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US3645059A
US3645059A US14512A US3645059DA US3645059A US 3645059 A US3645059 A US 3645059A US 14512 A US14512 A US 14512A US 3645059D A US3645059D A US 3645059DA US 3645059 A US3645059 A US 3645059A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C1/00—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings
    • E04C1/39—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra
    • E04C1/395—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra for claustra, fences, planting walls, e.g. sound-absorbing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/01—Grilles fixed to walls, doors, or windows; Grilles moving with doors or windows; Walls formed as grilles, e.g. claustra
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S52/00—Static structures, e.g. buildings
    • Y10S52/02—Masonry lattice or openwork

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  • the present invention relates generally to constructional elements useful in the assembly of walls, especially translucent partition walls'and other like structures. Such partition walls are used to define the boundaries of a place or room or a part of it without producing a narrowing psychological effect.
  • partition walls are already known and used. Anyhow, if such partition walls are built in a dusty surrounding ugly dark stripes can often be seen during or after fog or rainyweather when deposited dust has become wet by fog and rain and is only partly washed away. There is an increasing tendency to avoid this annoying aspect owing to the increasing air pollution in many parts of the country.
  • the constructional element resides in a solid geometrical form which finds a basic application as a building block.
  • this geometric form may be used in a wide variety of embodiments and applications.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a new constructional element comprising at least two frusta of cones or pyramides having axes inclined to each other and having a common base, partly penetrating each other in a zone adjacent to said common base, each of said frusta having a smaller terminal face parallel to said base, said smaller terminal faces being aligned.
  • the constructional element according to the invention, comprises two frusta which are mirror images to each other and so oriented that the axes form an acute angle.
  • the smaller tenninal faces of all frusta have the same shape and are separated in the zone adjacent to said smaller terminal faces.
  • the constructional element comprises at least three frusta, having axes symmetrically arranged around a main axis being perpendicular to the common base and passing the center of said base, the angles formed between said axes and said main axis being identical.
  • the constructional element comprises a further frustum on that side of the base opposite to the other frusta with a smaller terminal face of same shape and size as the smaller terminal faces of the other frusta, all terminal faces being oriented parallel to said base.
  • the side faces of said further frustum are aligned with the corresponding sides of the other frusta, and the outer common side faces of the frusta have four outer common side faces which are shaped as plane congruent pentagons.
  • each of the upper inner side faces of two minor like frusta are provided with a straight notch, and both notches are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the common base of said frusta.
  • FIG. I is a perspective view of a first type'of a constructional element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second type of a constructional element according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of a constructional element of the second type illustrated in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of. another modification of a constructional element of the second type illustrated in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first modification of a constructional element of the first type illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another'modification of a constructional element of the first type illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a further modification of a constructional element of the first type illustrated in FIG. I
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a modification of a constructional element of the second type illustrated in FIG. 2 being provided with notches for inserting glass windows;
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a still further modification of a constructional element of the first type illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective partial view of an assembled partition wall using constructional elements of the first type illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 11 is a partial view of another type of an assembled partition wall using constructional elements of the first type illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • reference numeral 1 identifies a frustum of a pyramide and reference numeral 2 identifies another frustum of a pyramide, both frusta having a common base 3.
  • the axes 4 and 5 of the frusta l and 2 respectively are inclined to each other and form an angle of about 60.
  • Each of the frusta l and 2 has an upper terminal face 6 or 7 respectively. Both terminal faces 4 and 5 are smaller than base 3 and parallel to it. In a zone adjacent to said common base 3 both frusta penetrate each other as shown by broken lines.
  • FIG. 1 the intersecting lines between the two frusta are shown, the one intersecting line facing the viewer is identified by reference numeral 8, illustrated by an uninterrupted line.
  • the intersecting line on the back of the constructional element is indicated by a broken line.
  • Both intersecting lines are inclined to base 3 which is in a horizontal position when used in walls. This inclined position of the intersecting lines has the advantage that dust falling in the region between the two frusta will not deposite there but glide off or be washed away by flowing of rain drops.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates another embodiment of the invention.
  • the constructional element comprises two frusta of cones l1 and 12 having a common circular base 13.
  • the axes l4 and 15 of both frusta form an angle of about 60.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are especially useful for the assembly of partition walls.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 comprise three frusta of cones or four frusta of cones respectively. These embodiments are especially useful for columnshaped constructions.
  • An assembled wall of constructional elements comprises a plurality of identically shaped constructional elements arranged in several lines one upon another having interstices or blank spaces between neighboringfrusta. In some cases it is desirable to insert glass windows or other translucent materials between said frusta. In this way it is possible to achieve interesting architectonic and aesthetical effects especially if plates of colored translucent material are used.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a constructional element, according to the invention. which is provided with straight notches or recesses 16 to facilitate the insertion of glass windows between neighboring frusta.
  • the glass windows or sheets of other suitable material can be fixed there by known adhesives.
  • the recesses 16 are arranged parallel to adjacent edges of the frusta.
  • FIG. 7 represents a modification of an embodiment according to FIG. 1
  • FIG. 8 represents an analogous modification of an embodiment according to FIG. 2.
  • the notches or recesses 17 are parallel to the adjacent generatrix of the respective cone.
  • FIG. 9 particularly indicates the combination of three frusta of pyramides.
  • Two frustra having axes 24 and 25 are composed according to FIG. 1.
  • the third frustum 20 having an axis 21 is situated on that side of the base which is opposite to the other frusta.
  • the side faces 26 of said third frustum 20 are aligned with the corresponding adjacent sides 26" of the other two frusta so that the resulting side faces 26 being composed of faces 26' and 26" are plane congruent pentagons.
  • FIG. 11 a part of a partition wall structure is illustrated to demonstrate the utility of the subject invention.
  • a slightly modified arrangement of constructional elements according to the invention is illustrated in FIG. 11.
  • the abutting faces of adjacent constructional elements, especially the terminal faces, are provided with a suitable adhesive to fix the elements within the wall.
  • a structural element comprising at least two integral frustums having axes including an acute angle with each other and having bases located in a common plane so as to form a common base face, said frustums partly penetrating each other in the region adjacent said common base face, each of said frustums tapering in a direction away from said common base face and having spaced from said common base face an end face substantially parallel to said common base face.
  • frustums are pyramid frustums and having four common side faces which are shaped as plain congruent pentagons.

