Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Opaque stonelike module – Particularly related to adjacent module
Patent
1997-09-08
1999-05-04
Kent, Christopher
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Opaque stonelike module
Particularly related to adjacent module
522237, 5230912, 524053, 52503, 525902, 525921, 525926, E04B 504, E04C 204
Patent
active
058990402
ABSTRACT:
A masonry wall system is disclosed incorporating a plurality of courses of masonry blocks, each block consisting of interlocking dovetails along with vertical and horizontal mating surfaces. The main block, has two stabilizing holes running at a vertical axis through the center. Steel reinforcement rods or square tubes are loosely inserted into these stabilizing holes at predetermined intervals. Comer blocks are employed to connect the walls at right angles and are a! so used in conjunction with short blocks to staggered the vertical joints from course to course. The predetermined tolerances between the masonry components and the loosely placed rods or tubes permit the wall to have a fluid property. Forces such as settling, hydrostatic pressure and seismic disturbances are then automatically absorbed and systematically distributed across the entire wall. When all of the masonry components reach the end of their tolerance, the wall locks up as a solid interconnected mass. The force is then passed on to the stabilizing rods or tubes which now act to stabilize the wall against further movement.
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Horton-Richardson Yvonne
Kent Christopher
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