GB1597670A - Building bricks - Google Patents
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- GB1597670A GB1597670A GB2041278A GB2041278A GB1597670A GB 1597670 A GB1597670 A GB 1597670A GB 2041278 A GB2041278 A GB 2041278A GB 2041278 A GB2041278 A GB 2041278A GB 1597670 A GB1597670 A GB 1597670A
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- 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
- E04B2/28—Walls having cavities between, but not in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts kept in distance by means of spacers, all parts being solid
- E04B2/30—Walls having cavities between, but not in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts kept in distance by means of spacers, all parts being solid using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls
- E04B2/32—Walls having cavities between, but not in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts kept in distance by means of spacers, all parts being solid using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails
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- 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
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- 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
- E04B2002/0204—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
- E04B2002/0208—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections of trapezoidal shape
Description
(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING
TO BUILDING BRICKS
(71) We, CARL HABEGGER, of 6, Alpha Avenue, Currumbin, Queensland 4223,
Commonwealth of Australia; ANTHONY JOSEPH INGWERSEN, of 44, Tarnki Parade,
Palm Beach, Queensland 4221, Commonwealth of Australia; and THOMAS GIPPS
AHEARN, of 143, Adelaide Street East, Clayfield, Quensland 4011, Commonwealth of
Australia, all Australian citizens, do hereby declare the invention for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us and the method by which it is to be performed to be particularly described in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to improvements in and relating to building bricks of the type described in the specification of our British Application No.39766/75, now Serial
No.1567155. This application is an application for a patent-of-addition thereto.
An object of the present invention is to provide improvements to our basic building brick and building method as described in the above-mentioned patent application and to provide an improved wall assembly.
According to the present invention, there is provided a building brick having:
(a) first and second load faces forming the upper and lower faces,
b) first and second end faces,
c) first and second side faces,
(d) one of said load faces having a pair of parallel upstanding ridges one adjacent each side of said brick and each ridge extending substantially the entire length of said brick, said face having a first recess between said ridges and extending substantially the entire length of said brick,
(e) each ridge being substantially triangular in form, having an outer surface which slopes steeply in a direction towards its adjacent side face, a narrow flat apex surface, and an inner surface which slopes steeply laterally inwardly toward said recess,
(f) said other load face having a pair of narrow flat depressed surfaces one at each side of said brick and extending substantially the entire length of said brick, and a raised spigot assembly between said depressed surfaces, said raised spigot assembly having sides which slope laterally outwardly to meet said depressed surfaces, said depressed surfaces being located in vertical alignment with said apex surfaces,
(g) said depressed surfaces and ridges and said spigot assembly and said recess being complementary in height and location so that, when one brick is placed atop another, said inner surfaces of said ridges meet and lie against said sides of said raised spigot assembly to align said faces of said bricks and to restrain sideways movement of one of said bricks relative to the other and said depressed surfaces of the upper brick rest sealingly on said flat apex surfaces of the lower brick thereby carrying the weight of the upper brick,
(h) the projection of said ridges beyond said first recess being at least 0.3 cm greater than the projection of said raised spigot assembly beyond said depressed surfaces, to provide a horizontal space at least 0.3 cm high between successive rows of said bricks for receiving bonding material, the width of said space being at least 40 percent of the width of said brick,
(i) said first end face having a pair of projecting vertical edge portions, one adjacent each ridge of said brick and extending substantially the entire height of said brick, and having a second recess between said edge portions, said second recess extending substantially the entire height of said brick,
(j) said second end face having a pair of flat end surfaces one adjacent each side of said brick and extending substantially the entire height of said brick, and a central portion between said flat end surfaces, said flat end surfaces and said vertical edge portions, and said second recess and said central portion being complementary so that, when two of said bricks are placed end to end, said flat end surfaces of one brick lie sealingly against said vertical edge portions of the other brick, and said second recess and said central portion define a vertical space at least 0.3 cm thick extending the entire height of said bricks for receiving bonding material.
A wall comprises a plurality of building bricks each of the above-mentioned type and arranged in superimposed rows and wherein adjacent bricks in different rows have a horizontal space of at least 0.3 cm high between the spigot assembly of one brick and the first recess of the adjacent brick and with adjacent bricks in the same row having a vertical space of at least 0.3 cm thick between the second recess of one brick and the central portion of the other brick, said horizontal and vertical spaces being interconnected and filled with bonding material which was poured in a runny state through at least one of the vertical spaces into the horizontal spaces and allowed to set.
