Patent Grant
8869487
This invention concerns a system of construction elements for the dry construction of structures.
Construction elements for the dry construction of masonry, eliminating wet techniques, are known. A construction element in the form of a body for the dry placement of masonry with an approximate shape of a rectangle or square in a horizontal projection has been described in Polish patent application P-292616. At least one raised area in the shape of a frame is present on the upper side of this element, upon which a construction element with recesses corresponding to the raised areas is placed.
Another solution described in Polish patent application P-290398 presents a method for raising walls from gypsum blocks as well as a block for raising walls without the use of binding material. The block has the shape of a rectangular prism with conical protrusions on its upper surface and conical recesses on its lower surface, where the cones on both surfaces have a shared axis of symmetry.
The construction elements create systems for the construction of structures. One such system of elements for wall construction can be found in German patent application DE 195 02 979. This system includes elements that can be connected using a dry method. One contact surface of the element has a recess, while the other surface has a protrusion matching this recess.
Another solution is a construction element with cooperating elements and at least one hollow passage described in German patent application DE 195 08 383. The elements indicated in this document possess interlocking surfaces that make shifting impossible in the direction of the wall being raised as well as in a direction perpendicular to the wall. The interlocking elements were made as a protrusion and groove, which cross on locking faces and, in particular, lie at a straight angle relative to each other. The construction element described in this solution can be used for dry construction.
Another construction element, described in European patent application EP 0 872 607, possesses mutually complementing connecting elements on its upper and lower surfaces, which create protrusions on the upper surface and recesses on the lower surface. These recesses and protrusions have a trapezoidal cross-section. Connecting elements in the lengthwise direction are parallel to the longer sides. The width of these elements comprises ⅓ the width of the shorter sides. They can be placed in the central part of the shorter sides. This solution refers to a dry-built wall made from construction elements, but with the use of braces to tie individual elements together.
The construction elements described above have certain flaws in their technical state that result in difficulties in their practical implementation. For example, in the solution found in DE 195 08 383, the protrusions present on surfaces of the building element are easily damaged, which is related to significant problems with transport and large losses of material.
Furthermore, none of these solutions ensures full caulking when the gravitational load is placed on all contacting surfaces, which, especially in the case of curtain and load-bearing walls, is very significant.
The aim of this solution was to develop such a system of construction elements, the shape of which would make it ideally possible to lay down consecutive elements during the assembly of the structure and ensure a precise and lasting fix of these elements throughout the structure without the need for any mortar, adhesives or mechanical connecting elements.
Another aim was the development of a system of elements that could be assembled by lower qualified workers working only with appropriate supervision and also one that would make it possible for a home to be built by its future users without the need for heavy construction equipment.
These aims have been achieved thanks to the solution in this invention.
The system of construction elements for the dry construction of structures with block-type elements in the form of geometric bodies with protrusions on their surfaces is comprised of construction element modules for raising walls, the ceiling and the roof. A module is comprised of two elements with their sides adjacent to each other connected by a third element, creating a self-tightening joint whereby the shaped protrusions of the construction elements have two, guiding contact surfaces inclined at specific angles α and β, which are the guide surface and the self-tightening surface. The angles are determined, respectively, to the perpendicular of the upper or lower protrusions and the guiding or self-tightening surfaces.
In an advantageous solution, the angle of inclination α is within a range of 40°-50° and the angle β is within a range of 6°-12°. In the most optimal solution, the angle of inclination α is equal to 45° and angle β is equal to 7°.
In keeping with the invention, the system of construction elements has a protrusion composed of two adhering trapezoids, where the trapezoid with a smaller angle of inclination in the mutual connection of elements functions as a portion of a self-tightening wedge with a convergence angle of 2α.
The invention includes construction element modules for walls, the ceiling and roof.
The wall module construction element includes three parts possessing recesses and protrusions located on the upper and lower surfaces, creating a self-tightening connection. The system of recesses and protrusions on the lower surface is shifted by half the length of the construction element in relation to the system of recesses and protrusions on the upper surface. The side-guiding and self-tightening contact surfaces of the protrusions and recesses are inclined at specific angles α and β, in which the cross-section of protrusions and recesses has the shape of two trapezoids of a common base with one lying on top of the other. The sides of the lower trapezoid are inclined at angle α, which is determined by the angle between the perpendicular to the lower protrusion surface and the guiding surface, and the sides of the upper trapezoid are inclined at an angle of β, which is determined by the angle between the perpendicular to the upper protrusion surface and the self-tightening surface.