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US4431337A (en) * 1980-05-09 1984-02-14 Nobuhiko Iwasa Wave dissipation caisson
USD281339S (en) 1983-06-13 1985-11-12 John Hinnen Puzzle toy
USD344349S (en) 1992-06-16 1994-02-15 Masako Ohta Wave energy dissipation block
US6568143B2 (en) * 2000-06-23 2003-05-27 Withrow Block, L.L.C. Interlocking construction components
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US4310994A (en) * 1979-10-16 1982-01-19 Autonomics, Inc. Complementary geometric modules
US4431337A (en) * 1980-05-09 1984-02-14 Nobuhiko Iwasa Wave dissipation caisson
USD281339S (en) 1983-06-13 1985-11-12 John Hinnen Puzzle toy
USD344349S (en) 1992-06-16 1994-02-15 Masako Ohta Wave energy dissipation block
US6568143B2 (en) * 2000-06-23 2003-05-27 Withrow Block, L.L.C. Interlocking construction components
USD515254S1 (en) * 2003-10-30 2006-02-14 Artemis Rubber Technology Inc Chew toy for animals
USD540741S1 (en) * 2005-06-17 2007-04-17 Owen Don Pols Combustible briquette
USD994904S1 (en) * 2018-10-05 2023-08-08 Mid-American Gunite, Inc. Tetrapod
USD1014648S1 (en) * 2020-02-19 2024-02-13 Margaret Yates Stackable building block
US11638884B1 (en) * 2021-10-28 2023-05-02 Zhejiang Benlai Household Technology Co., Ltd. Basic connecting block and connecting block group
US20230133745A1 (en) * 2021-10-28 2023-05-04 Hangzhou Teague Technology Co., Ltd. Basic connecting block and connecting block group
US20250144538A1 (en) * 2023-11-03 2025-05-08 Wobbly Egg, LLC Collapsible Device with a Waffle Structure and Interlocking Joints

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