In order that the improvements according to the present invention are more readily understood and put into practical effect, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate building bricks and construction methods in accordance with the present invention, and wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corner joint of wall constructed in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 2 is a top perspective view of an end brick made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 3 is a similar view of a runbrick;
Figure 4 is a top perspective view of an elongated runbrick;
Figure 5 is an underneath perspective view of the elongated runbrick illustrated in Figure 4;
Figure 6 illustrates a cavity brick wall construction in accordance with the present invention;;
Figure 7 illustrates preferred proportions of bricks made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 8 and Figure 9 are perspective views of a modified corner brick, and
Figure 10 is a side sectional view of a wall made from bricks of the invention.
As shown in Figures 1 to 3, a brick wall 10 may be constructed utiiising bricks according to the present invention. For this purpose, the wall comprises a plurality of runbricks 11 adapted to extend between, say, longitudinally spaced corner bricks 12 and end bricks 13. A typical end brick 13 is shown in Figure 2 and is similar to a runbrick with the addition of the returned ridge 14 at the outer end of the brick 13. The corner brick 12 is characterised by the provision of a similar returned ridge 14a across the outer end 15, and the inner side ridge 16 of the brick is cut away and terminates remote from the outer end 15 with a short returned ridge 14b. The ridges 14a and 14b are adapted to be operatively aligned with the side ridges 16 of the adjacent brick 17 as illustrated.
As shown, the runbricks may be provided in elongated form as shown in Figure 4 and
Figure 5 and each elongated runbrick 11a has a length equal to three times the width of the bnck. This compares with the conventional brick which is twice as long as it is wide. The feature of the elongated runbrick is the provision of the three identical outwardly projecting square spigots 18 which are spaced equidistantly along the underside 19 of the brick 11a, whereby effective interlocking joints can be formed at the intersection of walls at right angles to one another and adjacent the rows of bricks in cavity brick wall constructions. The spigots 18 are square shaped and bevelled at each side whereby they may be engaged either way round, between the ridges 16 in the upper face of a brick therebeneath.
In a typical cavity brick wall 20 as shown in Figure 6, elongated runbricks may be incorporated in the wall 20 as interconnecing bricks 21 with their outermost spigots 18 located between the spaced ridges 16 of the wall bricks 22. The interconnecting bricks 21 may be spaced at regular intervals throughout the wall 20.
In a wall construction using the bricks of the present invention a substantial portion of a wall may be assembled without mortar, by operatively interlocking the bricks. As shown in
Figure 10, all the vertical spaces 23 and the horizontal spaces 24 interconnect. Thus, a thin mortar mixture poured down the vertical spaces 23 will fill the horizontal spaces 24 in a large portion of the wall. If pumped under pressure, the fill range may be extended further.
In any event, any water which penetrates the outer face of the wall will run out of the interconnecting spaces so the wall is self-weeping.
The bricks for use with this method of construction are so made that the spaces 19 between the upper and lower bricks shown in Figure 7 be not less than 0.3 centimetres deep and preferably this space is at least 0.5 centimetres to 0.8 centimetres deep.
Similarly, the clearance between the inner spaced portions of the abutting ends of adjacent bricks is similarly dimensioned to assist in the flow of viscous flowable bonding material into the vertically and horizontally extending cavities formed between the bricks in the wall.
Typical dimensions for such a brick are as follows:
dl .7 cm
d2 1.5 cm
d2a 1.0 cm
d3 4.5 cm
d3a 6.1 cm
d4 .8 cm
d5 11.1 cm
d6 22.2 cm
d7 6.6 cm
d8 .8 cm
d9 .8 cm
The space between the upper and lower bricks may be increased by extending the upper recesses. As shown in Figures 8 and 9, the nature of the interconnection of the brick may be substantially varied. In this case, it will be seen that the position of the ridges 16a are disposed on the underside of the brick 24 and the outwardly projecting spigot assembly 18a is disposed on the upper face of the brick 25. Additionally, the bevel 26 which forms the exterior side recess between adjacent rows of bricks is located on the major load face 27 which contains the projecting portion 18a instead of being on the other major load face 28.
