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Wall construction and module

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-03-04
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Granted: 1965-12-14
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Expires: 1983-03-04
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 George R Ivany

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 04:21
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/02; E04B2/42; E04B2/54

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 304 words
IN A WALL CONSTRUCTION, PRIMARY MOLDED MODULES OF THE HOLLOW BUILDING BLOCK TYPE LAID UP WITH MORTATED JOINTS IN COURSES, SAID PRIMARY MODULES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT LONGITUDINAL AND ABOUT TRANSVERSE VERTICAL CENTERPLANES, EACH SAID MODULE HAVING TRANSVERSE VERTICAL WEBS JOINING SIDE WALLS AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO DEFINE AN INTEGRAL VOID BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WEBS AND SPACED FROM RESPECTIVE MODULE ENDS TO DEFINE VOIDS JOINTLY WITH ABUTTING MODULES, THE CENTERPLANES OF SUCCESSIVE SAID WEBS IN A MODULE HAVING THE SPACING THEREBETWEEN EQUAL TO TWICE THE SUM OF ONE HALF THE VERTICAL JOINT THICKNESS PLUS THE SPACING FROM THE END OF THE MODULE TO THE CENTERPLANE OF THE NEAREST WEB, THE VOIDS FORMED INTEGRALLY AND JOINTLY IN EACH COURSE BEING VERTICALLY ALIGNED INTO STACKS WITH VOIDS OF THE OTHER COURSES, EACH WEB HAVING AT ITS TOP A SET OF SIMILAR REINFORCING BAR RECEIVING NOTCHES, SPACED FROM ADJACENT INTERIOR SIDE WALL FACES WITH CORRESPONDING NOTCHES OF RESPECTIVE WEBS OF A MODULE IN I ALIGNMENT, AND EACH ADAPTED TO SEAT AT LEAST ONE HORIZONTAL REINFORCING ROD BELOW THE TOP SURFACE OF A MODULE, A HORIZONTAL REINFORCING BAR SEATED IN ALIGNED NOTCHES OF A PLURALITY OF MODULES IN AT LEAST ONE COURSE, OPPOSED LIPS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE INNER FACES OF OPPOSED SIDES OF AND AT LOCATIONS SPACED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP OF SAID MODULE, AND SAID LIPS HAVING GENERALLY LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS OUTWARDLY OFFSET FROM THE VERTICAL PROJECTIONS OF RESPECTIVE ADJACENT NOTCHES, VERTICAL REINFORCING RODS IN AT LEAST ONE SAID STACK OF ALIGNED VOIDS, EACH SAID VERTICAL ROD EXTENDING THROUGH A PLURALITY OF COURSES AND POSITIONED BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL REINFORCING ROD AND SAID LIPS ON AN ADJACENT SIDE OF THE MODULES, WHEREBY THE VERTICAL RODS ARE SPACED FROM ADJACENT SIDE WALLS OF THE MODULES, AND POURED CONCRETE FILLING EACH REINFORCED STACK AND EMBEDDING SAID REINFORCING RODS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 304 words
IN A WALL CONSTRUCTION, PRIMARY MOLDED MODULES OF THE HOLLOW BUILDING BLOCK TYPE LAID UP WITH MORTATED JOINTS IN COURSES, SAID PRIMARY MODULES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT LONGITUDINAL AND ABOUT TRANSVERSE VERTICAL CENTERPLANES, EACH SAID MODULE HAVING TRANSVERSE VERTICAL WEBS JOINING SIDE WALLS AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO DEFINE AN INTEGRAL VOID BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WEBS AND SPACED FROM RESPECTIVE MODULE ENDS TO DEFINE VOIDS JOINTLY WITH ABUTTING MODULES, THE CENTERPLANES OF SUCCESSIVE SAID WEBS IN A MODULE HAVING THE SPACING THEREBETWEEN EQUAL TO TWICE THE SUM OF ONE HALF THE VERTICAL JOINT THICKNESS PLUS THE SPACING FROM THE END OF THE MODULE TO THE CENTERPLANE OF THE NEAREST WEB, THE VOIDS FORMED INTEGRALLY AND JOINTLY IN EACH COURSE BEING VERTICALLY ALIGNED INTO STACKS WITH VOIDS OF THE OTHER COURSES, EACH WEB HAVING AT ITS TOP A SET OF SIMILAR REINFORCING BAR RECEIVING NOTCHES, SPACED FROM ADJACENT INTERIOR SIDE WALL FACES WITH CORRESPONDING NOTCHES OF RESPECTIVE WEBS OF A MODULE IN I ALIGNMENT, AND EACH ADAPTED TO SEAT AT LEAST ONE HORIZONTAL REINFORCING ROD BELOW THE TOP SURFACE OF A MODULE, A HORIZONTAL REINFORCING BAR SEATED IN ALIGNED NOTCHES OF A PLURALITY OF MODULES IN AT LEAST ONE COURSE, OPPOSED LIPS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE INNER FACES OF OPPOSED SIDES OF AND AT LOCATIONS SPACED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP OF SAID MODULE, AND SAID LIPS HAVING GENERALLY LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS OUTWARDLY OFFSET FROM THE VERTICAL PROJECTIONS OF RESPECTIVE ADJACENT NOTCHES, VERTICAL REINFORCING RODS IN AT LEAST ONE SAID STACK OF ALIGNED VOIDS, EACH SAID VERTICAL ROD EXTENDING THROUGH A PLURALITY OF COURSES AND POSITIONED BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL REINFORCING ROD AND SAID LIPS ON AN ADJACENT SIDE OF THE MODULES, WHEREBY THE VERTICAL RODS ARE SPACED FROM ADJACENT SIDE WALLS OF THE MODULES, AND POURED CONCRETE FILLING EACH REINFORCED STACK AND EMBEDDING SAID REINFORCING RODS.

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