Foldable brick with rope attachments and detachable wall building system
09828769 · 2017-11-28
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Cpc classification
E04B2/44
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E04B2/18
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E04C1/00
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E04C1/24
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E04B2/40
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E04B2/14
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E04B2/20
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International classification
E04C1/40
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E04B2/20
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E04B5/00
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E04C1/00
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E04B2/18
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E04B2/40
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E04B2/44
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Abstract
The invention is about a modular foldable brick that enables architectural elements such as stacked walls, arches, corners, doors, windows and wall niches to be constructed at indoor and outdoor conditions that divides, restricts and secures a certain space; Due to the possibility of folding the storing and carrying of this brick is possible at a minimum weight. The brick is connectable within itself and also attachable to others for constructing architectural elements as wall building systems. The foldable brick provides a foldable brick body that forms the outer walls and an inner wall being formed with three techniques; connecting/fixing (A-B groups)/encircling (C group). All three techniques are related to the forming of the detachable wall building system's entity unit foldable and sustainable brick. All these three techniques are used simultaneously.
Claims
1. A demountable wall building system comprising, a plurality of foldable bricks, wherein each foldable brick comprises: two foldable brick bodies that form visible outer wails of each foldable brick; at least four pairs of high-strength diagonal ropes, forming an internal structure and a main connection of each foldable brick, which is folded and rolled; a plurality of tongue beams that help the two foldable brick bodies to take the form of a closed block and enables the plurality of foldable bricks to be locked upon each other while the plurality of foldable bricks are stacked; a beam clamp which locks the plurality of foldable bricks that are placed side by side to each other through the plurality of tongue beams and increases the strength by stabilizing a third axis of each foldable brick; a corrugated hoard padding box, which has four side surfaces, one bottom surface, and four walls extending from corners to a center of the corrugated board padding box and interlocking with each other diagonally, and which is configured for filling air gaps formed inside each foldable brick after the plurality tongue beams are mounted; a base that grips each foldable brick of a bottom course and the demountable wall building system from inside; and a plurality of fitted demountable decorative caps to cover edges of the plurality of foldable bricks that are exposed as a result of building a wall with the plurality of foldable bricks.
2. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein the demountable wall building system in a fielded state, occupies a volume in the range of 1/8.sup.th to 1/4.sup.th of a mounted state volume.
3. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein each foldable brick has the ability to be demounted, folded and mounted numerous times.
4. The demountable wall building system according claim 1, wherein fully recyclable materials and techniques are used in the manufacturing of each foldable brick and each foldable brick is made of a light material.
5. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein a desired acoustic comfort level is maintained through the corrugated board padded box without using any chemical or synthetic filling materials, adhesives, mortar or plaster.
6. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein each foldable brick body comprises connection holes that allow the two foldable brick bodies to be attached to each other with the at least four pairs of high-strength diagonal ropes to form a front wall and a rear wall by making a simple sailor's knot.
7. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein each of the two foldable brick bodies, each of the at least pairs of high-strength diagonal ropes, each of the plurality of tongue beams, each beam clamp, each corrugated board padding box, each base, or each of the plurality of fitted demountable decorative caps is replaceable.
8. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein each foldable brick further comprises a single tongue groove on outer edges of inner surfaces of the two foldable brick bodies and a pair of beam grooves on the right side and the left side of a middle line of each inner surface that allow the plurality of tongue beams to be locked upon and a brick unit to be formed.
9. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of foldable bricks are configured to lock side by side at the bottom and top of the plurality of tongue beams forming vertical edges of the foldable bricks; wherein each foldable brick further includes a plurality of beam clamp insertion slots for upward alignment, a finger insertion hole that facilitates a demounting process, and an upper corner beam clamp insertion slot which is used as a wiring groove.
10. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of tongue beam clamping grooves are provided on outer edges of each beam clamp which locks into a plurality of slots located at bottom and upper edges of the plurality of tongue beams at a horizontal plane.
11. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein each beam clamp is used perpendicular to each plurality of tongue beams in order to increase the activity of interlocking.
12. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1. wherein each corrugated board padding box is used in permanent wall structures.
13. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of each foldable brick body is between 6-20mm.
14. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein a flexible inner-connection structure is formed by making a simple sailor's knot after inserting each pair of high-strength diagonal ropes through a pair of holes, opened on each foldable brick body.
15. The demountable wall building system according to claim 1, wherein each foldable brick body is made of hard or elastic resilient material chosen from a group consisting of baked clay, ceramic, metal, glass, carian, PVC foam sheet, acrylic, strong cardboard, laminated MDF, laminated clipboard, plywood, and solid wood.
16. A demountable wall building system comprising a plurality of foldable bricks, wherein each foldable brick comprises: two foldable brick bodies that form visible outer walls of each foldable brick; at least two pairs of pliable string ropes, forming an internal structure and a main connection of each foldable brick; an insulation plate for increasing the insulation property of each foldable brick, and is fixed into an interior surface of each of the two foldable brick bodies; a plurality of tongue beams that help the two foldable brick bodies to take the form of a closed block and enables the plurality of foldable bricks to be locked upon each other while the plurality of foldable bricks are stacked; and a beam clamp which locks the plurality of foldable bricks that are placed side by side to each other through the plurality of tongue beams and increases the strength by stabilizing a third axis of each foldable brick.
17. The demountable wall building system according to claim 16, wherein each insulation plate is configured to provide sound, heat and light insulation and the raw material of said insulation plate can be varied according to the expectation level and desire.
18. The demountable wall building system according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of foldable bricks are constituted on a single line with four connection ends of each pair of pliable string ropes for constituting a front wall and a back wall.
19. A demountable wall building system comprising a plurality of foldable bricks, wherein each foldable brick comprises: two foldable brick bodies that form visible outer wails of each foldable brick, wherein each of the two foldable brick body has an inside surface and an outside surface to the inside surface, the inside surfaces of the two foldable brick bodies face each other; a wire frame externally encircling each foldable brick, wherein two ends of the wire frame are connected to each other; a wire frame groove formed on the outside surface of each of the two foldable brick bodies and receiving a part of the wire frame; a plurality of beam grooves longitudinally formed on the inside surface of each of the two foldable brick bodies; a plurality of tongue beams inserted in the beam grooves to help the two foldable brick bodies to take the form of a closed block and enable the plurality of foldable bricks to be locked upon each other while the plurality of foldable bricks are stacked, wherein each tongue beam comprises two opposite beam insert slots on the top and bottom of the tongue beam, respectively, a beam clamp which locks the plurality of foldable bricks that are placed side by side to each other through the plurality of tongue beams and increases the strength by stabilizing a third axis of each foldable brick.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) Among these as seen in the
(2) The formation/combination and interlocking/interconnecting/fitting mechanisms for the foldable brick and wall building system, which have been designed to fulfill these purposes, are shown in the attached figures, these figures are;
