Device for connecting and separating masonry units
AssigneeS.I.C., Inc.
InventorAntonio ALVAREZ BONILLA
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for connecting and separating masonry units, preferably bricks, which comprises a tubular body that fits the tubular shape of holes in the bricks. The device for connecting and separating comprises a portion that has a straight cross-section larger than the cross-section of the tubular body and disposed approximately midway along the length of the connector device, for separating the bricks that said device connects. The device also comprises at least one depression or channel along the entire length of the tubular body, the depression or channel acting as a spring. The connector allows walls to be assembled using only bricks and connectors so as to apply mortar ex post.
Claims9
A device for the connecting and separating of masonry units such as bricks, comprising a tubular body which fits to the shape, also tubular, of the holes in the bricks, wherein said device comprises a portion with a cross-section of greater dimension than the cross-section of the tubular body, to produce the separation between the connected bricks, and which also comprises at least a groove or channel along the entire length of the tubular body, in order to allow said tubular body to reduce its perimeter or transverse profile and then it expands and performs a better fixation by acting in an elastic manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.