244 results about "Stone wall" patented technology

A modular stone panel is disclosed. The panel is adapted to be mounted or fastened to a structural wall to provide a stone wall facade therefor. The panel is generally comprised of a shaped backboard and a plurality of stones solidly fastened on a front face thereof. The backboard is adapted to be fastened to the structural wall such that the front face thereof faces away from the wall to provide the stone wall facade. The stones may comprise natural or synthetic molded stones. The backboard may also be ventilated to provide ventilation to the stones fastened thereto. The panels may be fabricated to provide key-cut edges allowing an interlocking of adjacent panels. A method of fabricating such panels is also disclosed.

An anchor assembly for use in joining together a masonry wall structure and a supporting back wall structure wherein the back wall structure is preferably formed using insulated concrete form (ICF) blocks each having a pair of opposed ICF panels associated therewith, the anchor assembly including an anchor member and a tie member. The anchor member includes an anchor portion adapted to penetrate one of the ICF panels and having at least one opening associated therewith so as to lie between the opposed ICF panels when attached thereto for allowing poured concrete to flow therethrough, and an attachment portion having a tab member positioned and located to overlay an ICF panel flange member when the anchor member is inserted within the ICF panel, the tab member being attachable to the ICF panel flange member. The attachment portion further includes an elongated slot for receiving the tie member, the tie member being adjustably movable along the length of the slot so as to be positionable between the courses of brick or other masonry material associated with the masonry wall structure as the masonry wall structure is being erected.

The invention discloses a top breaking gob-side entry retaining method for tender roofs. The top breaking gob-side entry retaining method includes steps of firstly, reinforcing and supporting the tender roofs of roadways jointly supported by original anchor meshes and cables or supported by sheds; secondly, laying wire meshes on gob sides; thirdly, preliminarily breaking the roofs of the roadways on the gob sides; fourthly, piling up preliminarily broken caved gangue until the caved gangue reaches rock of upper-end hard roofs to form gangue piled walls; fifthly, burying perforated grouting pipes in the formed gangue walls, spraying concrete on the surfaces of the wire meshes and the surfaces of the gangue walls to form concrete sprayed supporting layers; sixthly, injecting concrete grout in each preliminarily buried grouting steel pipe by the aid of a grouting pump after the concrete sprayed supporting layers are solidified; seventhly, sequentially detaching falling preventing devices and dense reinforcing columns along with advancing of working faces; eighthly, reinforcing and supporting the roofs under special conditions. The top breaking gob-side entry retaining method has the advantages that active bearing supporting effects can be realized for inherent characteristics of the tender roofs, supporting forms are simple, the cost is low, and entry retaining effects can be efficiently realized.

The form liner of the present invention simulates a natural stone wall having a random pattern. The form liner comprises an outer edge and a surface that is contoured to resemble a plurality of stones held together by an adhesive substance. The outer edge of the form liner has six connection regions made up of multiple linear segments. No two adjacent connection regions are connected at a ninety degree angle and no linear segment of the fifth connection region lies along the same linear path as any linear segment of the sixth connection region.

An adjustable electrical box assembly for mounting an electrical device on a stone wall either flush with the wall or at a desired offset. The assembly includes a base member, anchoring members, an electrical box, and an optional base extender. For a wall constructed of narrow depth stones, the base member is mounted directly to the substrate using the anchoring members. For a wall constructed of thick stones, the base member and base extender are secured together with the anchoring members and the assembly is secured to the substrate. The offset of the electrical box from the wall surface is set by adjusting the position of attachment of the anchoring members with respect to the sidewalls of the base member and base extender. The electrical box is adapted to receive a light fixture or similar electrical device.

A system, apparatus and method capable of grinding and polishing fabricated vertical surfaces of varying shapes and sizes without the use of hand tools. The system comprises a frame which can be affixed to the surface and which supports a grinding and polishing apparatus. The grinding and polishing apparatus uses air pressure to force a rotating grinding or polishing disc against the surface being worked on. The frame is designed so that the grinding and polishing apparatus can be moved (via, e.g., tracking) both vertically and horizontally to any desired point within the frame. The grinding and polishing apparatus optionally includes a water nozzle and vacuum system to spray and recapture water used to cool the surface being operated on.

