EP1162326A1 - Satz von Rahmenelementen für Glasblöcke und Verfahren zur Anwendung - Google Patents

Satz von Rahmenelementen für Glasblöcke und Verfahren zur Anwendung Download PDF

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EP1162326A1
EP1162326A1 EP01112948A EP01112948A EP1162326A1 EP 1162326 A1 EP1162326 A1 EP 1162326A1 EP 01112948 A EP01112948 A EP 01112948A EP 01112948 A EP01112948 A EP 01112948A EP 1162326 A1 EP1162326 A1 EP 1162326A1
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  • the present invention relates to a set of modular frame elements and to the method for installing them, particularly for building walls made of glass blocks, opaque bricks or the like.
  • a procedure having currently a wider practical application entails providing glass block walls by installing on-site one or more prefabricated three-dimensional lattice-like structures or grids, made for example of compressed vibrated reinforced concrete, which delimit a plurality of modular cells or seats which are meant to accommodate a corresponding number of brick-like elements.
  • the seating of each brick within a respective cell and its sealing on the grid complete the work.
  • the main drawback of glass block walls built by means of the above described methods relates to the high costs required for their installation.
  • glass blocks provided with a containment frame are not suitable for building outside walls because of their poor resistance to atmospheric agents, and for building curved walls having satisfactory solidity and safety, since it is impossible to rigidly couple the frame of each brick to the frames of the adjacent bricks.
  • Another drawback of the current methods which use glass blocks provided with containment frames is that once they are installed, two contiguous bricks are separated by two layers of surrounding material, each of which belongs to the frame of the respective brick, thus producing an excessive spacing between contiguous bricks and an excessive use of material and a corresponding increase in overall production costs.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a set of frame elements which is capable of eliminating or substantially reducing the above mentioned drawbacks related to conventional technical solutions.
  • Another object of the present invention is to allow, by means of said set of elements, to simplify the laying of glass blocks or the like, while making it faster and cheaper.
  • An important object of the present invention is to allow, by using the novel set of elements, the building of glass block walls to be a task which can be performed even by unskilled personnel, with a considerable saving in labor cost.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a set of elements which allows to build external glass block walls which are capable of withstanding the attack of atmospheric agents for a long time.
  • Another object of the present invention is to allow the supply of bricks to be independent of the supply of the set of frame elements, whose assembly is performed during construction work. In this way, the step of preliminary installation of the frame on each brick is eliminated, so as to be able to manage on-demand production of the glass blocks according to the requirements of demand and therefore reduce inventory with the consequent overall reduction in the cost of the finished products.
  • Another object of the present invention is to allow, by means of the novel set of elements, to build vertical walls which have any curved shape and at the same time to ensure firm coupling between the individual bricks and a solid and reliable lattice-like supporting structure.
  • Another object of the present invention is to eliminate, by virtue of the set of said elements, the need to have particular profiles which act as initial guides, since said elements can directly be adapted as border elements.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to allow to build walls with said set of elements by using glass blocks of different sizes (for example cm 9-19 with 19-19 or 11.5-24 with 24-24) for customized aesthetic structures.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method which allows rapid laying of the bricks and of the respective set of frame elements, allowing the building of walls of glass blocks or the like to be a simple, rapid and above of all, low-cost operation.
  • a set of elements for laying glass blocks, opaque bricks or the like which comprises a modular element, characterized in that it comprises at least one first wing and a second wing which are arranged at an angle to each other and have a common comer end, said first wing having, at its longitudinal ends, coupling means which are suitable to couple said first wing of said modular element to a first wing of at least one adjacent modular element, and in that it comprises engagement means both at the free longitudinal ends of said first and second wings and at said corner end in order to allow the coupling of said first wing and of said second wing of said modular element respectively to a second wing of at least one adjacent modular element and a first wing of at least one other adjacent modular element so as to form a lattice-like structure for supporting and containing said glass blocks.
  • said coupling means comprise at least one male element, which is formed at the free end of said first wing or at said corner end, and at least one female seat provided in said corner end or at the free end of said first wing.