While the above has been given by way of illustrative example, it will of course be realised that many modifications of constructional detail and design may be made to the above described embodiment by persons skilled in the art without departing from the broad scope and ambit of the invention, the nature of which is defined in the appended claims.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. A building brick having:
(a) first and second load faces forming the upper and lower faces,
(b) first and second end faces,
(c) first and second side faces,
(d) one of said load faces having a pair of parallel upstanding ridges one adjacent each side of said brick and each ridge extending substantially the entire length of said brick, said face having a first recess between said ridges and extending substantially the entire length of said brick
(e) each ridge being substantially triangular in form, having an outer surface which slopes steeply in a direction towards its adjacent side face, a narrow flat apex surface, and
an inner surface which slopes steeply laterally inwardly toward said recess,
(f) said other load face having a pair of narrow flat depressed surfaces one at each side
of said brick and extending substantially the entire length of said brick, and a raised spigot
assembly between said depressed surfaces, said raised spigot assembly having sides which
slope laterally outwardly to meet said depressed surfaces, said depressed surfaces being
located in vertical alignment with said apex surfaces,
(g) said depressed surfaces and ridges and said spigot assembly and said recess being
complementary in height and location so that, when one brick is placed atop another, said
inner surfaces of said ridges meet and lie against said sides of said raised spigot assembly to
align said faces of said bricks and to restrain sideways movement of one of said bricks
relative to the other and said depressed surfaces of the upper brick rest sealingly on said flat
apex surfaces of the lower brick thereby carrying the weight of the upper brick,
(h) the projection of said ridges beyond said first recess being at least 0.3 cm greater
than the projection of said raised spigot assembly beyond said depressed surfaces, to
provide a horizontal space at least 0.3 cm high between successive rows of said bricks for
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Claims (5)
1. A building brick having:
(a) first and second load faces forming the upper and lower faces,
(b) first and second end faces,
(c) first and second side faces,
(d) one of said load faces having a pair of parallel upstanding ridges one adjacent each side of said brick and each ridge extending substantially the entire length of said brick, said face having a first recess between said ridges and extending substantially the entire length of said brick
(e) each ridge being substantially triangular in form, having an outer surface which slopes steeply in a direction towards its adjacent side face, a narrow flat apex surface, and
an inner surface which slopes steeply laterally inwardly toward said recess,
(f) said other load face having a pair of narrow flat depressed surfaces one at each side
of said brick and extending substantially the entire length of said brick, and a raised spigot
assembly between said depressed surfaces, said raised spigot assembly having sides which
slope laterally outwardly to meet said depressed surfaces, said depressed surfaces being
located in vertical alignment with said apex surfaces,
(g) said depressed surfaces and ridges and said spigot assembly and said recess being
complementary in height and location so that, when one brick is placed atop another, said
inner surfaces of said ridges meet and lie against said sides of said raised spigot assembly to
align said faces of said bricks and to restrain sideways movement of one of said bricks
relative to the other and said depressed surfaces of the upper brick rest sealingly on said flat
apex surfaces of the lower brick thereby carrying the weight of the upper brick,
(h) the projection of said ridges beyond said first recess being at least 0.3 cm greater
than the projection of said raised spigot assembly beyond said depressed surfaces, to
provide a horizontal space at least 0.3 cm high between successive rows of said bricks for
receiving bonding material, the width of said space being at least 40 percent of the width of said brick,
(i) said first end face having a pair of projecting vertical edge portions, one adjacent each ridge of said brick and extending substantially the entire height of said brick, and having a second recess between said edge portions, said second recess extending substantially the entire height of said brick,
(j) said second end face having a pair of flat end surfaces one adjacent each side of said brick and extending substantially the entire height of said brick, and a central portion between said flat end surfaces, said flat end surfaces and said vertical edge portions, and said second recess and said central portion being complementary so that, when two of said bricks are placed end to end, said flat end surfaces of one brick lie sealingly against said vertical edge portions of the other brick, and said second recess and said central portion define a vertical space at least 0.3 cm thick extending the entire height of said bricks for receiving bonding material.
2. A brick according to claim 1, wherein the first spigot assembly includes a transverse valley dividing said raised assembly into two identical spigots each having a central vertical axis of symmetry.
3. A brick according to claim 1, wherein said vertical edge portions and said second depressed side surfaces all have bevelled edges, said bevelled edges when two said bricks are placed end to end defining a v-shaped notch of longitudinal extent equal to the height of the vertical component of said outer surfaces of said ridges.
