Claims
- 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.
- 2. The wall structure of claim 1 and further including heat insulation material of a substance different from the composition of the blocks in the wall structure located in the openings of said blocks.
- 3. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein the building blocks in the bottom course of blocks rest on a footing having an approximately level upper surface, and further including a plurality of wedges positioned between at least some of the blocks in the bottom course of blocks and the footing for leveling the bottom course of blocks.
- 4. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein the building blocks in the bottom course of blocks rest on a footing, and further including mortar located in the openings of the blocks in the bottom course of blocks and in contact with the footing to rigidly mount the blocks on the footing.
- 5. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein the building blocks in the bottom course of blocks are mounted on a footing having an approximately level upper surface, a plurality of wedges inserted between at least some of the blocks in the bottom course of blocks and the upper surface of the footing for leveling the wall structure, and mortar located in the openings of the blocks in the bottom course of blocks and in contact with the footing to rigidly mount the wall structure on the footing.
- 6. The wall structure of claim 5 and wherein some of the mortar is located between the upper surface of the footing and the blocks in the bottom course of blocks.
- 7. The wall structure of claim 1 and further comprising expanded polystyrene at least partially filling the openings in at least some of the blocks of the wall structure.
- 8. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein at least some of said blocks define slots in their upper surfaces extending along the length of the block for receiving a rectilinear tie rod or the like internally of the wall structure.
- 9. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein the main body sections and the side body sections of the blocks in at least one course of blocks define horizontally extending slots in their upper surfaces extending along their lengths, with the slots of the main body sections being aligned with the slots of the side body sections, and a rectilinear member extending through aligned ones of said slots.
- 10. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein the edges of the side wall of said side body section adjacent its end walls of each block are beveled, and wherein the edges of the side wall of said main body section opposite from said side wall section adjacent its end walls are beveled, so that the bevels of the side body section of alternate ones of the blocks in a horizontal course of blocks are located adjacent the bevels of the main body section of the other alternate ones of the blocks in the horizontal course of blocks.
- 11. The wall structure of claim 10 and further including mortar or the like applied to at least one exterior surface of the wall structure.
- 12. The wall structure of claim 1 and wherein the internal openings of the blocks are at least partially filled with nonabsorbant material.
- 13. The building block of claim 12 and wherein the nonabsorbent material comprises perlite.
- 14. The building block of claim 12 and wherein the nonabsorbent material comprises vermiculite.
- 15. The building block of claim 12 and wherein said nonabsorbent material comprises sheet material located in said opening.
- 16. The building block of claim 12 wherein said nonabsorbent material comprises randomly oriented material substantially filling the opening.
- 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.
- 19. The building block of claim 18 and wherein the side wall of said main body section opposite from the side body section is beveled at the intersection of the side wall with each end wall of said main body section, and wherein the side wall of said side body section is beveled at the intersection of the side wall with each end wall of said side body section, and wherein the side walls of the main body section adjacent the side body section are notched at its ends adjacent the end walls of said main body section, whereby when duplicate ones of the block in a course of blocks arranged with the end walls of a main body section of each block in abutting relationship with the end walls of a side body section of the next adjacent blocks have the notches at the intersection of the side walls of the main body section with its end walls located adjacent the slots.
- 20. The building block of claim 18 and further defining openings extending vertically through the end portions of said main body section, and recesses formed in the top surface of the block and extending between said openings and the side wall of said main body section adjacent said side body section.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 548,385, filed Feb. 10, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,998,022; which application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 252, filed Jan. 2, 1970 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,864,885 and of application Ser. No. 462,376, filed Apr. 19, 1974 now abandoned, which applications are both continuations-in-part of application Ser. No. 802,450, filed Feb. 26, 1969, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,609,926 which application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 658,524, filed Aug. 4, 1967 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,479,782 and of application Ser. No. 730,727, filed May 21, 1968 now abandoned.
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