letters Patent, is-
A building-block having a fiat continuous top the full size of the bl0ck,-a series of cells in the bottom arranged in two parallel rows and zigzag relation to each other, and a recess in each end of the block, open at the hotl tom and having thin walls at top and side, re.- 10 movable to receive a frame.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub-
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US2892339A (en) * 1952-02-04 1959-06-30 Bellrock Gypsum Ind Ltd Building units
US3247633A (en) * 1964-07-06 1966-04-26 Patent Block Corp Cement building block construction and wall made of the same

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2892339A (en) * 1952-02-04 1959-06-30 Bellrock Gypsum Ind Ltd Building units
US3247633A (en) * 1964-07-06 1966-04-26 Patent Block Corp Cement building block construction and wall made of the same

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