Abstract: A simulated brick panel and the method of making it are disclosed. The panel has double expanded metal reinforcement and is very light in weight compared to similar articles of conventional brick and mortar construction. The panel is ductile and may be mounted on a wall merely by nailing directly through the panel. The composition of the mixture from which the panels are cast is also disclosed.

Abstract: A plastic or metal web is provided with upper and lower projecting truncated conical members with a surrounding edge band having a thickness equal to the conventional mortar joint between brick or block courses. It is placed on the last laid course with the downwardly extending members frictionally engaging within the apertures in the bricks or blocks. Mortar or other adhesive may be used if desired and the next course is then laid engaging the upwardly projecting members. The spacing of the projecting members is such that the bricks or blocks are aligned spaced and reinforced thus facilitating laying of the bricks or blocks.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for hacking green bricks for eventual introduction into a kiln; wherein bricks are placed on a spread table in parallel rows, and the spread table is actuated to space each of the rows of bricks from each other at distances greater than spacings that will be required when the bricks are being fired in a kiln. A brick gripping head having a plurality of elongated brick gripping members is positioned over the spread bricks on the spread table with the brick gripping members extending vertically in the spaces between the rows of bricks and horizontally along the opposite sides of the bricks. The spread table is then actuated to reduce the spacings between the bricks to predetermined final spacings required during firing of the bricks in the kiln. Simultaneously with such retraction of the spread table, the brick gripping members are also moved laterally towards each other to accommodate the decreased spacings between the bricks. In the preferred embodiment, the brick gripping members include air bags which are inflatable for gripping the sides of the brick and deflatable for releasing the brick. When the desired final spacing is achieved by retraction of the spread table, the air bags are inflated to grip the brick for delivery onto a brick stack on a kiln car or pallet which will be taken to the kiln. The next group of bricks to be spaced on the spread table are treated in the same manner, however, prior to stacking on the kiln car, they are rotated as a unit ninety degrees in a horizontal plane by rotating the brick gripping head so that when stacked, the rows of bricks extend at right angles to the rows of bricks previously stacked on the kiln car.

Abstract: For convenience in handling, etc., use is made of a concrete or similarly fabricated member which, although actually a single rectangular block-like member, has a surface line impression effectively simulating a selected arrangement of plural individual pavers or bricks, thereby giving the desirable impression that the construction is formed by said individual bricks, rather than by the fewer number of construction blocks. In accordance with the present invention, the line-forming means, which simulates the individual bricks, is retracted from its position impressed into the concrete mass or mixture through slots in a press-plate having wiping surfaces which removes any adhering concrete therefrom, and thus the shaping contour of said line-forming means is properly preserved for succeeding brick-simulating service. The term "brick" as used herein is intended to broadly encompass regular as well as irregular shapes, such as stones.

Abstract: A brick for a slide closure of a vessel for holding molten metal. The brick is made by forming and then subjecting to reducing-burninng a compound comprising an acid or neutral refractory material as a base material, graphite and a binding agent.

Abstract: A vertically extending rectangular pole which is designed for aligning courses of brick includes a pivotable arm which is attached to the lower end of the pole for nailing into a brick or mortar joint. The upper end of the pole includes a slideable nail bar which is adjustable relative to the pole to allow the nail bar to be nailed to insulation or external sheathing and to allow the pole to be adjusted to a plumb position.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for making brick from shale or a mixture of clay and shale by adding to the shale or shale mixture an additive containing sodium bentonite, a water soluble anionic polyelectrolyte polymer, and, preferably, a water soluble dispersant. The additive increases the plasticity and the green strength of the shale or shale mixture so that high quality bricks can be produced from such raw material.

Abstract: A composite brick is proposed which is produced by integrally molding two kinds of bodies, a magnesia-carbonaceous refractory and a basic refractory. These two bodies are put into respective positions in a metal case partitioned by a plate and subjected to pressure molding into a compact brick unit. This composite brick is much less expensive than the conventional high-purity magnesia-carbonaceous bricks. This means a substantial saving in the manufacturing cost of a furnace.

Abstract: The special masonry brick is used for accommodating pipes and supply lines for electrical systems. The bricks are readily fitted into the walls and the piping and cable systems are not damaged in the course of building. The special masonry bricks are provided with grooves, the groove being used for accommodating pipes in normal or staggered masonry. The grooved special bricks make it possible to place pipes for electrical cables and pipelines for heating or sanitary purposes without subsequent packing work.

