Brick hanger
OwnerLeo A. McKenzieinventor
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Abstract
A hanger for supporting, on a rod, a plurality of bricks or the like in overhead arches, spans and similar structures. The hanger has an open ended portion or hook for support on the rod and to allow lateral insertion or withdrawal from the rod to avoid the necessity of lifting an entire assembly of bricks while supported on the rod for mortaring an overhead arch or similar structure. Lateral toothed portions are provided for supporting the bricks or for projecting into the sidewalls of frangible building units.
Claims1
A hanger for detachably supporting rows of bricks while making overhead spans and arches, comprising a unitary sheet metal piece having at the top, a cut-out portion in the form of a partial circle adjoining a lateral slot extending downwardly and outwardly to form a hook shaped top portion surrounded along its inner periphery and that of said slot with a flanged portion of said sheet metal piece, and a pair of downwardly and outwardly extending leg portions terminating, at their bottom ends only, in toothed ledge portions extending outwardly from both sides of the hanger at right angles thereto, and a central circular hole located below and immediately adjacent said lateral slot and above the level of the supported bricks and of sufficiently large diameter so as to receive a supporting rod for the bricks after they are hung in place whereby selective numbers of bricks may be hooked onto a lifting rod extending through said cut-out portion when lifted into place, followed by insertion of a permanent support rod through said central circular hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.