FR2912163A1 - Construction block for e.g. wall, has vertical cavities and horizontal cavities permitting binder material to cross and to connect block, where block is fabricated with natural or synthetic rubber - Google Patents

Abstract

The block has three vertical cavities (1) and a horizontal cavity (2-4) permitting a binder material to cross and to connect following block in upstream and downstream of the block, and steel wire. A stud (5) is fitted in a groove (6) of the block to permit perfect alignment of cavities and gallery (7) to facilitate a passage of sheath, cable or pipe, where the block is fabricated with natural or synthetic rubber of recyclable material. An independent claim is also included for a method for assembling construction block.

Description

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  The present invention relates to the creation of a block, whose particular shape and concept, allows the construction or construction of any wall or partition, floor or ceiling, door lintel, or window lintel, any structural element , and to cover any roof of roof, in traditional masonry, of all constructions.

  The present invention makes it possible, thanks to this block, to manufacture in the same way various elements constituting the inside or the outside of a house or building, such as an entrance door, a window or a French window, a garage door or a gate, a door or window shutter, a plinth, a staircase, a fence, a swimming pool or a pool, The list is not exhaustive.

  The erection of these walls, partitions, floor, ceiling, frame, and roof are traditionally built using blocks, bricks, concrete, stones, wood, tiles and slates and assembled together, by glue, cement, screws, dowels, nails. This requires a long drying time, a construction step, the manufacture of one or more forms, a large workforce, knowledge of the craft of mason, carpenter or roofer, a great time of construction, and all related to climatic conditions, such as frost or rain. For walls and partitions, these constructions do not or hardly resist the deformation or the vibrations of the ground, which cause internal and external cracks, and can go until the collapse of the construction.

  These constructions are permeable and can not withstand the flooding of river overflows, excessive moisture and infiltration. The material used for this type of construction, is traditionally, the block, the concrete or the brick, and they are not, a good acoustic insulator, nor thermal.

  The buildings built according to the invention overcomes these problems by providing more sealing, elasticity, and is an excellent sound and heat insulator. For the frames, the wood traditionally used, deforms, cracks, and is in some area attacked by termites. In addition, it must be treated against various diseases. The buildings built according to the invention overcomes these problems by providing more sealing, elasticity, does not deform and resist these attacks. For roof covers, tiles, slates, slate, and other materials -2-

  require a long break time, are heavy and are forced to the weather ... freezing, rain, storm, and heat. The buildings built according to the invention overcomes these problems by providing more sealing, elasticity, is an excellent sound and heat insulator, 5 is practically ingelive and lightens the roof. The construction of wall or partition, the frame, the roof covering, all constructions according to the invention overcomes all these disadvantages, according to a particular mode of design, and new in its implementation. The construction according to the invention, will be built by assembling blocks, honeycombed at their centers, here taken as an example, rubber, but which may be of any other material, thus ensuring a good seal and a high absorption of seismic vibrations, solves the problems associated with wood-related diseases, aggression, frost and heat resistance, and is an excellent sound and heat insulator. According to a first characteristic, the invention comprises a parallelepiped block 15, but which can be of any other shape, cubic or pyramidal, for example, and having on the upper and lower parts, and along its entire length, tenons and mortises, allowing the interlocking of several blocks, one on the other. All these tenons and mortises can be in vertical, horizontal or transverse directions. These can be placed, glued, screwed, pegged between them. The invention comprises according to a second characteristic, at each end of the block, tenons and mortises, allowing the interlocking of several blocks, one after the other. These can be placed, glued, screwed, pegged between them. These tenons and mortises can be of any form, parallelepipedic, cubic, round, triangular. Their interlocking can be in horizontal, vertical or transverse directions. Their numbers, in any sense, are not limited. The invention comprises, according to a third characteristic, internal cavities, such as cells, corresponding to one another in horizontal, vertical and transverse directions, forming a longitudinal and vertical tunnel, and / or transverse. The invention comprises according to a fourth characteristic, either galleries or grooves, in horizontal and vertical directions, allowing the passage of ducts, cables or pipes, throughout the assembly of the blocks. Vertical galleries or -3-

