WO2004003308A1 - Elemento de encofrado - Google Patents
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- WO2004003308A1 WO2004003308A1 PCT/ES2003/000295 ES0300295W WO2004003308A1 WO 2004003308 A1 WO2004003308 A1 WO 2004003308A1 ES 0300295 W ES0300295 W ES 0300295W WO 2004003308 A1 WO2004003308 A1 WO 2004003308A1
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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
- E04B2/14—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element
- E04B2/26—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction
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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
- E04B2/14—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element
- E04B2/16—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position
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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
- E04B2/84—Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ
- E04B2/86—Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ made in permanent forms
- E04B2/8623—Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ made in permanent forms with spacers and at least one form leaf being monolithic
- E04B2/8629—Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ made in permanent forms with spacers and at least one form leaf being monolithic with both form leaves and spacers being monolithic
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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
- E04C1/40—Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings built-up from parts of different materials, e.g. composed of layers of different materials or stones with filling material or with insulating inserts
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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
- E04B2002/0215—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with separate protrusions
- E04B2002/0217—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with separate protrusions of prismatic shape
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a formwork element, especially designed for the realization of both exterior and interior walls, and for both single-story and high-rise buildings.
- the element in question allows a quick and easy assembly, with the possibility of trimming to adapt it dimensionally to certain practical requirements.
- the formwork element is designed to obtain conveniently reinforced concrete walls, in which the pipes or pipes for the different services are embedded, with the special feature that said element also gives the walls a high insulation coefficient. Thermal as acoustic.
- the formwork element is used in industrial buildings, houses, condominiums, garages, swimming pools, cold rooms, etc.
- a solution consists in manufacturing said walls based on reinforced concrete, concrete that is poured "in situ", after forming of the relevant formwork.
- these formwork consist of conveniently stiffened metal sheets, which are interconnected forming two parallel, vertical planes, conveniently related by means of spacers, so that once the formwork has been properly configured, the necessary metal reinforcements are introduced inside it and finally proceed to concreting.
- the formwork element that the invention proposes solves in a fully satisfactory manner the above-mentioned problem, constituting a lost element, destined to definitively form part of the wall or wall obtained with it, which by its very nature incorporates its characteristics to said wall or wall of thermal and acoustic insulation, at the same time that it is easily frangible or cut-out to adapt its dimensions to the practical requirements of each case and to establish holes or windows for access to the interior pipes.
- said formwork element is embodied in an essentially prismatic-rectangular body, of expanded polystyrene foam or other material of similar characteristics, hollow body, opened by its bases and provided with internal stiffening partitions, with the special particularity that said body incorporates at the periphery of said bases a plurality of small, equally prismatic-rectangular protrusions, distributed to the treadmill, which define similarly shaped housings, so that the bumps or buckets of the upper base are facing the lower housing, which allows a tongue and groove coupling between them to be superimposed between these bodies, very solid.
- prismatic-rectangular elements or bodies will have a length considerably greater than their height and width, so that this can be done lane-based walls, similar to what happens with conventional building blocks or bricks, leaving the bodies of each row longitudinally offset with respect to those of the immediately superior and inferior rows, so that these bodies are located in the context of the wall or wall with a distribution to the tresbolillo, that ensures a perfect relative stability for all of them, and that also allows the "wiring" between walls at the level of corners or connections in "T".
- the blocks of certain alignments will be provided with wide recesses in their smaller lateral walls through which said reinforcements are passed.
- Figure 1 shows, according to a schematic perspective representation, a formwork element made in accordance with the object of the present invention.
- Figure 2. Shows, according to a representation similar to that of Figure 1, another formwork element specially designed to allow the implantation of horizontal metal reinforcements in the wall or wall to be obtained.
- Figure 3. Shows, according to a representation similar to the previous figures, another formwork element with openings in only one of its ends, usable as a closing element where a horizontal reinforcement ends.
