Interlocking System for Building Walls, Floors, and Roofs
a technology of interlocking systems and building walls, applied in the direction of walls, constructions, building components, etc., can solve the problems of ineffective point contact occurring with the utilization of spherical balls, inability to make blocks accurate, and indestructible essentially maintenance free and indestructible, etc., to achieve the effect of simple construction
Inactive Publication Date: 2007-05-31
NEGRON CRESPO JORGE
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"The present invention provides a building block arrangement with V-shaped grooves that allow for proper alignment of building blocks and the use of plastic tubes or reinforced tubes to level rows of blocks. This results in a more stable and secure building. The invention also includes a slot / guide arrangement that simplifies the process of mounting blocks in construction, allowing for faster installation and the use of untrained labor. Overall, the invention provides a more efficient and cost-effective building method."
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Furthermore, it is essentially maintenance free and indestructible.
However, it does depend for its accurate installation on highly skilled labor.
Many attempts have been made to mechanize the installation by using cheap, unskilled labor, but it is not generally satisfactory due to the potential of inaccurate positioning of the interfitting blocks and resulting need for parching, which is very costly.
An arrangement that has been employed is my U.S. Pat. No. 4,514,949 which has been generally satisfactory, but it has been found that the point contact occurring with the utilization of spherical balls is not as effective as desired, including the need for light parching.
The general problem that exists, of course is that the existing block producing machines cannot make the blocks accurate to more than 0.050 of an inch in height, and because of this, the accepted tolerance is ± 1 / 16 of an inch, which in extreme instances can be up to ⅛ of an inch.
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[0022] Referring first to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a building block 20 having grooves 22, 24 formed in longitudinally extending walls 23, 25, respectively. Disposed in the grooves for alignment of adjacent blocks are provided either a plain plastic tubing 26 shown in exploded view or a plastic tubing 26 with a reinforcing wire 28 disposed therein. The tubing used has an outside diameter of ⅜″. Both of these arrangements are shown and either of them can be employed if desired. Chambers 30 are defined by the webs 31 and sidewalls 23, 25.
[0023] Referring to FIG. 2, the two building blocks 20 are shown in vertical alignment with plastic tubing 26 disposed relative thereto. A longitudinal end view of this arrangement can be seen from FIG. 5. It is to be noted that the diameter of the tubing and the depth of the V-shaped grooves are such that a slight spacing 33 is provided between vertically disposed blocks 20 to insure proper alignment. The spacing between the blocks varies between...
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A wall comprising superposed rows of aligned conventional building blocks being approximately parallel front and back faces connected by a plurality of transverse webs defining chambers there between in which the tops and bottoms of the blocks are formed with V-shaped grooves to mate with similarly shaped V-shaped grooves in the adjacent wall or a block placed thereon. Tubing is placed within the adjacent V-shaped grooves to space the blocks from each other and maintain the adjacent rows in proper alignment. Lateral temperature rods may be placed inside the tubes.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a building block assembly and, particularly, to an arrangement which incorporates a system for aligning the blocks in vertical and horizontal relationships. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The conventional concrete block has been recognized as the least expensive construction material and is a very versatile material since it is both, fire-safe, sound-deadening, and absorbing. It also can be made decorative and is readily available all around the world. Furthermore, it is essentially maintenance free and indestructible. In addition, it is obviously termite-safe and almost tenant-safe. The production of building blocks of this type is highly mechanized and economically productive. However, it does depend for its accurate installation on highly skilled labor. Many attempts have been made to mechanize the installation by using cheap, unskilled labor, but it is not generally satisfactory due to the potential of inaccurate positi...
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IPC IPC(8): E04C2/04
CPCE04B2/54E04B2002/0247
InventorNEGRON CRESPO, JORGE
OwnerNEGRON CRESPO JORGE