US3206854A - Bricklaying guide - Google Patents

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BRICKLAYING GUIDE Filed Feb. 26, 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR BY Z Z ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,206,854 BRICKLAYIN G GUIDE George L. Andrews, 1232 Todds Lane, Hampton, Va. Filed Feb. 26, 1962, Ser. No. 175,625 4 Claims. (Cl. 3385) This invention relates generally to the art of bricklaying and is directed particularly to a specially designed tool, apparatus or assembly for providing a corner guide whereby to facilitate the accurate laying up of a corner.

In the art of bricklaying, as has been pointed out in my prior Patent No. 2,855,681, it is well recognized that one of the most dilficult tasks is to properly lay up a corner since the bricks must be very carefully and evenly placed if the intersecting wall portions are to assume an accurate right angle to each other and so that the arrises of the various corner bricks are in precise vertical alignment and are disposed in plumb relationship so as to elfect a neat appearing and structurally perfect corner.

It is a particular object, in view of the foregoing, therefore, to provide a new and improved guide assembly for use in association with an unfinished building structure whereby a brick veneer may not only be laid up over the outer side of a wall sheathing but whereby also an accurate brick wall construction may be raised adjacent to and in proper alignment with the exterior sides of cement piers.

It is another object of the invention to provide such a tool assembly which is designed to be readily secured to vertical posts or piers of poured cement or other material in such a manner as to permit it to be quickly assembled without interfering with the laying up of the brick courses adjacent to the outer sides of such piers.

More particularly it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved guide assembly for bricklayers wherein a new and novel clamping means is provided for securing in accurate vertical position adjacent to the outer sides of construction piers of poured concrete or other material, line supporting standards accurately aligned with and spaced from one another in parallel relation with the outer sides of the supporting piers for maintaining line supporting twigs in position.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and novel means for supporting a line twig carrying standard in proper operative position with re spect to either an inside or an outside corner of a building wall adjacent to the outer surface of which a brick veneer wall is to be raised or set up.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detail description taken in connection with the following detail drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a view in perspective showing a corner portion of a building foundation with courses of bricks laid up thereon adjacent to two concrete piers and illustrating two sets of the present improved guide assemblies set up for use and attached to the piers.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the pair of assemblies shown in FIG. 1, the piers being shown in transverse shown in FIG. 1, the piers being shown in transverse horizontal section, with the portion of the foundation between the piers broken away.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the underside of one of the head units.

FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a transverse section taken through the lower part of the twig supporting standard substantially in the plane of the top surface of a foot unit for use at an outside corner of a wall and showing the operative positions for the foot unit arms with respect to an underlying brick.

FIG. 6 is a view in perspective of the foot unit illustrated in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 illustrates the application of the foot unit to a standard of I beam form.

FIG. 8 illustrates a perspective View of a modified form of foot unit designed to be secured to the lower end of a standard for use at a location along a wall between corners thereof.

FIG. 9 is a view in perspective of a twig designed to be attached to a standard mounted at its lower end upon a foot unit of the type shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a transverse section on an enlarged scale of a corner located angle iron standard showing the application of a pair of line holding twigs thereto.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating in top plan a modified head unit in which the clamping jaws are designed to engage therebetween a pier of circular cross section and showing an angle iron standard clamped to the unit.

FIG. 12 is a view in elevation of a tubular standard of square cross section showing another embodiment of a head and a foot unit designed to facilitate the laying of courses of brick at an inside corner of a building.

FIG. 13 is a section taken substantially on the line 13-13 of FIG. 12 and illustrating the means for securing the head unit to adjacent sheathing which is to be brick veneered.

FIG. 14 is a view in side elevation of the head unit shown in topplan in FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken in a horizontal plane substantially on the line 1515 of FIG. '12.

FIG. 16 is a view in perspective of the head unit shown in top plan in FIG. 13, which head unit is adapted for conversion to a foot unit by the removal of the adjustable angle plate thereon.

FIG. 17 is a modified form of the head unit shown in FIG. 16, for use in supporting an angle standard in place of the box tubing.

FIG. 18 is a view in elevation of the structure of FIG. 17.

