GB2454259A

GB2454259A - Interlocking building brick

Info

Publication number: GB2454259A
Application number: GB0721657A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Avtar S Chahal
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-11-05
Filing date: 2007-11-05
Publication date: 2009-05-06
Also published as: GB0721657D0

Abstract

The invention relates to interlocking building bricks. The bricks comprise a series of recesses or node holes 6 into which separate nodes or dowels 1 are inserted. The projecting nodes 1 then mate with the corresponding recesses 6 in adjacent bricks. The bricks may be hollow with a reinforcing strut 5 across the centre of the hollow. The bricks may be made from an environmentally friendly material such as a hemp-mix, or alternatively polystyrene may be used. The nodes may be made from hemp, polystyrene or wood. Steel reinforcement may positioned across the tops of the bricks so as pass through the cut-outs 3 at either end of the bricks. The hollow gaps in the bricks may be filled with concrete, a hemp-lime mix or alternatively soil where the bricks are used to form garden walls.

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Environmental Brickc

Background

The traditional laying of bricks is time consuming and dated form of construction The time consuming and labour intensive process is also environmentally negative. Most house have a double layer of brick for safety and insulation of sound and heat so the process of building is twice as expensive as two layers of brick need to be constructed..

Statement of Invention

The Brickc interlocks with identical partners and have a Gap for concrete or cement or Hemp or other fillings to be poured into the Gap for permanent fixing of the outer construction of the Brickc as well as for insulation of heat and sound. Brickc's can be positively environmentally friendly and can be constructed from environmentally friendly materials such as Hemp-mix Advantages This invention relates to Brickc's that reduce construction time considerably The Brickc's have a Gap through the center and interlock so they can have a single pour of hemp+lime mix or concrete or cement put into them for construction purposes or be stacked and be filled with soil for garden walls. Any suitable substance can be used as filling of Gap in the Brickc. Brickc's interlock and are not laid'.This allows fore a huge saving of time and the single pour of any filling adds to speed of build.

Bricks will allow for a reduced build time and a Greener' build as the Brickc's interlock and are not laid. A single pour of concrete or hemp mix adds to speed of build. Time and money saved, can be used for environmental improvements to the building.

Intro to drawing An example of invention will now be described by referring to accompanying drawings. The example shown in the drawings is a rectangle but the Brickc can be any shape to allow for bay windows or castle turret constructions. The hemp or polystyrene (Fig4) or any other material is formed into, for example, rectangles with Nodes-M 1/that help the Brickc's to interlock with its partner when stacked. So Node-M 1/ slots into the corresponding Internal Node-F 2/ as buttons on a shirt fit into the corresponding holes on the opposite side of the shirt. So all Nodes-M 1/insert into Internal Nodes-F 2/. There is a Cutout 3/ to allow for steel reinforcement before interlocking the next layer of Brickc on top. A wall is build up to required height and a hemp/lime mix or concrete is poured into the steel reinforced Gap 4/. A vibrating tamper can be inserted through all the Gaps 4/in the Brickc's from the top Brickc to Intro to drawings Cont Page 2 the bottom Brickc for the purposes of expelling air from the bottom layer of Brickc filling at the time of the concrete/hemp pour. There is a re-enforcing strut 5/ (optional) A/ Side view (figl) B/Endview (figl) C/Topview (figi) DI polystyrene example (fig4) (Fig 2) Y on Z construction (Fig 3) Standard brick construction showing Y on Z Nodes 1/ can be made of any material and can be slotted' into the Node hole after the Brickc is formed. Node-M I / can be made of hemp or polystyrene (fig4) or wood or any other material. Nodes can be formed from the same material as the Brickc and be constructed at the same time as the Brickc is fromed. Please note, this Brickc can be constructed from polystyrene D and the Nodes-M 1/ as shown in D can be of varying forms/shapes as long as the function of Node-M I/is fulfilled That function being to interlock the Brickc's. Steel reinforcement can be layered and secured using steel fixers wire as each layer is completed so that if there are 10 Brickcs vertically high in the construction then there will be 10 layers of steel reinforcement with one layer of steel within each individual layer so that all Cutouts 3/ along a horizontal line or layer of Brickc's has continuous unbroken interconnected steel running through all Cutouts 3/ and connecting all Cutouts 3/in that particular layer of Brickc's layed in that particular horizontal line. The process is then repeated within the horizontal layers building up a wall of Brickc's. The first vertical steel is embedded in the foundations of the building at a secure depth allowing for all steel to be attached to the initial vertical steel embedded in the foundations. Ask any steel fixer how this works as it is standard constriction practice. The Brickc's are layered so that Y will be layered on top of Z (Fig2) and vice versa so that a standard brick formation (fig3) is formed so that the structure has integrity. All Nodes-M and internal Nodes are evenly spaced and even in number (4 or 6)allowing for them to interlock with a Y on Z formation illustrated in Fig 2 and 3.

KEY for BRICKc DRAWING 1/ Node (male)-M 2/Internal Node (femalc)-F 3/ CutoLt 4/ Gap for filling 5/ Reinforcing strut 6/ Node hole

Claims

Page 3 Claims 1/ The evenly spaced and even in number Nodes-M numbered 1/ are aligned with and inserted/interlocked with the evenly spaced even in number Internal Nodes-F numbered 2/ of the identical Brickc above - 2/ The evenly spaced even in number internal Node-F numbered 2/ are aligned with and interlock with the evenly spaced even in number Nodes-M 1/ of the identical Brickc below 3/ All Nodes-M 1/interlock or are inserted into the Internal Nodes-F 2/ of the identical Brickc above and the identical Brickc below has Nodes-M I / interlocked/inserted into Internal Nodes 2/ of the Brickc above hence building a wall'.