- Figure 4. Shows, also according to a perspective view, a partial detail of a wall made with formwork elements according to the invention, in a pre-concrete phase.
- Figure 5. Shows, finally, a detail in longitudinal section of a completely finished wall.
- the formwork element proposed by the invention is constituted from a rectangular prismatic body (1), for example with external dimensions similar to those of a classic building block, but with the special feature that it is integrally made of expanded polystyrene foam, hollow, open both by its upper base and by its lower base and preferably provided with internal and transverse partitions (2) of stiffening, of a height substantially smaller than that of the body itself ( one).
- the block may have its four side walls of the same height, as shown in Figure 1, or its smaller side walls (5) may be affected by wide recesses (6), as in the block (V) represented in Figure 2, so that while in the first case it is only possible to arrange vertical metal reinforcements, through the hollow interior of the modules or elements (1), in the second case, horizontal reinforcements can also be arranged, specifically located in the recesses (6).
- the larger walls of the bodies (1) define an integral enclosure in correspondence with the inner and outer faces of the wall, configuring a continuous chamber, closed inferiorly by the floor (7), non-deformable through the minor side walls (5) and the internal stiffening partitions (2) of the prismatic bodies ( 1), (V), (1 "), a chamber that will be subsequently filled with a concrete mass (8), which together with the metal reinforcements is the one that gives the wall or wall the appropriate structural rigidity, but remaining said mass ( 8) of concrete totally isolated from both the exterior and the interior of the wall, so that it does not act as a thermal bridge despite its high degree of conductivity, defining the major side walls of the different bodies or modules (1), (1 ' ), (1 ") respective internal and external barriers against both thermal and acoustic transmission.
- conduits such as the downpipe (9) shown in Figure 4, electrical pipes (10), etc., with lateral accesses (11) and (12) may be arranged in the same ) towards the internal face or towards the external face of the wall, easily practicable in the formwork by its own nature, since the expanded polystyrene foam is easily cut with a saw or with any appropriate cutting tool.
- the wall shall be completed with any exterior (13) and interior (14) cladding of any suitable material, to provide it with any termination, such as exposed brick, plaster, tiles, siding, wallpaper, etc.
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Priority Applications (5)
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AU2003238529A AU2003238529A1 (en) | 2002-07-01 | 2003-06-13 | Formwork element |
US10/519,494 US20060010827A1 (en) | 2002-07-01 | 2003-06-13 | Formwork element |
CA002491098A CA2491098A1 (en) | 2002-07-01 | 2003-06-13 | Formwork element |
EP03732598A EP1544368A1 (en) | 2002-07-01 | 2003-06-13 | Formwork element |
JP2004516798A JP2005531703A (ja) | 2002-07-01 | 2003-06-13 | 型枠材 |
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ES200201525A ES2199063B1 (es) | 2002-07-01 | 2002-07-01 | Elemento de encofrado. |
ESP200201525 | 2002-07-01 |
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PCT/ES2003/000295 WO2004003308A1 (es) | 2002-07-01 | 2003-06-13 | Elemento de encofrado |
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US (1) | US20060010827A1 (es) |
EP (1) | EP1544368A1 (es) |
JP (1) | JP2005531703A (es) |
CN (1) | CN1665994A (es) |
AU (1) | AU2003238529A1 (es) |
CA (1) | CA2491098A1 (es) |
ES (1) | ES2199063B1 (es) |
RU (1) | RU2005101330A (es) |
WO (1) | WO2004003308A1 (es) |
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CN1665994A (zh) | 2005-09-07 |
EP1544368A1 (en) | 2005-06-22 |
ES2199063A1 (es) | 2004-02-01 |
RU2005101330A (ru) | 2006-04-27 |
CA2491098A1 (en) | 2004-01-08 |
US20060010827A1 (en) | 2006-01-19 |
AU2003238529A1 (en) | 2004-01-19 |
ES2199063B1 (es) | 2005-06-01 |
JP2005531703A (ja) | 2005-10-20 |
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