The present disclosure relates to building material, and more particularly to a recyclable building system used for constructing a building.
Generally, a solid waste involved in the present disclosure includes: industrial solid wastes, domestic wastes, construction wastes, urban sludge, and crop straw wastes. The industrial wastes include, but not limited to, a waste slag, a slag and corner wastes of industrial products. The domestic wastes include, but not limited to, waste papers, waste furniture, used plastic, packaging materials and surplus deteriorating foods, which are produced in daily life. The construction wastes include, but not limited to, cement blocks, bricks and decorative materials produced while old buildings are demolished. The urban sludge includes, but not limited to, sludge produced by sewage treatment, sludge excavated in urban underground projects, and sludge deposited in urban sewage all year round. The crop straw wastes include, but not limited to, rice straw, wheat straw, corn stalk, sorghum stalk, cotton straw, peanut straw, sesame straw, and rape straw. At present, there are many methods to deal with these various types of wastes. However, with the continuous development of the society, the various types of wastes have not been handled well and become increasingly serious social problems and continue to cause harm to the human living environment.
At the same time, various methods for constructing walls are using cement mortar to block bricks into walls, or after the frame structure is built, the wall plates are fixed to the frame structure. These methods must be implemented by professional staff using professional tools and equipment. And the built walls are all base blank walls without any decorative. After the wall is built, if it needs to be renovated and decorated, the building material used for building the wall cannot be used repeatedly for construction and demolition. As a result, a large amount of building materials is wasted, and the disassembled construction waste cannot be decomposed and become new solid wastes, causing environmental pollution.
Therefore, a new recyclable building system needs to be provided.
The above and/or additional objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure, will be further elucidated by the following illustrative and non-limiting detailed description of embodiment of the present disclosure, with reference to the appended drawings, wherein:
The present invention will be further illustrated below with reference to the attached drawings and the embodiments. The description in more detail aims to help to understand the present invention, instead of limiting the present invention. According to the contents disclosed by the present invention, those skilled in the art shall understand that the present invention can be implemented even without some or all of these specific details. Under other circumstances, to avoid weakening the inventiveness of the present invention, the well-known methods, structures and the like will not be described in detail.
Certain terminology is used in the following description for convenience only and is not intended to be limiting. For purposes of this description, the terms “vertical” and “horizontal” are merely illustrative of relative space positions of the various components in the drawings. In actual practice, it is apparent that the components can be aligned in either orientation. Moreover, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “upward”, “outward”, “inward”, “inner” and “outer” designate directions in the drawing to which reference is made. Such terminology includes the terms above specifically mentioned and words of similar import.
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The first block 11 is substantially cuboid-shaped block structure for constructing the building 900. The first block 11 includes an inner face 110, an outer face 111 opposite to the inner face 110, an upper face 112, a lower face 113 opposite to the upper face 112, a first end 114 and a second end 115 opposite to the first end 114. The inner face 110 and outer face 111 are substantially planar faces. The outer face 111 and inner face 110 may be a smooth face or a patterned face. At least one of the outer face 111 and the inner face 110 may be decorated as desired. Alternatively, the building block 11 may include a decorative face attached to at least one of the inner face 110 and the outer face 111. The decorative face can be decorated with multiple colors or colored patterns by means of printing, molding, filming, engraving, pasting or hand-painting. The pattern may be flat or three-dimensional wood grain, stone grain, brick grain, skin grain. The pattern may be people, photos, geometry, logo and so on. Alternatively, the decorative face may be integrally formed with at least one of the outer face and inner face.
The upper face 112 has a base face 1121 and a projection 1122 protruding upwards from the base face 1121. The projection 1122 is disposed at a center of the upper face 112 and extending longitudinally for the entire length of the upper face 112. The projection 1122 is generally trapezoidal shaped in cross sectional configuration. Specifically, the projection 1122 has a pair of guiding faces 1122a opposite to each other and a top face 1122b connected between the guiding faces 1122a. Each of the guiding faces 1122a extends inclined from the base face 1121 for preventing water from flowing into the building block, i.e. the guiding face 1122a of the projection 1122 is connected with the base face 1121 of the upper face 112 at an angle β The angle β may be greater than 90 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees. With the configuration of the guiding face 1122a, the blocks stacked upon each other can be well positioned and guided to interlock with each other.
