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US3925950A
US3925950A US476256A US47625674A US3925950A US 3925950 A US3925950 A US 3925950A US 476256 A US476256 A US 476256A US 47625674 A US47625674 A US 47625674A US 3925950 A US3925950 A US 3925950A
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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
    • E04C1/42—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings of glass or other transparent material
    • 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
    • E04B2/42—Walls having cavities between, as well as in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts, kept in distance by means of spacers, at least one of the parts having cavities
    • E04B2/44—Walls having cavities between, as well as in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts, kept in distance by means of spacers, at least one of the parts having cavities using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls
    • E04B2/46—Walls having cavities between, as well as in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts, kept in distance by means of spacers, at least one of the parts having cavities 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
    • 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
    • E04B2002/023—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with rabbets, e.g. stepped
    • 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

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  • ABSTRACT A multisided building block having a cavity along each side in a peripheral zone of the block and an outwardly directed open socket held within the cavity.
  • a socket belonging toone block In an adjoining position of two building blocks, a socket belonging toone block is aligned with, and is in a close vicinity of a socket belonging to the other, adjoining block.
  • plugs There are further provided plugs, each conforming in shape to the socket opening and positioned within the aligned sockets for interconnecting the same.
  • This invention relates to a building block particularly for ornamental purposes and is of the type that usually has an outer frame serving as a carrier for a panel which is made of artificial glass or the like and which is preferably disposed in the longitudinal central plane of the outer frame.
  • Building blocks of the afore-outlined type are generally known.
  • the individual building blocks can be attached to one an other by mutual anchoring, to form a wall.
  • the anchoring of the individual building blocks to one another is conventionally accomplished by means of groove and tongue joints.
  • the disadvantage of such an anchoring connection resides in the fact that the individual building blocks can be anchored to one another only by sliding one block into the other. If a' great number of such building blocks is to be used for obtaining a large wall, substantial labor is required because of the relatively long sliding displacement necessary for each individual building block.
  • It is a further disadvantage of the above-outlined known arrangement that during the sliding of a building block in and with respect to another, the guidance is usually not smooth and may even be impeded between the individual building blocks at the locations of seams.
  • the multisided building block has a cavity along each side in a peripheral zoneof the block and an outwardly directed open socket held within the cavity.
  • a socket belonging to one block In an adjoining position of two building blocks, a socket belonging to one block is aligned with, and is in a close vicinity of a socket belonging to the other, adjoining block.
  • plugs There are further provided plugs, each conforming in shape to the socket opening and positioned within the aligned sockets for interconnecting the same.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevational. view, partially broken away, of two interconnected building blocks designed according to a preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a component shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the component shown in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of one building block designed according to the same embodiment.
  • FIG. 4a is a front elevational view of a building block designed according to another preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the building block illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the building block illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged side elevational view of the location of connection between two building blocks according to FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 8a is a sectional view taken along line VIIIa- VIIIa of FIG. 4a.
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 4.
  • FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 illustrate front elevational views of a plurality of interconnected building blocks in three different types of arrangement.
  • the building block generally indicated at 1 and constituting a preferred embodiment of the invention has a rectangular frame 2 of generally U-shaped section. It is expedient to so dimension the building block 1 that the length of a long side 2" of the frame 2 is an integer multiple (expediently double) of the length of a short side 2.
  • the outwardly directed free legs of the U- shaped frame 2 are designated at 3' along one short side 2 of the frame 2 and at 5 along the other short side 2'. Further, the free legs are designated at 3 along one long side 2 of the frame 2 and at 5 along the other long side 2".
  • Each leg has, along its outer, marginal zone, a rib-and-shoulder formation.
  • the shoulders are oriented towards one another, while in the rib-andshoulder 6 of the adjoining legs 5 and 5 the shoulders are facing away from one another.
  • the rib-and-shoulder formations in the legs of each frame side are oppositely oriented with respect to those in the opposite, parallel frame side.
  • adjoining building blocks 1 fit into one another by virtue of the complemental, conforming, interfitting relationship between a rib-and-shoulder formation 4 associated with the one building block and a rib-and-shoulder formation 6 associated with the other building block.
  • each block frame 2 has at the outer face 7 of its floor 7 a circumferential groove 8 for receiving edge zones of the block panel 9.
  • the floor 7 which is formed by the web or connecting part of the U, is disposed at such an angle that the floor portion 7 is elevated with respect to the adjacent floor portion 7 disposed at the other side of the panel face.
  • the panel 9 may be snapped or shrunk-fitted into the groove 8 and, because of the higher position of the floor portion 7", it is supported to a greater extent in the zone of the floor portion 7" than in the zone of the floor portion 7".
  • outwardly open cavities 10 Between the parallel frame legs along each side, that is, in the peripheral zone of the building block 1, there are provided outwardly open cavities 10. In the inner spaces or cavities 10 there are provided outwardly oriented and outwardly open sockets 11 which extend from the floor 7 and which are uniformly spaced from one another.
  • the distance of a corner socket belonging to one building block from an adjacent corner socket belonging to the other, adjoining building block is identical to the distance A between sockets 11 within one building block, as it may be observed in FIG. 5.
  • the distance A between the centers of two adjoining sockets 11 is twice the distance between the center of an outermost socket and the adjacent end of the block side.
  • each socket 11 is inwardly chamfered, as it may be observed, for example, in FIG. 1. It may also be seen that the sockets 11 do not project beyond the outline of the building block. Preferably, the socket edge 11 is slightly recessed from the block outline.
