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US3602476A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Template for brick-faced masonry panel

Assignee: SAN VEL CONCRETE CORP
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Filing: 1969-04-07
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Granted: 1971-08-31
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Expires: 1989-04-07
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Abstract

Abstract Masonry panels of concrete or other casting material are to be faced with brick, tile, or other blocks of facing material. An elastomeric template is molded with recesses which are defined and separated by upstanding ridges; these ridges form the pattern of the grouting grooves between the bricks of a conventional masonry wall. The ridges are undercut so that the opening of each recess is slightly smaller than the nominal dimensions of each brick, but the bottom surfaces of the recesses are the same size or larger than the nominal dimensions of the brick. A series of bricks are seated in these recesses, the template being placed in a mold. A panel of reinforced concrete or other casting material is poured over the template and cured to bond the rear surfaces of the bricks to the panel. The template is subsequently removed. The resulting brick-faced panel is a close replica in appearance to a conventional masonry wall. The configuration and dimensioning of the template ridges prevents flow of the casting material onto the front faces of the bricks, which would ruin the panels, and also accommodates normally wide tolerance variations of the bricks from nominal dimensions.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jaime Iragorri

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 00:29
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04C; E04C2/00; E04C2/02; E04C2/04; E04C2/041; B; B28; B28B; B28B19/00; B28B19/0053; B28B19/0061; E04F; E04F13/00; E04F13/07; E04F13/08; E04F13/0862; E04C2002/005; E04C2002/007

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 129 words
A template for use in molding brick-faced masonry panels, said template being formed of elastomeric material, and having a series of recesses molded integrally into one face thereof, each of said recesses having a planar bottom surface, said recesses being separated and each peripherally enclosed by intersecting upstanding ridges which are molded into said template with integral joints at their intersections, said ridges extending from bases adjoining said bottom surfaces into apices, each recess forming an opening peripherally bounded by said intersecting ridges, each said opening being similar in form to a selected brick but having dimensions smaller than the nominal dimensions of the brick, whereby the seating of said brick in one of said recesses results in liquid-sealing engagement of the ridges about the periphery of the brick.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 129 words
A template for use in molding brick-faced masonry panels, said template being formed of elastomeric material, and having a series of recesses molded integrally into one face thereof, each of said recesses having a planar bottom surface, said recesses being separated and each peripherally enclosed by intersecting upstanding ridges which are molded into said template with integral joints at their intersections, said ridges extending from bases adjoining said bottom surfaces into apices, each recess forming an opening peripherally bounded by said intersecting ridges, each said opening being similar in form to a selected brick but having dimensions smaller than the nominal dimensions of the brick, whereby the seating of said brick in one of said recesses results in liquid-sealing engagement of the ridges about the periphery of the brick.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 37 words
A template as recited in claim 1, in which the dimensions of said opening of each of said recesses are equal to the nominal dimensions of the brick to be seated therein minus a maximum brick tolerance.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
A template as recited in claim 1, in which said ridges have decreasing thickness from said apices to said bases thereof, and said bottom surfaces have dimensions larger than those of said openings.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
A template as recited in claim 1, in which the dimensions of said bottom surface are at least equal to the nominal dimensions of the brick.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 29 words
A template as recited in claim 4, in which the dimensions of said bottom surface are equal to the nominal dimensions of the brick plus a maximum brick tolerance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 34 words
A template is recited in claim 1, in which sidewalls of ridges opposed within each of said recesses are inclined away from one another from the apices of said ridges toward said bottom surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 17 words
A template as recited in claim 1, in which said ridges are formed with convexly curved apices.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 25 words
A template as recited in claim 1, together with a rigid backing plate bonded to said template on a face thereof opposite to said recesses.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1974-08-30 1975-03-01 1975-08-31 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1978-08-30 1979-03-01 1979-08-31 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1982-08-30 1983-03-01 1983-08-31 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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