  • the or each male element comprises a pin which protrudes from an outer face of said first wing which is directed away from said second wing
  • the or each female seat is substantially eye-shaped and is suitable to accommodate a respective pin which belongs to a first wing of an adjacent modular element.
  • a method for building a wall of bricks comprising the steps of:
  • said method entails laying a third brick on top of said first brick and placing a third modular element on top of said third brick so that said engagement means delimited at the free end of said second wing of said third modular element locks on said engagement means provided in said corner end of said first wing which belongs to said first modular element.
  • a modular element according to the invention is preferably L-shaped and composed of a first wing 2 and a second wing 3 which have a corner end 4 in common and act, during use, respectively as a stringer element and as an upright element for a frame 22 for containing, for example, glass blocks 5 ( Figure 9).
  • both the stringer wing 2 and the upright wing 3 can be constituted by profiled elements, preferably made of rigid and lightweight material, such as for example wood or rigid plastics, which can have an internal structure having different shapes (for example cells) according to requirements.
  • the stringer wing 2 can have both at its free end 6 and at its corner end 4, coupling means by way of which it can couple to a stringer wing 2 which belongs to a contiguous corner element 1.
  • the coupling means comprise a pair of eyes 7a and 7b, which act as a female seat and protrude longitudinally from the free end 6 of the stringer wing 2, and a pair of pins 8a and 8b which protrude from a surface 9, see Figures 1, 3 and 5, which is substantially flat and is formed at the corner end 4 of the stringer wing 2, and are meant to act as male elements in the coupling with the respective eyes 7a and 7b of an adjacent corner element 1.
  • the surface 9 is advantageously recessed with respect to the upper face 10 of the stringer wing 2 and lies at a depth, with respect to it, which is equal to the thickness of the protruding eyes 7a and 7b, which are in turn thinner than the body 13 of the wing 2. In this manner it is therefore possible to obtain, after coupling the eyes 7a and 7b of one corner element 1 with the pins 8a and 8b of an adjacent comer element 1, the co-planar arrangement of the faces 10 of the two coupled stringer wings 2.
  • Figures 2 and 3 show, in particular, that the difference in thickness between the wings 7a and 7b and the body 13 of the wing 2 forms, at the end 6 of the wing 2, a pair of shoulders 14a and 14b which are meant to abut against the surface 9 which lies at the base of the respective pins 8a and 8b of an adjacent wing 2.
  • a modular element 1 is furthermore provided with engagement means which are preferably located at the free ends 6 and 15, respectively, of the stringer wing 2 and upright wing 3 and the corner end 4 and are meant to provide a coupling, for example of the interlocking type, between two adjacent and superimposed modular elements 1.
  • Said engagement means can comprise, for example, a pair of protrusions or feet 16a and 16b which protrude longitudinally from the free end 15 of the upright wing 3 and a pair of insertion seats 17a and 17b which are formed at the abutment surface 9.
  • the feet 16a and 16b are shaped like a parallelepiped and are slightly thinner than the body 20 of the wing 3 (see Figure 2) while the insertion seats 17a and 17b are cavities (see Figures 1 and 5) whose cross-section corresponds to the transverse cross-section of the respective feet 16a and 16b and whose depth is greater than, or equal to, the length of said feet.
  • the eyes 7a and 7b of the free end 6 of the wing 2 also can be considered as engagement means, since they act as abutment elements during the insertion of the feet 16a and 16b of a stringer wing 3 within the respective cavities 17a and 17b of an adjacent wing 2 and as elements for locking them in the active position through the friction generated, during use, between the internal lateral surfaces 18a and 18b of the eyes 7a and 7b and the external lateral surfaces 19a and 19b of the feet 16a and 16b.
  • the wings 2 and 3 of a modular element 1 can have, on their respective internal faces 21 and 23, a longitudinal surface 25 which is slightly inclined and recessed with respect to the remaining portion 26 of the faces 21 and 23, so as to delimit a slot 24 which affects the entire length of the two wings. Thanks to the slots 24, the stringer wings 2 and the upright wings 3 of each modular element 1 are capable of adhering perfectly to the perimetric faces of the respective brick 5, since they are provided so as to accommodate, during use, a respective continuous ridge (not shown in the figures) which is usually present on the perimetric faces of glass blocks 5.
  • each corner element 1 is advantageously provided with at least one pair of longitudinal seats 31 which are meant to accommodate a respective metal rod or wire whose cross-section corresponds to the transverse cross-section of the seats 31.
  • the seats 31 are preferably longitudinal slots which can be continuous, if the wings 2 and 3 are solid, or can be formed at a plurality of cross-members 32, thus delimiting spaced abutments which are meant to act as seats for the elements that constitute the frame.
