Building wall constructions

• US 4,011,702 A
• Filed: 04/18/1975
• Issued: 03/15/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Andrew M. Matyas
• Original Assignee: Andrew M. Matyas
• Inventors: Matyas, Andrew M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perham, Alfred C.
• Application Number:
  US05/569,371
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 52/386, 52/387, 52/388, 52/502, 52/390, 52/519, 52/675, 52/674, 52/389
• US Class Current: 52/387
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/147 with an outer layer imitating natural stone, brick work or the like

Abstract

A building construction for fabricating a veneer, facing wall on a building wall. The construction includes a flat panel of thin rigid material that is adapted to be secured to the building wall. The panel has a plurality of spaced parallel ridges which form flat-bottomed troughs therebetween. Veneer building blocks are held in the troughs by use of adhesive and these blocks may be spaced and staggered to provide the appearance of a conventional brick wall. Crosspieces are held in the troughs between adjoining ends of adjacent blocks. The ridges and crosspieces have exposed surfaces to provide the appearance of mortar between the veneer blocks.

Claims

1. A building construction for fabricating a veneer facing wall, comprising:

a flat panel formed of thin, rigid material, said panel having pairs of spaced parallel ridges co-extensive with the longitudinal length thereof and forming a flat-bottomed trough between each pair, each ridge being U-shaped in cross-section to form a bight and legs extending at right angles from said bight and integrally joined at right angles with an adjoining trough portion,

a plurality of veneer building blocks, each formed as a rectangular slab of a predetermined length and of a width to fit flatwise within a trough and closely but freely and without interference fit between bight legs of adjacent ridges, said blocks being of a thickness at least equal to the depth of a trough so that outer faces of said blocks are exposed, and with the bights of said ridges exposed between said blocks,

the bottom of each trough having a series of lanced-out portions along a line but inward of each ridge, each lanced-out portion providing a lip displaced from the inner surface of said trough and projecting from an outer surface of the same, and each lip being aligned with the opening formed in the Lancing operation,

adhesive material between the inner face of each of said blocks and the inner surface of a said trough for holding said building blocks in place,

said adhesive material being applied in layer form along the line of and over said lanced-out portions to interlock with the same, and

said building blocks being assembled with said panel by pressing individual blocks into a said trough and against said adhesive to urge some of the latter through the openings formed by the lanced-out portions, said displaced lips providing a stop for said adhesive material to restrain it from falling from the outer surface of said trough.

2. The construction according to claim 1 and further including a plurality of crosspieces of thin, rigid material, each having a U-shaped cross section substantially similar to the shape of said ridges, and being of a length to fit crosswise at right angles between adjacent ridges and of a depth to seat in a said trough with the legs thereof in abutment with facing edges of adjoining blocks and the bight thereof spanning said facing edges to simulate mortar.

3. The construction according to claim 2 wherein each of said crosspieces has angular portions extending laterally outwardly from the terminal portions of respective legs, said angular portions being disposed between a said trough and inner face portions of said adjoining blocks and said crosspieces being held in place by said adhesive.

4. The construction according to claim 1 wherein said panel has an angular lip coextensive with one longitudinal margin in spaced relation and parallel to a ridge at said margin, and a U-shaped lip coextensive with the opposite longitudinal margin in spaced relation and parallel to a ridge at said opposite margin, the angular lip of one panel interfitting with the U-shaped lip of another panel to provide the appearance of a ridge.