NL2024707B1

NL2024707B1 - Wall assembly

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Publication number: NL2024707B1
Application number: NL2024707A
Authority: NL
Inventors: Jacobus Theodorus Deen Dennis
Original assignee: Dk Gevels B V
Priority date: 2020-01-20
Filing date: 2020-01-20
Publication date: 2020-09-25
Also published as: NL2024707A

Abstract

A wall and an assembly for building the wall comprises building blocks and support blocks. Each building block comprises opposite first and second faces, both comprising a plurality of recesses arranged spaced from each other. Each support block comprises a body and a plurality of protrusions extending from opposite top and bottom sides of the body. Each recess of the plurality of recesses comprises a recess support structure and each protrusion of the plurality of protrusion comprises a protrusion support structure. The recesses and protrusions are arranged in a matching pattern. The method comprises forming at least some of the recesses in the building block by cutting. In the assembled wall, alternating layers of building blocks and support blocks are stacked on top of each other such that the protrusions in one layer are accommodated in the recesses of the adjacent layer, the respective support structures engage each other and position and support the respective higher block on the respective lower block, and relative movement of the respective blocks in two mutually perpendicular directions generally parallel to the layers is restricted.

Description

31100-FE/1f Wall assembly

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to construction techniques, in particular methods and devices for building at least part of a wall and constructions comprising such wall or wall part. More in particular, the present disclosure relates to building walls, in particular dry walls.

BACKGROUND Construction of walls from construction blocks using bricks and mortar and the like is generally known. Dry wall constructions are also known.

Although mortar-based walls and dry walls have been built for ages, improvements are continuously desired to provide stronger, lighter and/or cheaper constructions, and/or to reduce aspects as one or more of time, costs, materials, builder skills, etc. involved with the building.

Modern developments are disclosed in, e.g. US 3,390,502, DE 88 07 645 U, NL 1015570, and NL 1032906.

Herewith, further improvements are provided.

SUMMARY In aspects, a wall and an assembly for building at least part of the wall are provided.

The wall and the assembly comprises building blocks and support blocks. Each building block comprises opposite first and second faces, both comprising a plurality of recesses arranged spaced from each other. Each support block comprises a body and a plurality of protrusions extending from opposite top and bottom sides of the body. Each recess of the plurality of recesses comprises a recess support structure and each protrusion of the plurality of protrusion comprises a protrusion support structure. The recesses and protrusions are arranged in a matching pattern.

In the assembled wall, alternating layers of building blocks and support blocks are stacked on top of each other such that the protrusions in one layer are accommodated in the recesses of the adjacent layer, the respective support structures engage each other and position and support the respective higher block on the respective lower block, and relative movement of the respective blocks in two mutually perpendicular directions generally parallel to the layers 1s restricted.

Thus, the building blocks and support blocks support each other, so that the wall may reach a desired height, and they interengage and interlock each other, defining relative positions within a layer fortifying the layer and therewith the wall as a whole. Also, in plural, generally three mutually perpendicular directions, tolerances are defined by the interplay of (the recesses can protrusions of, respectively,) the building blocks and support blocks, rather than just the outside shape, structure and/or texture of the building blocks and/or support blocks as a whole. Thus, constructing a wall, and therewith constructing an object comprising the wall, by appropriately assembling the respective building blocks and support blocks is facilitated.

Fach support block may have a length, a width, and a height, in, respectively, a length direction L, a width direction W, and a height direction H, and the protrusions may be spaced at least in the length direction L of the support block. In the building blocks, the recesses are accordingly distributed in the faces.

The pattern in which the recesses and protrusions are arranged may be limited to specific pairs of a building block and a support block or larger groups of blocks. One or more blocks may (building block or support block, respectively) at least partly overlap plural adjacent blocks (support block or building block, respectively). E.g. by staggered arrangement and/or by one block having a length and/or width different from a length and/or width of an adjacent block with which it is operably coupled by cooperation of their respective protrusion and recesses. Thus, a positioning and/or interlocking effect in the length and/or width direction may be achieved in a wall portion constructed with the assembly.

