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J. F. o’ ROURKE
MEANS FOR GROUTING MASONRY Filed Aug. 28 , 1919
1,487,354
1,487,354
Patented Mar. 18, 1924.
UNITED S'I‘M‘ns`
PATENT. »GFFICE
JGHN lIl?. O’ROURKE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y. MEANS . non eno-Urine MAsonnY.
Application ñlediAugu'st 2S, 191,9.l Serial No. 320,345.
T0 all whom ¿t may concern.'
nel lining or arch comprising molded blocks
New York city, in the county of New York
opposite faces;
Be it known that I, JOHN F. O’RoUniin, a embodying my invention, having lspaced citizen of the United States, and resident of complemental projections and recesses on and State of New York, have invented cer
tain new and useful Improvements in Means
for Grouting Masonry, of which the follow
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Fig. 2 is a partly broken under side view
thereof;
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\ Fig. 3 is a detail of a lining or arch where~
in the blocks have continuousk intermeshing v 65 In grouting masonry the practice hereto tongues and grooves; Fig. 4c is a detail section;y j , , , j _ fore, so far as I am aware, has beento leave Fig. öis a detail section illustrating the or make holes iny the joints between the grout vpassage opening through the face of a » blocks and in thev pointing of the joints, through which holes the grout was poured block_on opposite sides of aninterruption ing is a specification.
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` or forced into the joints. This involved along such face; , , i many difficulties and much time and cost, , Fig. 6 illustrates a portion of a pier or
and has often resulted in choking the joints with spawls and dirt'so that the complete ness of the grouting was a matter of doubt. 20
column embodying my invention;
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f Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail section of a
portion of afmold for blocks, illustrating
The object of this invention is to provide means for forming the grout passages in 75 , a readyÍ and effective means for grouting molded blocks, and Fig. 8 Villustrates the‘block removed from joints » in masonry` comprising concrete
^ blocks, terra cotta and other molded building
the mold.
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‘ Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in the several views. ` 80 ing passages in someV of the blocks opening The >blocks l may be of concrete, terra therethrough between the faces of the blocks and the joints between the blocks. Said pas~ cotta or other material for molded building y sage maybe fitted with a screw thread rnold-l blocks, which may be made . in any well ed into the material of the bloclr‘for con known manner, as by charging thematerial 85. venience in attaching a grout pipe. Plugs . .for the blocks into suitable - molds. The may also be »provided for closing the open~ >blocks may be of the class having projections 2 on’one face andrecesses 3 on another face, ings in the faces ofthe blocks. Where joints between blocks arel not gpen the~ recess of .one blocky receiving the projec throughout from front to back, as in the case -t-ion of an adjacent'block. `Said projections 90 of tongue and groove joints between adjoin may be of such length from the correspond
material. I accomplish such object by form~
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ing courses or rings, connections» are pro »ing »face of -the block compared to the depth vided to the vjoint Qn each side of the tongue of the recesses that when the blocks are laid or groove or other interruption. rlr‘hese may in ring forni or courses the joints 4 between be independent passages opening to differ the- v blocks willy be appreciable in extent. ent parts of the joint or one passage may be `Such an arrangement of blocks is set forth in connected to both such parts with openings U. S. Letters Patent issued to me Nov. 5,
into each so that both parts may be grouted '1912,.No._1,043,848. j .Or the blocks mayhave grooves 3 continuous along one faceto re inthe same operation. ' " The >grouting can be done at, once when ceive continuous tongues `or projections 2 of ever the joints in the face of the masonry adjacent blocks for uniting the blocks in
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are` pointed, caulked or otherwise closed lateral directions. in a well -known manner.