FIG. 19 is a view in perspective of another form of foot unit for supporting the lower end of a box tube standard.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the foot unit shown in FIG. 19, showing the same supported on the corner of a brick and showing a box tubing standard secured thereto and in cross section.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the application of a pair of the present improved guide assemblies to and the manner of mounting the same on first laid courses: of brick on a building foundation adjacent to a pair of piers of rectangular cross section and one of which constitutes a corner pier while the other represents one of a number of piers which may be set up between corner piers of the wall to be set up.

In these illustrations the numeral 10 generally designates the building foundation wal'l while the numerals '12 and 14 designate respectively a corner pier and an intermediate pier. These piers 12 and 14 are here shown as being of concrete construction and of rectangular or square cross section. Such piers may, however, be of cylindrical construction as shown in FIG. 11, where one of this type is shown in cross section and is generally designated '16 and in which case the head unit structure is modified, as hereinafter described, for attachment to the circular pier.

The guide assembly in one embodiment thereof comprises a twig supporting standard or pole which is generally designated 18, a head unit generally designated 20 and a foot unit generally designated 22. The head unit 2t) comprises an elongate plate 24 formed of heavy aluminu'm or any other suitable metal and which has a relatively wide inner end portion 26 and tapers somewhat toward the outer or forward end portion 28. The inner end portion of the plate 24 lies upon the side members of a substantially V shaped frame 32, the narrow end of which frame is disposed beneath the plate when the head unit is set up for use, while the side or leg portions 30 of the frame extend rearwardly beyond the inner or rear end 26 of the plate 24 and join inwardly directed terminal portions 34 to each of which is welded or otherwise suitably secured a mounting plate 36.

The mounting plates are normally disposed in substantially right angular relationship to one another, the inner ends of the plates being located relatively close together, as shown in FIGS, 2 and 3, to receive a corner of a pier 12 or 14 in the manner illustrated.

The frame 32 is formed of resilient steel so that the side portions 30 may be drawn together or spread apart by means of the threaded shaft 38 which is freely rotatably mounted in a bearing 40 carried by one of the side portions 30, while the opposite end of the shaft is threaded through a nut 42 secured to the opposite portion or leg 30 of the frame. As shown, the bearing 40 and nut 42 are secured to the frame at the angles formed between the side portions 30 and the inturned extensions 34 and the shaft therefor, when rotated by means of the crank 44 which forms an extension of one end of the shaft, may be made to draw the plates 36 together or force them apart, as desired.

Each of the mounting plates has welded thereto upon the router or back side thereof and at its free end, which is the end thereof remote from the other plate, a threaded nut 46. Each of the nuts 46 has threaded therethrough an end of a clamp bar 48, the opposite end of which clamp bar is Welded to one leg 50 of an angle jaw 52. This arrangement of the jaws 52 on the ends of the clamp bars 48 facilitates the attachment of the head unit to a rectangular concrete pier by placing the mounting plates against two intersecting faces of the pier and engaging the angle jaws 52 across opposite corners of the pier as shown in FIG. 2. The threaded engagement of the bars 48 in the nuts 46 facilitates the adjustment of the jaws 52 relative to one another to conveniently engage the latter across opposite corners of the pier when the side portions of the legs 30 of the frame 32 are opened or spread apart. By proper rotation of the crank shaft 38 it will be seen that the mounting plates can be drawn together against adjacent faces of the pier and the jaws 52 drawn in against the corners of the pier.

The plate 24 of the head unit is attached to the outer portion of the frame 32 for adjustment longitudinally of the frame so that the plate can be moved inwardly or outwardly toward the adjacent corner of the pier to which the head unit is attached and this adjustable securing means for the plate 24 on the frame 32 embodies a clamp bar 54 which is disposed across the inner end portion 26 of the plate '24 on the underside of the frame arms 30 and threaded screws or bolts 56 are extended through the plate and bar and carry wing nuts 58 whereby the plate and bar can be drawn together or loosened as required to make necessary adjustment .of the plate.

