EP0215991A1 - Building element for planted retaining walls - Google Patents

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EP0215991A1
EP0215991A1 EP85430030A EP85430030A EP0215991A1 EP 0215991 A1 EP0215991 A1 EP 0215991A1 EP 85430030 A EP85430030 A EP 85430030A EP 85430030 A EP85430030 A EP 85430030A EP 0215991 A1 EP0215991 A1 EP 0215991A1
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  • the invention relates to construction elements for retaining walls intended to be lined with vegetation.
  • retaining walls can be used by individuals, by professionals (Bridges and Roads, Rural Engineering, Landscapers, Public Works Companies, Cultivators etc.).
  • the construction elements described above are made of flower pots, which are mounted dry and assembled together to form a retaining wall.
  • This type of retaining wall is more or less fragile, depending on the slope of the slope or the trench, the climate, etc.
  • the plants have a decorative function to hide the wall, but they do not cooperate in any way with the building elements and the soil to improve the stability of the wall.
  • the invention tends to solve these problems.
  • the plants have an action on the retaining wall which is anchored by the roots of the plants in the ground, the roots of the plants also intersect from one building element to another, thus improving the assembly of said elements between them .
  • the building element according to the invention consists of a bottomless tank, vertical partitions delimit a large space and at least two spaces.
  • the vertical partitions are arranged so that they delimit a large space downstream and at least two smaller spaces upstream.
  • a building element can be made up of two or more bottomless tanks.
  • each construction element is composed of a tank whose vertical partitions delimit, downstream, a large space and upstream two smaller spaces and this, thanks to a partition parallel to the upstream wall of the tank and to the perpendicular partition connecting said upstream wall and the partition which is parallel to it.
  • the building element consists of two adjacent tanks, produced in a single block, which reduces manufacturing costs. On construction sites it is possible to separate the two tanks with a hammer.
  • the building element 1 consists of a bottomless tank 2, vertical partitions 3, 4 delimit a large space 5 and at least two spaces 6 and 7.
  • the vertical partitions 3 and 4 are arranged so that they delimit a large space 5 downstream and at least two smaller spaces 6 and 7 upstream.
  • a building element 1 can be composed of two tanks 2A, 2B or of several tanks without bottom.
  • the vertical partitions 3, 4 delimit, downstream, a large space 5 and upstream two smaller spaces 6, 7, thanks to a partition 3 parallel to the upstream wall 8 of the tank and to the perpendicular partition 4 connecting said upstream wall 8 and the partition 3 which is parallel to it.
  • the construction element 1 consists of two adjacent tanks 2A, 2B, produced in a single block, which reduces the manufacturing costs.
  • the roots 9 of a plant 11 can pass from one tank to another through the large space 5, on the other hand, they can, through spaces 6 and 7, only go directly into the soil 10. Thanks to these upstream spaces 6 and 7, the roots 9 intermingle from one plant 11 to another but only in the ground 10.
  • the size of the spaces 6 and 7 is such that when the tanks 2 are superimposed on each other, the roots 9, which come out of the upper tank, can only go towards the ground 10 and not in the lower tank, it that is to say that the vertical partition 3 of the upper tank comes at the level of the upstream wall 8 of the lower tank.
  • the sole 12 is in subsoil. If the height of the wall is greater than 1.50 meters, the footing is poured. Notches 13 arranged on the side walls 14 of the tank 2, allow the tanks 2 to fit into each other when they overlap, to dry mount the retaining wall.

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The invention relates to building elements. The assembly of the building elements (1) consists of a bottomless container (2), vertical partitions (3, 4) delimiting, downstream, a large space (5) and, in the upstream direction, two smaller spaces (6, 7) by virtue of a partition (3) parallel to the upstream wall (8) of the container and by virtue of the perpendicular partition (4) connecting the said upstream wall (8) and the partition (3) parallel thereto. Notches (13) disposed on the lateral walls (14) of the container (2) enable the containers (2) to be nested in one another. The invention applies to retaining walls and noise-screening walls. <IMAGE>

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L'invention a pour objet des éléments de construction pour murs de soutènement destinés à être garnis de végétation.The invention relates to construction elements for retaining walls intended to be lined with vegetation.

La création de plus en plus importante de tranchées pour la création ou l'agrandissement de routes impose la création de murs de soutènement. Ces murs sont onéreux et disgracieux. La préservation de l'environnement implique de garnir de végétation les murs de soutènement.The increasingly important creation of trenches for the creation or enlargement of roads requires the creation of retaining walls. These walls are expensive and unsightly. Preserving the environment involves lining the retaining walls with vegetation.

