Insulated masonry building wall construction

Claim 2

An insulated masonry building wall comprising an upright wall structure made up of masonry elements with a thickness rendering said structure self-sustaining with the compressive strength but not all the lateral strength required for said wall, a panel of durable firm lightweight nonmasonry heat insulating material attached to and covering a side of the structure, the inner side of said panel having formed integrally therewith bearing ribs spaced apart horizontally and extending vertically against said structure, and having vertically extending recesses defined therein between said bearing ribs, some of said recesses forming between said panel and said structure individual vertically extending pockets having enclosed therewithin reinforcing studs formed vertically upon said side of said structure at locations spaced apart horizontally therealong where said structure if standing without said studs would be deficient in lateral strength, each of saiD stubs comprising a vertically elongate mass of a masonry binding composition cast and set against said structure and thus monolithically bound thereto over substantially the vertical extent thereof at one of said locations, said masonry structure and said studs thereon providing substantially all the compressive and lateral strength of the complete wall.

Claim 3

A wall according to claim 1, said studs comprising elongate masses of said composition cast and hardened in situ in said pockets.

Claim 4

A wall according to claim 1 each of said studs also comprising at least one metal reinforcing element erected vertically next to said structure and embedded in said mass of said binding composition.

Claim 5

A wall according to claim 1, said panel comprising a plurality of elongate molded planiform sections of said material having mating formations along their longitudinal edges for interfitting them edgewise one with another, each of said sections being formed along one side thereof with a plurality of said bearing ribs and at least one of said pocket-forming recesses.

Claim 6

A wall according to claim 1, said panel comprising a plurality of elongate molded planiform sections of a polystyrene foam having mating formations along their longitudinal edges for interfitting them edgewise one with another, each of said sections being formed along one side thereof with a plurality of said bearing ribs and at least one of said pocket-forming recesses.

Claim 7

A wall according to claim 1, the others of said recesses being relatively wide and shallow and forming individual shallow cavities extending vertically between said masonry structure and said panel to prevent condensation therebetween.

Claim 8

A wall according to claim 1, said panel comprising a plurality of elongate planiform sections of a molded foamed synthetic resin material, said sections fitting one against another along their longitudinal edges, each of said sections being formed along one side thereof with a plurality of said bearing ribs and at least one of said pocket-forming recesses.

Claim 9

A wall according to claim 1, said panel being attached to said structure by strips of adhesive applied to and along the faces of said bearing ribs and adhered to said structure.

Claim 10

A wall according to claim 8, said faces having shallow grooves formed longitudinally therein, said strips being extrusions of a plastic adhesive composition laid in said grooves.

Claim 11

An insulated masonry building wall comprising an upright masonry structure made up of masonry elements and intervening layers of a masonry binding composition with a limited thickness rendering said structure self-sustaining with the compressive strength but not all the lateral strength required for said wall, an insulating panel attached to and covering a side of said structure, said panel comprising a plurality of vertically elongate planiform sections of a molded foamed synthetic resin material, each of said sections having formed integrally therewith along its side facing said structure a plurality of longitudinal ribs spaced apart horizontally and extending and bearing vertically against said structure, and having vertically extending recesses defined therein between said ribs, at least one of said recesses of each said section forming between said section and said structure a vertically extending pocket and others of said recesses being wider and shallower than said pocket so as to form individual shallow cavities extending vertically between said section and said structure to prevent condensation therebetween, each said pocket having enclosed therewithin a reinforcing stud comprising at least one metal reinforcing element erected vertically next to said structure and a vertically elongate mass of a masonry binding composition cast and set in said pocket about said reinforcing element and against said structure and thus monolithically bound to said structure over substantially the vertical extent thereof at a location where said structure if standing without said stud would be dEficient in lateral strength, and strips of adhesive applied to faces of said ribs of each said section and adhering them to said structure, said masonry structure and said studs thereon providing substantially all the compressive and lateral strength of the complete wall.

Claim 12

An insulated masonry building wall comprising an upright masonry structure made up of masonry elements and intervening layers of a masonry binding composition with a limited thickness rendering said structure self-sustaining with the compressive strength but not all the lateral strength required for said wall, an insulating panel attached to and covering a side of said structure, said panel comprising a plurality of vertically elongate planiform sections of a molded foamed synthetic resin material, each of said sections having formed integrally therewith along its side facing said structure a plurality of longitudinal ribs spaced apart horizontally and extending and bearing vertically against said structure, and having vertically extending recesses defined therein between said ribs, at least one of said recesses of each said section forming between said section and said structure a vertically extending pocket and others of said recesses being wider and shallower than said pocket so as to form individual shallow cavities extending vertically between said section and said structure to prevent condensation therebetween, each said pocket having enclosed therewithin a reinforcing stud comprising at least one metal reinforcing element erected vertically next to said structure and a vertically elongate mass of a masonry binding composition cast and set in said pocket about said reinforcing element and against said structure and thus monolithically bound to said structure over substantially the vertical extent thereof at a location where said structure if standing without said stud would be dEficient in lateral strength, and strips of adhesive applied to faces of said ribs of each said section and adhering them to said structure, said masonry structure and said studs thereon providing substantially all the compressive and lateral strength of the complete wall.