Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
  • E04B2/04—Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements
  • E04B2/06—Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position
  • E04B2/08—Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/56—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members
  • E04B2/70—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood
  • E04B2/701—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with integrated supporting and obturation function
  • E04B2/702—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with integrated supporting and obturation function with longitudinal horizontal elements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
  • E04B1/26—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons the supporting parts consisting of wood
  • E04B1/2604—Connections specially adapted therefor
  • E04B2001/2644—Brackets, gussets or joining plates
  • E04B2001/2648—Brackets, gussets or joining plates located in slots of the elongated wooden members
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
  • E04B2002/0202—Details of connections
  • E04B2002/0232—Undercut connections, e.g. using undercut tongues and grooves
  • E04B2002/0234—Angular dovetails
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
  • E04B2002/0202—Details of connections
  • E04B2002/0232—Undercut connections, e.g. using undercut tongues and grooves
  • E04B2002/0234—Angular dovetails
  • E04B2002/0236—Angular dovetails tapered, i.e. dovetail narrows in the direction of tongue or groove
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
  • E04B2002/0202—Details of connections
  • E04B2002/0243—Separate connectors or inserts, e.g. pegs, pins or keys
  • E04B2002/0252—Dovetail keys

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of construction and more particularly to the field of the realization of cottages in solid wood or glulam. More particularly, it relates to building elements for producing a building easily and quickly. It also relates to an assembly and fixing key that allows easy assembly and disassembly of the assembled elements.
• DE-A-198 45 160 was already known which describes building blocks of substantially parallelepiped shape. They have on their lateral faces grooves into which can be inserted a coupling element connecting the blocks two by two. None is provided to lock the blocks one above the other, which implies a construction in successive layers, the layers being unstable relative to each other.
• EP-Al 050 636 discloses a modular system consisting of wooden boards arranged horizontally on each other and glued together. Such a system gives a massive and definitive character to the construction that can not be implemented easily.
• US-A-5 996 302 discloses a system for assembling a series of wooden planks employing mortises and tenons. The locking is ensured by means of dowels making the system relatively complex and impractical, except for a very skilled handyman or a person skilled in the art of wood.
• EP-A-0 898 027 discloses molded building blocks each having on the upper and lower edges, respectively male and female relief intended to promote the establishment of a wall. This system requires the use of a cement between each block.
• This invention primarily concerned a set of building elements comprising bricks, posts, jambs, dormers, stakes and failures.
• Each brick has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, having two substantially flat parallel opposed surfaces of a given height and length, separated by four successive sides forming the edge of the brick.
• the present invention aims to substantially improve the building elements described above and to give them a character of generality, allowing the realization of any type of house or any type of residential building or storage. These building elements can also be made in a reduced model, to determine a building set for children.
• the present invention is defined in that it comprises panels that can be made in two ways, made of wood bricks or other material, or glue-laminated length. These panels are placed on a sill called double silliere. These panels are assembled together either at an angle or end to end, by metal elements of triangular section and parallelepiped shape. These metal elements of triangular section are assembled two by two by the side of the hypotenuse. They have on another face a protruding blade intended to be inserted into a vertical cutout of the load-bearing wall (panel) and thus constitute a means of joining the panels. They have a base plate and a top plate. These metal elements are hollow and comprise one or more triangular metal plates arranged at equal intervals, which ensure the rigidity and strength of the assembly.
• These triangular metal plates each have orifices that allow the passage of cables, ducts or pipes thus ensuring the passage of fluids within the construction.
• These connecting elements are assembled together by one or more fastening means arranged at different levels, which join together two plane faces of the triangular element.
• the securing means such as bolts use holes pierced for this purpose in the thickness of the joining face.
• the triangular element rests on the ground and thus ensures the lift of the building.
• the protruding blade carries several orifices for bolting the metal pole to the load-bearing wall. This post also serves as a stiffener panel.
• the two metal poles are pressed against each other and there is disposed between each assembly, before tightening, a seal such as a flexible sheet of rubber or a flexible seal for clamping.
• These triangular section posts can be made of any rigid material, including metal such as iron or aluminum.
• the longitudinal blade disposed on one of the sides of the triangular element plays an important role because it penetrates into a groove disposed at the end of the longitudinal members. After bolting, it ensures a solid attachment panels, at right angles or end to end.
• the invention is also characterized in that the longitudinal members or pieces of wood are assembled together by sliding, the grooves dug in the thickness of the wood forming a dovetail which ensures the rigidity of the assembly.
• the beams also have, at their end, a vertical slot in which the blade of the triangular element will come fit.
• the spar / blade assembly will form after securing a particularly rigid means of joining, ensuring the strength of the construction.
• the triangular section elements can also be interposed between two side members to increase their length.
