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US 4,093,172 AGranted
Tool for bricklaying
OwnerKenneth Frank Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A hand-tool for mortaring bricks in a course includes a frame bent transversely at right angles, the side pieces of said frame carrying flanges to align the tool by engaging the side faces of bricks already laid. A handle is attached to the frame.
Claims9
A hand tool to aid in laying an upper course of bricks on a lower course of similar bricks, said hand tool comprising a frame and a handle connected to the frame, said frame including:
- a pair of similar L-shaped side members each having a long leg and a short leg and spaced laterally apart in lateral alignment with one another by a frame end member;
- said long and short legs being provided with outer side flanges projecting laterally of said long and short legs respectively such that said long legs are adapted to be placed on a lower course of bricks with their respective side flanges overlaying side faces of that lower course whereby to define a gauge cavity to receive mortar on which a brick of an upper course is to be bedded and said short legs are adapted to engage an end face of an already laid immediately preceding brick of the upper course to define a gauge cavity to receive mortar which is to be sandwiched between the two said bricks of the upper course.
A hand tool to aid in laying an upper course of bricks on a lower course of similar bricks, said tool comprising:
- a frame including a pair of similar L-shaped side members each having a long leg and a short leg and spaced laterally apart in lateral alignment with one another, a first frame end member perpendicular to the long legs of the L-shaped side members and interconnecting the ends of those legs remote from the short legs, and a second frame end member perpendicular to the short legs of the L-shaped side members and interconnecting the ends of those legs remote from the long legs;
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- a handle attached to said second frame end member;
- said long legs of the side members and said first frame end member constituting a first frame part of elongate U-shape;
- said short legs of the side members and said second frame end member constituting a second frame part of U-shape perpendicular to the first frame part;
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- said long and short legs of the side members being provided with outer side flanges projecting laterally of the first and second frame parts respectively such that the first frame part is adapted to be placed on a lower course of bricks with the side flanges of said long legs of the side members overlaying side faces of that lower course whereby to define a gauge cavity to receive mortar on which a brick of an upper course is to be bedded and the second frame part is adapted to engage an end face of an already laid immediately preceding brick of the upper course to define a gauge cavity to receive mortar which is to be sandwiched between the two said bricks of the upper course.
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