Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Processes
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-19
2001-03-06
Chilcot, Richard (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Processes
C052S309400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06195954
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of improving durability of a building, a building, a far-infrared radiation thermal storage floor heating system, and a method of improving the soil of a building lot. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of improving the durability of a building and a building in which the durability of the building which is a house or the like is improved, to a far-infrared radiation thermal storage floor heating system in which the heating efficiency is improved, and to a method of improving the soil of a building lot in which the soil of a building lot is improved.
2. Description of the Related Art
The natural environment has been deteriorating seriously. Such deterioration is present in a variety of forms such as air pollution, water pollution, pollution of foodstuffs due to agricultural chemicals, and the like.
With buildings as well, new construction materials are used, and chemicals such as pesticides for exterminating termites, formalin, and the like are used therein. The soil beneath the floor of a building becomes acidic due to such chemicals and due to the cement within concrete. Further, the durability of buildings such as houses and the like deteriorates due to the effects of the moisture of the soil.
Further, a thermal storage floor heating system using an electric heating source has been proposed in which a hot water pipe is embedded in the slab-on-earth, and hot water is circulated in the hot water pipe.
With the floor heating system, the air within the living space is not mixed, and therefore, this system is more healthy than a heating system using an air conditioner which mixes the air within the living space.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of improving the durability of a building and a building having improved durability which do not result in any of the above-described drawbacks.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a far-infrared radiation thermal storage floor heating system which is an improvement on the above-described floor heating system and which results in improved heating efficiency.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method of improving the soil of a building lot which improves the properties of the soil of a building lot (i.e., which improves the soil quality).
In order to achieve the above described objects, in the method for improving durability of a building of the present invention, a ceramic/carbon mixture, in which ceramic and carbon are mixed together, is included in each of a fill layer, a crushed stone layer provided on the fill layer, a slab-on-earth layer provided on the crushed stone layer, and a mortar layer provided on the slab-on-earth layer.
In the method for improving durability of a building of the present invention, each of a fill layer, a crushed (or broken) stone layer, a slab-on-earth layer, and a mortar layer includes a ceramic/carbon mixture in which ceramic and carbon are mixed together. In the case of an existing structure, the soil beneath the floor is dug up, and a fill layer, a crushed stone layer, a slab-on-earth layer, and a mortar layer, each containing the ceramic/carbon mixture, are backfilled. In a new building, a fill layer, a crushed stone layer, a slab-on-earth layer, and a mortar layer, each containing the ceramic/carbon mixture, are formed, and when the concrete foundation is being laid, the ceramic/carbon mixture may be included in the foundation as well.
The ceramic/carbon mixture has high far-infrared radiation emitting energy. By mixing the ceramic/carbon mixture in the fill layer, the crushed stone layer, the slab-on-earth layer, and the mortar layer, moisture within the structure and the walls of the building can be removed and condensation can be prevented due to the emission of far-infrared radiation from the floor. Therefore, the durability of the building, can be improved by such moisture-proofing.
Further, the ceramic/carbon mixture has the effect of making weakly alkaline the soil which has acidified due to cement or chemicals. This, together with the moisture-proofing effect, suppresses outbreaks of termites and of bacteria and fungi, which also leads to an improvement in the durability of the building.
The far-infrared radiation emitting effect of the ceramic/carbon mixture is strengthened when the ceramic/carbon mixture is heated. Therefore, it is preferable to provide a heat source to heat the ceramic/carbon mixture.
The building of the present invention comprises: a pillar made of wood whose distal end portion is tapered and whose lower end portion is buried in the ground; a crystal sphere inserted in the lower end portion of said pillar; a ceramic/carbon/gravel mixture which is formed by mixing ceramic, carbon and gravel together and which is provided at the periphery of the lower end portion of said pillar; a floor member containing a ceramic/carbon mixture in which ceramic and carbon are mixed together; and a heat source for heating said floor member and said ceramic/carbon/gravel mixture which is provided at the periphery of the lower end portion of said pillar.
The floor member may be formed by a fill layer, a crushed stone layer provided on the fill layer, a slab-on-earth layer provided on the crushed stone layer, and a mortar layer provided on the slab-on-earth layer.
Because the pillar of the building of the present invention is made of wood, the main component thereof is carbon. Further, the lower end portion of the pillar is buried in the ground, and the ceramic/carbon/gravel mixture is disposed at the periphery of the lower end portion. Therefore, the electric potential in a vicinity of the lower end portion of the pillar is high due to the effect of the carbon in the mixture. Because the distal end portion of the pillar is tapered (pointed), it is easy for electrical energy within the atmosphere to collect thereat. Further, because a crystal sphere having a high current collecting effect is inserted into the lower end portion of the pillar, the electrical energy in the atmosphere flows from the distal end portion toward the lower end portion of the pillar.
Because the lower end portion of the pillar is buried in the ground, the pillar is affected by terrestrial magnetism, and the magnetic energy flows from the lower end portion to the distal end portion of the pillar. At this time, far-infrared radiation is emitted from the ceramic and the carbon of the ceramic/carbon/gravel mixture provided at the periphery of the lower end portion of the pillar, so as to regulate the magnetic field.
In the building of the present invention, because the ceramic/carbon/gravel mixture and the floor member containing the ceramic/carbon mixture are heated by the heat source, the far-infrared radiation emitting effect is increased even more.
As described above, due to the far-infrared radiation from the floor which is emitted from the ceramic/carbon mixture, moisture within the structure and within the walls of the building is removed, condensation is prevented, and the soil is made weakly alkaline by the ceramic/carbon mixture. This works together with the moisture-proofing effect to suppress outbreaks of termites and outbreaks of bacteria and fungi, and the durability of the building can thereby be improved.
The wood pillar in the building of the present invention creates the feel of a Japanese building, and provides a living space with a Japanese architectural sense.
The far-infrared radiation thermal storage floor heating system of the present invention comprises: a floor member containing a ceramic/carbon mixture in which ceramic and carbon are mixed together; and a heat source embedded in said floor member.
The floor member may be formed by a fill layer, a crushed stone layer provided on the fill layer, a slab-on-earth layer provided on the crushed stone layer, and a mortar layer provided on the slab-on-earth layer.
The heat source may be hot water circulating in the pipe embedded in the floor member,
Chilcot Richard
Scandanavia Home Co. Ltd.
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