Brick panel construction

• US 3,908,326 A
• Filed: 12/20/1973
• Issued: 09/30/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gerald T. Francis
• Original Assignee: Gerald T. Francis
• Inventors: Francis, Gerald T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Murtagh, John E.
• Application Number:
  US05/426,508
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 52/316,384,385,390,388,389,519,315,314,541,592 264/35,261
• US Class Current: 52/384
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0862 composed of a number of elements which are identical or not, e.g. carried by a common web, support plate or grid

Abstract

The unbricked edge portions of a brick panel intended to receive overlapping bricks projecting beyond the edge of an adjacent panel are recessed to facilitate the sliding of a panel under the projecting bricks of an already installed panel at the time of panel installation. Individual bricks are secured to the supporting board by a plurality of small adhesive mounds, each mound being deposited directly over a local depression in the board face to enhance the strength of the bond by forming a sheer-resisting interlock with the depression edges.

Claims

1. A brick panel of the type characterized by a relatively thin, generally planar board having numerous bricks arranged in a conventional pattern of parallel courses, said bricks being bonded to one face of the board by an adhesive layer, and wherein a portion of the face adjacent to at least one of the board edges that extends perpendicular to the brick courses has unbricked portions which alternate along said edge with bricks which partially project beyond said edge, said unbricked portions being adapted to receive in overlapping and interlocking fashion portions of bricks bonded to and projecting partially beyond the edge of an adjacent abutting but non-overlapping board, the improvement of:

said unbricked portions being slightly recessed below the plane of the board face which will be bricked, whereby, when the brick panel is subsequentially installed on a supporting structure, said recessed unbricked portions receive and thereby permit the panel board to be readily slid under the projecting bricks of the adjacent already installed panel;

a plurality of depressions in the board face into which adhesive extends so as to form an improved interlock to resist shearing of the brick from the board, said adhesive layer being formed by depositing mounds of adhesive over each of the depressions and applying the bricks to the panel, whereby the adhesive is applied as mounds in order to avoid filling the recesses with adhesive.