In an embodiment, each building block comprises a plurality of recesses arranged spaced from each other in at least one of the width and height directions, and the assembly comprises matching support blocks. Thus, when placing alternating layers of building blocks and supports on adjacent each other the protrusions can be accommodated in the recesses and the respective support structures can engage each other and position the respective adjacent blocks with respect to each other. Thus, the building blocks and support blocks interengage and interlock each other also in a length direction. This facilitates defining relative positions in length and/or width directions and it facilitates constructing a wall by appropriately assembling the respective blocks into the alternating layers.

In each building block, the recess support structures are formed with respect to one reference. The reference preferably is or identifies a plane, more preferably a midplane of the building block. At least some of the recesses may be formed in the building block by cutting. Cutting techniques, e.g. one or more of hacking, sawing, milling, drilling, grinding, polishing, etching, etc. have proven to allow reliable manufacturing for forming recesses in building material, which itself may have a rough outer shape. Thus, such post-processing enables use of otherwise more or less irregularly shaped building blocks. Milling and/or sawing can generally be performed at great speed also on site in a construction site.

When forming (at least the support structures of) the recesses relative to the same reference, they may be formed simultaneously relative to the same reference. When forming (at least the support structures of) the recesses relative to the same reference, the building block and the reference are preferably positioned and oriented with respect to each other in the same predetermined position and orientation in at least one relative direction, more preferably being in the same relative position and orientation, so that the reference relates to positions and orientations with respect to the building block in a predetermined and reliable manner.

Preferably each recess support structure is a support surface and defines a recess support plane.

Preferably each protrusion support structure is a support surface and defines a protrusion support plane.

Preferably all support structures of the plurality of recesses of a building block in at least one of the first and second faces define a common first plane and/or second plane, respectively. Preferably, the first plane and second plane are parallel. In an embodiment, the first plane and second plane may coincide.

Preferably all protrusion support structures of the plurality of protrusions of a support block protruding in one direction from the body define a common first support plane, more preferably all protrusion support structures of the plurality of protrusions of a support block protruding in the opposite direction from the body define a common second support plane. Preferably, the first and second support planes are parallel.

5 Common planes facilitate design and construction of a wall and/or a building comprising such wall. Further, checking of a construction is facilitated.

When stacked, at least the building blocks are separate from each other and preferably, in each vertical pair the respective blocks do not support each other apart from at the support structures, e.g. support surfaces, preventing interference with the accurate positioning governed by the support structures. The support structures of a recess may be formed by the bottom of the recess.

By forming the first and second recesses to the same reference, accurate control over the position and/or orientation of the respective support surfaces is facilitated. Thus, the relative positions and/or orientations of the recesses can be defined to a high precision at a relatively low cost.

For it has been found that dry wall buildings suffer from tolerance stacking, wherein size fluctuations of elements of different layers add up so that after several layers the wall may deviate from its intended size, in particular its height. This may be acceptable for free-standing objects, dikes and horticulture etc., but not for houses, offices, etc. Moreover, there is a development towards specifying entire buildings and any components therein to ever smaller tolerances, even down to the size and pitch of masonry of walls, so that parts may be manufactured to predefined sizes in advance and construction and/or installation work onsite is reduced. In the traditional way of building, skilled adjustment of mortar and/or cement layers allows for adaptation of varying brick sizes and shapes to such design requirements. However, the numbers of sufficiently skilled masons are dwindling and in any case the construction speed is determined by the process time of setting of the mortar and/or cement layers to allow addition of a further layer of bricks on a wall without deforming a previous layer underneath.

