Construction of buildings using wooden blocks

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that an elongated corner block would provide a better connection between a corner and the walls;

• An external plank and an internal plank where at intervals multiple of (X), beginning with two dovetail notches (4) of the same height as the plank height;
• In which slip the dovetail heads (3) of two intermediate planks;
• and continuing with two upward notches (10) in which fit the two grooves facing downwards (9) of two corner block planks;
• Consequently, the elongated corner block is a corner block prolonged by the half of a basic block;
• The elongated corner block ensures a perfect cohesion between the corner and the wall;
• If the elongated portion of the elongated corner block is inserted into a wall, in the next stack of blocks, the elongated portion can be rotated of 90 degrees to fit into the perpendicular wall, and so on, ensuring a perfect cohesion of the corner and of two, three or four walls ending in the corner;
• The positioning of the external and internal planks and of the intermediate planks of the elongated corner block also has the measures of multiples of (X);
• If there is need, a basic block could perfectly fit (17) on an elongated corner block or inversely.

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the beams placed horizontally inside the wooden blocks maintain the building;

• The beams shift the loads to the corners and to the foundations;
• Foundations being therefore required only under the corners of the walls;
• The horizontal beams act as a guide and a base for the placement of the first stack of blocks at the base of the walls;
• The horizontal beams are used to place the base of potential floors;
• The horizontal beam supports all the loads at the base of the walls, at the base of the floors, at the top of the walls, at the top of the building, at the base of the roof, at the base of the gutter;
• To make an opening in the wall, the beam is used as a lintel or a threshold on the top of a door or a window;
• At the ends of the horizontal beams which start and end at the corners of walls, vertical holes (7) allow the passage of rebars, or cables or threaded rods (14);
• The rebar ascends vertically from the foundation and joins the roof, passing inside the corners of the walls;
• The beams bolted at the rebar (14) bind the entire construction and allocate all charges in the foundations located underneath the corners of the walls;
• Large holes made along the axis of the horizontal beams allow the passage of vertical technical ducts (28);
• The vertical technical ducts and the horizontal beams are hidden inside the blocks of the walls;
• The lower half or upper half of the intermediate planks of the blocks is cut (18) (19) to leave the necessary space to pass a horizontal beam;
• Two beams intersect in a corner of two walls by cutting the lower half of the intermediate planks (19) of the stack of the blocks which enclose the beam in a first wall, and by cutting the upper half of the intermediate planks (18) of the stack of the blocks which enclose the beam in the second perpendicular wall;
• The crossing of these two horizontal beams in the corners of the walls requires to carve the corner blocks (20) (21) and the elongated corner blocks (20) (21);
• to deal with all the situations of two beams intersected in a corner where could join two walls or three or four walls;
• A square wooden piece (22), with a vertical hole in the centre allowing the passage of any vertical ducts, is inserted in the corner block or in the elongated corner block;
• indeed, the square wooden block strengthens the blocks weakened by cuts.

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the floor beams could be made following the same principle as the basic block;

• The length of a beam and the external and internal planks would be of corresponding to length of the range of the coverage area and its two supports (23), all the dimensions remain multiples and submultiples of (X);
• The floor beams are elongated basic blocks, rotated of 90 degrees on themselves;
• The external and internal planks end above and under the floor beam;
• Thus the bottom plank overtakes the tensile forces, at the same time the top plank overtakes the compression forces while the intermediate planks overtakes the shear forces;
• Several square wooden pieces are inserted into the free spaces to reinforce the floor beam;
• A large hole (16) at the centre of the square wooden pieces reduces their weight and allows the horizontal passage of technical ducts hidden inside the floors;
• Several threaded rods (11) threaded along the length of the floor beam and bolted at both ends multiplies the flexural strength of the floor beams allowing large ranges;
• The placement of the very light floor beam (24) doesn't require lifting equipment, the square wooden pieces and the threaded rods can be inserted once the floor beam is put into place;
• The floor beam can be a vertical, horizontal or inclined structural member in the construction of buildings industrial and others.