Ces murs de soutènement peuvent être utilisés par les particuliers, par les professionnels (Ponts et Chaussées, Génie Rural, Paysagistes, Entreprises de Travaux Publics, Cultivateurs etc.).These retaining walls can be used by individuals, by professionals (Bridges and Roads, Rural Engineering, Landscapers, Public Works Companies, Cultivators etc.).

Il existe déjà des éléments de construction. Ces éléments font office de bacs, ce sont des caissons qui laissent un espace ouvert important pour que puissent s'y développer des arbustes ou des plantes couvrantes. Ces éléments se montent à sec par emboîtement, les uns dans les autres.There are already building elements. These elements act as bins, they are boxes which leave a large open space so that shrubs or covering plants can develop there. These elements are mounted dry by nesting, one inside the other.

D'autres éléments ont une forme en cavité qui empêche l'évacuation trop rapide de l'eau. Le remplissage des éléments ou des bacs avec de la terre se fait au fur et à mesure du montage des éléments de construction. Par leur forme en caisson, ces éléments produisent dans l'assemblage du mur de soutènement un enchaînement.Other elements have a cavity shape which prevents too rapid evacuation of water. The elements or tanks are filled with soil as the construction elements are assembled. By their box shape, these elements produce a sequence in the assembly of the retaining wall.

Les éléments de construction ci-dessus décrits sont faits de pots de fleurs, qui sont montés à sec et assemblés les uns dans les autres pour former un mur de soutènement. Ce type de mur de soutènement est plus ou moins fragile et ce, en fonction de la pente du talus ou de la tranchée, du climat etc. Les plantes ont une fonction de décoration pour cacher le mur, mais elles ne coopèrent en aucune façon avec les éléments de construction et le sol pour améliorer la stabilité dudit mur.The construction elements described above are made of flower pots, which are mounted dry and assembled together to form a retaining wall. This type of retaining wall is more or less fragile, depending on the slope of the slope or the trench, the climate, etc. The plants have a decorative function to hide the wall, but they do not cooperate in any way with the building elements and the soil to improve the stability of the wall.

L'invention tend à résoudre ces problèmes. Les plantes ont une action sur le mur de soutènement qui est ancré par les racines des plantes dans le sol, les racines des plantes s'entrecroisent également d'un élément de construction à l'autre, améliorant ainsi l'assemblage desdits éléments entre eux.The invention tends to solve these problems. The plants have an action on the retaining wall which is anchored by the roots of the plants in the ground, the roots of the plants also intersect from one building element to another, thus improving the assembly of said elements between them .

A cet effet, l'élément de construction selon l'invention est constitué par un bac sans fond, des cloisons verticales délimitent un grand espace et au moins deux espaces.For this purpose, the building element according to the invention consists of a bottomless tank, vertical partitions delimit a large space and at least two spaces.

Les cloisons verticales sont disposées de manière à ce qu'elles délimitent un grand espace vers l'aval et au moins deux espaces plus petits vers l'amont.The vertical partitions are arranged so that they delimit a large space downstream and at least two smaller spaces upstream.

Un élément de construction peut être composé de deux ou de plusieurs bacs sans fond.A building element can be made up of two or more bottomless tanks.

Selon une réalisation préférée, chaque élément de construction est composé d'un bac dont les cloisons verticales délimitent, en aval, un grand espace et vers l'amont deux espaces plus petits et ce, grâce à une cloison parallèle à la paroi amont du bac et à la cloison perpendiculaire reliant ladite paroi amont et la cloison qui lui est parallèle.According to a preferred embodiment, each construction element is composed of a tank whose vertical partitions delimit, downstream, a large space and upstream two smaller spaces and this, thanks to a partition parallel to the upstream wall of the tank and to the perpendicular partition connecting said upstream wall and the partition which is parallel to it.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation préféré, l'élément de construction est constitué de deux bacs adjacents, fabriqué en un seul bloc, ce qui réduit les coûts de fabrication. Sur les chantiers il est possible de séparer les deux bacs au marteau.According to another preferred embodiment, the building element consists of two adjacent tanks, produced in a single block, which reduces manufacturing costs. On construction sites it is possible to separate the two tanks with a hammer.

Les dessins ci-joints donnés à titre d'exemple indicatif et non limitatif permettront aisément de comprendre l'invention. Ils représentent un mode de réalisation préféré selon l'invention.