In dry wall constructions in which tolerances to size and stability are tight, currently the top and bottom sides of the building blocks are milled or polished to size. This is expensive and it provides buildings with a relatively “harsh” and/or “sterile” appearance. In the building blocks of the presently provided method, only the support structures need be formed to an accuracy to prevent unacceptable tolerance stacking, enabling reduction of material consumption and/or tool wear. Further, (post-)processing time per building block may be reduced. By forming the support portions in the recesses, the shape, position and/or orientation of the support portions relative to the top/bottom sides of the building blocks may be obscured by lateral portions of the building block defining the recesses. This enables use of building blocks with large variations in their outer surface shape and/or size without affecting building tolerances, enabling benefits in one or more of material costs, production costs and appearance of the wall.

The support blocks may be made to accuracy by the same techniques as the building blocks or other techniques providing uniformity, wherein the uniformity may be masked by the building blocks. Cost benefits due to the speed and ease of manufacturing the building blocks, support blocks and the assembly as a whole are considered to outweigh possible elevated costs for manufacturing the building blocks and support blocks over traditional materials like (mortar and) bricks without further processing thereof.

In an embodiment, the recesses in at least one of the first face and the second face extend parallel to each other. In an embodiment, the recesses in at least one of the first face and the second face extend perpendicular to the first and/or second face, respectively. Each recess may extend along an axis, the axis may extend perpendicular to the first and/or second face.

In an embodiment, the protrusions on at least one of the first and second sides extend parallel to each other. In an embodiment, the protrusions in at least one of the first side and the second side extend perpendicular to the first and/or second side, respectively. Each protrusion may extend along an axis, the axis may extend perpendicular to the first and/or second side.

This facilitates design and construction of the respective blocks as well as of a wall and/or a building comprising such wall. Further, checking of a construction is facilitated.

In an embodiment, at least some recesses in at least one of the first face and at least some recesses in the second face extend coaxial to each other.

In an embodiment, at least some protrusions on the first side and at least some protrusions the second side extend coaxial to each other.

This facilitates defining and/or realising particular relative positions of the building blocks and support blocks. Further, construction forces and/or stresses may be transmitted linearly, which may fortify a wall relative to curved or meandering distributions of relatively elevated forces and/or stresses.

In an embodiment, at least some of the recesses have a shape, in a cross section generally parallel to the first face and/or second face, that is at least one of circular, annular and cylindrical.

In an embodiment, at least some of the protrusions have a shape, in a cross section generally parallel to the first side and/or second side that is at least one of circular, annular and cylindrical.

In an embodiment, at least some of the recesses have a tapering or conical shape, in a direction generally perpendicular to the first face and/or second face.

In an embodiment, at least some of the protrusions have a tapering or conical shape, in a direction generally perpendicular to the first face and/or second face.

Such embodiments each may one or more of facilitate construction of a wall, providing guidance for assembling a wall, and assisting distribution of construction forces and/or stresses.

The body of one or more of the support blocks may comprise one or more openings. This can save material and weight.

The body and at least some of the protrusions of one or more of the support blocks may be formed unitary. An embodiment comprises building a wall using the assembly adjacent another wall and connecting the respective walls together with anchors. The anchors may be attached to the support blocks. Anchors may increase stability of the walls with respect to each other and/or assist in aligning the walls relative to each other. Further, accessory objects, e.d. water conduits and/or electrical cords, may be supported by the anchors. Anchors may be fixed by clamping, friction fit, screwing into a support block and/or building block. An anchor may be used to align a wall relative to another object, e.d. another wall.

The building blocks and the support blocks may be of different materials, e.g. bricks or concrete and, respectively, a polymer material. This may reduce costs and/or it may help mimicking traditional brick and mortar building style. Also, different materials may facilitate attaching objects to the wall using different techniques. Various polymer materials have proven to be sufficiently strong for construction of multiple-storey buildings like houses in which the building blocks are traditional bricks, when the latter are provided with grooves in accordance with the disclosure.

