Mortarless brick panel

Abstract

The mortarless brick panel has upper and lower horizontal metal framing tracks with vertical metal wall studs secured therebetween that forms a rectangular frame to which a sheet of expanded metal lath is secured to the face thereof. A sheet of insulation overlays the expanded metal lath and is attached to the frame with screws or other fasteners. The mortarless brick, with a mounting rod protruding from its back side is secured to the panel by hand pressing the mounting rod through the insulation and expanded metal lath and is secured to the expanded metal lath with speed washers or other mechanical fasteners, thereby forming a mortarless brick panel. Time and motion studies have concluded that this mortarless brick can be installed up tp eight times faster than mortar joint brick, providing great savings in erection costs. This savings is used to provide a minimum of four inches of thermal insulation to the exterior walls of the structure to conserve energy and provide great savings to the consumer in heating and cooling costs.

1 . A mortarless brick panel comprising a rectangular metal frame with upper and lower horizontal framing tracks and a plurality of vertical framing studs, with a sheet of insulation overlaying the metal frame and a sheet of expanded metal lath sandwiched between the frame and insulation with a plurality of mortarless brick mounted to the outer surface of the insulation by way of a mounting rod. 
     
     
         2 . The panel as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the mortarless brick has a mounting rod protruding from its back side in order to mount the brick to the panel by hand pressing the mounting rod through the exterior side of the panel and securing the mounting rod to the metal lath with a speed washer or other fastener.