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By John KeSkowski The U.S. Patent Office has not received a patent application for a concrete block since 1939. That Is until Don Blair, a UNL architecture major, filed for a, patent on his concrete block : earlier this year, ' r - . " ;;- Blair's block has the same, dimensions as the common concrete block. The main difference between his block and the common block is that his has arched channels on the inside wall, Blair said. It is the arched vertical channels which make the designr unique, he said, Eliminates twd-by-fours According to Blair,-when a wall Is made of -the blocks', the arched channels will. reach from the floor' to the ceiling. Sheetrock or paneling could be attached to the protrusions between the chan nels; Blair said this would eliminate the need for using wooden two-by-fours to attach the paneling to the wall, as done in construction work now. Behind the paneling would be a small, half-circle enclosure, which could be used for a variety of purposes, he said. According to BSair, the area could filled with insulation or left as dead-air insulation. The plumbing system and electrical conduits of buildings could also, run down through the enclosure, he said. . Without the paneling, the block could, be used as an ornamental block, Blair said. ' ; . Acoustical value . According to Blair, the concrete block also may have acoustical values but will have to be tested by engineers first. : , Blair began to develop the Idea of this block in March or April, 1973. 'With the priceof lumber so high, this block would replace the use of wood in many types of construction' he said. Whole buildings could be made with the block, according to Blair. Construc tion of foundations and basement walls -is now the fastest and cheapest part of building, he said, and. the use of his blocks could "cut the time 'and. costs necessary to construct a building. " Blair said he has contacted several manufacturers about his block who said It could be massed produced.; . "l am anxious for this block to get into .general public use,'' he said. :'-.?.'.. Nothing like it . : Before filing for a patent, Blair had a ' : patent search done to see if there was anything similar to his design on the records. According to Blair, there were several patent applications on concrete " blocks between 1904 and 1939, "but their designs were more like each other . tfean any likeness to mine." ' Olsir's omtmin bick: (a) srchfKl channels make us . , cf . wooden . two-by-fours unnecessary, (b) half clrcSe -enclosure can be filled with InsulatHon or used to contain plumbing and eleeSrical wiring. Blair had employed a patent, lawyer but later decided to do all the work on the patent application himself. The end product was a 13-page application, plus four pages' of drawings and diagrams, According to Blair, the application is to describe the invention and Its purposes. In detail. Blair also had a patent on a previous invention, "AnglBrik." "AnglBrik," a copyrighted name, is an ornamental brick with a slant-end cut of 45 degrees. He sold his rights to the "AnglBrick" earlier this year for what Blair described as a "fair price." . . . Lost and found finds all That wedding ring you lost at the Nebraska Union may be at Campus Police's lost and found office. Lt. Chester Parnham said all kinds of rings are turned in, from wedding rings to fraternity and sorority rings. Articles like gloves, keys and sunglasses also are turned In, he said. Parnham said he couid not estimate the number of articles that either Campus. Police finds or students bring im. ' . . He said most people phone him asking if lost articles have been found at a particular building on . campus. . . " ( Only about 10 per cent of the lost articles are returned to people who come to the Campus Police Office, but most. articles are returned by mail, he said. ' t . ..; ' " ' Parnham advises students to place vvir.t ads In the Daily Nebraska if Campus Police has not found a lost article. . , Students may bring lost items to the Campus Police office, 1024 Avery Avenue, or call 472-3555 to ask about lost articles, he said. 1 pnannrrQOfHiriQ lH III ii.T.K h r-i? !.n a;, he si M M w Wednesday 8 a.m. -5 p.m. Tassels, Homecoming Elections-Nebraska Union 8 a.m. Arts and Sciences Advisory Board-Union 11:45 a.m. Student Y, Women Speak 74-Union 12 p.m. Dr. Sartcrl, Luncheon-Union 12:30 p.m. Placement Luncheon-Union 12:30 p.m. Inter Varsity Christian - Fellowship-Union 12:30 p.m. The-Way, Cam pus Outreach-Union 3 p.m. Women's PE Majors Club'UniQrt . 3:30 p.m. Free University, "Student Legal Rights" - Union 3:30 p.m. School of Music Recitals -.Kimball . 5 p.m. All University Fund -, Union 1 " 5:15 p.m. Mortar Board -Union ' . 5:30 p.m. Engineering Toastrnasters - Union 5:30 p.m. Gamma Lambda -Union . 5:30 p.m. Free University, "Llbertarlanism" - Union 6 p.m. Gamma Lambda Pledges -Union 6 p.m. Phi Chi Theta -Union 6:30 p.m. ASUN Senate Meeting Union - 6:30 p.m. Afro American Collegiate Society - Union 7 p.m. Campus Crusade for Christ Union ' 7:30 p.m. UNL Wildlife Club - Union 7:39 p.m. Math Counselors -Union - 9 p.m. Phi Kappa Alpha -Union s - f f f L fj- 9 -rtte p ipm IJ u h i . f ' ,! . 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