In particular the building blocks may be formed by shaping a malleable material and allowing and/or forcing the shaped material to harden, e.g. by one or more processes of drying, curing and baking, and by forming the recesses of the building blocks in the hardened material. This accommodates using materials wherein the hardening may produce unpredictable deformations relative to the unhardened shape, such as tends to occur by moulding, drying and baking clay to bricks and/or by moulding and drying concrete, which are generally the optimum building materials for walls of houses and similar constructions. However other building blocks may be made by cutting, e.g. sawing or hewing, the building block from a larger object e.g. natural stone blocks cut from a rock.

In particular the support blocks may be formed at least partly by moulding and/or extrusion processes, e.d. forming the support blocks by extrusion of a polymer material,

e.g. a polyolefin like a polyethylene (PE) and/or a polypropylene (PP), which may be of (ultra ) high molecular weight and/or be reinforced with (glass) fibres, wires, rods and/or other fortification additives. Polyolefins, in particular PE and PP varieties, are proven for use in building construction work, e.g. for housing, being heat resistant, fire-safe and readily workable with woodworking tools, and having thermal expansion characteristics similar to those of concrete and/or bricks.

Metals may also be used as construction material, in particular for support blocks. Several metals and alloys can be suitably extruded or moulded, and may readily be formed for construction of buildings, most notably aluminium and aluminium alloys.

Another option which may be preferred is forming of a concrete extraction product. A suitable concrete material can be processed to a desired shape in a robust form. When the material is wetted it may attach and fix itself to surrounding materials, in particular stone-like materials like concrete and brick, with little to no shape change. However, the adherence is strong and permanent. Hosing a (partly) finished wall may therefore fortify the wall.

The support blocks at least partly being received in the building blocks facilitates making that the former are less exposed to weather and/or other external influences. Also, it facilitates making the support blocks smaller than the building blocks, in particular in directions perpendicular to the directions of the wall. This facilitates use of a possibly more susceptible or delicate material than that of the building blocks.

In an embodiment, in the wall support blocks are receded behind a wall surface defined by side surfaces of building blocks, forming recesses, and wherein the method further comprises filling at least part of the recesses with a filler material. This may serve for structural integration and/or fortification of the wall e.g. by covering the support blocks, but also or alternatively for decoration and/or adaptation to a masonry style. The filler material may be a malleable material that can harden when inserted into the recess. In an embodiment, a filler material may formed and/or comprise one or more preformed objects, e.g. ornamental elements like coloured plates or strips and/or protective elements covering a portion of an adjacent support block. A building block may be formed at least partially to accommodate such object, e.g. having a widened groove, and/or the filler material may be attached to a support block.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above-described aspects will hereafter be more explained with further details and benefits with reference to the drawings showing a number of embodiments by way of example. Fig. 1 shows an assembly for constructing at least part of a wall; Fig. 2 indicates shows part of a wall using the assembly of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of an assembly for constructing at least part of a wall (shown in explosion); Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of a wall in accordance with Fig. 3; Fig. 5 shows use of a support block as a wall anchor between adjacent walls; Fig. 6 indicates manufacturing a building block.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS It is noted that the drawings are schematic, not necessarily to scale and that details that are not required for understanding the present invention may have been omitted.

The terms "upward", "downward", "below", "above", and the like relate to the embodiments as oriented in the drawings, unless otherwise specified.

Further, elements that are at least substantially identical or that perform an at least substantially identical function are denoted by the same numeral, where helpful increased by hundreds and/or individualised with alphabetic suffixes.

Further, unless otherwise specified, terms like “detachable” and “removably connected” are intended to mean that respective parts may be disconnected essentially without damage or destruction of either part, e.g. excluding structures in which the parts are integral (e.g. welded or moulded as one piece), but including structures in which parts are attached by or as mated connectors, fasteners, releasable self-fastening features, etc.

The verb “to facilitate” is intended to mean “to make easier”, rather than just “to enable”. Fig. 1 shows (parts of) an assembly 1 for constructing at least part of a wall W, as indicated in Fig. 2, from building blocks 3 and support blocks 5. In an erect wall 2, the building blocks 3 and support blocks 5 are stacked in a vertical direction Z as alternating layers B, S, which themselves extend generally in horizontal directions X and XY.