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(45) Separate numbers are given to each of the parts and technical details shown in the figures and the descriptions to these numbers are given below:
(46) References in
(47) A—Brick body A1a—Connection hole A1b—Countersunk connection hole A1c—Rope slot A1d—Beam groove
(48) A2—Half Brick Body
(49) A3—High strength rope A3a—Rope knot
(50) A4—Tongue beam A4a—Beam clamp insertion slot A4b—Beam clamp insertion slot and wiring groove A4c—Finger insertion hole
(51) A5—Corner Tongue Beam A5a—Brick body fitting slot
(52) A6—Beam Clamp A6a—Tongue beam clamping groove
(53) A7—Half beam clamp A7a—Tongue beam clamping groove
(54) A8—Base A8a—Dowel Joint Hole
(55) A9—Base beam clamp A9a—Tongue beam clamping groove A9b—Dowel Joint Hole
(56) A10—Dowel Joint
(57) A11—Corrugated board padding box A11a—Beam clamp fitting slot A11b—Diagonal lock slot
(58) A12—Cap
(59) References in
(60) B1—Brick Body B1a—Beam Groove
(61) B2—Pliable string rope B2a—String rope connection end B2b—Staple
(62) B3—Insulation panel B3a—String rope insertion hole
(63) B4—Tongue beam B4a—Beam insertion slot B4b—Installment hole
(64) B5—Beam clamp B5a—Beam clamping groove
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(65) C1—Brick Body C1a—Beam Groove C1b—Wire Frame Groove
(66) C2—Wire Frame
(67) C3—Tongue Beam C3a—Beam insertion slot C3b—Installment hole
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(68) The flexible rope (A3) connection system used in the demountable foldable brick (
(69) Front and rear walls of foldable brick (Al, A2, B1, C1), removable tongue beam (A4, A5, B4, C3) and cap (A12), can be made from any type of durable material that is hard but not brittle including plastic, glass, metal, ceramic, clay and etc, such as solid wood, plywood, laminated chipboard, laminated MDF, hard and strong cardboard, acrylic, PVC foam sheet (DAKOTA FOREX). While the base (A8) can be made of materials such as solid wood, plywood, chipboard, MDF, beam clamp (A6, A7, B5) and base beam clamp (A9) can be made of plastic or metal alongside to those materials. Corrugated board padding box (A11) can be made of corrugated paperboard or also corrugated but plastic based sheets. Insulation plate (B3) can be made from any of these materials; paper box, fiber paper box, paperboard, ribbed cardboard or ribbed plastic plate, EVA, felt and plastic.
(70) The front/rear body of the foldable brick (A1, A2, B1, C1) and tongue beam (A4, A5, B4, C3) can be manufactured in any size based on the need; the value of the lateral side of this surface material, that we call its short edge or its depth and its height should be 1 unit whilst its width should be 2 units (
(71) On the top and bottom edges of the front and rear walls of the mentioned foldable brick (A1, A2) as shown almost in all figures, there are holes opened side by side, such as button holes, being total of 8 pairs on a single brick (A1), total of 4 pairs (A1a) on a half-brick (A2). High strength ropes (A3) passing through these holes allow the front and rear walls of the brick to be attached/mounted to each other. This way, as in the cruciate ligaments in the human knee joint, thanks to the pulling force applied inwardly the parts are prevented and to be stretched from falling apart outwardly. Thus, just, thanks to the inner direction of the applied pulling force is prevented from leaving towards the external side parts. One of those double connection holes (A1a) located on the inner wall surfaces of the brick, is a countersunk connection hole (A1b) and with a very simple sailor's knot, the rope is prevented from coming out of this hole. This countersunk hole, enables the rope knot (A3a) of this knotted end of the rope to be buried without any bulges on the surface. The depth of the slot (A1c) opened between these double holes on the exterior surface of the brick is equal to the thickness of the rope that enables this connection. As shown in all figures, the rope (A3) buried inside this rope slot (1c) is bare and visible from the exterior surface of the brick, like the string on a jacket or shirt button. Besides it allows all types of coating materials, which will be applied onto the exterior surface of the brick to offer aesthetic benefits, to be easily applied/coated.