The forward or outer end 28 of the plate 24 is formed with the V shaped recess 60 for the reception of the twig carrying standard 18 which in FIGS. 1 to 3 is shown as being of angular cross section and the apex of the V is located in the longitudinal center of the head unit to be aligned with the adjacent corner of the pier '12 or 14 when the head unit is mounted thereon so that when the angle :bar 18 is set in the recess 60 the corner thereof will be aligned with the corner of the pier and the sides or webs of the angle bar will lie in planes parallel with the planes of the intersecting side faces of the brick wall as the latter is built up.

The plate 24 is provided at each end of the V notch or recess with an angularly extending tab portion, one of which tabs is designated 62, While the other one is designated .64 and the tab portion 64 terminates in the inturned finger 66, thus forming a recess in which the edge of one flange of the angle bar standard 18 may engage, the edge of the other flange of the bar bearing against the inner side of the tab 64. The tab 64 is apertured and carries a set screw 68 for locking engagement with the adjacent edge of the angle bar as shown in FIG. 2, whereby to lock the angle bar and the head unit plate together.

It will be seen from the description thus far given that the head unit 20 may be mounted upon either a corner pier or upon any one of a number of piers located between corner piers for supporting twig carrying standards 18 of angular cross section or of I beam form such as that shown in FIG. 7.

In FIG. 7 it will be seen that the I beam which is generally designated 70 has one side positioned against one edge of the V notch with the edges of two corresponding flanges bearing against the other edge of the V notch and one of the flanges which is positioned against the inner side .of the tab 64 has bearing thereagainst the set screw 68.

When the head unit 20 is secured to a corner pier either of rectangular cross section or of circular cross section it will be seen that the angular standard 18 will be positioned so that each of the flanges will be in a plane parallel with a side face of the foundation 10, which side faces, designated 10a and 10b, intersect to form the corner 100 with which the edge of the angle bar is aligned and the bar will be supported at its top end by the head unit 20 and at its lower end by the foot unit 22, about to be described, at a distance outwardly to properly locate on the flanges the line holding twigs 7 2 shown in FIG. 10 and in this figure and also in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lines attached to the twigs 72 are designated 74 and serve to guide the bricklayer in laying the bricks, here designated 76, in straight courses and particularly assist in the setting up of the corner bricks in the proper o-r precise vertical alignment and in plumb relationship.

The foot unit 22 which is designed to be used in the assembly at the corner of the foundation is similar in construction, at its outer end, to the outer end of the head unit 24 which is attached to the frame 32.

This foot plate 22 is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 and comprises, as illustrated, a flat plate of metal or other suitable material which is generally designated 75. This plate 75 is here shown as being cut out at one end to form the pair of spaced longitudinal arms 76 which are pointed at their free ends as indicated at 77 and at the inner ends of the arms there are formed, either by bending outwardly a portion of the plate body or by attaching to the plate body, a pair of setting flanges 78. These flanges are positioned to have the faces thereof which are directed toward the ends of the arms 76, lie in planes forming a right angle so that when the arms 76 are placed in position upon the top of a brick or a foundation wall at the corner of the brick or foundation wall the setting flanges will come into position against the adjacent faces of the brick or foundation wall in close proximity to the corner of the latter.

The setting flanges are spaced apart at their adjacent ends as shown and the body of the plate 75 is formed to provide at its longitudinal center, the tongue 79 which is adapted to rest upon the top surface of the brick or wall in the manner illustrated in FIG. 5.

The outer end of the plate 75 opposite from the ends of the arms 76 has formed therein the V notch or recess 80. The apex of this V is aligned with the point of the tongue 79 so that the two sides 81 of the V will be parallel with faces of the setting flanges 78 and they will also be parallel with the right angularly related edges of the V notch or recess 60 in the plate 24 so as to receive the lower end of the angle standard 18. At one end of the edge 81 ashort right angularly directed tab 82 is formed to engage against the edge of the adjacent flange of the standard 18 and at the end of the other edge 81 a right angularly directed tab 83 is formed which has an inwardly directed terminal portion 84 forming a recess 85 in which the longitudinal edge of the other flange of the standard engages.

Means is provided for mounting a set screw 86 on the tab 83 for engagement with the edge of the adjacent flange of the standard, such means here being shown as comprising a downturned, or upturned, flange 87 provided with a suitable threaded Opening into which the threaded set screw 86 is positioned.