Locally, the wall 2 may have a length direction L and a width direction W in horizontal directions and a vertical height direction H.

Each building block 3 comprises opposite pairs of faces Fl and F2; F3 and F4; and F5 and F6, respectively.

Faces of at least one pair of opposite faces Fl, F2; F3, F4; F5, F6; comprises a plurality of recesses 7 arranged spaced from each other in the respective face. As shown, the recesses may be blind holes defined by surrounding wall portions. The building blocks 3 may have various sizes as generally indicated with reference symbols 3A-3D in Fig. 1.

Fach support block 5 comprises a body 9, and a plurality of protrusions 11 on opposite top and bottom sides of the body 9. Here, the protrusions 11 are formed as substantially coaxial solid cylindrical rod portions of circular cross section, but other relative positions and shapes may be provided. The body 92 preferably is generally plane as shown here and may comprise one or more openings 10, providing the body 9 with a frame-like shape.

Fach recess 7 of the plurality of recesses 7 comprises a recess support structure 8 inside the recess, e.g. a flat portion on an end face terminating the blind hole 7 (not visible in Figs. 1-2). Each protrusion 11 of the plurality of protrusion comprises a protrusion support structure, e.g. a flat end face 13 of the protrusion 11.

The building blocks 3 and/or support bocks 5 may have various sizes as shown and generally indicated with reference symbols 3A-3D and, respectively, 5A-5D in Fig. 1. However, of at least several building blocks and support blocks, the recesses 7 and protrusions 11 are arranged in a matching pattern, here a generally rectangular pattern, in particular square pattern. However, different patterns including triangular, hexagonal or other regular or irregular patterns may be provided. The recesses 7 and protrusions 11 are further formed such that the protrusions 11 are receivable in the recesses 7 to be accommodated and cooperate with each other to form the alternating layers of building blocks and support blocks stacked on top of each other such that the protrusions in one layer are accommodated in the recesses of the adjacent layer, and such that relative movement of the respective blocks in the W and L directions (X and Y directions) is restricted or prevented.

The respective support structures 8, 13 engage each other and position and support the respective higher block 3 / 5, on the respective lower block 5 / 3 in each layer pair.

Further, the recesses 7 and protrusions 11 may be mated in the sense that the protrusions closely fit into the recesses with very little play in horizontal direction (XY), reducing tolerances in width and/or length directions of the wall.

Figs. 3 and 4 show another embodiment; an assembly 101 for constructing at least part of a wall 102, as indicated in Fig. 4. Here, the support blocks 105 are provided with protrusions 111 formed as hollow circular cylinders extending from a body 109; the annular top surfaces 113 of the protrusions form the protrusion support structures.

Different from Figs. 1-2 in Figs. 3 the protrusions 111 are arranged in a single line pattern rather than in a distribution pattern in two directions W, L as before (Figs. 1-2). Depending on the relative dimensions, the support blocks 105 may be used in combination with the building blocks 3, in particular two support blocks 105 being arranged adjacent each other (not shown), to fit and operably engage the recesses 7 of the building blocks 3 for stacking a wall.

However, as particularly shown in Fig. 3, the building blocks 103 may be provided with annular recesses 107 comprising recess support structures 108, here optionally formed by bottom portions of the annular recess, see Fig. 4. For post-processed building blocks, annular recesses may reduce the amount of material to be cut or otherwise removed from the building block relative to forming, like in Figs. 1-2, a completely empty hole of equal extent (e.g. here: outer diameter) in the face. At the same time, an annular structure may be formed, in particular: may be cut, more easily than a straight or angular recess, e.g. by hollow-core drilling. Note that the size of the recess 107 and/or distribution of recesses 2, 102 in the face (Fl, F2, etc) in a width direction W of the wall 2 or 102 may affect or even determine a lateral stability of the wall 2, 102. Also, a remaining core 117 in an annular recess may convey an impression of strength and may actually provide strength to the wall as a hole by engaging and laterally supporting the cylindrical wall portion of a cylindrical support protrusion

111.