  horizontal, can on certain blocks and at a given depth be present, allowing the passage of screws, to ensure greater fixation between them. These blocks assembled one after the other and on each other can form in their centers a vacuum network, thus forming a horizontal labyrinth, vertical, and transverse, thus communicating with each other perfectly. According to a fifth characteristic, the invention comprises the addition of any type of binder, such as glue, cement or concrete, reinforced or not, which is poured or injected into this horizontal, vertical and transverse labyrinth, during assembly or after 1 ' total assembly, ensures the solidity of the building built, after a natural or artificial drying time. These blocks having as their main utility, serve only envelope to this binder. Such a formwork, retaining the concrete, in the present masonry. The invention comprises according to a sixth characteristic, and whatever the block used, the characteristic of being, either whole or a block half, over its height and its length. These 2 half-blocks are assembled together like whole blocks. They can be glued, screwed, pegged. This allows access to the inside of the honeycomb half-block, and to be able to arm this cavity throughout the assembly, to solidify the elements between them, vertically and / or horizontally, type stiffener or chaining, and / or to be able to gain this cavity for the passage of electrical wires, telephones, television, hot or cold hydraulic pipes, emptying, throughout the vertical and / or horizontal assembly of the blocks. This block can take the name of half block. The assembly of the envisaged construction, is therefore done by a horizontal and / or vertical interlocking, honeycomb block in their interior. The assembly can also be optionally glued or vulcanized, screwed, studded, or pegged. The length or height or width or thickness of these blocks is not limited. The length or the height or the width or the thickness of these cells is not limited. The construction thus high, has in its heart a grid of binder, such as concrete, that can be armed or not depending on whether it is a partition block or lintel block.

  The invention comprises according to a seventh characteristic, the fact of using as raw material rubber, either natural or artificial, is a recycling material such as tires. -4-

  The block according to the invention can thus without restriction be of great length, or width or height. Rubber, taken here as an example of raw material, but which can be of any material coming from the plastics industry, makes it possible to build these blocks by bringing a greater lightness, a greater a precision to the laying, and a very fast assembly, to the element to be built. It is indeed useless to wait for a drying time to continue mounting its wall. It is useless to cross at each row the concrete blocks commonly called blocks. It is useless to deposit cement between each block, and to make the joints between them. There is no need to make formwork to make the lintels, stiffening posts or chaining.

  The block according to the invention may have a single cavity in its interior, or several successively in succession, without limitation. The block may thus have a perforated face, or two, three, four, five or six openwork faces, depending on the use in the construction. As an example, a post block will have a single vertical center cavity. A central floor block, can have six faces with six cavities.

  The block according to the invention can be without any restriction, of different heights, widths, heights, external or internal thicknesses, smooth or in relief, and of any color. The block according to the invention can be named differently according to its use. As a non-limiting example, single cavity block, multi cavity block, carrier block or bulkhead block, floor surface block, stiffener post block, girder block, sill block, lintel block, window block, door block, block shutter, plinth block, chaining block, frame block, vertical cross block, horizontal cross block, one or more corner block, roof block, straight or corner stair block. All these blocks can be shielded over their entire length, width or height, of one or more steel son, married to heart during their manufacture. Thus, the beam block or the frame block, can be of various lengths, widths, heights, or thicknesses, and consist of two half-block, and have a steel wire shield, married to the heart in the material used , here taken as non-limiting example of natural or artificial rubber, new or recycled.

  The block according to the invention in its envelope, can be full, or micro perforated, or pierced, to allow the flow of water present in the binder, and thus ensure evaporation, and faster drying of construction. -5-

  The block according to the invention may be entirely full of the material used for making this block, or honeycombed to leave free the internal circulation of any binder, foam, glue, water, or simply air, or allow to place in its center a steel plate for a so-called armored door, or a sheet of glass for a window. The block according to the invention can be flat and of great length. The block according to the invention can: have on one or more faces the smooth or rough appearance, and represent on these faces any pattern, smooth or raised. Thus, the fence block may have on one or both sides the appearance and color of the exposed stone cemented with white cement. The block according to the invention may have on one or more faces all the desired colors, depending on the type of region, or the envisaged construction, added on these faces or tinted in the mass of this block. Thus, the roof cover block can be gray in color and imitate slate or flamed brown to mimic the tile.

