Domes and arches
AssigneeDingley Dell Enterprises Limited
InventorJolyon Eric Emery
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Abstract
A modular dome structure (5) for a masonry oven, which includes a plurality of interlocking wall modules (60) abutting one another to form a wall of the dome and a base (7) upon which the wall modules are mounted. Each wall module (60) is formed of a plurality of blocks (63) hingedly interconnected together and shaped so as to form an arch segment of the dome wall when facing surfaces of adjacent blocks (63) of the wall module (60) abut and interlock with one another.
Claims27
A modular dome structure comprising a plurality of wall modules abutting one another to form a wall of the dome and a base upon which the wall modules are mounted, wherein each wall module comprises a plurality of bricks formed at least in part of a refractory material which are hingedly interconnected together by a flexible spine that is at least partially embedded within the brick, each wall module being shaped so as to form an arch segment of the dome wall when facing surfaces of adjacent blocks of the wall module abut one another.
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An arch segment comprising a plurality of bricks including a refractory material which are hingedly interconnected together by a flexible spine at least partially embedded within each brick, wherein the bricks are shaped such that the arch segment is movable from a first, substantially flat configuration to a second, arched configuration when facing surfaces of adjacent bricks abut one another.
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A modular dome structure comprising:
- a plurality of wall modules abutting one another to form a wall of the dome;
- a base upon which the wall modules are mounted;
- a removeable hood mounted over the wall modules;
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- a thermally insulative and/or fire-retardant material either comprised in the hood or between the inner wall of the dome and the hood;
- wherein each wall module comprises a plurality of blocks hingedly interconnected together and shaped so as to form an arch segment of the dome wall when facing surfaces of adjacent blocks of the wall module abut one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.