  • La figure 1 est une vue d'un élément de construction, vu de dessus, composé de deux bacs.
  • La figure 2 est une vue en coupe de l'élément de construction suivant l'axe A-A représenté à la figure 1.
  • La figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'un assemblage d'éléments de construction.
  • La figure 4 est une vue en coupe d'un assemblage d'éléments de construction mettant en évidence le talus, la terre dans les bacs, les plantes et leurs racines.
The attached drawings given by way of indicative and non-limiting example will easily make it possible to understand the invention. They represent a preferred embodiment according to the invention.
  • Figure 1 is a view of a building element, seen from above, composed of two tanks.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the construction element along the axis AA represented in FIG. 1.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of an assembly of building elements.
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view of an assembly of building elements showing the slope, the earth in the tanks, plants and their roots.

L'élément de construction 1 selon l'invention est constitué par un bac sans fond 2, des cloisons verticales 3, 4 délimitent un grand espace 5 et au moins deux espace 6 et 7.The building element 1 according to the invention consists of a bottomless tank 2, vertical partitions 3, 4 delimit a large space 5 and at least two spaces 6 and 7.

Les cloisons verticales 3 et 4 sont disposées de manière à ce qu'elles délimitent un grand espace 5 vers l'aval et au moins deux espaces plus petits 6 et 7 vers l'amont.The vertical partitions 3 and 4 are arranged so that they delimit a large space 5 downstream and at least two smaller spaces 6 and 7 upstream.

Un élément de construction 1 peut être composé de deux bacs 2A, 2B ou de plusieurs bacs sans fond.A building element 1 can be composed of two tanks 2A, 2B or of several tanks without bottom.

Les cloisons verticales 3, 4 délimitent, en aval, un grand espace 5 et vers l'amont deux espaces plus petits 6, 7, et ce, grâce à une cloison 3 parallèle à la paroi amont 8 du bac et à la cloison perpendiculaire 4 reliant ladite paroi amont 8 et la cloison 3 qui lui est parallèle.The vertical partitions 3, 4 delimit, downstream, a large space 5 and upstream two smaller spaces 6, 7, thanks to a partition 3 parallel to the upstream wall 8 of the tank and to the perpendicular partition 4 connecting said upstream wall 8 and the partition 3 which is parallel to it.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation préféré représenté à la figure 3, l'élément de construction 1 est constitué de deux bacs adjacents 2A, 2B, fabriqué en un seul bloc, ce qui réduit les coûts de fabrication.According to another preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the construction element 1 consists of two adjacent tanks 2A, 2B, produced in a single block, which reduces the manufacturing costs.

Les racines 9 d'une plante 11 peuvent passer d'un bac à l'autre par le grand espace 5, par contre, elles ne peuvent, par les espaces 6 et 7, qu'aller directement dans le sol 10. Grâce à ces espaces amonts 6 et 7, les racines 9 s'entremêlent d'une plante 11 à l'autre mais uniquement dans le sol 10.The roots 9 of a plant 11 can pass from one tank to another through the large space 5, on the other hand, they can, through spaces 6 and 7, only go directly into the soil 10. Thanks to these upstream spaces 6 and 7, the roots 9 intermingle from one plant 11 to another but only in the ground 10.

La taille des espaces 6 et 7, est telle que lorsque les bacs 2 sont superposés les uns sur les autres, les racines 9, qui sortent du bac supérieur, ne puissent aller que vers le sol 10 et non dans le bac inférieur, c'est-à-dire que la cloison verticale 3 du bac supérieur vient au niveau de la paroi amont 8 du bac inférieur.The size of the spaces 6 and 7 is such that when the tanks 2 are superimposed on each other, the roots 9, which come out of the upper tank, can only go towards the ground 10 and not in the lower tank, it that is to say that the vertical partition 3 of the upper tank comes at the level of the upstream wall 8 of the lower tank.

Dans la figure 4 le premier bac repose sur une semelle 12, puis le bloc est enfoui dans le sol en le laissant dépasser de plusieurs centimètres, environ huit centimètres.In Figure 4 the first tank rests on a sole 12, then the block is buried in the ground leaving it protrude by several centimeters, about eight centimeters.

