US1547012A - Building construction - Google Patents

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July 21, 1925.

A. ARNN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed July 30, 1923 WITNESS:

Patented July 21, 19725 UNITED STATES ALBERT ARNN, OF NORTHVALE, NEW JERSEY.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application led July 30, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT AnNN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Northvale, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the following is a spec1- lication.

This invention relates to building construction.

Some of the objects of the present invention are :.-To erect a building construction in which by Virtue of the use of a novel form of block all costs in obtaining a certain result are reduced to a minimum; a building construction in which use is made of a novel form of building block, a novel form of brick, iiooring, laths and other material, by virtue of which an inner and outer wall is had with air space therebetween, and flooring properly supported to produce a building block having a furring strip attached to a part thereof by virtue of means which has a portion surrounding` said furring strip, and which has a portion implanted in parts of the block to attain the attachment of the furring strip and to reinforce the block. vWith these and other objects in view, the invention residesin the particular provision, relative disposition and functions of the constituents hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of an incomplete construction erected in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the blocks.

Figure 5 is a sectional View through one of the blocks.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the bricks.

-Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing for all of the details, it will be apparent that use is made of an especial type of block 10 and an especial type of brick 11 as principal elements for the construction to be obtained. Each block 10 in the present instance is preferably L-shaped to provide a part 12 and a part 13. The parts l2 and 13 are therefore relatively angularly disposed and at the angle between the parts there is a re- Serial No. 654,703.

cess 14 having an inclined face 15. A furring strip 16 preferably of wood is attached to the part 13 of the block to form a part thereof, and is attached thereto by virtue of means in the form of roughened wires or the like 17 each of which has a portion 18 which surrounds the strip 16 and a portion 19 implanted in the parts 12, this being accomplished in the molding of the block. The block l0 is of two types, in that the part 13 of one type of block is of less height than the similar part of the other type of block for a reason to appear. The blocks are arranged in superposed layers in staggered relationship, and in certain layers the type of block shown in Figure 4 is used so as to accommodate a timber 20 which in reality is adapted to support the iiooring. The fact that the blocks are arranged in staggered relationship necessitates the use of the bricks so as to afford vertical rows of brick and block portions. On reference to Figure 6 it will be apparent that each brick 11 has a furring strip 21 attached thereto to form a part thereof by means 22 in the nature of wires, a portion of each of which surrounds the strip 2l and portions of which are implanted in the brick in the molding operation. The vertical rows of bricks and block portions with their furring strips afford means to which laths 23 are attached, and suitable material 24 is applied to the laths 23 to complete the double wall construction; an outer wall 25 and an inner wall 26 with an air space 27 therebetween; one side edge of the timber being held spaced from the outer wall 25 to allow the free circulation of air. In the assemblage of the blocks 10 the end portion ofl the part 12 of each block fits into the recess 14 of the adjoining block in the same layer to provide an effectual ioint and to hold the blocks against displacement.

What is claimed as new is l. In a building construction, spaced inner and outer walls built of blocks, each of said blocks comprising a part which goes to make up the outer wall and a part which goes to make up the inner wall, certain of said last mentioned parts being recessed for co-action with each other to receive a supporting timber, a furring strip attached to the part which goes to make up the inner wall; laths attached to the furring strips of the blocks to complete the inner wall, the blocks bcing arranged in layers in staggered reluiionship, part of one bleek lit-ting in :i recess el: unoihei: block in the same layer Y 2. A building block eoi'upiislng relatively angulzu'ly disposed parts, and a urring strip carried by one of said p'alts by Vii'Lue'o means surrounding the fufrng strip and reiuorcing the parts of the block, the height of one of seid parts being less than the height of the other part." y

In testimony whereof I have a'HiXed my signature.

ALBERT ARNN.

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