As indicated in Fig. 3, a support block may at least partly be arranged so that at least some of its protrusions on one side are operably received in, and cooperate with, plural adjacent building blocks. Thus, the building blocks and support blocks interengage and interlock each other, defining relative positions and strength of the wall may be increased. Also, constructing a wall by appropriately assembling the respective building blocks and support blocks is facilitated. For one or more of these reasons, a support block may be formed larger than a building block in at least one direction, e.g. being longer (L-direction).

Any possible spaces 19, 119 between adjacent building blocks in a layer may be filled by additional material, which may take the form of a plate-like body and may have protrusions matching recesses in the associated faces F3, F4. Such body may be connectable with one or more support block 5,

105. In the latter case, it may be noted that any interconnection, in particular fixation between adjacent layers of the same type (B-B, S-3) or of different type (B-S, S-B) may further strengthen the wall 2, 102. Also, tolerances in spacing of building blocks 103 may be reduced. Attachment or fixation may be performed by any suitable means, even ratchet-and-pawl-based binding strips (a.k.a. “tie-wraps”). Protrusions and recesses having a rotational symmetry, like rectangles (2x2-fold symmetry), squares (4-fold symmetry), circles (infinite-fold symmetry) and the like, together with an appropriate pattern of protrusions and recesses may facilitate arranging a support block in a different directions relative to a building block. Thus, a support block 105 (105C) may e.g. be arranged sideways perpendicular (in W-direction) to a length direction (L) of a building block 103 from one wall 102A to extend to an adjacent wall 102B and function as a wall anchor connecting both walls 102A, 120B, see Fig. 5. This may obviate providing additional anchors and/or us of other materials.

Fig. 6 shows a method of manufacturing a building block, by example showing a building block according to Figs. 1-2. Here, the shown method is a method of post-processing. In a building block, a plurality of recesses is cut, here by drilling or milling all recesses together by a drilling apparatus 200 comprising plural opposite sets of drills 221. In the apparatus 200 the building block is positioned and fixed. Here, e.g. the building block may be clamped by clamping plates 223. The drill bits may be shaped to provide the recesses formed by them with a particular shape, e.g.

having a varying diameter or being hollow for making annular recesses. Preferably, all drills 221 are of the same type and/or shape, at least pairwise for opposite drills 221.

At least some of the drills 221 may individually or collectively be checked and/or controlled regularly for position and/or wear so as to ensure proper forming of the recesses. The drills 221 are configured to drill recesses in the desired respective face F, of the building block 3, 103, 203 to a depth corresponding to the desired and predetermined position of the respective recess support structure. Such position is determined for each drill and recess of/for opposite faces relative to a single common reference, irrespective of external properties of the building block regarding size, shape and/or surface structure. In particular, recesses in opposite sides are defined relative to one common reference instead of from both opposite sides independently. This prevents that (lack of) tolerances in the shape, size and/or structure of the building blocks extend into (lack of) the tolerances of the wall as a whole.

Thus, stacking tolerances may be tightly controlled although the building blocks may have comparably rough and/or erratic shapes, structures, textures etc.

The disclosure is not restricted to the above described embodiments which can be varied in a number of ways within the scope of the claims. For instance elements and aspects discussed for or in relation with a particular embodiment may be suitably combined with elements and aspects of other embodiments, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Several aspects may be summarized in the following clauses:

1. Assembly for constructing a wall comprising building blocks and support blocks, wherein each of the building block comprises opposite first and second faces, both of the faces comprising a plurality of recesses arranged spaced from each other;

wherein each support block comprises a body and a plurality of protrusions extending from opposite top and bottom sides of the body; wherein each recess of the plurality of recesses comprises a recess support structure and each protrusion of the plurality of protrusion comprises a protrusion support structure, wherein the recesses and protrusions are arranged in a matching pattern, wherein alternating layers of building blocks and support blocks are stackable on top of each other such that the protrusions in one layer are accommodated in the recesses of the adjacent layer, the respective support structures engage each other and position and support the respective higher block on the respective lower block, and relative movement of the respective blocks in two mutually perpendicular directions generally parallel to the layers is restricted.

