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Fire brick wall structure

Assignee: Chicago Fire Brick Co
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Filing: 1957-07-25
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Granted: 1964-12-08
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Expires: 1977-07-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George A Deming

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 12:59
CPC Classifications
F; F27; F27D; F27D1/00; F27D1/0003; F27D1/004

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 278 words
THE COMBINATION WITH A METALLIC FRAMEWORK HAVING VERTICALLY SPACED HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS THEREON EACH PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MARGINAL FLANGE, OF SHELVES MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS IN SPACED RELATION LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID METALLIC MEMBERS, SAID SHELVES HAVING HOOK PORTIONS CLOSELY EMBRACING SAID MARGINAL FLANGES TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT SAID SHELVES IN A POSITION TO EXTEND HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID METALLIC MEMBERS, SAID SHELVES ON VERTICALLY SPACED METALLIC MEMBERS BEING IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, CHANNEL RETAINING BARS U-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION, EACH SUPPORTED VERTICALLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED SHELVES, SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS BEING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS, THE SIDE FLANGES SAID CHANNEL BARS HAVING INWARDLY DIRECTED LONGITUDINAL MARGINAL FLANGES THEREON DEFINING A SLOT BETWEEN THEM AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AT ONE END THEREOF TO PROVIDE AN OPENING BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES OF THE FULL WIDTH OF THE CHANNEL OF SAID BARS AND SAID SHELVES PROJECTING LATERALLY AND INWARDLY BEYOND THE SIDE FLANGES OF SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING LEDGES PROTRUDING LATERALLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID CHANNEL RETAINNING BARS, A VERTICAL ROW OF RETAINING BRICKS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHELVES AND HAVING HEADS THEREON AT ONE END THEREOF SEATED IN SAID CHANNELS OF SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS, REDUCED MID-PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTS AND HEADS AT THE OTHER ENDS THEREOF SPACED FROM SAID INWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGES ON SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS, AND VERTICAL ROWS OF BRICKS WIDER, LONGER AND THINNER THAN SAID RETAINING BRICKS ALTERNATING WITH SAID ROWS OF RETAINING BRICKS AND MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING LEDGES OF SAID SHELVES AND HAVING SHOULDERS THEREON ENGAGING BEHIND SAID HEADS ON THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID RETAINING BRICKS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 278 words
THE COMBINATION WITH A METALLIC FRAMEWORK HAVING VERTICALLY SPACED HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS THEREON EACH PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MARGINAL FLANGE, OF SHELVES MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS IN SPACED RELATION LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID METALLIC MEMBERS, SAID SHELVES HAVING HOOK PORTIONS CLOSELY EMBRACING SAID MARGINAL FLANGES TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT SAID SHELVES IN A POSITION TO EXTEND HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID METALLIC MEMBERS, SAID SHELVES ON VERTICALLY SPACED METALLIC MEMBERS BEING IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, CHANNEL RETAINING BARS U-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION, EACH SUPPORTED VERTICALLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED SHELVES, SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS BEING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS, THE SIDE FLANGES SAID CHANNEL BARS HAVING INWARDLY DIRECTED LONGITUDINAL MARGINAL FLANGES THEREON DEFINING A SLOT BETWEEN THEM AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AT ONE END THEREOF TO PROVIDE AN OPENING BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES OF THE FULL WIDTH OF THE CHANNEL OF SAID BARS AND SAID SHELVES PROJECTING LATERALLY AND INWARDLY BEYOND THE SIDE FLANGES OF SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING LEDGES PROTRUDING LATERALLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID CHANNEL RETAINNING BARS, A VERTICAL ROW OF RETAINING BRICKS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHELVES AND HAVING HEADS THEREON AT ONE END THEREOF SEATED IN SAID CHANNELS OF SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS, REDUCED MID-PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTS AND HEADS AT THE OTHER ENDS THEREOF SPACED FROM SAID INWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGES ON SAID CHANNEL RETAINING BARS, AND VERTICAL ROWS OF BRICKS WIDER, LONGER AND THINNER THAN SAID RETAINING BRICKS ALTERNATING WITH SAID ROWS OF RETAINING BRICKS AND MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING LEDGES OF SAID SHELVES AND HAVING SHOULDERS THEREON ENGAGING BEHIND SAID HEADS ON THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID RETAINING BRICKS.

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