1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a building material and a built-up building material structure, and more particularly, to a building material and a built-up building material structure formed by a plurality of building materials embedded with each other.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A traditional building often utilizes cement as a building material of the building structure, such as a wall, a ceiling, a floor, and so on. The cement is a kind of building material made of limestone and clay mineral. Although the cement is utilized widespread, it has disadvantages of expensive mining cost of the limestone, serious pollution in the manufacturing process, and destruction to the natural surrounding due to mineral fields. In addition, surrounding temperature of the earth is increased gradually, but heat isolation of the traditional cement wall is worse so that indoor temperature of the traditional buildings can not decreased effectively. While manufacturers popularize to plant vegetation on an external side of the traditional cement wall so as to isolate the heat emitted from sunlight, the cement wall covered by the vegetation spends additional manufacturing cost. Thus, design of the building material structure having low cost, high heat isolation, and low pollution in the manufacturing process is an important issue in the building industry.
The present invention provides a building material and a built-up building material structure for solving above drawbacks.
According to the claimed invention, a building material whereinside an accommodating space is formed is disclosed. The building material includes a first area whereon at least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately in a first direction, and a second area whereon at least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately in the first direction. The protruding part of the second area aligns with the corresponding sunken part of the first area in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the sunken part of the second area aligns with the corresponding protruding part of the first area in the second direction.
According to the claimed invention, a built-up building material structure includes a first building material whereinside an accommodating space is formed, and a second building material whereinside an accommodating space is formed. The first building material includes a first area whereon at least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately in a first direction, and a second area whereon at least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately in the first direction. The protruding part of the second area aligns with the corresponding sunken part of the first area in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the sunken part of the second area aligns with the corresponding protruding part of the first area in the second direction. The second building material includes a third area whereon at least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately in the first direction, and a fourth area whereon at least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately in the first direction. The protruding part of the fourth area aligns with the corresponding sunken part of the third area in the second direction, and the sunken part of the fourth area aligns with the corresponding protruding part of the third area in the second direction. The protruding parts and the sunken parts of the third area and the fourth area of the second building material are respectively wedged with the corresponding sunken parts and the corresponding protruding parts of the first area and the second area of the first building material.
According to the claimed invention, a built-up building material structure includes a first building material combination and a second building material combination wedged with the first building material combination. The first building material combination includes a plurality of first building materials and a plurality of second building materials. An accommodating space is formed inside each first building material. At least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately on the first building material in a first direction, and the protruding part aligns with the corresponding sunken part in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. An accommodating space is formed inside each second building material. At least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately on the second building material in the first direction, and the protruding part aligns with the corresponding sunken part in the second direction. The protruding part and the sunken part of the plurality of second building materials are respectively wedged with the corresponding sunken part and the corresponding protruding part of the plurality of first building materials. The second building material combination includes a plurality of third building materials and a plurality of fourth building materials. An accommodating space is formed inside each third building material. At least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately on the third building material in the first direction, and the protruding part aligns with the corresponding sunken part in the second direction. An accommodating space is formed inside each fourth building material. At least one protruding part and at least one sunken part are formed alternately on the fourth building material in the first direction, and the protruding part aligns with the corresponding sunken part in the second direction. The protruding part and the sunken part of the plurality of fourth building material are respectively wedged with the corresponding sunken part and the corresponding protruding part of the plurality of third building materials. The plurality of first building materials and the plurality of second building materials of the first building material combination are wedged with the plurality of corresponding third building materials and the plurality of corresponding fourth building materials of the second building material combination.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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The protruding part 101 of the second area 104 aligns with the corresponding sunken part 103 of the first area 102 in a second direction (Y direction) substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Therefore, an upper edge of the protruding part 101 of the second area 104 connects with a lower edge of the corresponding sunken part 103 of the first area 102, so as to form a horizontal flange 11. Similarly, the sunken part 103 of the second area 104 aligns with the corresponding protruding part 101 of the first area 102 in the second direction (Y direction), and an upper edge of the sunken part 103 of the second area 104 connects with a lower edge of the corresponding protruding part 101 of the first area 102, so as to form the horizontal flange 11. The horizontal flange 11 which is a plane stretching from the first building material 10 outwardly has a function of shear stud for increasing shearing resistance when the first building materials 10 are combined to form a building material structure, so as to strengthen strength of the building material structure. In this embodiment, the horizontal flange 11 is disposed on a center of the first building material 10 preferably. The horizontal flange 11 can also be disposed on positions adjacent to two ends of the first building material 10 according to design demand, such as a position adjacent to an upper end or a lower end. In addition, the horizontal flange 11 can include a plurality of flange structural components. That means the first building material 10 also can include multi-layer areas besides the first area 102 and the second area 104. The protruding part 101 and the adjacent sunken part 103 of each area are disposed alternately in the first direction (X direction), and the protruding part 101 and the sunken part 103 of the adjacent areas are disposed alternately in the second direction (Y direction). The number and position of the horizontal flange 11 are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment and depend on actual demand. The first building material 10 further includes an opening 105 for connecting the accommodating space of the first building material 10. The first building material 10 further includes a cap 30 for capping the opening 105 of the first building material 10.
