US924405A - Concrete-wall construction. - Google Patents

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4G, w. VoUGHT. CONCRETE .WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1908.

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Patented June 8, 1909.

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lCTI/elo rg@ INVENTOR G. W. VOUGHT.

coNcRETE WALL GONSTRUGTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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INVENTOR forge Mauy Z" BY ifa. M7/ff ATTORNEY @gig/M GEORGE W. VOUGHT, OF HOLLIS, NEW YORK."

CONCRETE-WALL CONSTRUCTION.

Specification 'of Letters Patent.

Patented rune s, i909.

Application sied Jueie, 190s. serial No. 439,440.

To all whom it may concer/n:

Beit knownthat I, GEORGE W. VOUGHT, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Hollis, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Concrete-Vilall Construction, of which the following is a specification. This invention provides a means or method for constructing walls by which expensive machinery is eliminated and a wall can be' constructed similar toone constructed of blocks and of any shape desired. A

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a wall course construction according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view like Fig. 1 showing a .preliminary stage in the construction. Fig.

3 shows two wall courses superposed and in section along .if x Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a needle. Fig. 5 shows. .a modification. Fig. 6 shows fiexible material with stifiening strips ap lied.

n this drawing is shown a series of planks or boards (L of suitable material and suitable length or breadth. These planks can be of metal or other material and are perforated for the drawing therethrough of -sewing threads or wires b presently explained which strands b can be temporarily held by being looped to pegs c in the boards. These boards can be faced to represent stone blocks.

Along the board are formed pockets by means of blocks d and flexible material such as w atei' proof oi roof paper or the like e. A suitable needle or needles shaped like a crocheting hook f Fig. 4 are passed through the erforations in the boards and between the lock and through the paper and seizingI the sewing strand t is made to draw the same through `the paper andthe board when the thread or strand can be looped or caught over a peg c. c At the end or the start of the sewing the thread can be secured by a plug g driven in to a perforation in the board. Stiiening strips or latlish can be held by the sewing b against the backs of the paper strip e at one or more of the filling blocks d. I have found that by cutting the lath in the desiredsame suit-ably s aced on length and tacking the roofing paper Fig. 6 and ma ing the holes for sewing in the center of the lath that I can use the same length of pa er as often as l desired. When aseries of bloc is d have thus been applied to the board a some ofl the blocks are pulled out and the resulting space or pocket between the flexible layer c and the board a is lilled with concrete i. As a block is withdrawn to form a space for concrete filling such withdrawn block can be used to be sewed with tar paper to the board in advance of the filling operation so that the operation can be continuous.

In Fig. 1 the two spaced courses of cement are shown with serrated faces lying toward one another. These serrations or protruding tongues can be formed by inclosing in'the tar paper e at suitable intervals a double or greater thickness of blocks d forming extended pockets or spaces to be iilled by cement.

By making a tongue of a superposed wall or cement ayer lap over an op ositely located ton 'ue of a lower wall Il tongues will have a bonding action. Air spaces can also be formed in the double wall as seen in Fig. l.

When a' cement course is finished as indicated by the cement i in Fig. 3 a superposed layer can be added as indicated by blocks d in such figure showing the commencement of constucting a new course according to this rocess. The sewing having been cut .to a ow the withdrawal of the stiifeners 7i and paper e from the lower course the upper course can be started.

. The sewing strands or wires b can be left adhering in the cement when the boards are removed to serve for the adherence of dressing when such dressing is to be applied.

' The boards a have brackets or attachments lc which with bolts or like removable fasteningsm serve to hold va board upright on a lower board. Construction up to any height can be obtained by superposing a number of courses. I

An upper board a can be set flush on or more-or less backl or lforward on a lower board to cause a course of concrete to line with or form an Aoffset with respect to an adj acent course.

The blocks d can eyes orring screws. l

The boards of the bottom course can be placed on top of the boards ofthe second course to continue the building up of the wall.

Window or door .openings can be obtained by leaving a certain number of blocks in place so that no cement lling will occur at the places where the blocks are left in place.I

have handles in form of ayer s uch the ' The upper parts of the boards a during theoperation can b held in position by adjust- 5 which can be hooked to the able rods 1i Fig.

until the operation is iinished.

brackets 7c To revent cement falling into the airs aces h' Y b n 1 e constructing a bonding tongue, a piece of paper` or the like can be placed over such a space as indicated at o. Heinforcing rods p of iron or the like can be inserted into the concrete.

ll'hatI claim is:n l. In an apparatus for constructing concrete walls, the combination with boards 'placed thereagainst and placed one against the other and blocks also placed one against the other of iiexible material eX- tended over the blocks and connected to the boards so as to inclose the blocks while leaving such blocks removable for the resulting spaces to be filled with concrete.

2. In an apparatus for constructing concrete walls, the combination with boards of blocks laced against said boards, flexible materiali with stiiening strips placed against said blocks, strands securing the flexible niaterial to the blocks, said blocks being removable so as to leave spaces to form pockets for filling material and the strands being severable so as to be cut for the removal of the flexible material when the filling material in the pockets is set.

I 3. In an apparatus for constructing concrete walls the combination with perforated g boards of blocks placed against the boards,

g crete filling,

iiexible material on the blocks, sewing strands passed through the perforations i'or securing the liexible ,material about the blocks to the boards and movably held so that they can be withdrawn i'or the resulting spaces to leave receiving iilling material or concrete.

4\. An apparatus l'orA forming concrete Walls consisting oi' boards, blocks placed pees l'or clamping the strands in place, said blocks being repockets i'or gaging the blocks and connected to the t boards, said blocks being removably held bel tween the iiexible material and boards so as i to leave s aces or pockets when withdrawn. l such blocs being superposed at intervals so ,las to cause a cement iilling for forming tongues or bonds.

r 5. In an apparatus for forming concrete walls, the combination with boards oi' blocks j placed against said boards, and Ilexible ma* lterial placed against the blocks and conl nected to the boards, the blocks being rel movablev so as to leave spaces between the i flexible material and boards to l'orm pockets I for filling material, the4 said boards having brackets forallowing of attachment to a l second board.

, 6.` An apparatus for forming concrete opl positely located and suitably spaced walls j consisting of two courses ol oppositely loconnected to the boards, said blocks being removable to leave spaces or pockets for conand holding rods applied to the boards to keep the latter uniformly spaced apart. 4

In testimony whereolI I have hereunto set my hand in the presence ol' two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN ALMSTAEDT, EDWARD Niics'uniz.

against said boards, iiexible material en- A against said boards, andA flexible material

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