• the blade of a triangular element will be introduced into the vertical groove of the spar; another set spar / triangular element will be arranged symmetrically against the first and they will be secured by bolting or other means of securing face to face.
• the blade of each triangular element will comprise a securing means passing through the spar, so as to maintain in a particularly solid manner the two spars in the extension of one another.
• the securing means will preferably be a bolting system traversing the blade in a hole provided for this purpose and clamped in two recesses located at the outer portion of the longitudinal members.
• the bolting system consists of a threaded rod having at each end a bolt, which is tightened on the edge of the recess dug in the thickness of the spar. In this way, thanks to the double bolting system at each end of the blade, the length of the spar can be increased without risk of warping or kinking.
• the method of construction according to the invention is further characterized by the introduction, at the base of the longitudinal members, of a hollow or double sill base of parallelepipedal shape, carrying on its upper face a dovetail on which the lower part The spar straps and is securely held.
• the double sandpit also has a lower face which rests on a base, itself mounted on a crawl space.
• the double runner may have a flat surface inward and a surface with moldings or other ornamentation to the outside.
• the double runners are the same size as the load bearing panels and can be of variable length.
• the double sandpit has spacers, whose spacings vary from 50 to 80 cm approximately.
• the thickness of the beams must not be less than 5 cm.
• an insulating material of polystyrene type or any other suitable material which will be coated with wood by bonding, and thus constitute a rigid assembly.
• the profiling of the beams (glulam) or pieces of wood can adopt a rounded type of log, outside and / or inside.
• the essential advantage of the method of construction according to the present invention lies in the fact that the method of fixing mortise and tenon, difficult to achieve, was removed and replaced by a fastening system, including bolting , requiring only the drilling of holes and the passage of a threaded rod easy to tighten on the amount of the connecting element.
• Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of constructing a wall, implementing the previously described elements.
• This method is defined as follows: two or more longerons are arranged in length to form the desired length of the wall; the longitudinal members are assembled by two elements of triangular section which is secured flat face against flat face; securing the beams thus assembled to the double sandpit by introducing the lower groove into the dovetail by sliding; assembling the corner elements in the facing by inserting a surface of the joining element into the internal recess of the facing; then, the double sill of the panel being securely assembled, is placed another sill mounted in the same way to form an angle and form the sides of a construction.
• poles and / or the jambs and / or the dormant frames are then placed vertically at each end of the wall.
• Another object of the invention is to provide practical devices, easy to use and economical, for the assembly / disassembly and locking / unlocking bricks.
• An object of the invention is also to propose a device and its method of safe assembly / disassembly of bricks which do not modify or little bricks design as defined in FR 2824092.
• An object of the invention is still to provide a device comprising a range of locking keys, which make it possible to adapt to several typologies of different works and to withstand various mechanical or climatic constraints.
• the main aspect of the invention comprises an improved locking key.
• This key is composed of at least two elements: a brick blocking wedge, which adapts to the grooves of joints around two bricks, and a key holding blade, which blocks the wedges in the grooves bricks.
• the lock key has a particular grip for the extraction.
• FIG. 1 shows a brick according to the invention seen in profile
• FIG. 4a shows a blocking / unlocking key holding lamella in front view
• FIG. 4b shows a lamella assembling two bricks, in front view
• - Figure 5 shows a brick according to the invention in front view
• FIGS. 7a, 7b, 7c show different shapes of locking key assembly profiles
• Figure 1 shows in profile a brick (10) which comprises on its side face a lateral hook groove (15). Inside of this groove can then be arranged either the holding strip (6) of the triangular assembly post (4) ( Figure 2a) or the key holding strip (11) ( Figure 3).
• the brick (10) having an oblong parallelepiped shape with a high profile (5a) complementary to that of the lower part (5b), so as to allow easy and solid assembly.
• the assembly post (4) in top view ( Figure 2a) has a recess (8) for the introduction of pipes or reinforcements.
• the cross section of the post is, for example, in the form of an isosceles right triangle, so that two bricks can be assembled in two different ways: either at right angles (FIG. 2b) for a corner post, with a reinforcement (91) which is placed against the angle, or vis-à-vis, so as to align two bricks (Figure 2c).
• the triangular assembly post (4) is secured in the brick, for example by means of a bolt (9) through reserved passages in the holding blade and in the thickness of the brick.
• Figure 2d shows a particular type of brick, intended for connection with the ground.
• the assembly has a foot of sand plate (94), on which is mounted an intermediate piece (92) profile identical to that of the top of a traditional brick.
• the assembly retains a recess (93) in which can be housed a spacer on which is fitted a spar.
• the section of the spar can in particular be glued laminate type Trio®.
• the spar is nested with the assembly pole (4).
• FIG. 3 shows a top view of the connection between two bricks (10a, 10b) assembled according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 shows a brick (10) presenting in front view a substantially rectangular shape, with a perimeter comprising hooked grooves (15, 31, 32), including female lateral hook grooves (15), a male high hook groove (31) and a complementary female form hook groove (32).