  This block can be pressed in the factory according to the desired pattern. Large cement tile, or small terra cotta tile. The block according to the invention can be straight or bent to any degree. Thus, the cylindrical block can be mounted in the same way with curved blocks, making it possible to construct for example a water tank.

  The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. Figure 1 shows a block model with three inner cavities. Figure 2, 3 and 4 shows a three section cavity block model. Variations may exist, especially on the tenons and mortises. Variants may exist, especially on cylindrical blocks.

  The binder is not shown in the drawings. With reference to these drawings, the invention comprises a block 1, with 3 vertical cavities (1), and a horizontal cavity (2), (3), (4), allowing the binder to pass through these vertical and horizontal cavities and to marry the next block, upstream and downstream of it. It is also on its height, thanks to the superposition of the cavities (1). Tenons and mortises molded in the block (8), or reported manually ensure a perfect vertical alignment of these cavities. The tenon (5) engages in the mortise (6) of the block downstream and upstream thereof, allowing a -6-

  perfect horizontal alignment of the cavities (2), (3), (4), as well as the alignment of the galleries (7), facilitating the passage of ducts, cables or piping. The embedding blocks are therefore simply by nesting one after the other and on each other.

  The flow of the binder passes through the vertical cavities (1), and spread in the horizontal cavities (2) and (3) and (4), until the complete filling of the construction. The binder spreads in the horizontal and vertical blocks according to the same principle, throughout and until the end of the filling. By way of nonlimiting example, the size of the block may be: 2.00 m × 0.30 m × 0.30 m By way of non-limiting example, the material used for the manufacture or molding of these blocks may be of natural rubber or synthetic, material from the plastic industry, terracotta or not, plaster, cement, concrete, wood or any recyclable material, fireproof or not.

As a nonlimiting example, the form used for the invention may be parallelepipedal, cubic, cylindrical, pyramidal or any other form. The invention may be marketed for sale, block unit or a complete kit, depending on the type of construction envisaged. Like a home kit, or a pool kit. In this case, the blocks will be numbered or marked with clear symbols, in the factory, so that the uninformed user, thanks to a simple assembly instructions, can fully ensure alone or with the help of friends its construction.

Claims (8)

  1) Building block, sealing and absorbing vibrations or deformations of the soil, characterized in that this block is made of natural or synthetic rubber or recyclable material, such as used tire. 2) Building block according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises galleries in horizontal and vertical direction, allowing the passage of ducts, cables or pipes. 3) Building block according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that it comprises, on the upper and lower parts, over its entire length or at its ends, tenons and mortises allowing the interlocking of several blocks one on the others, in vertical direction, horizontal or transverse, these being able to be posed, glued, screwed or pegged between them. 4) Building block according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that it consists of two half blocks assembled to one another with tenons and mortises, similarly to the assembly of whole blocks . 5) Building block according to any one of the preceding claims, ensuring internal strength, characterized in that these blocks are armed with steel wire, married at heart during their manufacture. 6) Building block according to any one of the preceding claims, for filling in any material or element whatsoever, the interior of these half blocks, or blocks, characterized in that these are hollowed in their centers to place this material or element. 7) A method of assembling building blocks according to any one of claims 1 to 6, for producing a structure of the type wall, partition, lintel, frame, roof covering, by simple horizontal and vertical assembly, characterized in that they unite and solidarize each other thanks to cavities (1), (2), (3) and (4), allowing -8-the flow and the junction of any binder, ensuring after drying the solidity of the building constructed. 8) A method of assembly according to claim 7, for producing a structure of the wall type, partition, floor, lintel, roof structure, roofing, to build any building, from the foundation to the roof, characterized in that these constructions are mounted with blocks numbered or marked with symbols, with building blocks, according to one of claims 1 to 6, for marketing the invention as a complete kit.