Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Three-way corner construction – Walls of modular construction
Patent
1997-01-17
1999-04-06
Safavi, Michael
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Three-way corner construction
Walls of modular construction
52274, 522851, 52295, 525861, E04B 218
Patent
active
058903321
ABSTRACT:
A reconstituted wood block modular building system utilized to build at least a wall that includes a concrete slap, a plurality of anchor bolts, a plurality of vertically-oriented steel rods, a plurality of threaded sleeves, a plurality of reconstituted wood blocks, a plurality of elongated, slender, and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped horizontal alignment keys, a plurality of elongated, slender, and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped vertical alignment keys, and an adhesive. The plurality of reconstituted wood blocks are positioned horizontally side by side and are stacked vertically without being staggered. Each block has a cylindrically-shaped throughbore that opens into, and extends vertically downwardly from, a center of the flat top face thereof to, and opens into, a center of the flat bottom face thereof, and communicates with both the top face longitudinal groove and the bottom face longitudinal groove, and provides a conduit for electrical wiring and plumbing and thereby eliminates a need for drilling and cutting. The cylindrically-shaped throughbore in vertically aligned blocks vertically receives the plurality of vertically-oriented steel rods so as to provide added strength for the wall to withstand most winds and hurricanes. Each horizontal alignment key is disposed in the end face groove of adjoining end faces of horizontally adjacent blocks. Each vertical alignment key is disposed in the top face longitudinal groove in each block, on both sides of the cylindrically-shaped throughbore, and extends horizontally into the top face longitudinal groove in a horizontally adjacent block. Each vertical alignment key is further disposed in the bottom face longitudinal groove in a vertically adjacent block, on both sides of the cylindrically-shaped throughbore, and extends horizontally into the bottom face longitudinal groove in a horizontally adjacent block. And, the adhesive is disposed on, and attaches, adjoining faces of adjacent blocks, without the need for mortar.
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Latino Paul J.
Skidmore Lester J.
Miller, P. E. Richard L.
Safavi Michael
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