The lower face 113 is substantially complementary to the upper face 112. Specifically, the lower face 113 has a complementary groove 1131 for receiving the projection 1122 of a cooperating block when the blocks stacked upon each other to form an interlocking bond, wherein the cooperating block is similar to the first block 11. In the present disclosure, a depth d of the groove 1131 is greater than a height h of the projection 1122 in a vertical direction Z so that a horizontal through hole 14 is formed by the projection 1122 of one first block 11 mating with the groove 1131 of the cooperating block when the blocks stacked upon each other, wherein the cooperating block is identical or similar to the first block 11. The horizontal through hole 14 may be used for receiving electrical wires, pipes or other utility.
The first block 11 further includes a plurality of first through holes 101 disposed in the projection 1122 and extending from the top face 1122b of the projection 1122 to the lower face 113 of the building block 11. The plurality of first through holes 101 are arranged spaced-apart with each other at an equal interval. The first through hole 101 may be cuboidal shaped, cylindrical-shaped, and the like. The design of a plurality of first through holes 101 facilitates in the formation of a first vertical channel, when a plurality of blocks, similar to first block 11, are stacked upon each other.
The first block 11 further includes a plurality of third through holes 102 disposed in the projection 1122 and extending from the top face 1122b of the projection 1122 to the lower face 113 of the building block 11 for receiving electrical wires, pipes or other utility. The plurality of third through holes 102 are arranged spaced-apart with each other at an equal interval. Each third through hole 102 is located between two adjacent first through holes 101. The third through hole 102 may be cuboid shaped, cylindrical-shaped, and the like. A diameter of the third through hole 102 is smaller than that of the first through hole 101. Alternatively, the diameter of the third through hole 102 may be equal to the first through hole 101.
The first end 114 has a tongue 1141 formed at a center thereof. The tongue 1141 protrudes outward at the first end 114 of the first block 11, i.e. protrudes in a direction away from the second end 115. The tongue 1141 extends longitudinally for the entire length of the first end 114. The entire length of the first end 114 is a length of the first block 11 in a vertical direction Z. The second end 115 has a concave portion 1151 formed at a center thereof. The concave portion 1151 protrudes inward at the second end 115, i.e. protrudes in a direction toward the first end 114. The concave portion 1151 extends longitudinally for the entire length of the second end 115. The entire length of the first end 115 is the length of the first block 11 in the vertical direction Z. The configuration of the tongue 1141 and the concave portion 1151 is produced such that the tongue of one first block can interlock with the concave portion of a cooperating block, wherein the cooperating block is identical or similar to the first block 11.
The corner block 12 has a generally L-shaped outline when viewed from above in
The first end 124 and the second end 125 both have the concave portions 1151, i.e. the concave portions 1151 protrudes inward at the first and second ends 124, 125, respectively. When a first block 11 and a corner block 12 are mated adjacent to each other, the interlocking bond is formed. Precisely, when the tongue 1141 of the first block 11 is mated with the concave portion 1151 of the corner block 12, the interlocking bond is formed due to the complementary nature of the structure between the tongue and the concave portion 1151.
The corner block 12 further includes an avoiding space 129 formed at the corner thereof. The avoiding space 129 is a recess formed by means of removing the projection 1122 at the corner. The avoiding space 129 includes two avoiding notches 1291. The corner block 12 further includes a protruding portion 128 disposed between two avoiding notches 1291 and protruding upwards from the base face 1121 of the upper face 112 of the corner block 12. The avoiding space 129 is configured for receiving the lower face 123 of cooperating corner block 12 when the corner blocks 12 stacked upon each other, wherein the cooperation corner block 12 is identical to the corner block 12. A second through holes 1281 is formed in the protruding portion 128 and extending from the protruding portion 128 to the lower face 123 of the corner block 12.
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The first end 134 is a planar face 1341, and the second end 135 is the concave portion 1151, i.e. the concave portion 1151 protrudes inward at the second end 135. When a first block 11 and a connection block 13 are mated adjacent to each other, the interlocking bond is formed. Precisely, when the tongue 1141 of the first block 11 is mated with the concave portion 1151 of the connection block 13, the interlocking bond is formed due to the complementary nature of the structure between the tongue and the concave portion. The one or more connection blocks 13 are used to fill small uneven gaps created at the one or more points of termination while constructing the building 900.