The ceiling module construction element contains a basic and supplementary ceiling element as well as a ceiling beam. The basic and supplementary ceiling construction elements possess side contact surfaces, which are guiding and self-tightening and inclined at angles α and β, upon which self-tightening connections are formed. These surfaces are found on protrusions located near the upper edge of the adjacent basic and supplementary ceiling construction elements in which the side self-tightening contact surface creates angle β with the perpendicular to the upper surface of the ceiling element, and the lateral guiding contact surface and the perpendicular to the lower surface of the ceiling construction element form angle α. Basic and supplementary ceiling construction elements are alternately placed.
The roof module construction element includes a basic roof construction element and a supplementary roof element as well as a roof rafter beam. The basic and supplementary roof construction elements have protrusions located on their side surfaces and the roof rafter beam has recesses throughout its entire length. The guiding and self-tightening surfaces of recesses and protrusions create a self-tightening connection. Protrusions on the side surface of the basic roof construction element and the roof supplementary element constitute a mutual fitting of recesses on the roof rafter beam. Furthermore, recesses and protrusions are situated at an acute angle relative to the perpendicular to the roof surface. The guiding and self-tightening lateral contact surfaces of protrusions and recesses are inclined at specific angles α and β while the side walls of the self-tightening part of protrusions and recesses are inclined at an angle of β relative to the perpendicular of the lower surface of the protrusion and recess. The side walls of the guiding surfaces of recesses and protrusions are inclined at the acute angle α to the perpendicular of the lower surface of the protrusion and recess. Furthermore, the guiding surfaces of the protrusions and recesses are inclined at acute angle γ. Also the side walls of the protrusion and recess in the self-tightening and guiding part have different lengths. Basic roof construction elements and supplementary roof elements are alternately placed.
The system of construction elements for the dry construction of structures is meant for the raising of a compact and low structure as well as for the completion of walls in buildings with a skeletal structure. Furthermore, this system can be used as blocks for raising miniature constructions.
The self-tightening connections occurring between protrusions along the elements cause the presence of additional shear stresses distributed over these protrusions when tensile forces are present in the wall.
An advantage to this solution is the simplicity of designing structures with the application of highly advanced numerical techniques and the very quick, exceptionally precise and tool-less execution of the designed structures without the use of wet techniques and with the possibility of utilizing industrial robots for production of the construction elements in a factory as well as at the construction site.
Another advantage of this solution by this invention is a lack of waste in the process of building structures. Thanks to this invention, the need for a high precision of assembly of individual system elements has been achieved, which significantly simplifies the effort of workers while simultaneously shortening the time of execution of the entire building task to even two weeks from the supply of materials to the construction site. This significantly decreases expenses sustained during construction work as well as during finishing work.
Thanks to the application of systems from this invention, it is possible for even lower qualified persons to raise structures without the use of heavy construction equipment, e.g., by lower qualified workers or by the future users of the structure.
Another distinguishing property of the system that makes it different from solutions known to this point is the fact that there is no possibility for a perfect fit of the upper surface of one element with the lower surface of another by placing the elements exactly on top of one another.
This system also includes construction elements for assembling window and door joints in full view during the raising of walls, without the need for additional fixings and sealants, which obviously shortens the assembly time and ensures greater heating comfort, resulting in lower expenditures for the user of the structure on heating/air conditioning.
All of these aspects undoubtedly lead to a decrease in unit costs of raised structures. This system also ensures, according to its assumptions, high design flexibility and interior planning as well as the possibility of building structures in areas prone to seismic activity. An additional advantage is the independence of the construction work from the time of year at any geographical latitude as well as from access to water that is necessary for the preparation of materials such as mortar.
According to this invention, one property distinguishing this ideal solution from other solutions is the fact that there are at least three cooperating elements, which unequivocally ensures a mutual connection that allows for the self-caulking of connections due to the presence of resultant stresses between neighbouring elements.
This caulking makes it possible to build very precise constructions without the necessity of executing further levelling work before executing the finishing layers. Caulking also causes an increase in the thermal and acoustic insulation of walls executed using the system according to the invention.
