Building-block.

No. 783,884. PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

W, J. FAULKNER.

BUILDING BLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1504.

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No. 786,884. PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

W. J. FAULKNER.

BUILDING BLOCK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1904.

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ffQQ 884. T*atentcd April 11, 1905.

United States Patent ^; Office.

WILLIAM J. FAULKNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT 1*. FAULKNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUILDING-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION· forming· part of Letters patent No. 786,384, dated April 11, 1905.

Application filsd May 28,1904. Serial No. 210,167.

' from the end shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an i isometric view of a block emijodying my in' vention provided with recesses for the re eeption of the ends of floor-joists.

i A reference letter applied to designate a ΐ given partis used toindieatesuch partfhroughj out the several figures of the,drawings whereί ever the same appears.

A is a hollow block embodying this invention. a is the top of such block, a' is a horizontal tie-web midway of block A, and &lt;r is the bottom of the block. B is the·inner wall or side of the block, and (.- is. the, outer wall or side thereof. ' Horizontal passageways Fig. 3, are obtained by means of the several side walls and the horizontal c-.mneeting-webs last above, described. Top a, bottom &lt;r, and the horizontal midway we!· «' are respectively provided with apertures I) d 1.)' d' IT d'~. Series of horizontal and vertical passage-ways are thus obtained'through the wail bililt up of blocks embodying this invention.

E E are raised ribs around apertures D d, of top //, and e &lt; are connecting-ribs extending longitudinally along the block on such 75 top a.

F F are rabbets around apertures Irespectively, in bottom &lt;r. The rabbets F F correspond with, to lit around, ribs E E on the top a of the, block when such blocks are So laid in a wall.

ff are grooves.

G is a raised rib extending around the. end of the block at one end thereof, and y is a rabbet corresponding with the rib G, extend- 85 ing around the other end of the block.

l‘ When the blocks are laid in a wall, the rib around one end of the block fits into the rabbetcorresponding therewith around the end of the adjoining block which is adjacent. 90 thereto.

In the modification illustrated in Figs, (land 7 the raised rilt at one end of rhe. block corresponds with ril>G,‘hercinbeforedescril)ed, and ^: is lettered IL Rib 11 extends from the top 95 ί of the block to the bottonrthereof. It is a rabbet at the opposite end of the block correTo all whom, it may eoncen··:

Be it known thatl, William J. Faulkner, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of 'Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful ‘ improvements in Building-Blocks, of which the following, when taken in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming a ^; part hereof, is a full and complete descrip10 tion, sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which it pertains to understand, make, ‘ 'and use the same.

Aly present invention relates to blocks to be '•'used for erecting buildings, walls, and other 15 constructions.

One object of this invention is to obtain a * building-block which is of a shape not liable : ’ -to be broken or otherwise injured before the ; '-samp is laid in a wall and also to obtain a ’ 20'btfilding-blockbytheuse of which strong and ' durable wails may be erected by persons not ; ' particularly skilled in the building of walls, j

A further object of this invention is to ob- j ''' tain·A building-block by means of which a I ' 25 hollow wall will be obtained, such hollow wall ! being provided with vertical and horizontal : Wair-spaces or passage-ways therethrough: and i ’’ a further object of-the invention is to obtain i ^;' a building-block which will be light in weight j 30 relative to the strength thereof. . j

In the drawings referred to as forming a| 7 ' part of this specification, Figure ,1 is an isometric view of a· building-block embodying this invention, such view showing one end, ’ 35 one side, and the top of the .block. Fig. 2 is ’ an isometric view of the building-block illus- trated in Fig. I, showing the end not shown • ; in Fig. 1, the side not there shown, and the I - ' bottom of the block. Fig. 3 is an elevation ^; 40' of the end Of the’block which is shown in Fig.

• 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a small section of a Wall built up from building-blocks embody:

T ing this invention. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the block embodying this in>5 vention on line 5 5 of Fig. 3 viewed in the - direction indicated by arrows. Fig. G is a ;

· - modification of one end of the block illus- _; /rated ir. Figs. 1,-2, 3, and 5, and Fig. 7 is a J bet at the. opposite end of the block correjnodification of the other end of the block! ponding with rabbet &lt;/.· Rabbet/Hitsoverthe ^ij5 £3

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tion are laid in a wall. ’ ' ' A budding-block comprising sides, ends, 35

In laying a wall of blocks enibodvino· this i di u ’ ^'h ”’^U°;¹.¹· ““‘,^{1 il} ’h/'zonta! intermeinvention any suitable ccmmitiim· m-iteri-il i · t ^U 11 ummecting the sides, such ends, the 5 used between the adjacent the horizontal weK reblocks, and the meeting ends of the blocks in > I, . ^p'^<Λ.^κ,ψ1 with apertures thereto, a one row are laid midway of the blocks of the ' rib sncvn¹'¹'¹ \ ^a*“^!1'^tui‘^l’^s >“ the top, a 40 row thereunder ' ¹ >ib surrounding the apertures in one end, a

Π, Fig. «, indicate recesses, which maybe I the '^^'inaUy along the top of made in the row of blocks adjacent to -i floor i snr.· „ 1’ ^,&lt;,tto!li P'O'ided with rabbets to receive the ends of floodjoisis. * ·‘i'¹.” ¹ tberemain1 laving thus described mv invention what ' 11,1 “°'ι“ ^{Cl U 11:1 j!jets}tollieapertures 45