(72) On the interior surfaces of front and rear wall of the foldable brick body (A1, A2, B1, C1) that are facing each other, that are reciprocal beam grooves (A1d, B1a, C1a) located lengthwise being one on right and left and two in the middle. These grooves allow the tongue beam (A4, B4, C3), which enables the rope (A3) and string rope connection (B2) and externally encircled wire frame (C2) preventing the inward motion of the front and rear wall of the brick body (A1, A2, B1, C1) that is attached together with the mentioned rope connection, by applying force against the force coining from outward direction, to be tightened/fixing/stabilizing exactly until the desired brick depth (
(73) In this direction, the plate thickness of the tongue beam (A4, B4, C3) is enough to be fitted/placed inside the beam clamp insertion slots (A1d, B1a, C1a) on the front and rear wall of the brick, therefore there is no need to open additional grooves. Beam clamp insertion slot (A4a, B4a, C3a located on the bottom edge of tongue beam (A4, B4, C3) and beam clamp insertion slot and wiring groove (A4b) located on the upper edge of the tongue beam (A4, B4, C3) enable the beam clamp (A6, B5) to be locked in (
(74) The third function of the tongue beam (A4, B4, C3) can be described as this, while the bricks are being stacked upon each other in the wall building system, the beam grooves (A1d) located on the interior surfaces of the front and rear brick bodies (A1, A2, B1, C1) that are aligned/lined with each other on the top and bottom, thrill a groove tray line by overlapping upon each other lengthwise from top to bottom through the foldable brick stack. This way foldable bricks are locked onto each other at the bottom and end by sliding these tongues vertically within this formed line. In this way, each upper brick, combined with two adjacent bottom bricks, lock/connect the entire system one by one without requiring any binding, connector agents such as mortar, adherents, screws or nails etc. for wall building system. The circular hole (A4c) located in the center of these tongues enables the user/builder to insert his/her finger and easily grab the tongues especially during mounting/demounting process.
(75) As mentioned above and demonstrated schematically in
(76) In other words, the bottom half of the beam clamp locks the bottom bricks, the upper half of the beam clamp locks the top bricks to each other on tongue beams. In this way the beam clamp greatly increases the durability and strength exponent-static property-of the system, which is built by going across the each row of the foldable brick and wall building system lengthwise, vertical to the foldable brick bodies (A1, A2, B1, C1) to the brick body (1, 2) on a horizontal plane (
(77) Another component of this invention is the padding box (A11), which offers huge benefits but is not necessarily requisite item; that is made of corrugated cardboard or corrugated plastic sheets and built with an entirely unique folding method. This padding box, as seen in
(78) The folding principle of the foldable brick is as this;
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(80) Dowel joint (A10) and base beam clamp is locked with each other through the corresponding holes (A8a) located on the base (A8) placed onto the ground. (
(81) The main approach at the principle of interior stretched folding (Group B figures) is both simplifying the production and simplifying the folding procedures thus increasing users friendly property. In this process, pliable string rope (B2) is mounted by a mean such as staple or screw to the internal surface of brick body. (
(82) Second, the angulation problem of unit brick unit is solved by this crosslinking technique without beam clamp (B5). The crosslinking technique, for example, is ensured benefits to the fair users for setup time. Because, if requested, beam clamp (B5) is not used as shown
(83) Insulation panel (B3) a string rope connection kit totally is placing at the related places on the internal surfaces of the brick body (B1) and they are fixed from the gaps at the string rope insertion hole (B3a) (that is reference point at the same time) by staple or screw. The function of insulation panel (B3) prevents light leakage at the connection point of overlapping sides of brick body during the connection, providing directly both sound and heat insulation without using any supporting material, according to kind of material used on the expectations of the user. After mounting the pliable string rope mechanism (B2) with insulation panel, the unit brick unit is ready to set up and as shown in
(84) The same steps are followed for the second unit to be placed on the right or on the left side of it. Onto those two foldable brick units placed adjacently on both sides, the beam clamp (A6, B6) is locked/connected by fitting the corresponding tongue beams (A4, B4) vertically into the beam clamp insertion slot (A4b, B4b), which is located on the upper edge, by passing through the center lines of both of these two brick bodies (A1, B1), while one being the starting point, other being the ending point (if the brick on the side is a half brick then from the outer line) (
(85) A wall corner is built by combining two foldable brick modules at a vertical angle without leaving any space at the overlapping corners. As shown in
(86) The final stage is the aesthetic stage, if desired, includes the mounting of the caps (A12). This procedure is also relatively simple; to ensure aesthetic integrity, applied by fitting the caps onto the outer edge of the exposed foldable brick body (A1, 2) with a double-sided tape if the wall system is to be removed/dismounted again in a short time or with an adhesive compatible with the corresponding material if it is to be permanent by fitting the caps onto the outer surfaces of the tongue (5/4) and onto the corresponding cavity from inside to outside. (
(87) The second connection technique of the brick principle, which is a subject for the invention, are shown in the Group C figures. Unlike the other interior connecting/stretching principles, this technique is based on exterior encirclement.