against` the outflow of 'the` grout throughv Any desired number ofthe blocks are pro vided with pgrout" passages, 7 >that open
ysuch joints. ‘ When joints are maintained at
a minimum width suiiicient to permit grout ythrough a convenient face Vof each such to How from joint to joint until all are Filled block, as at 7“, for entranceof grout, and and no more can be forced through the sup
ply pipe, my ïinvcntion as applied to the ygrouting lof concrete »block tunnel linings or piers insures a monolithic construction. Reference is to be had to the accompanying Un G1
drawings forming part hereof, wherein» Figl is a face view of a portion Of _a tun
also open through the faces of such blocks at the corresponding joint 4c, as at ’.7", for the >exit of grout into the joints. The grout pas~ sages .may open at 7b through the faces of the Ablocks on leither side >of the projection, tongue or recess, .or may open at 7b through
the faces of the blocks on opposite sides
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1,487,354 of such projection, tongue or recess, a single passage 7 having two outlets 7b, such as in Fig. 5. Each block, or any desired number of blocks, in a tunnel lining or other struc
by vflowing through the material of the block from inlet 7a through outlet 7b, until
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the space between the blocks is completely
filled with the grout. When the grout pipe
ture may have one or more of the passages 7 or hose is removed from the inlet 7a the
opening at 7b through the face that will be latter may be closed by a suitable plug
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at the joint between blocks. For tunnel lin screwed or forced therein. ings the grout inlet openings usually Will be A great advantage of my invention is in the inner faces of the blocks with the out that the grouting of the joints may be ac- `
lets 7b in faces angularly disposed thereto. complished from faces of the blocks other The later construction may be provided for than the joint faces, whereby access may be arches and other structures. For solid ma readily had to the grout inlets without dis sonry comprising molded blocks the grout turbing the pointing or caulking of the inlet openings 7a may be on the outer faces joints, and whereby such pointing or caulk of the blocks and the outlets 7 b in desired in ing' may be continuous and intact through ner faces of such blocks, although the inlets out, ’without requiring holes or spaces in the 7 a may be on either face convenient of access
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pointing or caullring, thereby overcoming ob
and the outlets 7b on either face of a block jections to the old methods 'of grouting that opposes another block. 20
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` In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a means for
j oints' and 'affording a more complete and se
cure grouting ofthe joints.
producing the passages in the blocks when By the term building blocks as used here they are being molded. A wall 8»of‘ the in I mean to include molded blocks of'suit moldis provided with one or more holes 9 able material adapted for use for linings adapted to receive a plug or core 10 >of de for tunnels, ¿sewers and' other conduits as sired dimensions, which plugs may have screw well as for arches, piers, Walls and floors, threads 11, preferably adjacent to the inner and all other structures or parts thereof face of the wall‘8. At 12 is a die orV core where such blocks are useful and the joints within the mold, shown in tapering form are to be grouted.
inwardly and retaineduponv the mold board
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My invention is particularly applicable to
or wall 13 by a pin 14 preferably screwed so called dry masonry, or masonry in which into the mold board, andentering a hole lin the mortar does not completely fill the joints, the die or core 12 to removablyV retain it in and having parts of the joints of the ma the mold. yThe inner end of die or core 12 is sonry sealed with a pointing which may be provided with a transverse bore or hole 15 of mortar or mastic or an asphaltum-like i'naterial, or a caulking of oakum or other
registering with hole 9 and adapted to re ceive the inner end of plug 10, whereby the latter and the die 12 will be at an angle to each other when in the mold. W'ith the mold parts assembled as shown in Fig. 7 the con 40
crete or other material a will be charged into
the mold in any suitable or usual way, and such material >will envelop the plug 10 and
material driven into the faces of the joints, and by the word pointing as used herein I
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mean to include all of such or similar means
to close the exterior portions of the joints. Having now described my invention what I claim is :-
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1. In a tunnel or conduit lining molded
die or core 12 within the mold to produce blocks having open joints therebetween, the passage 7 with its inlet 7“ and outlet 7 b some of said blocks having passages opening ’ together with the threads 7c at the grout atone end into the tunnel and opening at
receiving side of the block, as illustrated. the other end into the joint between adjacent
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After the material a has set or hardened, as blocks, and a filling within said joints be 50
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desired, the plug l0 can be unscrewed, and tween the opening of said passages into the by reason of the threads 7c formed in the joints and the inner surface of the tunnel, material a by the threads 11 the removal of said joints being open along the outer sur
said plug from such material is facilitated. face of the lining to» permit grout to flow WhenV the block is removed from the mold from said joints into any spaces surround vits passage will be substantially as shown ing the tunnel. Y in Fig. 8. The threads 7c in the block 2. A building block having an interrup afford a simple means for the attachmentÍ to tion along a face and provided with _a pas the block of a pipe or hose of a grout gun ' save D for grout khaving outlet openings or machine. through said face on opposite sides of the After any desired number of the blocks interruption, said passage having an inlet have been set and when the joints between in another face. the blocks have been pointed, caulked or Signed at New York city, in the county of otherwise closed the grout pipe'or hose may New York and State of New York, this 26 be connected to the inlet 7a of a passage 7 day of August A. D. 1919. of any such blocks to enable the grout to be forced into such joints él under pressure JOHN F. O’ROURKE.
