Brick laying device
OwnerRobert Duncan Watt, Brian William Gordon Orrinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A brick laying device comprises a rectangular frame which fits on a course of bricks. The central aperture in the frame defines a trough for a mortar layer to be laid on top of the bricks. At least one longitudinally extending member of the frame has a right angle section, of which one arm extends inwardly over the top of the bricks, and the other extends downwardly on the outside of the bricks to locate the frame on the bricks and to check the linearity of the course.
Claims9
A device for use in laying bricks, which comprises a frame adapted to be placed on a previously laid course of bricks to define a trough of even depth overlying said course wherein a layer of mortar may be laid ready to receive the next brick or bricks to be laid, the frame having two longitudinally extending side members spaced apart and parallel to one another and a pair of parallel spaced apart end members connecting the ends of said side members;
- at least one of the longitudinal members comprising a horizontally positioned element which rests on the horizontal surface of the said course and a vertically positioned element which rigidly depends from and along the outer edge of said horizontal element and is in contact with the vertical face of said course to insure linear alignment of said course;
- said horizontal element extending inwardly over said course of bricks to define the whole of one edge of the trough, the inward extension being preselected to provide a required recess for pointing and said horizontal element having a thickness chosen to provide the required depth of mortar to be applied;
- said spaced end members lying totally above the plane of the underside of said horizontal element when laid over a course of bricks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.