(88) The most advantageous part of this technique is; every single parts of the foldable brick unit's can be totally demounted. Thus, the workmanship cost in production is minimized and it is useful for the users that maintenance or renewal procedures are applied to the relevant parts.
(89) So, there is an opportunity for the ultimate user to change/renew only the related part, not the whole part, of the default foldable brick unit.
(90) Furthermore, in this technique, the volume that the foldable brick system covers, is equal to the 8/1 volume of the setup. In this technique, (Group C figures) there is not any connection (fixation) before setup. Previous fitting-interlocking principle of the foldable bricks and wall building system, which is subject to invention, is entirely same. Herein there is not just the principle of folding but folding by separating to its parts and preserving principle.
(91) A channel, is opened thoroughly to the brick body (C1) including outside surfaces, except inner surface, and that channel is as the thickness and depth of the rope or wire frame (C2) that makes the related encircling/enfolding to the outside surface of the brick body (C1) at the horizontal axis. The wire frame (C2) whose two ends are fixed, connected, combined or the two ends are combined inextricably by welding, is placed to the related wire frame groove (channel) (C1b) by putting on to the front and back brick body upwardly or downwardly (
(92) Thus, wire frame (C2) is placed entirely with four directions to the wire frame grooves (C1b) at the external surface of brick body (C1). (
(93) The folding techniques such as the subject of the invention, tongue beams (C3), as in the other the folding techniques which are the subject of the invention, are assembled vertically from top to bottom by putting on the beam groove (C1a) (
(94) The merging, fitting-interlocking of the foldable bricks which are subject to invention is based on laying together front-back wall foldable bricks bodies and interlocking by placing on related places these upper foldable brick units which are placed/accumulated on these foldable bricks and herein, front-back wall foldable bricks bodies that are fixed with non-stable and rigid rope or tie wire but which can move independently.
(95) Connection/locking, of the foldable bricks, which is the subject this invention, is based on placing the front and rear walls of brick bodies side by side, which are exactly identical to each other and remain independent from each other through a rope connection and locking the upper foldable brick bodies into corresponding slots which are placed/stacked on top of these foldable brick units. In other words, one foldable brick is stacked/placed on top on top of the two bottom foldable bricks in a way to center the full merging axis of these two. Each box shaped foldable brick progressing on the right and left of these foldable bricks, is locked with another foldable brick body on the side and on the top according to the installation principle described above. This way, an architectural wall building system which is fully demountable, consisting of entirely removable parts with a single foldable brick (i.e., a foldable structural unit) that is easy to assemble and disassemble without the use of appropriate equipment, screwdriver, hex key and a similar tools is obtained.
(96) The foldable brick, which is the subject of this invention, can also be used for various furniture products such as tables, coffee tables, desks, bars to function as a base foot; and thanks to its foldable design and the flexible inner connection principle and/or external encircling principle that allows any form, different types of furniture can be produced as coffee tables, chairs, sofas, shelves, table, bed, bunk etc. and surfaces such as fabric, leather, plastic or decorative plates can be used.
(97) The above mentioned preferred applications and the accompanying drawings have been added provide a better understanding of the invention, are not intended to limit the protection scope of the invention. In accordance with the information disclosed with the invention, the changes will be made on the preferred applications and accompanying drawings, should be considered within the scope of protection of the invention.