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J. F. o’ ROURKE
MEANS FOR GROUTING MASONRY Filed Aug. 28 , 1919
1,487,354
1,487,354
Patented Mar. 18, 1924.
UNITED S'I‘M‘ns`
PATENT. »GFFICE
JGHN lIl?. O’ROURKE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y. MEANS . non eno-Urine MAsonnY.
Application ñlediAugu'st 2S, 191,9.l Serial No. 320,345.
T0 all whom ¿t may concern.'
nel lining or arch comprising molded blocks
New York city, in the county of New York
opposite faces;
Be it known that I, JOHN F. O’RoUniin, a embodying my invention, having lspaced citizen of the United States, and resident of complemental projections and recesses on and State of New York, have invented cer
tain new and useful Improvements in Means
for Grouting Masonry, of which the follow
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60
Fig. 2 is a partly broken under side view
thereof;
-
'
\ Fig. 3 is a detail of a lining or arch where~
in the blocks have continuousk intermeshing v 65 In grouting masonry the practice hereto tongues and grooves; Fig. 4c is a detail section;y j , , , j _ fore, so far as I am aware, has beento leave Fig. öis a detail section illustrating the or make holes iny the joints between the grout vpassage opening through the face of a » blocks and in thev pointing of the joints, through which holes the grout was poured block_on opposite sides of aninterruption ing is a specification.
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` or forced into the joints. This involved along such face; , , i many difficulties and much time and cost, , Fig. 6 illustrates a portion of a pier or
and has often resulted in choking the joints with spawls and dirt'so that the complete ness of the grouting was a matter of doubt. 20
column embodying my invention;
y
70
`
f Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail section of a
portion of afmold for blocks, illustrating
The object of this invention is to provide means for forming the grout passages in 75 , a readyÍ and effective means for grouting molded blocks, and Fig. 8 Villustrates the‘block removed from joints » in masonry` comprising concrete
^ blocks, terra cotta and other molded building
the mold.
^
j
,
.
‘ Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in the several views. ` 80 ing passages in someV of the blocks opening The >blocks l may be of concrete, terra therethrough between the faces of the blocks and the joints between the blocks. Said pas~ cotta or other material for molded building y sage maybe fitted with a screw thread rnold-l blocks, which may be made . in any well ed into the material of the bloclr‘for con known manner, as by charging thematerial 85. venience in attaching a grout pipe. Plugs . .for the blocks into suitable - molds. The may also be »provided for closing the open~ >blocks may be of the class having projections 2 on’one face andrecesses 3 on another face, ings in the faces ofthe blocks. Where joints between blocks arel not gpen the~ recess of .one blocky receiving the projec throughout from front to back, as in the case -t-ion of an adjacent'block. `Said projections 90 of tongue and groove joints between adjoin may be of such length from the correspond
material. I accomplish such object by form~
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30
35
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ing courses or rings, connections» are pro »ing »face of -the block compared to the depth vided to the vjoint Qn each side of the tongue of the recesses that when the blocks are laid or groove or other interruption. rlr‘hese may in ring forni or courses the joints 4 between be independent passages opening to differ the- v blocks willy be appreciable in extent. ent parts of the joint or one passage may be `Such an arrangement of blocks is set forth in connected to both such parts with openings U. S. Letters Patent issued to me Nov. 5,
into each so that both parts may be grouted '1912,.No._1,043,848. j .Or the blocks mayhave grooves 3 continuous along one faceto re inthe same operation. ' " The >grouting can be done at, once when ceive continuous tongues `or projections 2 of ever the joints in the face of the masonry adjacent blocks for uniting the blocks in
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100
are` pointed, caulked or otherwise closed lateral directions. in a well -known manner.