In the description given hereinbefore of the recessed outer end of the plate 24 the set screw 68 is shown threaded through an upturned flange 68a corresponding to the flange 87. However, other means may be provided at the ends of the tabs 64 or 83 for threadably mounting the set screws; therefore, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to this specific mounting means for the screw.

The assemblies illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 are designed to facilitate the proper support of the setting line 74 throughout a long stretch of foundation. It will be readily apparent that where a relatively long foundation is being dealt with and where long courses of brick are to be laid up thereon, if the line holding twigs and supporting standards therefor are placed only at the corner piers of such wall the line 74 cannot be very well maintained in the desired taut condition. Accordingly, the assembly consisting of the pier engaging clamps, the standard and a foot unit may be set up adjacent to intermediate piers by the use of a modified form of foot unit and a modified type of line holding twig. These modified forms of foot unit and line holding twig are illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, 8 and 9 where the modified foot unit is generally designated 88, while the modified line holding twig is generally designated 89.

As will be seen upon reference to FIG. 2 where the guide assembly is set up on the intermediate pier 14 it is adjacent to an outer corner of the pier which is remote from the corner of the pier 12 to which the first described assembly is attached and which pier 12 is located at the corner of the building.

In the use of the assembly on a pier located between two end piers it is desirable that the means for supporting the line 74 stand away from the plane of the outer side of the foundation and courses of bricks so as to facilitate the placement of the bricks in position without interference from the twig supporting standard. Accordingly, the foot plate 88 is designed to be secured to the lower end of the standard so that one flange of the standard can be maintained in a proper plane parallel with the adjacent side of the foundation and the courses of brick laid thereon and also parallel with one flange of the standard which is secured to the corner pier, as shown in FIG. 2.

The modified foot plate 88 accordingly comprises the plate body having the two terminal legs 90 at the inner end thereof which are in spaced parallel relation and between which there is secured to the plate body perpen dicular to the legs 90 the setting plate 91. This plate 91 may comprise an integral portion of the foot plate 88 turned to a right angular relationship therewith as shown in FIG. 8 or it may be a separate attached piece if desired.

The outer end of the foot plate 88 is provided with the standard receiving recess 92 which, as shown, is formed to receive the standard of angular cross section but this recess 92 has one of the two side edges 93 extending transversely of the plate and the other edge extending longitudinally thereof. At the ends of the edges 93 are the tabs 94 and 95, each of which is spaced from the adjacent edge 93 to form a recess 96 in which to receive an edge of a flange of the standard. A set screw 97 is carried by the plate at the outer end of one of the edges 93 for engagement against the edge of the adjacent standard flange so as to lock the standard against movement through the recess 92 in which it is located when the assembly is set up with the legs of the plate in position at the top of one of the bricks of a course or on the top of the foundation in the manner shown in FIG. 2. The set screw 97 is here shown as threaded through a laterally turned flange 98 and FIG. 2 illustrates the manner in which the set screw 92 engages an edge of a flange of the angle bar standard 18 in the set up guide assembly.

As will be seen upon reference to FIG. 2, adjustment of the plate 24 on the supporting frame 3 2 is made so as to bring the recessed outer end of the plate 24 into alignment with the recess 92 of the underlying foot plate, by releasing the clamping bar 54 and sliding the plate 24 outwardly and then securing the bar 24 by retightening the wing nuts 58 so as to secure the side legs of the frame 32 between the plate 24 and the bar 54.

Since the bar 18 secured in the assembly mounted upon an intermediate pier and connected to the foot plate 88 as shown in FIG. 2, is set outwardly a greater distance from the outer face of the foundation than is the bar 18 supported in the assembly at the corner pier, the line guide and supporting twig 89 is of the design shown in FIG. 9 and comprises an elongate flat body 99 having a longitudinal slot therein and this slot, at one end, opens laterally as indicated at 101 through the side of the body. The slot 100 is designed to receive one flange of the angle bar 18, the lateral extension 101 of the slot permitting the other flange of the bar to project laterally therefrom as shown in FIG. 2. The twig body 99 is mounted so that the standard 18 when associated with the assembly carried by an intermediate pier 14, will have one flange thereof perpendicular to the adjacent wall with the other flange, which extends through the lateral extension 101 of the slot 100, disposed in a plane parallel to the adjacent side of the wall and also being parallel to the flange of the standard 18 disposed adjacent to the corner of the end pier 12, to which the line 74 is connected.