Si la hauteur du mur est faible, environ 1 métre 50, la semelle 12 est en terre tamisée. Si la hauteur du mur est supérieure à 1 mètre 50, la semelle est coulée. Des échancrures 13 disposées sur les parois latérales 14 du bac 2, permettent aux bacs 2 de s'emboîter les uns dans les autres lorsqu'ils se superposent, pour monter à sec le mur de soutènement.If the height of the wall is low, about 1 meter 50, the sole 12 is in subsoil. If the height of the wall is greater than 1.50 meters, the footing is poured. Notches 13 arranged on the side walls 14 of the tank 2, allow the tanks 2 to fit into each other when they overlap, to dry mount the retaining wall.

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1. Elément de construction (1) pour monter à sec des murs de soutènement, destiné à être garni de végétation, constitué par un bac sans fond (2), caractérisé par le fait que les cloisons verticales (3 et 4) sont disposées de manière à ce qu'elles délimitent un grand espace (5) vers l'aval qui fait office de pot à fleur et au moins deux espaces plus petits (6 et 7) vers l'amont qui font office d'alvéoles de racinage.1. Construction element (1) for dry mounting of retaining walls, intended to be lined with vegetation, consisting of a bottomless tank (2), characterized in that the vertical partitions (3 and 4) are arranged so that they delimit a large space (5) downstream which acts as a flowerpot and at least two smaller spaces (6 and 7) upstream which act as rooting cells. 2. Elément de construction pour monter à sec des murs de soutènement destriné à être garni de végétation selon la revendication 1 caractérisé par le fait qu'un élément de construction (1) peut être composé de deux bacs (2A, 2B) ou de plusieurs bacs sans fond.2. Building element for dry mounting retaining walls destroyed to be lined with vegetation according to claim 1 characterized in that a building element (1) can be composed of two tanks (2A, 2B) or more bottomless bins. 3. Elément de construction pour monter à sec des murs de soutènement destiné à être garni de végétation selon la revendication 1 caractérisé par le fait que les cloisons verticales (3, 4) délimitent, en aval, un grand espace (5) et vers l'amont deux espaces plus petits (6, 7) et ce, grâce à une cloison (3) parallèle à la paroi amont (8) du bac et à la cloison perpendiculaire (4) reliant ladite paroi amont (8) et la cloison (3) qui lui est parallèle.3. Building element for dry mounting retaining walls intended to be lined with vegetation according to claim 1 characterized in that the vertical partitions (3, 4) delimit, downstream, a large space (5) and towards the 'upstream two smaller spaces (6, 7) thanks to a partition (3) parallel to the upstream wall (8) of the tank and to the perpendicular partition (4) connecting said upstream wall (8) and the partition ( 3) which is parallel to it. 4. Elément de construction pour monter à sec des murs de soutènement destiné à être garni de végétation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2 ou 3 caractérisé par le fait que l'élément de construction (1) est constitué de deux bacs adjacents (2A, 2B), fabriqué en un seul bloc, ce qui réduit les coûts de fabrication.4. Building element for dry mounting retaining walls intended to be lined with vegetation according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3 characterized in that the building element (1) consists of two adjacent tanks (2A, 2B), produced in a single block, which reduces manufacturing costs. 5. Elément de construction pour monter à sec des murs de soutènement destiné à être garni de végétation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2, 3, 4 ou 5 caractérisé par le fait que la taille des espaces (6 et 7), est telle que lorsque les bacs (2) sont superposés les uns sur les autres, les racines (9), qui sortent du bac supèrieur, ne puissent aller que vers le sol (10) et non dans le bac inférieur, c'est-­à-dire que la cloison verticale (3) du bac supérieur vient au niveau de la paroi amont (8) du bac inférieur.5. Construction element for dry mounting retaining walls intended to be lined with vegetation according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 characterized in that the size of the spaces (6 and 7), is such that when the tanks (2) are superimposed on each other, the roots (9), which come out of the upper tank, can only go towards the ground (10) and not in the lower tank, that is to say that the vertical partition (3) of the upper tank comes to the level of the upstream wall (8) of the lower tank. 6. Elément de construction pour monter à sec des murs de soutènement destiné à être garni de végétation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2, 3, 4 ou 5 caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte des échancrures (13) sur les parois latérales (14) du bac (2), de manière à permettre aux bacs de s'emboiter les uns dans les autres, lorsqu'ils se superposent, pour monter à sec le mur de soutènement.6. Construction element for dry mounting retaining walls intended to be lined with vegetation according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 characterized in that it comprises notches (13) on the side walls (14) of the tank (2), so as to allow the tanks to fit into each other, when they are superimposed, for dry mounting the retaining wall.
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