The invention discloses a flexible decorated brick for exterior wall insulation system, mainly comprising main-body bricks or a composite surface coating of main-body bricks. The main-body brick formula contains major components of soil and acrylic emulsion, and further contains dispersant, softening agent, coloring agent, flame retardant, antifreeze and water according to different product performance requirements. The surface coating formula contains the main components of metal powder or a compound powder of more than two kinds of non-metallic powder or metal powder and acrylic emulsion and further contains dispersant, softening agent, coloring agent, flame retardant, antifreeze and water according to the needs of different product performances. The product of the invention is light-weighted, freeze-thaw resistance, anti-aging, high in bond strength, flexible and good in water-repellent and permeability, the pollution resistance of which is equivalent to that of polished tiles and the color of which is as rich as the paint and the appearance of which can be made into a decorative texture of metal curtain walls, stone walls, ceramic, wood, leather or cloth. Particularly, the inventive product has an excellent compatibility with the exterior insulation system, suitable for the decorated layer of the exterior insulation system. In addition, the inventive product avoids using the clay resource which is in shortage as the main production raw material and is a low-cost, environment-friendly flexible decorated material with high performance for exterior wall insulation system.

An artificial masonry unit suitable for use with a panel made of a compressible material having masonry unit receiving depressions in a front face thereof and protruding ribs defining and bordering the depressions. The depressions are sized to receive respective artificial masonry units in a close-fitting relationship. The artificial masonry unit comprises a body bounded by a front face, a back face, and a lateral face providing a thickness to the unit, and a back peripheral edge joining the back face and the lateral face. A tooth projection is projecting from the lateral face next to and parallel to the back peripheral edge for thrusting into the protruding rib when the masonry unit is inserted in a respective depression. Thanks to the tooth projection that is thrusting into the rib of a respective depression and that helps retaining the masonry unit within the depression prior to mortaring the wall, there is no need for using a mixture of cement to temporarily retain the masonry units within the depression. A method and a kit for making a masonry wall with the above described masonry unit is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a dry hanging structure for a building art relief sculpture stone wall surface and a construction method. The dry hanging structure comprises a vertical keel, a horizontal keel and relief sculpture stone plates, and is characterized in that the vertical keel is fixed with a preembedded piece; the horizontal keel is fixed with the vertical keel through a corner connector, and is provided with an upper hook; the periphery of the rear side of each relief sculpture stone plate is provided with auxiliary frames, the upper auxiliary frame is provided with a hook which is exposed outside the rear side of the relief sculpture stone plate, and is welded with a positioning pin, the lower auxiliary frame is welded with a positioning hole, the hook of the upper auxiliary frame of the relief sculpture stone plate is hooked on the upper hook of the horizontal keel, wherein the positioning hole of the lower auxiliary frame of the relief sculpture stone plate at the upper part is sleeved on the positioning pin on the upper auxiliary frame on the relief sculpture stone plate at the adjacent lower part for coordination positioning. The construction method comprises the following steps: firstly, the whole relief sculpture wall surface is decomposed into a plurality of relief sculpture stone plates which are favorable for the construction, and then the relief sculpture stone plates are numbered. The periphery of each stone plate is provided with the auxiliary frames, and the stone plates form the relief sculpture wall surface with the horizontal keel by adopting a mode of the upper hook, the lower pin, and hole inserting positioning. The dry hanging structure has the advantages of firmness, safety, reliability, and simple construction technology.

A method is disclosed for constructing non-seamed stone corners for use on outside edges formed by joining thin stone walls at right angles. Thin stone is used to lay the field of the walls. Then a building stone is oriented and fed down a chute, having perpendicular sides, through two stone cutting saws at right angles to one another, where the distance between the saw blades and the sides of the chute correspond to the thickness of the respective thin stone walls, and where the cutting edges of the saw blades have a clearance between them of about one-eighth of an inch. A residual piece is removed from the cut building stone, leaving a corner stone. These corner stones are laid on the corner formed by the right angle joint between the walls, giving the illusion of a thick building stone wall with nearly the low cost and easy laying of thin stone. Where the residual piece is large enough, it is used to cut a second corner stone in the same manner.