Wall structure with insulated interfitting blocks
First Claim
1. In a wall structure comprising a plurality of duplicate symmetrical approximately T-shaped building blocks each comprising an approximately rectangular main body section and an approximately rectangular side body section with substantially flat coplanar top surfaces and with substantially flat coplanar bottom surfaces, side walls and end walls, said side body section having approximately the same width as said main body section, said main body section being longer than said side body section and including end portions extending at its opposite ends beyond the ends of said side body section a distance at each end approximately equal to the width of said main body section, openings extending vertically through both said main body section and said side body section with the openings in said main body section extending into the central portion of each of the end portions of said main body section, a recess formed in the top surface of each of the end portions of said main body section with each recess intersecting the opening in the end portion of the main body section and the side wall of the main body section adjacent the side body section with each recess positioned centrally in the length of the end portions of said main body section, a slot defined at the intersection of each end wall of said side body section with each side wall of said main body section, with the plane of the side walls of said main body section adjacent the side body section bisecting the slots, said building blocks being arranged in horizontal courses of blocks in the wall structure with alternate ones of the blocks in each course facing opposite directions, with the end walls of the main body sections in abutment with the end walls of the side body sections, with the slots of adjacent blocks in vertical alignment with each other, and the recesses of adjacent blocks arranged in alignment with each other across the length of the course of blocks, U-shaped clips inserted in to the wall structure with the base of the U-shaped clips positioned in the aligned recesses of adjacent blocks and the legs of the clips extending into the openings of the end portions of said main body section of the building blocks whereby the facing side walls of adjacent ones of the building blocks in the wall structure are held in abutting relationship.
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Abstract
T-shaped building blocks are assembled in a wall structure in horizontal courses of blocks, with alternate ones of the blocks in each course facing opposite directions and with the main body sections of each block overlying the main body sections of the next adjacent blocks. The blocks in the first course are placed on a footing, U-shaped clips tie the overlying portions of the main body sections of the blocks together to form rigid wall sections, and the wall sections are leveled by inserting wedges beneath the bottom course of blocks. Mortar is poured into the vertical openings of the bottom course of blocks to rigidly mount the blocks on the footing. As the wall increases in height, vertical tie rods are inserted internally through the course of blocks to tie the blocks in adjacent courses together. Insulation is placed in the vertical openings in the blocks to reduce the passage of heat and moisture through the blocks in the wall structure.
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- 1. In a wall structure comprising a plurality of duplicate symmetrical approximately T-shaped building blocks each comprising an approximately rectangular main body section and an approximately rectangular side body section with substantially flat coplanar top surfaces and with substantially flat coplanar bottom surfaces, side walls and end walls, said side body section having approximately the same width as said main body section, said main body section being longer than said side body section and including end portions extending at its opposite ends beyond the ends of said side body section a distance at each end approximately equal to the width of said main body section, openings extending vertically through both said main body section and said side body section with the openings in said main body section extending into the central portion of each of the end portions of said main body section, a recess formed in the top surface of each of the end portions of said main body section with each recess intersecting the opening in the end portion of the main body section and the side wall of the main body section adjacent the side body section with each recess positioned centrally in the length of the end portions of said main body section, a slot defined at the intersection of each end wall of said side body section with each side wall of said main body section, with the plane of the side walls of said main body section adjacent the side body section bisecting the slots, said building blocks being arranged in horizontal courses of blocks in the wall structure with alternate ones of the blocks in each course facing opposite directions, with the end walls of the main body sections in abutment with the end walls of the side body sections, with the slots of adjacent blocks in vertical alignment with each other, and the recesses of adjacent blocks arranged in alignment with each other across the length of the course of blocks, U-shaped clips inserted in to the wall structure with the base of the U-shaped clips positioned in the aligned recesses of adjacent blocks and the legs of the clips extending into the openings of the end portions of said main body section of the building blocks whereby the facing side walls of adjacent ones of the building blocks in the wall structure are held in abutting relationship.
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17. A wall structure formed from a plurality of building blocks including similar T-shaped building blocks each including an approximately rectangular main body section and an approximately rectangular side body section, the top and bottom surfaces of said main body section and side body section being substantially coplanar, said main body section and said side body section being approximately of equal thickness, said main body section extending at its opposite ends beyond the ends of said side body section, said main body section including opposite end walls and side walls, said side body section including opposite end walls, a vertical slot formed at the intersection of each end wall of said side body section and each side wall of said main body section, a notch formed in the opposite ends of said main body section at the side walls thereof adjacent said side body section, and smaller approximately rectangular blocks of a length approximately equal to the width of said side body portion and a width approximately equal to the distance the main body sectin extends beyond said side body section, a notch formed at the intersection of a side wall and an end wall of said smaller blocks, whereby when said smaller blocks are located in the wall structure adjacent a side body portion of a T-shaped block the smaller blocks can be oriented to place the notch of the smaller blocks adjacent the notches of the main body section of the T-shaped block and form a vertical groove suitable to receive a window structure or the like or the smaller blocks can be oriented to place the notch of the smaller blocks adjacent the vertical slots of the blocks to receive a vertical rod and the like.
- 18. A T-shaped symmetrical bulding block comprising an elongated main body section with vertical side walls and vertical end walls and a side body section extending from one side of said main body section and of a length and width each approximately equal to the width of said main body section and including a vertical side wall and vertical end walls, said main body section being of a length longer than said side body section and extending at both of its ends beyond the ends of said side body section a distance approximately equal to the width of said main body section, a pair of slots formed in and extending vertically through said building block with each slot positioned inwardly of the junction of a vertical side wall of the main body section and a vertical end wall of the side body section with the plane of the vertical side wall of the main body section bisecting the slots, whereby when duplicate ones of the blocks are stacked in an alternating arrangment with the side body section of alternate blocks in the stack facing opposite directions the slots of the blocks in the stack are in vertical alignment.
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