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the support of the floor beams on the wall requires to cut the blocks in one or more stacks of blocks in the goal to place the floor beams on the wall;

• Four shapes of basic blocks cut to place the floor and two shapes elongated corner blocks cut to insert the floor beams, allowing to fore say all possibilities;
• The size of the cuts in the blocks equals the section of the floor beams;
• Besides the floor beams are distributed according to a multiple of (X) along the last stack of blocks of the bearing walls;
• Several wall hooks (27) inserted vertically in the small holes (7) of the intermediate planks could tie together several piles of superposed blocks weakened by cuts;
• In these blocks cut to allow the passage of floor beams, large circular holes allow the passage of technical ducts (28) to connect vertical ducts running through the walls and horizontal ducts running through the floors;
• Inside the blocks of the wall, a horizontal beam, inserted underneath the supports of the floor beams, a horizontal beam returns the weight of the floors to the corners of the walls and then into the foundations;
• The first horizontal beam located under the supports of the floor beams is reinforced by a second beam placed directly on the support of the floor beams;
• The second beam being connected at the first beam by one or more vertical threaded rods (29) conferring a high resistance;
• Furthermore, this second beam will guide and support for any stack of blocks, which will build an upper level or a roof;
• The remaining voids in the walls are filled with insulating material (30).

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that a flat roof could be constructed like a floor;

• Once the floor beams are positioned, a traditional floor can be placed (31);
• The next step is to place a layer of insulating material (32);
• After a first sealing layer is installed (33);
• On the last stack of blocks, a beam, attached at the lower beams with threaded rods, can overtake the role of a waist beam (29) the threaded rods are attached (38) to the foundation through the rebar (14) located in the wall corners;
• The rebar ascends from the foundation to the roof;
• Finally a last sealing layer (34) covers the top of the walls;
• On the top of the wall, which is inserted into the final stack of blocks from which the upper half of the intermediate planks are cut (18), a gutter is inserted (35) to collect rain water;
• The discharge rainwater falls vertically in a duct located inside the wall (36).

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that, for the construction of buildings located in regions with climate threats;

• A structure of concrete columns, and beam belts of concrete, can be made using the wooden blocks;
• In this case, the wooden blocks will serve as permanent formwork;
• If two, three or four concrete beams intersect at the concrete column, the corner blocks would require many cuts giving five different shapes of cut corner blocks used as formwork;
• In order to maintain a continuity between concrete beam belts and concrete columns, the intermediate planks of the basic blocks are replaced with threaded rods;
• The threaded rods act as a reinforcement inside the concrete while maintaining in place the planks serving as outer and inner formwork;
• Vertical reinforcements (29) and ducts (40) are slid into the formwork beams;
• Reinforcing the horizontal and vertical formwork beams and also closing the bottom of the formwork beam;
• The concrete remaining hidden inside the formwork, viewed from outside the construction looks as if it was completely made of wood;
• Indeed, the formworks stays in place;
• Once the concrete is poured, the rest of the construction can be built just using wooden blocks, which fit onto the wooden blocks used as formwork;
• Indeed, the basic wooden blocks fit into the formwork made of wooden blocks;
• Indeed, all the wooden blocks including the blocks used as formwork, follow the same principles of horizontal and vertical interlocking, the same principles of tenons and mortises, and the same proportions of dimensions of (X).

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that openings, doors and windows can be made inside the walls of the building, which are composed of wooden blocks;

• Along the door frame or window frame (46), the ends of the wooden planks are fixed;
• Thereby, door or window frames can fit in the opening;
• A wooden piece (49) which fills the remaining space is sufficient to clamp the frame against the wood languet of the block to hold it in place;
• To reinforce the construction, each stack of block is shifted of a half block;
• Half the length of a basic block (48) is necessary to fill the void, remaining along the openings;
• A horizontal beam which is inserted in the blocks can be used as lintel (38) and a piece of horizontal joist can be used as threshold (50).

Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that two coupled basic blocks rotated of 90 degrees (52) to each other can form a stairway;

• by interlocking their upper plank to the bottom plank of another step (51);
• If this procedure is repeated, a stair takes shape;
• The intermediate planks of the stair blocks are proportioned to obtain a good proportion between the step height and the space available for the foot;
• Joists (56), horizontal threaded rods (53) and vertical threaded rods maintain the steps between them;
• The vertical threaded rods (54) can be used as long staircase guardrails;
• The staircase can take different shapes:
• straight, angled, parallel;
• The combination of beams (56), threaded rods (53) (54) and steps (58) allow to create various types of staircases using wooden blocks.