4. A wall comprising a plurality of building bricks each as claimed in any preceding claim and arranged in superimposed rows and wherein adjacent bricks in different rows have a horizontal space of at least 0.3 cm high between the spigot assembly of one brick and the first recess of the adjacent brick and with adjacent bricks in the same row having a vertical space of at least 0.3 cm thick between the second recess of one brick and the central portion of the other brick, said horizontal and vertical spaces being interconnected and filled with bonding material which was poured in a runny state through at least one of the vertical spaces into the horizontal spaces and allowed to set.
5. A building construction and elements therefor substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB3976675A GB1567155A (en) | 1976-12-23 | 1976-12-23 | Building brick |
| AUPD378678 | 1978-03-28 |
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| GB1597670A true GB1597670A (en) | 1981-09-09 |
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| GB2041278A Expired GB1597670A (en) | 1976-12-23 | 1978-05-18 | Building bricks |
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Cited By (11)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2152968A (en) * | 1984-01-10 | 1985-08-14 | Donald Wood | Interlocking building blocks |
| GB2175326A (en) * | 1985-05-15 | 1986-11-26 | John Victor Rendell | Constructional elements and method and apparatus for manufacture |
| GB2200150A (en) * | 1987-01-09 | 1988-07-27 | Ronald Alfred Clark | Building bricks |
| GB2233009A (en) * | 1989-06-07 | 1991-01-02 | Michael Filbin | Building block |
| GB2234538A (en) * | 1989-07-31 | 1991-02-06 | Robert Moran | Brick or blockwork having spacer lug |
| WO1996035027A1 (en) * | 1995-05-03 | 1996-11-07 | Boral Hollostone Masonry (Sa) Pty. Ltd. | Building block with planar wall surface bounded by recess |
| GB2278080B (en) * | 1993-04-16 | 1997-11-26 | Dermot Dennis Mccollum | Method and apparatus for manufacture of constructional elements |
| AU752651B2 (en) * | 1995-05-03 | 2002-09-26 | Boral Hollostone Masonry (South Aust) Pty Limited | Building block with planar wall surface bounded by recess |
| GB2381016A (en) * | 2001-10-20 | 2003-04-23 | Kwok Pun Chan | A brick and brick laying tools |
| GB2415008A (en) * | 2003-07-01 | 2005-12-14 | Aggregate Ind Uk Ltd | Building element such as a kerbstone |
| WO2011092634A1 (en) * | 2010-01-26 | 2011-08-04 | Vandersanden Steenfabrieken N.V. | Building brick and method for effecting brickwork therewith |
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Cited By (12)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2152968A (en) * | 1984-01-10 | 1985-08-14 | Donald Wood | Interlocking building blocks |
| GB2175326A (en) * | 1985-05-15 | 1986-11-26 | John Victor Rendell | Constructional elements and method and apparatus for manufacture |
| GB2200150A (en) * | 1987-01-09 | 1988-07-27 | Ronald Alfred Clark | Building bricks |
| GB2200150B (en) * | 1987-01-09 | 1991-03-27 | Ronald Alfred Clark | Building bricks. |
| GB2233009A (en) * | 1989-06-07 | 1991-01-02 | Michael Filbin | Building block |
| GB2234538A (en) * | 1989-07-31 | 1991-02-06 | Robert Moran | Brick or blockwork having spacer lug |
| GB2278080B (en) * | 1993-04-16 | 1997-11-26 | Dermot Dennis Mccollum | Method and apparatus for manufacture of constructional elements |
| WO1996035027A1 (en) * | 1995-05-03 | 1996-11-07 | Boral Hollostone Masonry (Sa) Pty. Ltd. | Building block with planar wall surface bounded by recess |
| AU752651B2 (en) * | 1995-05-03 | 2002-09-26 | Boral Hollostone Masonry (South Aust) Pty Limited | Building block with planar wall surface bounded by recess |
| GB2381016A (en) * | 2001-10-20 | 2003-04-23 | Kwok Pun Chan | A brick and brick laying tools |
| GB2415008A (en) * | 2003-07-01 | 2005-12-14 | Aggregate Ind Uk Ltd | Building element such as a kerbstone |
| WO2011092634A1 (en) * | 2010-01-26 | 2011-08-04 | Vandersanden Steenfabrieken N.V. | Building brick and method for effecting brickwork therewith |
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| PS | Patent sealed | ||
| PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |