USRE14414E - Fhxpboof building-wall - Google Patents

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W E WlLSON FIREPROOF BUILDING WALL. API LICATIDNI'HLED 0.01 26. 1916.

Reissued Dec 18, 1917.

UNI D STATES PATENT 0 wim mm E. WILSON, or mason CITY, IOWA.

m'ernoor BUILDING-WA L.

T 0 all w ltomiz 't may concern:

Be it knr wn that I, \VILIJAM E. VILSON,

a, citizen f the United States, resident of Mason City,qcounty of Cerro Gordo,'and State of Iowa, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements .in [Fireproof Buildin \Valls,

of which the following is ation. I 'ention relatesto a fire-proof buildand'the object of the invention is to her etically seal both the horizontal and joint between the blocks" comprising the w I], tothe end thatthe passage of heatedloir cold air through the'joints in the walle prevented, and particularly to pre-' ve'n thepassage of heat through the wall and to prevent the sur'faceconduction of moi; ure therethrough by incorporating in the all insulating material which will render uch passage and conduction impossible.

urther object is to provide a wall coni n which will be simple and economical a d; at the same time thoroughly insulate the b iding against-frost and heat.

Th T vention consists generally in various c tructions and combinations, all as herein n er described and particularly 'pointe ut in the claims.

In t accompanying drawings forming part 0 his specification, Figure 1 is a perspecti\ view of a wall with my invention a plie hereto; Fig. 2 is aperspective view,

owing] the longitudinal and vertical insulating pads in their assembled position, Fig.

3 is a pers ect-ive view of the form of vertical pad s own in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing a longitudinal pad ada ted to fit within the central opening in t e block and extending through the vertical padbetween the blocks; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the form of vertical pad used with the arrangement of Fig. 4 Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the form of vertical pad used in Fig. 1. j

In the drawing, 2' represents the blocks of which the-wall is composed. As shown, these blocks are provided with a series of longitudinal openings 3 on each side of "the vertical middleportion of the block, forming, when the blocks are placed in courses in the wall, a series of passages running horizontally through the wall-andhaving the function, as usual in blocks of this kind,

of preventing the passage of moisture from one surface of the w'allto the other. I have shown three of these passages on each side- Specification of Beissued lettersIlatent. Rcissned Dec. 18, 1917,

011311111 Io. 1,171,918. dated February 15, 1916, Serial No. 838,061, filed May 12,

- l treissue filed October 26, 1918. Serial 1N0. 127,947.

1914. Application for of the block, but a greater number may be employed according to the preferred size and shape of the block. 4 is a central pasother. In these passages I place horizontal il'iSUltll-iflg strips or pads 7 of suitable width .to lap the horizontal joints between blocks of adjacent courses so that the upper portion of a pad, will be in the recess in the bottom of one course, while the lower portion of the same pad will lie in the upper part of the blocks in the course next beneath, thereby bridgingthe horizontal joint between the courses and positively preventing the passage of heat and cold through this joint. In connection with this horizontal pad I prefer to use a vertical pad 8 of greater width than the central opening, and closing the ends thereof at each end of a block, and of less Width than the thickness of a block and of sufiicient length to cover the central opening from the Top to the bottom thereof, thereby sealing this passage and forming a dead air chamber in each block. This pad 1s also made of insulating material and positively prevents the passage of heat or cold throughthe joint. To com- 1 bine this vertical pad with the horizontal one I prefer to provide transverse slits 9 arranged at intervals in the upper and lower edges (if the horizontal pad and in'staggered I IGlfit1Q1; -.i one another, and extending partially ta-ierethrough; and of suflicient Width to receive the ends of the vertical pad and cooperate therewith to positively close the horizontal and vertical joints and thor-- oughly insulate one sideof the wall from the other.

Instead of cutting notches or'slits in the longitudinal pads Imay provide notches 10 in the ends of the vertical pad 8 of sutlicient depth to receive the edges of the adjacent longitudinal padsto interlock therewith,the result being the same as slitting the longitudinal pads and inserting the vertical pads in these slits.

I through the blocks of each course and central openings and below it.

I construction,

I may also provide insulating pads- 11, shown in Fig. 4, adaptedto fit within'the i in the blocks and extend through these openings-from end toend of the blocks and abut at each end against the vertical pads, or slots 12 may in these vertical pads andflthe pads 11 be in the form of continuous ones running fitting within the slots in the vertical pads. \Vith this arrangement bf the horizontal pads above and below the blocks and extending through the central openings therein, the

insulation will be substantially continuous from the top to thebottom of the wall,there being only a comparatively shallow wall or partition separating the central opening from the horizontal pads. immediately above The wall is adapted house construction, but is also used in silo where a complete insulation against the passageof heat or cold through the wall is desirable.

Having now described my invention, 1"

claim L'A wall composed ofa series of blocks, each having a from end to end of ant opening extending on each s1de of said central opentlie block,

ing, each-block having longitudinal A fittin within the \LGCBSSESHHI, said blocks and inter ockin with the ends of said vertical pads at their point of intersection, said vertical and horizontal pads closing the vertical and horizontal joints in said wall.-

2. A wall composed of a series of blocks, each having a central opening extending through the block from end to end thereof and each havin opening exten ing from end to end of the block on each Side of said central opening, each block having arranged recesses above and below its central opening, insulating pads inserted between the abutting ends of the blocks in the same course, horizontal pads fitting within said central openings and extending lengthwise thereof, similar pads fitting within the recesses in said blocks and interlocking with 1 the ends of 'said vertical pads at their points and joints I of intersection, said vertical and horizontal pads closing the vertical and horizontal be provided not only for dwellingv central opening extendin through the block'from end to end thereo and each having a longitudinal, independa longitudinal, independent longitudinal, centrally 3. A wall composed of a series of blocks, each having a central opening extending through the block and'each having a from end to end thereof longitudinal, independent opening extending from end to end of the block on each'side of'said central opening,

each block having longitudinal, centrally ar- I ranged recesses above and below its centralopening', vertical insulating pads inserted between the abutting ends of the blocks in the same course and havingcentrally arranged slots to register with the ends of said central openings, horizontal pads fitting within the recessesi'n said blocks and interlocking with the ends of said vertical pads at their points of intersection and similarjhorizontal pads passing through said central openings and through the central slots in said vertical pads, said longitudinal and vertical pads insulating passageof heat and cold.

4. In a wall, in combination, a seriesof rectangular blocks each ofwhich is prosaid walls and joints against the I vided with one or more openings in each side thereof, the top and bottom portions of, each of said blocks each beingformedlwith a longitudinal groove therein, said ooves lying between the openings in the sldes of the block, and a longitudinal strip offinsulating material lying in said grooves, whereby to prevent the passage of heat and moisture acrossthe wall.

5. A wall composed of a series of icetangular building blocks each having one or more openings in each side thereof and a longitudinalgroove in each of the top and'bottom portions thereof intermediate said openings, and a longitudinal pad of insulating material lyin in said grooves and connecting adjacent tiles whereby to prevent the as i sage of heat and moisture across the wall? a 6. A wall composed of a. series of reetangular building blocks having one or more openings in each side thereof, and a central opening extending through the block between said first mentioned openings, the top and bottom portions o'feach' of said blocks each being formed with a longitudinal groove lying between the openings in the sides of the blocks, and a longitudinal strip of insulating material lying in said groovesand connecting adjacent tiles, whereby to prevent the passage of heat and moisture across the wall. 7 i

In witness whereof, I' have hereunto sub-. scribed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses. I

' Witnesses: i

J. SQMAoMANUs, S. L. TAYLOR.

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