At the closed end of the slot 100 the body 99 has threaded therein the threaded stern of a set screw 102 which, as will be readily apparent, can be brought into firm engagement with the longitudinal edge of the adjacent flange of the standard to lock the twig to the standard.

The twig 89 is secured to the standard so that the end of the body thereof remote from the set screw 102 extends inwardly toward the building and this inwardly extending end is formed with a central recess 103 to provide two longitudinally projecting horn portions 104 and each of these portions has formed in the face thereof the line receiving groove 105. These grooves extend transversely of the end of the twig body and the plate 24 of the assembly is adjusted on the frame 32 so that these grooves 105 will be properly positioned to facilitate placing the line 74 therein. The grooves of the twig receive and support the line. When the line is of substantial length, the intermediate supporting twig will prevent the line from sagging from a horizontal position and in order to prevent the line being accidentally knocked out of the grooves, there is provided a wire lock 105a which is bent to provide a long leg portion b which passes vertically through an opening c in the twig and the leg has a right angled extension d terminating in a downwardly extending finger 2. Reference to FIG. 9 will show that the leg b can be moved up and down in the opening 0 so that the finger (2 can be dropped over the line 74 and it is so spaced from the opening 0 that it will just engage across the line when the latter is in the grooves 105 and hold the line in place. Obviously it will be necessary to adjust the position of the guide assembly on the intermediate pier 14 to substantially the same level as the assembly on each of the end piers so as to bring the grooved inner end of the twig 89 at the same elevation as the twigs 72 to cooperate therewith and the support of the line in a horizontal plane throughout its length. In the preceding description of the means for securing the head unit of the assembly to a pier, reference has been made to the mounting of the unit on a pier of cylindrical form such as that shown in FIG. 11 and designated 16.

In the description of the head units shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 the mounting plates 36 are shown as being straight and positioned to form a right angle to receive the angle formed by intersecting faces of the rectangular pier 12. In the modified construction of the head unit for application to a circular pier these mounting plates will, of course, be of arcuate form as indicated at 106 so as to conform approximately to the circular configuration of the pier and they may be set apart one from the other a somewhat greater distance than are the straight mounting plates 36 so as to be separated through an arc of approximately 90 at their centers.

The outer ends of the arcuate mounting plates 106 carry the threaded nuts 107 in each of which is threadably and adjustably engaged the threaded end of an arcuate jaw supporting arm 108 and on the opposite end of each of such arms there is secured a longitudinally arcuate jaw member 109. Each of these jaw members 109 also conforms approximately to the curvature of the pier against which it is to be engaged and such jaw members cooperate with one another and with the plates 106 to engage the cylindrical or circular pier at locations separated approximately 90 from one another.

It will be readily seen that the head unit shown in FIG. 11 is otherwise of substantially the same construction as the head units hereinbefore described and accordingly this head unit of FIG. 11 will be generally designated 20a to indicate its substantial similarity to the previously described head unit.

In FIGS. 12 to 16 there is illustrated a modified embodiment of the guide assembly which is designed to support a tubular standard of approximately square cross sectional form and also to facilitate the supporting of a line guide in position relative to an inside building corner such as is illustrated in FIG. 13.

In the modified guide assembly the tubular standard is generally designated 125, while the head unit is generally designated 127 and the foot unit is generally designated 129.

Separate numbers have been employed to designate the head unit and the foot unit although it will be seen upon reference to the drawings and from the succeeding description that the foot unit constitutes a part only of the head unit.

The line twig is also of modified form and is generally designated 130.

As before stated the modified assembly structure 18 designed primarily for facilitating the laying of courses of brick or for setting up a corner of the brick wall in an inside angle of a building and for illustrating the use of this modified assembly structure there is shown in FIG. 13 an inside corner of wall sheathing which is designated 132 while the numeral 133 designates the veener brick wall partially laid up adjacent to the outer surface of the wall sheathing.