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Similar to the first building material combination 14, the second building material combination 16 includes a plurality of third building materials 20 and a plurality of fourth building materials 22. Shapes of the third building material 20 and the fourth building material 22 are the same as shapes of the first building material 10 and the second building material 18, so that structures and functions of each third building material 20 and each fourth building material 22 are the same as ones of the first building material 10 and the second building material 18, and detailed description is omitted herein for simplicity. Protruding parts and sunken parts of the plurality of fourth building materials 22 are wedged with corresponding sunken parts and corresponding protruding parts of the plurality of third building materials 20 tightly, respectively, so that the fourth building material 22 can be wedged with the third building material 20 in the tight fit manner so as to form the second building material combination 16 having the preferable shearing resistance strength. In addition, the plurality of first building materials 10 and the plurality of second building materials 18 of the first building material combination 14 are wedged with the corresponding third building materials 20 and the corresponding fourth building materials 22 of the second building material combination 16, respectively, so as to form the built-up building material structure 12. Thus, the protruding parts and the sunken parts of the building materials are wedged with one another for forming the built-up building material structure 12, and the horizontal flanges of the building materials contacts with each other so as to strengthen the shearing resistance strength of the built-up building material structure 12.
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The covering component 32 and the reinforcing component 38 can be for increasing the shearing resistance strength of the build-up building material structure 12, so that the build-up building material structure 12 not only can be the pre-stressed wall, but also can be a suspended flat, such as an eaves and a canopy. Furthermore, the strength of the build-up building material structure 12 can also be increased by other means. For example, the accommodating spaces of the building materials on the lower layer of the build-up building material structure 12 can be full of heavy objects, such as water and sand, to increase weight of the building materials on the lower layer of the build-up building material structure 12, so that the build-up building material structure 12 can have the preferable shearing resistance strength. Thus, the above-mentioned build-up building material structure 12 can be the decoration wall or the partition wall without the auxiliary covering component 32 and the auxiliary reinforcing component 38. The build-up building material structure 12 shown in
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Detailed description of assembly of the first building material combination 14 is introduced as follows. A user can put the refractive medium into the plurality of first building materials 10 or the plurality of second building materials 18 via the openings of each building material, and cap the cap 30 on the opening of each building material for preventing the refractive medium from leaking from the accommodating space of each building material. The user can further dispose the light source 24 on the lateral sides of the first building material 10 or the second building material 18, so that the refractive medium can refract the light emitted from the light source 24 and the first building material combination 14 artistically. Then, the plurality of openings 105 of the plurality of first building materials 10 covered by the caps 30 and the plurality of openings 185 of the plurality of second building materials 18 covered by the caps 30 are selectively held into the plurality of holes on the covering component 32. The cushion 36 is disposed between the covering component 32 and the fixing component 34, and the user can utilize the fixing component 34 to fix the cushion 36 and the covering component 32 on the first building material combination 14, so that the first building material combination 14 has preferred functions of waterproofing, heat isolation, ultraviolet rays isolation, and the shearing resistance strength. In addition, the cap 30 can be omitted to cap on the corresponding opening of the building material. The user can utilize the fixing component 34 to fix on the opening of the corresponding building material, which means the fixing component 34 can cap the opening of the building material and can also fix the cushion 35 and the covering component 32 on the first building material combination 14, simultaneously. The user can further dispose the reinforcing component 38 on the other side the of the first building material combination 14, so as to increase the shearing resistance strength of the first building material combination 14.
Similarly, the user can wedge the plurality of third building materials 20 with the plurality of fourth building materials 22 so as to form the second building material combination 16 in the same process, and can wedge the first building material combination 14 with the second building material combination 16 so as to form the built-up building material structure 12. In order to increase the stability of the built-up building material structure 12, the user can overlap the adjacent covering components 32 on the sides of the first building material combination 14 and the second building material combination 16, so as to connect the adjacent building material combination stably. The user can further utilize the bridging component 40 to connect the adjacent reinforcing components 38 disposed on the other sides of the first building material combination 14 and the second building material combination 16 tightly, so as to increase the shearing resistance strength of the built-up building material structure 12. Thus, dimensions of the built-up building material structure 12 can be adjusted according to actual demand.
In conclusion, the first building material 10, the second building material 18, the third building material 20, and the fourth building material 22 of the present invention are the structural components having identical polygonal shape. The user can wedge the plurality of first building materials 10 with the plurality of second building materials 18 so as to form the first building material combination 14, wedge the plurality of third building materials 20 with the plurality of fourth building materials 22 so as to form the second building material combination 16, and wedge the first building material combination 14 with the second building material combination 16 so as to form the built-up building material structure 12 easily and conveniently. The user can further wedge the other building material combination into the built-up building material structure 12 so as to expand the dimensions of the built-up building material structure, such as expanding transverse dimension or vertical dimension. The assembly process of expanding the built-up building material structure is the same as the above-mentioned embodiment, and detailed description is omitted herein for simplicity.
Comparing to the prior art, the build-up building material structure of the present invention is assembled easily, so that the present invention can economize labor hours and improve difficulty of assembly. The accommodating space of the building material can isolate the heat effectively. The refractive medium filled inside the accommodating space can refract the light emitted from the light source, so that the build-up building material structure can be showed artistically. In addition, the build-up building material structure of the present invention can utilize discarded plastic bottles, which had been recycled and processed, to manufacture the building material so as to form the build-up building material structure having low manufacturing cost. The build-up building material structure of the present invention not only can decrease pollution in manufacturing process, but also can prevent ecological environment from polluting.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention.
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