  • the middle sockets 11 in the frame sides 2" are connected with the legs of the U-frame 2 by means of transverse bridge members 12 (FIG. 5).
  • the corner sockets 11 extend in a miter joint-like manner from oblique walls 13 in the inner spaces of the frame 2, as best seen in FIG. 1.
  • the building blocks 1 are connectable to one another by means of a connecting element 14 as it may be observed in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
  • the connecting element 14 comprises two hollow connecting plugs which are secured together by means of a web 16.
  • the web 16 has a width b which corresponds to the inner distance b (FIG. 6) between the parallel-extending legs of the U- frarne.
  • the web 16 is attached to the plugs 15 in such a manner that it surrounds about one half the circumference of the plugs 15.
  • the center-to-center distance between the two interconnected plugs 15 is identical to the distance A between two sockets 11.
  • the connecting element 14 may be inserted either along the long frame side 2" or the short frame side 2 into aligned sockets 11 of two adjoining building blocks 1.
  • the building blocks may be secured to one another in different patterns (aligned or staggered) to form a wall surface. It is feasible especially in case of vertically superposed adjoining building blocks to use a connecting element formed but of a single plug 15.
  • FIGS. 4a and 8a the exemplary embodiment of the building block illustrated therein differs from the previously described embodiment essentially only in that instead of a sole central panel 9, the block frame supports two parallel-spaced panels 9' and 9" on either side of a central plane passing through the building block.
  • the U-shaped frame ensures that the building block has very small weight but has nevertheless an optimal rigidity.
  • the sockets 11 which are accommodated in the outwardly directed, inner space 10 defined by the legs and web of the U-frame, further increase the stability of the building block.
  • the connecting plugs 15 provided for anchoring two adjoining building blocks to one another are entirely hidden from view and are also accommodated within the space 10.
  • the sockets 11 as well as the connecting plugs 15 may have, for example, a circular or polygonal cross section.
  • Each connecting plug by virtue of its penetration by one-half of its length into the socket in one building block and by the other half of its length into the aligned socket of the adjoining building block ensures a great built-in stability in the transversal direction between the blocks.
  • the building blocks can also be arranged horizontally side-by-side in which case the web 16 is preferably dimensioned in such a manner stabilizing effect; they may be made in a simple and eeonomical manner with substantial savings of material.
  • the building blocks may be attached to one another practically without clearance and thus in a substantially water-tight manner.
  • the interengaging, overlapping arrangement of the rib-andshoulder formations is present at all sides of the build ing block and thus the stability of the wall is further increased.
  • This design makes possible in various mutual arrangements of the building blocks, as illustrated in FIGS. 10, 11 and 12, a secure and stable connection between the individual building blocks. Further, the deformation stability of the individual building blocks when exposed to weather effects is ensured in a very satisfactory manner.
  • the relatively long frame sides are connected section-wise and thus are maintained in a parallel relationship even in case of extreme heat or cold.
  • the oblique walls 13 at the corners of the inner spaces 10 of the frame serve in a favorable manner for stabilizing simultaneously two mutually angularly arranged frame portions without disturbing the uniform distribution of the sockets 11.
  • the connecting plugs 15 may be easily inserted into the inwardly chamfered openings of the sockets, but once inserted, they are held without play. It is feasible to provide conically shaped connecting plugs to further enhance a clearance-free positioning thereof in the sockets.
  • the building blocks according to the invention are used for constructing outdoor walls, for example wind breakers for terraces, it is expedient to ensure that, on the one hand, the block panel 9 is fixedly arranged within the building block and, on the other hand, any block panel is easily replaceable in case of damage.
  • the higher floor portion 7" of the frame with respect to the floor portion 7" ensures that the panel 9 is protected by the more elevated portion 7 against wind pressure (FIG. 7).
  • FIGS. 1 and 4 are dim ensioned in such a manner that two building blocks adjoining one another along their long sides complement each other into a square and thus the building blocks may be attached to one another altematingly with horizontal and vertical orientation.
  • a building block'assembly a building block having a four-sided frame and a panel surrounded by the frame; each frame side having longitudinally extending, parallel-spaced legs and an interconnecting floor together defining an outwardly open, generally U-shap ed cross section, wherein the improvement comprises in combination:
  • shoulders of the rib-and-shoulder formation on two adjoining sides of the frame being oriented towards one another; the shoulders of the rib-and-shoulder formation on the other two adjoining sides of the frame being oriented away from one another;
  • each socket has a terminal edge that is recessed with respect to said outer edges of the legs;
  • a building block defined in claim 1 further including oblique walls, one positioned to extend to each intersection between two adjoining sides; the outermost socket on one side and the adjacent outermost socket of an adjoining side extend at right angles to one another outwardly from one and the same said oblique wall.
  • the coupling member is formed of a plurality of plugs conforming in shape to each socket opening for being received by the socket; and a web rigidly and permanently connecting said plugs with one another to define a distance therebetween that is identical to the distance between any two adjoining sockets in a frame side; said web having a width dimensioned to fit between the legs of any said frame side; said web having a thickness dimensioned to fit between the recessed terminal edges of two aligned sockets of two adjoining building bloc ks.

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US4813197A (en) * 1986-07-28 1989-03-21 Sign-D-Sign A/S Plate mounting system, especially for signposting purposes, and connecting element therefor
US4984403A (en) * 1989-10-25 1991-01-15 Zarwell Daniel W Modular building block
US5430985A (en) * 1990-09-14 1995-07-11 Coleman; William J. Building block wall connector strip and method of assembling a block wall utilizing such strip
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