The building system 1 further includes a reinforcing element 15 inserted into the first vertical channel formed by the first through holes 101 aligned with each other while a plurality of similar blocks stacked upon each other so that a more secure interlocking interconnection is exhibited. The reinforcing element 15 may be tubular-shaped, and made by hollow metal, plastic or composite material. With such configuration, the reinforcing element 15 may be used as a water supply pipe, a gas supply pipe, a power cable pipe, a communication cable pipe, and so on. The reinforcing element 15 may be shaped to match the first through hole 101, such as a reinforcing rod, which has a diameter smaller than that of the first through hole 101 by 1-2 mm. The reinforcing element 15 is detachable inserted into the vertical channel and can be removed when demolishing the building 900. Thus, the blocks can also be removed with no damage from the building and can be historically reused repeatedly as a new product. As shown in
Preferably, a waterproof glue, a fastening glue, a structural glue, a cement or other adhesive may be applied between each of the interlocking blocks 11,12,13 to enhance the strength of the wall of the building.
The building system 1 further includes a plurality of sealing gaskets 16, each of the sealing gaskets 16 is sandwiched between two interlocking blocks, each of the two blocks may be at least one of the corner block 12, first block 11 and the connection block 13. When the block is stacked upon the cooperating block for constructing the building wall, the sealing gasket 16 is sandwiched between the blocks. The sealing gasket 16 is disposed on the base face 1121 of the upper face 112, 122, or 132 of the block and pressed by the lower face 113, 123 or 133 of the block. With such configuration, the building wall may be waterproof, soundproof, and insulate.
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Similarly, the corner block 22 also has the filling holes 210 disposed at the side of the projection 1122 and extending from the base face 1121 of the upper face 222 to the lower face 223 of the corner block 22 for accommodating insulating material 211. The corner block 22 may include a plurality of filling holes 210 spaced apart each other at an equal interval and located at both sides of the projection 1122. When the first through hole 101 is cuboid shaped, the length of the filling hole 210 in the horizontal direction is greater than that of the first through hole 101.
Similarly, the connection block 23 also has the filling holes 210 disposed at the side of the projection 1122 and extending from the base face 1121 of the upper face 232 to the lower face 233 of the connection block 23 for accommodating insulating material 211. The connection block 23 may include a plurality of filling holes 210 spaced apart each other at an equal interval and located at both sides of the projection 1122. When the first through hole 101 is cuboid shaped, the length of the filling hole 210 in the horizontal direction is greater than that of the first through hole 101.
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Similarly, the corner block 32 also has the plurality of third through holes 102 disposed at the side of the projection 1122 and extending from the base face 1121 of the upper face 322 to the lower face of the corner block 32. The plurality of third through holes 102 can be divided into two groups disposed at both sides of the projection 1122, respectively. Each group has at least three adjacent third through holes 102.
Similarly, the connection block 33 also has the plurality of third through holes 102 disposed at the side of the projection 1122 and extending from the base face 1121 of the upper face 332 to the lower face 113 of the connection block 33. The plurality of third through holes 102 can be divided into two groups disposed at both sides of the projection 1122, respectively. Each group has at least three adjacent third through holes 102.
According to various embodiments of the present invention, when a first block and a second block similar to the first block 11 are mated adjacent to each other, the interlocking bond is formed. Precisely, when the tongue of the first block is mated with the concave portion of the second block, the interlocking bond is formed due to the complementary nature of the structure between the tongue and the concave portion. When the first block is stacked upon a second block, each of the first block and second block is at least one of the first block, corner block and connection block, an interlocking bond is formed by means of the projection 1122 interlocking with the groove 1131. Interlocking the plurality of blocks forms a network of horizontal and vertical channels with the first through holes 101 of the blocks aligned with each other in the vertical direction Z, and the horizontal through holes 14 of the blocks aligned with each other in the horizontal direction X,Y.
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In the foregoing specification, specific embodiments of the invention have been described. However, one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the invention. The invention is defined solely by the appended claims including any amendments made during the pendency of this application and all equivalents of those claims as issued.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 15/964,053, filed on Apr. 26, 2018, pending, and entitled “RECYCLABLE BUILDING BLOCK AND BUILDING SYSTEM USED FOR CONSTRUCTING BUILDING”, which is a continuation-in-part of International Application No. PCT/CN2017/000151, filed Feb. 10, 2017 designating the United States and claiming priority with respect to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610098785.X, filed Feb. 17, 2016, entitled “ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUILDING KIT”, the disclosures of both foregoing applications being incorporated herein by reference.
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