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(11) EP 0 409 626 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/04

(21) Application number: 90307920.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.07.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5E04C 3/02, E04D 3/40
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 19.07.1989 GB 8916488

(71) Applicant: TARMAC BRICKS LIMITED
Exeter, Devon EX4 8JT (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Knox, Colin James Michael
    Devon (GB)

(74) Representative: Rees, David Christopher et al
Kilburn & Strode 30 John Street
London WC1N 2DD
London WC1N 2DD (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Wall parapet construction


    (57) A wall parapet construction for a cavity wally. The construction comprises a series of Capping Units 11 a top course of bricks 12 13 for the inner and outer leaves and an interlocking member 14. The interlocking member 14 is elongate and consists of a support 15 a wire mesh 16 and a pair DPC sheets 17 18. The support 15 is made of a plastics material and has a generally A-shaped cross reference section with an additional base section in the form of a pair of outwardly extending flanges 19. The mesh 16 extends into the mortar joint between the top course of bricks and the capping unit while the DPC sheets 17 18 extend into the mortar joints between the top two courses of bricks.







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