Glass block wall construction

Claim 1

A wall made of glass blocks and of separator strips, being of substantial strength, and which can be readily erected and disassembled comprising: a plurality of glass blocks, said glass blocks each being a unitary molded element, said blocks being of the same standard size, said glass blocks having two substantially parallel and square side faces and two side edges, a bottom edge and a top edge transverse to and extending between said side faces, said side faces having a marginal portion adjacent each of said edges, said edges being without means for gripping and preventing movement of said glass blocks with respect to said separator strips, the actual lengths of said edges varying, said wall comprising a plurality of horizontal rows of said glass blocks, said rows being in vertical array, horizontal separator strips between the glass blocks in one row and the glass blocks in the adjoining row, vertical separator strips, each said vertical separator strip extending between two said horizontal separator strips and being between adjoining glass blocks in each said row of glass blocks, said separator strips each comprising a linearly extending planar web having opposed planar surfaces and sides, and a linearly extending transverse flange at each said side, each said flange having coplanar inner surfaces each substantially perpendicular to a said opposed planar surface of said web, each of said side edges of each said glass block substantially engaging a said web of one of said vertical separator strips, said wall being without intervening adhesive means for bonding said glass blocks to said vertical and horizontal separator strips to freely permit said vertical separator strips to be positioned during construction to accommodate the actual size variances in the lengths of said edges of said blocks, and said inner surfaces of said flanges adjoining said marginal portions of said side faces of said glass blocks.