against` the outflow of 'the` grout throughv Any desired number ofthe blocks are pro vided with pgrout" passages, 7 >that open
ysuch joints. ‘ When joints are maintained at
a minimum width suiiicient to permit grout ythrough a convenient face Vof each such to How from joint to joint until all are Filled block, as at 7“, for entranceof grout, and and no more can be forced through the sup
ply pipe, my ïinvcntion as applied to the ygrouting lof concrete »block tunnel linings or piers insures a monolithic construction. Reference is to be had to the accompanying Un G1
drawings forming part hereof, wherein» Figl is a face view of a portion Of _a tun
also open through the faces of such blocks at the corresponding joint 4c, as at ’.7", for the >exit of grout into the joints. The grout pas~ sages .may open at 7b through the faces of the Ablocks on leither side >of the projection, tongue or recess, .or may open at 7b through
the faces of the blocks on opposite sides
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1,487,354 of such projection, tongue or recess, a single passage 7 having two outlets 7b, such as in Fig. 5. Each block, or any desired number of blocks, in a tunnel lining or other struc
by vflowing through the material of the block from inlet 7a through outlet 7b, until
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the space between the blocks is completely
filled with the grout. When the grout pipe
ture may have one or more of the passages 7 or hose is removed from the inlet 7a the
opening at 7b through the face that will be latter may be closed by a suitable plug
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at the joint between blocks. For tunnel lin screwed or forced therein. ings the grout inlet openings usually Will be A great advantage of my invention is in the inner faces of the blocks with the out that the grouting of the joints may be ac- `
lets 7b in faces angularly disposed thereto. complished from faces of the blocks other The later construction may be provided for than the joint faces, whereby access may be arches and other structures. For solid ma readily had to the grout inlets without dis sonry comprising molded blocks the grout turbing the pointing or caulking of the inlet openings 7a may be on the outer faces joints, and whereby such pointing or caulk of the blocks and the outlets 7 b in desired in ing' may be continuous and intact through ner faces of such blocks, although the inlets out, ’without requiring holes or spaces in the 7 a may be on either face convenient of access
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pointing or caullring, thereby overcoming ob
and the outlets 7b on either face of a block jections to the old methods 'of grouting that opposes another block. 20
,
-
` In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a means for
j oints' and 'affording a more complete and se
cure grouting ofthe joints.
producing the passages in the blocks when By the term building blocks as used here they are being molded. A wall 8»of‘ the in I mean to include molded blocks of'suit moldis provided with one or more holes 9 able material adapted for use for linings adapted to receive a plug or core 10 >of de for tunnels, ¿sewers and' other conduits as sired dimensions, which plugs may have screw well as for arches, piers, Walls and floors, threads 11, preferably adjacent to the inner and all other structures or parts thereof face of the wall‘8. At 12 is a die orV core where such blocks are useful and the joints within the mold, shown in tapering form are to be grouted.
inwardly and retaineduponv the mold board
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90
My invention is particularly applicable to
or wall 13 by a pin 14 preferably screwed so called dry masonry, or masonry in which into the mold board, andentering a hole lin the mortar does not completely fill the joints, the die or core 12 to removablyV retain it in and having parts of the joints of the ma the mold. yThe inner end of die or core 12 is sonry sealed with a pointing which may be provided with a transverse bore or hole 15 of mortar or mastic or an asphaltum-like i'naterial, or a caulking of oakum or other
registering with hole 9 and adapted to re ceive the inner end of plug 10, whereby the latter and the die 12 will be at an angle to each other when in the mold. W'ith the mold parts assembled as shown in Fig. 7 the con 40
crete or other material a will be charged into
the mold in any suitable or usual way, and such material >will envelop the plug 10 and
material driven into the faces of the joints, and by the word pointing as used herein I
10c
mean to include all of such or similar means
to close the exterior portions of the joints. Having now described my invention what I claim is :-
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1. In a tunnel or conduit lining molded
die or core 12 within the mold to produce blocks having open joints therebetween, the passage 7 with its inlet 7“ and outlet 7 b some of said blocks having passages opening ’ together with the threads 7c at the grout atone end into the tunnel and opening at
receiving side of the block, as illustrated. the other end into the joint between adjacent
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After the material a has set or hardened, as blocks, and a filling within said joints be 50
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desired, the plug l0 can be unscrewed, and tween the opening of said passages into the by reason of the threads 7c formed in the joints and the inner surface of the tunnel, material a by the threads 11 the removal of said joints being open along the outer sur
said plug from such material is facilitated. face of the lining to» permit grout to flow WhenV the block is removed from the mold from said joints into any spaces surround vits passage will be substantially as shown ing the tunnel. Y in Fig. 8. The threads 7c in the block 2. A building block having an interrup afford a simple means for the attachmentÍ to tion along a face and provided with _a pas the block of a pipe or hose of a grout gun ' save D for grout khaving outlet openings or machine. through said face on opposite sides of the After any desired number of the blocks interruption, said passage having an inlet have been set and when the joints between in another face. the blocks have been pointed, caulked or Signed at New York city, in the county of otherwise closed the grout pipe'or hose may New York and State of New York, this 26 be connected to the inlet 7a of a passage 7 day of August A. D. 1919. of any such blocks to enable the grout to be forced into such joints él under pressure JOHN F. O’ROURKE.
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