WO2010012050A4 - Connecting element for building bricks, building brick, nuts and kits of such elements - Google Patents

Connecting element for building bricks, building brick, nuts and kits of such elements Download PDF

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WO2010012050A4
WO2010012050A4 PCT/BE2009/000041 BE2009000041W WO2010012050A4 WO 2010012050 A4 WO2010012050 A4 WO 2010012050A4 BE 2009000041 W BE2009000041 W BE 2009000041W WO 2010012050 A4 WO2010012050 A4 WO 2010012050A4
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connecting element
main part
building
coupling structures
hole
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Theodorus Suibertus Anthonius Rolf
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Rolf Theodorus Suibertus Antho
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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
    • E04B2/04—Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements
    • E04B2/06—Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A63H33/101—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements with clip or snap mechanism
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B35/00—Screw-bolts; Stay-bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws
    • F16B35/02—Screw-bolts; Stay-bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws divided longitudinally
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B35/00—Screw-bolts; Stay-bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws
    • F16B35/04—Screw-bolts; Stay-bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws with specially-shaped head or shaft in order to fix the bolt on or in an object
    • F16B35/041—Specially-shaped shafts
    • F16B35/044—Specially-shaped ends
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B35/00—Screw-bolts; Stay-bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws
    • F16B35/04—Screw-bolts; Stay-bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws with specially-shaped head or shaft in order to fix the bolt on or in an object
    • F16B35/06—Specially-shaped heads
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B37/00—Nuts or like thread-engaging members
    • F16B37/14—Cap nuts; Nut caps or bolt caps
    • F16B37/145—Sleeve nuts, e.g. combined with bolts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/02—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread
    • F16B5/0275—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread the screw-threaded element having at least two axially separated threaded portions
    • 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
    • E04B2002/0245—Pegs or pins

Abstract

A connecting element for building blocks is provided which comprises a main part which is adapted to be received in a complementary hole present in a building block, and which is adapted at both outer ends of the main part to be coupled, without the use of accessories, to a like connecting element by means of a first and a second coupling structure provided at these outer ends, wherein the first and the second coupling structures are adapted to be able to form a snap connection with respectively the second and the first coupling structures of a like connecting element. The connecting element may be provided with an external screw thread. Corresponding building bricks, annular elements of the nut type and a kit of building bricks are also set forth.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 28 January 2010 (28.01.10)
1. A connecting element for building blocks, which comprises a main part which is adapted to be received in a complementary hole present in a building block, and which is adapted at both outer ends of the main part to be coupled, without the use of accessories, to a like connecting element by means of a first and a second coupling structure provided at these outer ends, wherein the first and the second coupling structures are adapted to be able to form a snap connection with respectively the second and the first coupling structures of a like connecting element, wherein the main part is elastically deformable in the radial direction, the main part is substantially hollow so that it is formed by a thin wall which further comprises at least one lateral incision extending over the full length of the main part, and wherein the at least one lateral incision continues over the full length of the element, in particular through the first and second coupling structures.
2. A connecting element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second coupling structures are different.
3. A connecting element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second coupling structures are complementary.
4. A connecting element as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first connecting element is of the ball type and the second connecting element is of the hole type .
5. A connecting element as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the first and the second coupling structures can together form a connection which is of the press-stud type.
6. A connecting element as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the main part is essentially not elastically deformable in the axial direction.
7. A connecting element as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the coupling structures are non-deformable in the longitudinal direction of the main part.
8. A connecting element as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, with a main part which is cylindrical.
9. A connecting element as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cylindrical main part is provided on its outer parts with screw thread which is arranged into the main part.
10. A connecting element as claimed in claims 1-7, wherein the main part is substantially cylindrical but widens at one of the two outer ends close to this outer end.
11. A kit of building bricks of the building block type, wherein each building brick has at least one hole of the same form, characterized in that the kit further comprises at least one connecting element as claimed in any of the claims 1-10 which is adapted to be received and clamped in the holes .
12. A kit according to claim 11, further comprising at least one building brick comprising at least one opening or elongate groove in its surface which is adapted to form a snap connection with a first or second coupling structure of said connecting element .
13. A kit according to claims 11 or 12, wherein said holes are substantially cylindrical and run through the building bricks, wherein the radius of the holes widens from a determined depth toward the outer surface of the building bricks such that there is a limited annular recess around the outer ends of said connecting element if this latter were adapted to the hole, were arranged wholly in the hole and were to have a main part with a height equal to the length of the hole .
14. A kit according to claim 13 , further comprising at least one annular element with a form complementary to said annular recesses, and which is further provided with a coupling structure which is adapted to couple to the screw thread of a connecting element according to claim 9 when it is arranged in the limited annular recess .
PCT/BE2009/000041 2008-07-31 2009-07-31 Connecting element for building bricks, building brick, nuts and kits of such elements WO2010012050A1 (en)

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BE2008/0431A BE1018236A5 (en) 2008-07-31 2008-07-31 CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR BUILDING BLOCKS, BUILDING BLOCK, NUTS AND KITS OF SUCH ELEMENTS.
BE2008/0431 2008-07-31

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