The head unit 127, which may be formed of suitable strap iron or the like, comprises the box frame 134. The box frame 134 comprises the two spaced parallel side members 135 and 136 and the opposite spaced parallel side members 137 and 138 are joined to and are in right angular relation with the members 135-136. The side member 134 of the frame projects slightly beyond the member 136 to form a tab 139 for engaging one side of 8 the tubular standard and the member 138 is extended a distance beyond the side 136, substantially equal to the width of the tubular standard forming the arm 140 and the end of this arm is turned, providing the right angular extension 141 through which is threaded a set screw 142. The spacing between the tab 139 and arm 140 and that between the extension 141 and the side 136 of the frame 134 is calculated to define a rectangular space of a size to receive the tubular standard as will be readily apparent upon reference to FIG. 13 and when the standard is' engaged in the recess or area defined by these parts it is secured by the set screw 142 as illustrated.

To fix the head unit to one of the two sheathing walls in the angle of the building, as shown in FIG. 13, there is provided the adjustable mounting bracket 143. This bracket is also formed of flat strap metal and embodies a relatively long portion 144 and a shorter right angularly extending terminal portion 145. The portion 144 of the bracket has formed therein a relatively long longitudinal slot 146 and this slotted part of the bracket is positioned against the outer side of the portion 138 of the frame 134 and has extended through the slot the threaded stem of a screw 147 which is threaded only in an opening 148 in the portion 138 of the frame. By means of this screw the long portion 144 of the bracket can be secured in an adjusted position on the frame 134 to locate the standard at the desired distance outwardly from the wall sheathing to which the angular portion 145 is secured by nails 149, screws or other suitable means to the sheathing wall as shown in FIG. 13.

By proper adjustment of the bracket 143 with respect to the frame 134 the tubular standard may be located with one corner in line with the corner formed by the intersecting faces of the sheathing walls 132 and with the two intersecting inner sides of the rectangular tubing each spaced the desired distance from and positioned parallel with one sheathing wall. The standard likewise must be located a distance outwardly from the sheathing walls materially greater than the bricks which are to be laid up in the corner so as to allow for the proper location of the guide line supporting twig on the standard and the support of a guide line thereby in the proper position for facilitating the laying up of the bricks.

As hereinbefore stated, the foot unit which has been given the reference character 129 is of the same construction as a part of the head unit or, in other words, it comprises a similar structure to the head unit minus the bracket 143. As a matter of fact, the head unit 143 may double as the foot unit upon the removal of the bracket 143 and accordingly the same reference characters are applied to the foot unit to designate the specific parts thereof as are applied to the frame and standard support- 1ng means of the head unit.

In addition to the frame part 134 the foot unit carries a positioningflange or tongue 150 which is secured to the side portion of the frame to project therefrom in a direction opposite to the tab 139 and arm 140. This flange of the foot unit functions as a supporting means to rest, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, upon the surface of one of the bricks, or it may rest upon the surface of the foundation wall 151 at the start of the operation of laying the brick, as will be readily apparent.

When the foot unit is in position as shown in FIG. 12 the outer side of the portion 135 of the frame 134 will bear against the outer face of the brick and when the screw 142 is tightened up against the lower end of the tubular standard it will be seen that the foot unit and the head unit cooperate to support the standard in the proper vertical position.

. As shown in FIG. 13, one end of the flange 150 projects slightly beyond the side portion 138 of the frame as indicated at 152. This projecting portion functions as a means for supporting the bracket 143 horizontally, when the structure is used as a head unit.

The line supporting twig which is generally designated 130 is approximately in the form of the letter Y in that it consists of the leg portion 153 from one end of which extend the arms 154 and 155 which are in right angular relation one to the other to form an angle in which is positioned one corner of the tubular standard 125 as shown most clearly in FIG. 15.

As is also seen in the last mentioned figure of the drawings, the arm 154 has a right angular extension or tab 156 and the other arm has a similar right angular extension 157. These extensions engage adjacent sides of the tubular standard and the extension 157 carries a set screw 158 for securing the twig to the standard.

The end of the leg 153 of the twig is suitably channeled or grooved as at 159 to receive the guide line 160. A wire lock 153a of the same form as the wire lock 105a is carried by the leg 153 and functions to hold the line in the channel or groove 159 as will be obvious.

When the assembly is set up as illustrated in FIGS. 12 to 15, the grooved end of the leg 153 of the twig will be directed into the corner of the wall and will support the line 160 for extension therefrom in two directions toward opposite ends of the wall.

FIGS. 17 and 18 illustrate another manner of employing the bracket 143 for supporting the upper end of a standard of angle iron similar to the standard 18 hereinbefore referred to. In this arrangement the bracket, corresponding to the bracket 143, is generally designated 161 and comprises the long arm portion 162 and the short right angul'arly extending portion 163 which is suitably apertured to receive nails 164 or other fastening devices for securing the angled end portion to a sheathing wall.

The long arm portion 162 has a longitudinal slot 165 therein for receiving the shank of a screw or bolt 165 carrying the wing nut 166, which bolt is carried by a part of a clamp 167 designed to be secured to a flange of the angle iron standard 168. This clamp 167 embodies the two right angularly directed portions 169 and 170. The portion 169 is provided with a suitable aperture to receive the bolt 165 whereby it is secured firmly against the side of the bracket arm 162 and the portion 170 has a turned back or reverted tongue portion 171 through which is threaded the set screw 172. This reverted portion 171 provides with the portion 170 a suitable recess, as shown, to receive the edge of a flange of the standard and the set screw 172 secures the clamp 167 to the standard as illustrated.

FIGS. 19 and illustrate another form of foot unit for supporting the lower end of the tubular standard of square or rectangular cross section in the manner illustrated in FIG. 20. This modified form of foot unit is generally designated 173 and consists of two lengths of strap metal 174 and 175 which are bent intermediate their ends to form two right angularly related parts and these are placed together so that the outer sides of the angles are in adjacent relation to position the longer legs 176 and 177 in perpendicular or right angular relation with one another and to also place the shorter legs 178 and 179 in right angular relation as shown and the two parts 174 and 175 are rigidly coupled together by being welded to a supporting plate 180 which, as shown, forms a gusset across the angle between the arms 176 and 177. Thus when the two arms 176 and 177 are placed against the corner of a brick 181 to engage the intersecting faces thereof the gusset may rest upon the top of the brick to properly support the foot unit.

The shorter legs 178 and 179 terminate in the angular extensions or tabs 182 and 183 and as shown the shorter legs receive in the angle which they form, one side of the tubular standard with the tabs 182 and 183 extending across portions of adjacent sides of the standard and the tab 183 carries a set screw 184 for engagement with the standard to secure the foot unit thereto in the manner illustrated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there is provided by the present invention in the difierent embodiments thereof as here illustrated and described, new and novel combination structures forming guide assemblies by means of which theoperation of laying up both inside and outside corners of brickwork and for also facilitating the more accurate laying of long courses of brick in the forming of walls adjacent to precast concrete piers or to sheathing walls, as illustrated and described.

As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, the present embodiment is therefore illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims, and all changes that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or that form their functional as well as conjointly cooperative equivalents, are therefore intended to be embraced by those claims.

I claim:

1. Means for supporting a bricklayers line guide standard in vertical parallel relation to a structural pier, said means comprising an elongate plate having an inner end portion and an outer end portion, an elongate frame structure having a pair of legs joined in substantially a V formation and having the inner end portion of said plate positioned upon the apex portion of the frame, means securing the plate to the frame for adjustment of the plate longitudinally of the frame and consisting of a clamp bar disposed across said legs upon the underside thereof and threaded connecting means passing through said plate and bar to clampingly grip the legs between the plate and bar, means for securing an end of a line guide standard to the outer end of said plate, a mounting plate secured to the free end of each leg of said frame and adapted for engagement with the surface of a structural pier, a pair of clamp rods each attached at one end to a mounting plate, a jaw member attached to the other end of each rod and having a face portion adapted to engage a pier in cooperative relation with a mounting plate, and means connecting said legs adjacent to the plate carrying ends thereof for drawing the legs, the plates and the jaw members together.

2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the attachment of the clamp rods to the mounting plates is a screw threaded attachment whereby upon rotation of the bars the jaw members may have their positions adjusted relative to the attached mounting plates.

3. Means for supporting a bricklayers line guide standard in a vertical position adjacent to a building wall, comprising a body of polygonal outline having inner and outer sides and parallel lateral sides, one of said lateral sides being extended to form an arm terminating in a right angular tab, the other lateral side of said body having a short terminal portion forming a tab extension in spaced relation with said arm, the said other lateral side, the arm and said tabs together forming a means for receiving and partially embracing an end of the line guide standard, threaded clamping means carried by one of said tabs for clamping engagement against and securing the standard in said receiving means, a tongue secured to the said inner side of said body and projecting therefrom in a direction away from the said outer side of the body and adapted to rest upon a surface of the building wall to dispose the body and said arm di rected outwardly from the wall, and a mounting bracket comprising an elongate member terminating at one end in an angular extension, said elongate member having a longitudinal slot therein and being disposed against and longitudinally of the outer side of said arm with said angular extension spaced from the said inner side of the body, a securing screw extending freely through said slot and secured in a threaded aperture in the said one of said lateral sides of the body, and means for securing the said angular extension to the building Wall.

4. Means for supporting a bricklayers line guide standard in a vertical position adjacent to a building wall, comprising an elongate longitudinally slotted fiat bar member having a short right angular extension at one end, means for securing said extension to the building wall, and a bracket body having two right angularly related portions, one of said portions being positioned against the slotted member to overlie a portion of the slot and the other of said portions extending perpendicularly from the slotted member, a securing bolt carried by said one portion and extending loosely through said slot and having a nut threaded thereon to secure the bracket in adjusted position on said member, the said other one of said bracket portions having a reverted terminus spaced therefrom and forming a recess for receiving a part of said standard, and means carried by said reverted terminus for clamping engagement with said standard part to secure the standard and bracket together.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,790,391 1/31 Sadler 248-43 1,872,860 8/32 Winter 3385 2,726,880 12/55 Klein 248-226 X 2,782,847 2/57 Seichi Terauchi 248226 2,832,143 4/58 Davis 33-85 2,855,681 10/58 Andrews 33--85 3,091,865 6/63 Ernst 3385 3,101,184 8/63 Allen et a1. 33-85 FOREIGN PATENTS 608,213 11/60 Canada.

ISAAC LISANN, Primary Examiner.

ROBERT L. EVANS, Examiner.

Claims (1)

1. MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A BRICKLAYERS LINE GUIDE STANDARD IN VERTICAL PARALLEL RELATION TO A STRUCTURAL PIER, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATE PLATE HAVING AN INNER END PORTION AND AN OUTER END PORTION, AN ELONGATE FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING A PAIR OF LEGS JOINED IN SUBSTANTIALLY A V FORMATION AND HAVING THE INNER END PORTION OF SAID PLATE POSITIONED UPON THE APEX PORTION OF THE FRAME, MEANS SECURING THE PLATE TO THE FRAME FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE PLATE LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FRAME AND CONSISTING OF A CLAMP BAR DISPOSED ACROSS SAID LEGS UPON THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF AND THREADED CONNECTING MEANS PASSING THROUGH SAID PLATE AND BAR TO CLAMPINGLY GRIP THE LEGS BETWEEN THE PLATE AND BAR, MEANS FOR SECURING AN END OF A LINE GUIDE STANDARD TO THE OUTER END OF SAID PLATE, A MOUNTING PLATE SECURED TO THE FREE END OF EACH LEG OF SAID FRAME AND ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SURFACE OF A STRUCTURAL PIER, A PAIR OF CLAMP RODS EACH ATTACHED AT ONE END TO A MOUNTING PLATE, A JAW MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH ROD AND HAVING A FACE PORTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A PIER IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH A MOUNTING PLATE, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID LEGS ADJACENT TO THE PLATE CARRYING ENDS THEREOF FOR DRAWING THE LEGS, THE PLATES AND THE JAW MEMBERS TOGETHER.

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