Abstract: The lining of conically narrowing or widening walls with brick is facilitated by laying the brick in courses which are closed rings, the bricks subtending an angle of about 5° to 30° with respect to the horizontal.

Abstract: A high efficiency checker brick for use in a coke oven regenerator. A unique configuration is disclosed which results in the brick having rows of longitudinal slots with vertically corrugated surfaces. The front and rear side surfaces are similarly corrugated, and separator surfaces are provided to space the brick from other bricks so that other vertical gas conveying slots are formed. Although the disclosed brick has an unusually large surface area, it has adequate mass and structural strength and may be manufactured by the economically attractive re-press or dry press methods.

Abstract: A roof in which beams-headers rest on a roof ring and carry loop-shaped tubes suspended from and coupled with the said beams-headers which are running transversely to the framework tubes. Welded edgewisely to the top generatrices of the tubes are metal straps with bricks placed at least in one layer in rows therebetween. The brick end portions rest on the adjacent tubes, so that the brick in each row are disposed with a clearance sufficient to enable thermal expansion of the brick both vertically and horizontally when heated.

Abstract: A horizontal brick feed conveyor continuously feeds green undried moist clay bricks along a path beneath a lower horizontal flight of an elastic hold-down belt member mounted above and moving in the same direction as the conveyor to engage the upper surface of the conveyed brick; a relatively large motor-driven irregularly spaced impression roller is adjustably mounted adjacent the upper surface of the horizontal flight of the hold-down belt to engage the horizontal flight so that a number of protrusions on the roller deflect portions of the elastic hold-down belt downwardly into the green brick immediately beneath the hold-down belt so that the bricks are distorted and misshaped to give an antique or handmade effect.

Abstract: The form building block is much larger than a conventional brick, but has a wide spread of building applications. It consists of a hollow shaped unit which is filled with building materials. It has a plug-type connection comprising interlocking connecting elements. Firstly there are studs (3), for insertion into sockets (4), in adjacent blacks. The opposite face has sockets for accommodating the studs of the other adjacent block. The studs and sockets may both be formed from common hollow cylinders (5). The studs have a diameter which tapers towards the end. Perfect connection with adjacent blocks can be accomplished before the filling is applied, and alignment is facilitated.

Abstract: To summarize, a further intensification of the carbonizing process and a higher coke quality can be achieved by raising the quality of silica brick in the indicated directions, establishing the highest safe temperatures from the viewpoint of silica reduction and rationally reducing the heating-wall thickness.

Abstract: PURPOSE:To provent the deposition of carbon onto the ceiling bricks of a coking chamber of a coke oven by the forced cooling of the bricks with gas flow.

Abstract: Impressed names, letters, or symbols on construction bricks produced from the 1880s to the 1940s may be useful data for analytical or interpretive aspects of historical archaeology and sister disciplines. As an artifact having wide range of type, impressed “brands,” geographical distribution, and cultural use, such bricks were manufactured by now-obsolete methods. Primary documentary sources for the identification of manufacturing companies, duration of specific “brands,” and past distribution systems are industry publications, government documents, and business directories.

Abstract: Chips, cuttings or granules made from used tyres, and with a size of 0-10mm. are used as solid fuel in furnaces for the baking of ordinary ceramic products. The chips are pref. fed into the furnace by fully automatic charging appts. together with the addn. of sec. air. Alternatively, the chips can be added to the mixt. of raw materials which are baked to form bricks, the chips creating porosity in the resulting bricks.

Abstract: Two unusual observations on silicosis in workers specialized in brick and concrete drilling prompted the authors to draw attention to this hitherto little recognized silicogenic hazard. Drilling specialists are employed in new construction and reconstruction firms for the purpose of drilling apertures in completed walls. During the processes of drilling, chiselling and milling in concrete and in brick walls, silicogenic dust is produced, often in concentrations clearly exceeding the maximal concentration values (MAC). In the interests of disease prevention this economy-motivated but health-threatening technique of drilling apertures in walls after they have been completed should be abandoned.

Abstract: Method comprises mixing a vaporisable granular material with the clay. Sawdust, brown coal etc. is added in measured quantities and comminuted during the mixing, water or steam being added as necessary. The mixing can be repeated in a buffer store before the material passes to the brick pressing machine. The granular material previously used was styropor. Sawdust is much cheaper and does less environmental damage.

Abstract: Electric furnace roof comprising key-arch-wedge refractory shapes contained in adjacent concentric rings within a roof band, expansion allowance means disposed between brick in both the radial and circumferential direction and spacer means disposed between brick in at least the radial direction.