The high precision of making elements according to the invention and the module graduation equal to 30 cm allows for sufficiently arbitrary construction of buildings. Thanks to the appropriate computer software, it is possible to easily transpose any architectural design to a design using the system according to the invention. In addition, designing with this system allows for the immediate and precise specification of the demand for the amounts of individual elements necessary for the execution of the accepted building task. There is also no need to account for a material surplus for so-called “losses” that occur during the execution of masonry work using conventional methods.
The dimensions of the buildings after construction will have dimensions corresponding exactly to the dimensions designed by the architect. There is no need to check inventory after execution, which may be necessary for interior planning. The documentation for executing finishing work can be made at the design stage.
All of these system properties allow for a significant decrease in the price of the final product, the dwelling, through a significant shortening of the time of execution of the completed task.
The objects of the invention are presented in examples in drawings, in which
FIG. 1—shows an axonometric projection showing the connection of several wall construction elements with self-tightening surfaces,
FIG. 2—projection of several connected wall construction elements,
FIG. 3—projection of the shorter side of the wall construction element,
FIG. 4—projection of the longer side of the wall construction element,
FIG. 5—magnification of the marked fragments from
FIG. 6—axonometric projection of the basic wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 7—axonometric projection of the basic wall construction element with lower surface,
FIG. 8—axonometric projection of the half near-frame wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 9—axonometric projection of the near-frame wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 10—axonometric projection of the left corner wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 11—axonometric projection of the left corner wall construction element with lower surface,
FIG. 12—axonometric projection of the right corner wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 13—axonometric projection of the right corner wall construction element with lower surface,
FIG. 14—axonometric projection of the under-frame wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 15—axonometric projection of the under-frame wall construction element with lower surface,
FIG. 16—axonometric projection of the over-frame wall construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 17—axonometric projection of the over-frame wall construction element with lower surface,
FIG. 18—axonometric projection showing the connection of several ceiling construction elements,
FIG. 19—projection of connected basic and supplementary ceiling construction elements,
FIG. 20—magnification of the marked fragment from
FIG. 21—axonometric projection of ceiling beam with upper and side surfaces,
FIG. 22—axonometric projection of the basic ceiling construction element with lower and side surfaces,
FIG. 23—axonometric projection of the supplementary ceiling construction element with upper and side surfaces,
FIG. 24—axonometric projection showing the connection of several roof construction elements,
FIG. 25—projection of connected roof construction elements with self-tightening surfaces,
FIG. 26—magnification of the marked fragment from
FIG. 27—axonometric projection of the basic roof construction element with upper surface,
FIG. 28—axonometric projection of the supplementary roof construction element with lower surface,
FIG. 29—axonometric projection of the roof rafter beam with lower surface,
FIG. 30—representation of forces occurring at connection of wall construction elements,
FIG. 31—representation of forces occurring at the disconnection of wall construction elements.
An example wall module consists of three wall construction elements. The wall construction elements (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) possess recesses and protrusions located on the upper and lower surfaces forming self-tightening connections. The system of recesses and protrusions on the lower surface is shifted by half the length of the construction element in relation to the system of recesses and protrusions on the upper surface.
According to the invention, in the system the wall element is a construction element with an outline in the shape of a rectangular prism, upon which protrusions and recesses are located on the upper and lower surfaces.
The lateral guiding (1) and self-tightening (2) contact surfaces of the protrusions and recesses are inclined at specific angles α and β. The cross-section of protrusions and recesses has a shape of two trapezoids with a common base lying one on top of the other. The sides of the lower trapezoid are inclined at angle α, which is determined by the perpendicular to the lower protrusion surface and the guiding surface (1), and the sides of the upper trapezoid are inclined at an angle of β, which is determined by the perpendicular to the upper protrusion surface and the self-tightening surface (2).
The basic wall construction element (3) presented in
On the lower surface, this element has recesses along its longitudinal and transverse axes with cross-sections of two trapezoids with a common base with one lying on top of the other.
Protrusions and recesses on the lower surface do not correspond to the corresponding protrusions and recesses on the upper surface of the same element.
The condition making it possible to form a wall is that the protrusions and recesses on the lower surface are shifted by half the length of the construction element relative to the system of protrusions and recesses on the upper surface.