3a/Definition of Brickc is a form that interlocks and is inserted within other Brickc's situated either above or bellow or either side of its neighbor Brickc and that the Brickc structure is hollow to allow concrete or hemp or soil or any other mixture to be poured into the Gap 4/ and that the Brickc is securely stackable without the need for concrete.

3b/ Function of the Nodes-M 1/ and Internal Nodes-F2/is to interlock the Brickc's and all Brickcs have even 4/Brickc's can be of any size or shape or constructed from any material or combinations of materials as long as 1/ -34/ of Claims is adhered to 5/ The term Brickc signifies any consistent individual interlocking form that can be constructed which has a gap in it allowing for cement or hemp or any other filling to be easily poured into the gap 4/thereby constructing a loadbearing form and has a nesting capability where one form nests within the other using Nodes-M 1/ and Internal Nodes-F 2/ 6/ Nodes-M 1/and Internal Nodes-F2/ can be of any number as long as they are consistently spaced within all Brickc's so that all Brickc's have the same number of Nodes-M and Internal Nodes-F and the number of Nodes-M corresponds to the number of Inner Nodes-F allowing for the building of a Z on Y structure (fig2) 7/ All Nodes-M 1/to line up with Internal Nodes-F 2/ of the Brickc above 8/ All Internal Nodes-F 2/ are to line up with Nodes-M 1/of the brick below 9/ Nodes-M I/can be of any shape or number as long as they fit into the Internal Nodes-F 2/of the Brickc above i 0/Internal Nodes-F 2/ can be of any shape as long as they fit with the Node-M 1/ of the Briàkc below Page 4 Claims 11/All forms of interlocking' of Brick's is hereby declared and defined as being with a Node system and all Brickc's/interlocking Brick's are defined within this app1icaion 12/Interlocking is defined by one Brickc fitting into the other in some form so that aJ a part of one Brickc sits within the Brickc above and b/the Internal Nodes-F 2/of Brickc below are aligned with and interlocked with Nodes-M 1/ of the Brickc above 13/ All variety and forms of interlocking can be used with this system thereby all variations of interlocking and brick inserting into one another (herby called a Brickc) are included within this application weather that be hook fin' interlocking or any other form of Brickcfbrick interlocking systems weather the Brickcfbrick is made of hemp or any other material such as polystyrene 14/ The Brickc can have a supporting Strut 5/if it is required and is therefore optional 15/ The Supporting Strut 5/ Fig [1] can be made of any material and can be of any size as long as Strut 5/ fits inside the Brickc structure 16/ Brickc does not necessarily have to be constructed with Strut 5/ which is optional 17/ The Cutout 3/ can be of any size so long as Brickc structure is not compromised and if Brickc structure is compromised a reinforcement by other material can be inserted to reestablish structural integrity of the Brickc 18/ Nodes I / can be of any size smaller than width of thickness of the Brickc and not protrude above the Brickc further than the depth of the Internal Node-F 2/ of the Brickc above but be long enough to fit into the Internal Node-F 2/ of Brickc above to establish wall integrity or structural integrity 19/ Nodes -M 1/can be made of any material so long as they fit into the Internal Node- F 2/of the Brickc above and fit into the Node gap at the top of the brick.

20/ Internal Nodes-F 2/ can or may be internally supported with any material (eg metal/vood) that is to say that the Internal Node-F 2/ may have inserts to help keep the shape for the Internal Node-F 2/ so that this Internal Node-F 2/is standard for all Brickc's allowing a standard Node-M 1/to fit into the Internal Node-F 2/ 21 / The Internal Nodes-F 2/ may have Internal Node hole reinforcement to help keep the shape of the hole as required and the reinforcement is therefore optional Page 5 Claims 22/Nodes-M 1/ may have Node hole reinforcement as required or if required and the reinforcement to keep the shape of the hole is therefore optional 23/ If required the Node hole reinforcement to fit inside the Node hole can be made of any material allowing for standard Internal Node holes 24/All Node holes and Internal Node holes are to be consistent and standard with all Brickcs and shape of Nodes-MI / and Internal Nodes-F 2/ such that Nodes-M fit into Node holes and Nodes-M fit into Internal Nodes 2/ 25/ All Nodes 1/ are to be standard and to fit into standard Internal Node 2/ holes after any reinforcement if reinforcement is necessary 26/ The Brickc's are glued' and interlocked into position with a relevant substance capable of adhesion of one Brickc to another before the hemp or concrete or other substance is poured into the gap 4/ 27/Adhesive can be put into Node holes and Inner Nodes 1/ as well as onto Nodes-M before Brickc's are interlocked 28/ When Brickc is made from polystyrene (fig4) then the Nodes 1/ will be made of polystyrene and the Internal Nodes-F will cut into polystyrene.

29/ When Bricke made from polystyrene the Nodes-M 1/ can be any shape as long as they interlock correctly and nest with the other interlocking Brickc hence nest within the Internal Nodes-F and the Brickc's stack securely 30/ Brickc's can be of any functional thickness and All Nodes-M and internal Nodes are evenly spaced and even in number (4 or 6?)allowing for them to interlock with a Y on Z formation illustrated in Fig 2 and 3.

31/'Node gap' is defined as the shaped gap within which a Node-M sits 31/ Internal Node is defined as the hole that the Node-M will fit into 32/ Brickc can be constructed with Node-M 1/ being part of the Brickc structure hence the Node-M hole is obsolete 33/ The Gap 4/ allows for vibrating rods to be put into the deep gap created when Brickc's are stacked high so that the filling can be damped down so that all air is expelled allowing for a solid filling of all the gaps within the wall of Brickc's.

34/ The spacing of the Nodes-M I/and mirroring Internal Nodes-F 2/ are to be such that a Y block is married to a Z block and a Z block is layered with a Y block for structural integrity.