2. The assembly according to clause 1, wherein each of the support blocks has a length, a width, and a height, in, respectively, a length direction, a width direction, and a height direction, and the protrusions are spaced at least in the length direction of the support block, wherein in the building blocks, the recesses may be accordingly distributed in the faces.

3. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein, when assembled, one or more of the building block or support block, respectively, in a layer at least partly overlaps plural blocks in an adjacent layer, e.g. by staggered arrangement of blocks in adjacent layers.

4. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein each of the building blocks comprises a plurality of recesses arranged spaced from each other in at least one of the width and height directions, and the assembly comprises matching support blocks.

5. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein in each building block, the recess support structures are formed with respect to one reference, wherein the reference preferably is or identifies a plane, more preferably a midplane of the building block.

6. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein at least some of the recesses are formed in the building block by cutting, e.g. one or more of hacking, sawing, milling, drilling, grinding, polishing, etching, etc.

7. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein each recess support structure is a support surface and defines a recess support plane, and/or each protrusion support structure is a support surface and defines a protrusion support plane.

8. The assembly according to clause 7, wherein the support structures of the plurality of recesses of a building block in at least one of the first and second faces define a common first plane and/or second plane, respectively, wherein preferably the first plane and second plane are parallel, and/or wherein the protrusion support structures of the plurality of protrusions of a support block protruding in one direction from the body define a common first support plane, preferably all protrusion support structures of the plurality of protrusions of a support block protruding in the opposite direction from the body define a common second support plane, wherein preferably, the first and second support planes are parallel.

9. The assembly according to any preceding clause, configured such that, when stacked, at least the building blocks are separate from each other and preferably, in each vertical pair the respective blocks do not support each other apart from at the support structures

10. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein a recess support structure of a recess are formed by the bottom of the recess.

11. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein the recesses in at least one of the first face and the second face extend parallel to each other; and/or the recesses in at least one of the first face and the second face extend perpendicular to the first and/or second face, respectively, and/or each recess extends along an axis, the axis may extend perpendicular to the first and/or second face.

12. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein the protrusions on at least one of the first and second sides extend parallel to each other; and or the protrusions in at least one of the first side and the second side extend perpendicular to the first and/or second side, respectively; and/or each protrusion extends along an axis, the axis may extend perpendicular to the first and/or second side.

13. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein at least some recesses in at least one of the first face and at least some recesses in the second face extend coaxial to each other, and/or at least some protrusions on the first side and at least some protrusions the second side extend coaxial to each other.

14. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein at least some of the recesses have a shape, in a cross section generally parallel to the first face and/or second face, that is at least one of circular, annular and cylindrical, and/or at least some of the recesses have a tapering or conical shape, in a direction generally perpendicular to the first face and/or second face; and/or at least some of the protrusions have a shape, in a cross section generally parallel to the first side and/or second side that is at least one of circular, annular and cylindrical, and/or at least some of the protrusions have a tapering or conical shape, in a direction generally perpendicular to the first face and/or second face.

15. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein the body of one or more of the support blocks is provided with one or more openings.

16. The assembly according to any preceding clause, wherein the body and at least some of the protrusions of one or more of the support blocks are formed unitary.

17. Method of building a wall using the assembly according to any preceding clause.

18. Method according to clause 17, comprising building a wall using the assembly adjacent another wall using the assembly and connecting the respective walls together with anchors.

19. Method according to clause 18, comprising forming the anchor of a support block.

20. Building comprising a wall constructed from the assembly according to any one of clauses 1-16 and/or according to the method of any one of clauses 17-19.

