Patent Grant
8201370
The disclosure relates to construction block devices and more particularly pertains to a new construction block device for building walls in very stable configuration.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a block that has a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a front side and a back side. The block has a plurality of apertures therein extending into the top side and outwardly from the bottom side. Each of the apertures is defined by a perimeter wall. The perimeter walls of each of the apertures are cylindrically shaped and has threading grooves therein. The apertures are aligned with each other along a line orientated perpendicular to the front side and are equally spaced from the first and second lateral sides.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The top side 14 has a pair of raised sections 32. One of the raised sections 32 is positioned adjacent to the first lateral side 18 and one of the raised sections is positioned adjacent to the second lateral side 20. The bottom side 16 has a pair of indentations 34 therein. Each of the indentations 34 is vertically aligned with one of the raised sections 32. This allows a plurality of blocks 12 to be stacked on top of each other in a more stable configuration. The raised sections 32 are equally spaced from adjacent ones of the first 18 and second 20 lateral edges so that the blocks 12 can be staggered with respect to each other as shown in
The first lateral side 18 and the second lateral side 20 each have a plurality of troughs 40 therein that extend through the top 14 and bottom 16 sides. Each of the troughs 40 in the first lateral side 18 is aligned with one of the troughs 40 in the second lateral side 18. Each of the troughs 40 has a semi-cylindrical shape and each of the troughs 40 has threading grooves 42 therein. The front 22 and back 24 sides each have a plurality of furrows 44 therein that extend through the top 14 and bottom 16 sides. Each of the furrows 44 in the front side 22 is aligned with one of the furrows 44 in the back side 24. Each of the furrows 44 has a semi-cylindrical shape and also has threading grooves 46 therein. The threading grooves 30, 42, 46 primarily in the apertures 26 but also in the troughs 40 and furrows 44, can be used to receive threaded rods 48 which threadably engage the threading grooves 30, 32, 46 to better stabilize the blocks 12 with respect to each other.
The block 12 has a width from the front side 22 to the back side 24 between 7 inches and 8 inches, a length from the first lateral side 18 to the second lateral side 20 between 15 inches and 16 inches and a height from the top side 14 to the bottom side 16 between 7 inches and 8 inches.
The block 12 is comprised of a rigid material. The rigid material may include a mixture of conventional cement and asbestos. Such a combination has many advantages. For instance, since asbestos must be disposed of as a biohazard, its combination solves the problem storing/disposing of the asbestos since it poses little to know danger once combined with the cement. In particular, the mixture would include between 50% and 80% Portland cement and between 20% and 50% asbestos. The block 12, or blocks, may also be used underwater or coated with an elastomer to further prevent any release of the asbestos.
The material mixed with cement may include, with the asbestos or as a replacement therefore, non-radioactive/non-recyclable wastes such as some plastics, vulcanized rubber waste, ground up cinderblocks and the like. However, the heat insulating characteristics of asbestos along with its fibrous structure which binds well with cement, make it an advantageous addition to cement.
In use, the blocks 12 are used in a conventional manner for building walls and the like. While a conventional cinder block shape may be used, it should be understood that the block 12 may have any required shaped needed such as arcuate walls or having notches therein depending on the shape of the wall to be made.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure.
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