  • the stringer wing 2 and the upright wing 3 that form a modular element 1 can be mutually separated, for example by means of a cut performed along section planes of Figure 3, so as to obtain respectively a stringer element 30a and an upright element 30b which are flat and can be used as starting elements or generally as finishing elements during the building of a wall 34.
  • the stringer element 30a of Figure 7 is advantageously provided with the coupling means (i.e., the eyes 7a and 7b and the pins 8a and 8b) and with the engagement means, i.e., the cavities 17a and 17b and the shoulders 18a and 18b, while the upright element 30b of Figure 8 is provided with the feet 16a and 16b and the cavities 17a and 17b, which act as engagement means, and the pins 8a and 8b, which are suitable to act as coupling means for coupling, during use, to the respective eyes 7a and 7b of an adjacent module 1.
  • the coupling means i.e., the eyes 7a and 7b and the pins 8a and 8b
  • the engagement means i.e., the cavities 17a and 17b and the shoulders 18a and 18b
  • the upright element 30b of Figure 8 is provided with the feet 16a and 16b and the cavities 17a and 17b, which act as engagement means
  • the pins 8a and 8b which are suitable to act as coupling means for coupling,
  • Figures 10 to 12 illustrate a connecting element 40 for building a wall, for example a corner wall, or for connecting various walls.
  • the element 40 has a substantially square edge; at at least two adjacent sides 41a and 41b, the element 40 has coupling means or advantageously engagement means for the coupling of said connecting element to the modular elements.
  • the connecting element conveniently has, at the side 41a, engagement means, for example two protrusions or feet 16a and 16b, which protrude substantially at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the connecting element, and a pair of insertion seats 17a and 17b.
  • engagement means for example two protrusions or feet 16a and 16b, which protrude substantially at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the connecting element, and a pair of insertion seats 17a and 17b.
  • the sides 41b, 41c, 41d and 41e have coupling means for the coupling of the element 40 to modular elements: in particular, the coupling means consist of a pair of eyes 7a and 7b which act as a female seat for the coupling means located at the modular elements.
  • modular elements 1 such as the ones described above it is thus possible to build a wall 34 made of glass blocks 5 or the like (see Figure 9) particularly rapidly and easily.
  • the method for building the wall 34 in fact entails assembling on site the bricks 5 and the modular elements 1 according to a sequence of operations which can be performed even by unskilled personnel.
  • an initial guide (not shown in the figures), provided by laying a sequence of stringer elements 30a, for example, aligned one after the other and mutually coupled by virtue of the insertion of the pins 8a and 8b of a stringer element 30a within the eyes 7a and 7b of an adjacent stringer element 30a.
  • an initial guide is provided on the flat surface by arranging a sequence of stringer elements 30a which are coupled by means of a single pin 8 and a respective eye 7 so as to be able to set the preferred angle between two consecutive wings.
  • the laying of a sequence of stringer elements 30a thus forms a continuous footing which acts as a supporting base and as an initial guide for building a vertical wall 34.
  • the second brick 5 for example laterally to the first one, which is arranged so as to abut with a perimetric face against the outer face 11 of the upright element 30b of the previously applied modular element 1.
  • adhesive material is applied to the perimetric faces of the brick 5, to the internal faces 21 and 23 of the corner element 1 and at its coupling and engagement means, so as to make the coupling between two adjacent corner elements permanent.
  • the next step consists therefore in applying the second corner element 1 on the second brick 5, so that the eyes 7a and 7b enter the pins 8a and 8b of the first corner element 1 until a co-planar arrangement is obtained between the upper edges 12a and 12b of the eyes 7a and 7b of the second corner element 1 and the upper face 10 of the stringer wing 2 of the first corner element 1.
  • the building of the wall 34 continues until the intended height is reached, with the precaution of placing a rod, made for example of steel, in one of the two slots 31 every time a row of bricks 5 ends, leaving the other slot 31 free for the vertical rods so as to avoid crossing them with the previously applied horizontal ones.
  • the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements.

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WO2004070130A1 (en) * 2003-02-07 2004-08-19 James Murray Mcerlean Glass block surround
WO2004072401A1 (en) * 2003-02-11 2004-08-26 James Murray Mcerlean Decorative building blocks
FR2861110A1 (fr) * 2003-10-17 2005-04-22 Paul Girard Amenagements du croisillon clavette en 2 morceaux, pour une brique vitreuse moulee en 2 morceaux

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WO2004070130A1 (en) * 2003-02-07 2004-08-19 James Murray Mcerlean Glass block surround
WO2004072401A1 (en) * 2003-02-11 2004-08-26 James Murray Mcerlean Decorative building blocks
FR2861110A1 (fr) * 2003-10-17 2005-04-22 Paul Girard Amenagements du croisillon clavette en 2 morceaux, pour une brique vitreuse moulee en 2 morceaux

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