Claims

CONCLUSIONS

A method of forming an assembly for constructing a wall comprising building blocks and bearing blocks, each of the building blocks comprising opposing first and second sides, each side comprising a plurality of depressions spaced apart from one another. arranged together; each support block comprising a body and a plurality of protrusions extending from opposed top and bottom sides of the body; wherein each storey of the plurality of storeys includes a storey support structure and each protrusion of the plurality of projections includes a projection support structure, the depressions and projections being arranged in a matching pattern, alternating layers of building blocks and support blocks being stackable on top of each other such that the protrusions in a layer are received in the recesses of the adjacent layer, the respective support structures engage each other and support the respective upper block on the respective lower block, and relative displacement of the respective blocks in two mutually perpendicular directions substantially parallel to the layers is limited, the method comprising forming at least some of the depressions in the building block by machining, in particular one or more of chopping, sawing, milling, drilling, grinding, polishing, etching, etc.

A method according to claim 1, wherein each of the support blocks has a length, a width and a height, in a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a height direction, respectively, and the protrusions are at least in the longitudinal direction of the support block. spaced apart, whereby in the building blocks the floors can be divided accordingly in the sides.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the floors are arranged such that, when assembled, one or more of the building block or support block, respectively, in one layer can at least partially overlap several blocks in an adjacent layer, for example by a staggered arrangement of blocks in adjacent layers.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each of the building blocks comprises a plurality of storeys that are spaced apart in at least one of the width and height directions, matching the support blocks of the assembly.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein in each building block the storey supporting structures are formed with respect to one reference, the reference preferably being or defining a plane, more preferably a central plane of the building block.

A method according to any preceding claim, wherein at least some of the depressions in the building block are formed by machining them together.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each storey support structure is a support surface and defines a storey support surface, and / or each protrusion support structure is a support surface and defines a projection support surface.

A method according to claim 7, wherein the supporting structures of the plurality of storeys of a building block in at least one of the first and second sides define a joint first and / or second plane, respectively, preferably wherein the first and second plane are parallel, and / or wherein the protuberance support structures of the plurality of protrusions of a support block protruding in one direction from the body define a first common bearing surface, preferably all of the protrusion support structures of the plurality of protrusions of a support block protruding into the support block. opposite direction of the body defining a second common bearing surface, the first and second bearing surfaces being preferably parallel.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the depressions are formed such that, when stacked, at least the building blocks are separated from each other and preferably in each vertical pair the respective blocks do not support each other except at the support structures.

10. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a storey supporting structure of a storey is formed by the bottom of the storey.

A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the depressions in at least one of the first side and the second side extend parallel to each other; and / or the depressions in at least one of the first side and the second side extend perpendicular to the first and second sides, respectively, and / or each depression extends along an axis, the axis being perpendicular to the first and / or or second side can extend.

A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the protrusions on at least one of the first and second sides extend parallel to each other; and / or the protrusions in at least one of the first and second sides extend perpendicular to the first and / or second side, respectively; and / or each protrusion extends along an axis, wherein the axis may extend perpendicular to the first and / or second side.

The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least some of the depressions in at least one of the first side and at least some of the depressions in the second side extend coaxially to each other, and wherein at least some of the protrusions on the first side at least some protrusions on the second side may extend coaxially to each other.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least some of the depressions have a shape, in a cross-section substantially parallel to the first side and / or the second side, which is at least one of circular, annular and cylindrical, and / or at least one of the depressions has a taper or conical shape in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first side and / or the second side; and / or at least some of the protrusions have a shape, in a section substantially parallel to the first side and / or second side that is at least one of circular, annular, and cylindrical, and / or at least one of the protrusions. protrusions have a tapered or conical shape in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first side and / or the second side.

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the body of one or more of the support blocks is provided with one or more openings.

A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the body and at least some of the protrusions of one or more of the support blocks are formed as one piece.

A method of building a wall using the assembly formed according to the method of any preceding claim.

The method of claim 17, comprising building a wall using the assembly next to another wall using the assembly and connecting the respective walls together with anchors.

A method according to claim 18 including forming the anchor from a support block.