• FIGS. 7a, 7b and 7c show several possible forms of side-hung grooves (15), dovetail (FIG. 7a) or diamond-shaped grooves (FIG. 7b). It is possible to use any form allowing a plug (50), to maintain assembled the two bricks (10) facing the lateral separation forces. The assembly is effected by means of a shim (12) of complementary shape to that of the lateral hook groove (15).
• the invention features a system for the assembly of two blocks (10a, 10b).
• This system consists of a locking key comprising an assembly shim (12) and a key holding lamella (11).
• the assembly shim may itself consist of two elements whose profile reproduces a part of the hollow profile of the two grooves (15a, 15b) assembled.
• the key holding strip (11) is positioned in the middle of the blocking wedge. It adopts an oblong rectangular preferential shape and its profile in view of high completes that of the assembly wedge, so that the introduction of the lamella (11) comes to press the assembly wedge against the holding walls ( 50) so as to laterally secure the two bricks together.
• FIG. 4a shows a front view of a locking / locking key holding lamella.
• a particular hole (21) The function of this hole is to allow the easy extraction of the blade at dismounting. This extraction is effected by means of a hook which the user positions in the hole, allowing him to extract the holding strip (11) by pulling, thus releasing a clearance in the blocking wedge (12) which allows then remove the latter easily and release the connection between the two bricks.
• This coverslip offers a simple solution to compensate for the work of wood and to easily block and unblock the blocking wedge, as previously described.
• Figure 4b shows a front view of a blocking / unlocking key holding lamella assembling two bricks. It illustrates how the height of the upper edge of the locking key comes to marry the upper edge of the upper male hook groove (31) of the two assembled bricks. An opening space is left between two hooked grooves (31), through which the tap hole (21) of the lamella (11) is accessible.
• Figures 6a, 6b, 6c show three successive phases of the assembly of two bricks according to the invention. The disassembly of two bricks between them is carried out symmetrically according to the successive phases 6c, 6b, 6a. In phase 6a, the two bricks (10a, 10b) are positioned side by side.
• the shim is introduced from the top to the inside of the two lateral grooves (15a, 15b) of the bricks (10) so as to secure the latter.
• the assembly wedge consists of two halves. This operation is then performed in two successive steps.
• the user introduces the blade (11) inside the assembly shim (12) and inside the key groove (41) ( Figure 3). The latter is a specific part, not filled by the shim (12), of the lateral groove (15).
• the two bricks are then pressed against each other by the effect of the plating of the assembly wedge inside the groove (15).
• the holding strip (11) is also maintained by the groove (41). This operation being carried out, the bricks are assembled and the operator moves on to another task.
• FIGS. 8a, 8b, 8c show three other types of upper male (31), dovetail (FIG. 8a), inclined square (FIG. 8b), or T (FIG. 8c) groove grooves.
• the shape of the lateral hook grooves (15) is preferably the same as that of the female hook grooves (32).
• the invention relates to a set of elements for the construction of dwellings, comprising massive assembly bricks.
• the latter have lateral hook grooves (15), a male high hook groove (31) and a female bottom hook groove (32) for joining the bricks, characterized in that the groove hooked side houses a connecting element (11-12 or 4) bringing together two by two bricks (10a, 10b) according to their side blank.
• Bricks are also characterized in that they are made of wood, plastic, plaster, fiber cement or any suitable material.
• the invention also relates to a locking system characterized in that the hooked grooves (15a, 15b) are dovetail, rhombus, bean or any shape allowing a catch (50) for maintain the two bricks (10) integral with the lateral separation forces.
• the invention also relates to a locking key for assembling two bricks (10a, 10b) by means of lateral hook grooves (15a, 15b), characterized in that it comprises a key holding lamella
• the locking key is also characterized in that the holding strip (1 1) has a tap hole (21) to facilitate the extraction by means of a hook.
• the locking key is also characterized in that the holding strip (11) is of oblong parallelepipedal shape.
• the locking key is also characterized in that the blocking wedge (12) is made of wood and the holding blade (11) is metallic.
• the locking key is also characterized in that the assembly wedge is made of two distinct parts each positioned inside the two hooked grooves (15a, 15b) of the two contiguous bricks.
• the locking key is also characterized in that the upper edge of the holding strip (11) is flush with the upper edge of the upper hooked foliage (31) of the two assembled bricks.
• the invention also relates to a method for assembling two bricks (10a, 10b), characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
• Step a the two bricks (10a, 10b) are positioned side by side;
• Step b the assembly wedge (12) is introduced from above into the two lateral grooves (15a, 15b) of bricks (10) so as to make the two bricks integral;
• Step c the user introduces the holding strip (11) inside the shim assembly (12).

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