Method for manufacturing non-seamed stone corners for veneer stone surfaces
OwnerMark J. Holmesinventor
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for constructing non-seamed stone corners for use on outside edges formed by joining thin stone walls at right angles. Thin stone is used to lay the field of the walls. Then first and second cuts are made in a building stone, removing a residual piece and leaving a corner stone with sides ½ inch to 3 inch thick to match the thickness of the thin stone on the field of the walls. These corner stones are laid on the corner formed by the right angle joint between the walls, giving the illusion of a thick building stone wall with nearly the low cost and easy laying of thin stone. Where the residual piece is large enough, it is used to cut a second corner stone in the same manner.
Claims10
A method of constructing non-seamed stone corners for first and second thin stone walls of thickness T1 and T2, respectively, said first and second walls being joined at right angles at an external edge, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a building stone having a height H, a depth D and a width W, said building stone having top and bottom surfaces H1 and H2, respectively, front and back surfaces D1 and D2, respectively, and left and right surfaces W1 and W2, respectively;
- making a first cut in said building stone, the plane of said first cut being parallel to the plane of surface W1 and extending to a uniform depth from surface H1, such that the distance between the plane of said first cut and the plane of surface W1 is T1, and such that said uniform depth is equal to (H−T2);
- making a second cut in said building stone, the plane of said second cut being parallel to the plane of surface H1 and extending to a second uniform depth from surface W2, such that the distance between the plane of said second cut and the plane of surface H2 is T2, and such that said second uniform depth is equal to (W−T1);
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- removing from said building stone a residual piece, said removal step leaving said building stone remainder as a corner stone.
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