The basic element presented in
Other wall construction elements are the half near-frame element (4) shown on
Other wall construction elements are construction elements constituting the left (6) and right (7) corner wall elements (7) presented on
On the lower surface, this element has recesses with cross-sections of two trapezoids with a common base with one lying on top of the other. One is situated at half of the element's length along the longitudinal axis, two others are situated transverse to the longer side of this element and one more is located along the longer side at half of the element's length.
Further wall construction elements are construction elements constituting the under-frame wall element (8) shown in
The cross-sections of protrusions found on system elements, according to the invention, are comprised of two trapezoids adhering to each other. The trapezoid with the lesser angle of inclination in the connection of mutual elements functions as a part of a wedge, and in relation to this, physical relationships similar to those of a wedge occur.
An exemplary ceiling module is presented in
The basic (11) and supplementary (12) ceiling construction elements possess guiding (1) and self-tightening (2) lateral contact surfaces, inclined at angles α and β, upon which self-tightening connections are formed. These surfaces are found on protrusions situated near the upper edge of neighbouring basic and supplementary ceiling elements. The lateral self-tightening contact surface and the perpendicular to the upper surface of the ceiling element form angle β, and the upper lateral guiding contact surface forms angle α with the perpendicular to the lower surface of the ceiling element.
As shown in
In the lower part of the protrusions visible in
The supplementary ceiling construction element (12) according to
Below the trapezoidal protrusions, the side walls of the supplementary ceiling element (12) are perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces of this element for about ⅓ of their height and are diagonal near the lower edge. Inside of the supplementary ceiling construction element (12) a hollow oval recess can be found.
Ceiling beam (10) shown in
Basic (11) and supplementary (12) ceiling construction elements are placed alternately. In one row, the placement is started from the basic ceiling construction element (11), and in the next, the row is started from the supplementary ceiling construction element (12).
An example roof module is presented in
The guiding and self-tightening lateral contact surfaces of protrusions and recesses are inclined at specific angles α and β, and the self-tightening part of protrusions and recesses has side walls that are inclined at an angle of β relative to the perpendicular to the lower surface of the protrusion and recess, and the guiding surfaces of recesses and protrusions have side walls inclined at acute angles α to the perpendicular of the lower surface of the protrusion and recess. Furthermore, protrusions and recesses have guiding surfaces inclined at acute angle γ. The side walls of the protrusion and recess in the self-tightening and guiding part have different lengths.
The basic roof construction element (15) shown in
The supplementary roof element (16) according to
The roof rafter beam (17) shown in
Basic (15) and supplementary (16) roof construction elements are alternately placed. In one row, the placement of rows is started from the basic roof construction element (15), and in the next, the row is started from the supplementary roof construction element (16).
Considering the case where the “wedge” is driven in during the connection of elements, the forces of friction will act opposite to the vectors of velocity lying on the side surfaces of the “wedge.” By calculating the equilibrium of the system of forces, i.e., by projecting all forces on the vertical direction of the y axis, the following is obtained:
2T cos α+2N sin α−Q=0
due to the fact that T=μN,
where:
μ—is the coefficient of friction,
T—force of friction,
N—force of pressure on the surface over which the considered element is shifting,
ergo:
2μN cos α+2N sin α=Q
hence the pressures exerted by the “wedge” on the walls of the material:
The force P necessary to remove a “wedge” that had been driven in earlier with a force of Q, shown in
P+2N sin α−2T cos α=0
due to the fact that T=μN,
ergo:
P=2μN cos α−2N sin α
P=N(μ cos α−sin α)
hence, after substituting the N value previously calculated, the force P necessary for removing a “wedge” driven in earlier with a force of Q is equal to:
Analyzing the Above:
If the forces of friction and the forces of pressure are in equilibrium, the “wedge” will be able to slide out freely, therefore:
2μN cos α−2N sin α=0
μ cos α=sin αμ=tgα
α=ρ
Furthermore, according to the scope of the invention, the system of construction elements is meant for raising low structures and also for completing walls in buildings with a skeletal structure.
The system described in the patent application also finds an application as blocks for raising miniature constructions possessing the same properties and shapes and differing from the above only in terms of the size and the material they are made from.
However, the system of construction elements for the dry construction of buildings, according to the invention, has been specified by thirteen patent claims, presented in the form of specific examples of execution in the invention description, and shown in drawings. It is obvious to an expert in the field that the data on systems of construction elements contained within the descriptive application cannot be interpreted as limiting the inventive idea to only this data.
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