Masonry structure and apparatus and process for spacing block in the structure
OwnerGeorge R. Hitzinventor
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Abstract
A masonry wall is formed of a plurality of masonry blocks, i.e., bricks, with mortar, therebetween and in which spacing of the bricks from each other, both vertically and horizontally, is dictated by plastic spacer elements. The spacer element includes a plurality of connecting struts joined together in a common plane or in planes which are perpendicular to each other. Spacer fingers or protrusions protrude in opposite directions from the struts so as to contact the adjacent surfaces of the blocks and dictate the spacing of one block from the next, accordingly. The spacer elements remain embedded in the mortar.
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An apparatus, for spacing apart adjacent masonry blocks, comprising:
- (a) a frame in a first plane, said frame being formed of spaced, longitudinal struts and a transverse strut joining said longitudinal struts and spacing them apart;
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- (b) a plurality of spaced spacer fingers extending in opposite directions from opposite sides of the struts, said spacer fingers on one side of said frame terminating with the outer ends in a substantially common second plane and said spacer fingers on the other side of said frame terminating with their outer ends in a common third plane, the thickness of said frame being substantially less than the distance between the spaced apart adjacent masonry blocks.
An apparatus, for spacing apart masonry blocks, comprising:
- (a) an open frame in a first plane;
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- (b) a plurality of spacer fingers extending in opposite directions from opposite sides of said frame, said spacer fingers on one side of said frame terminating with the outer ends in a substantially common second plane and said spacer fingers on the other side of said frame terminating with their outer ends in a common third plane;
- (c) said frame being formed of straight, flexible, parallel side struts and straight, flexible, parallel end struts, the side struts and end struts being joined to form an open rectangle, the dimensions of which are less than the dimensions of a conventional brick.
A masonry wall structure comprising a plurality of blocks being spaced from each other and arranged in generally parallel rows and mortar within the space between adjacent blocks, the improvement comprising spacer elements between the adjacent surfaces of certain of said blocks and embedded in said mortar, said spacer elements each having a frame formed of flexible struts and fingers extending from opposite side of said struts, said fingers contacting said adjacent surfaces and preventing inward movement of the blocks of said surfaces toward each other.
An apparatus, for spacing apart masonry blocks, comprising:
- (a) an open frame in a first plane said frame being U-shaped;
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- (b) a plurality of spacer fingers extending from in opposite directions from opposite sides of said frame, said spacer fingers on one side of said frame terminating with the outer ends in a substantially common second plane and said spacer fingers on the other side of said frame terminating with their outer ends in a common third plane.
The apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein said outer ends of said fingers are rounded to minimize entrapment of said grains in the mortar between the fingers and the blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.