Geometrical instruments – Gauge – Masonry construction
Patent
1996-04-30
1998-03-03
Fulton, Christopher W.
Geometrical instruments
Gauge
Masonry construction
33406, 33408, 33533, 33645, E04G 2118
Patent
active
057221766
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for aligning bricks placed in a predetermined pattern during construction of a static structure, particularly a chimney, with the bricks being placed in an angular relationship with upstanding walls of the chimney, includes an assembly for attaching the apparatus to a preexisting vertically oriented wall portion of the chimney, with the attachment assembly being removably attachable to and extending parallel with the wall portion, an assembly for supporting bricks oriented in a predetermined angular relationship with the wall portion with the brick support assembly being disposed in an angular relationship with the wall portion and aligned for brick abutment thereagainst and an arrangement for connecting the brick support assembly to the attachment assembly with the brick support assembly projecting a predetermined distance away from the attachment assembly in a predetermined angular relationship therewith. The present invention allows proper alignment of rows of bricks forming a sloping portion of a chimney.
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