Wall construction using hollow glass building elements

Abstract

The construction unit to be used in erecting both flat and arched profiled walls consists of supporting elements being the horizontal and vertical fasteners ( 1 and 2 ) in a form of joined blocks, which on their frontal sides are provided with longitudinal holes ( 7 and 12 ) with mortises ( 10 ), whereas on the lateral sides of the vertical fasteners ( 2 ) they are provided with transverse holes ( 13 ) overlapping with the holes (7) of the horizontal fasterners ( 1 ), in these holes the treaded fasterners combining the entire construction are being mounted. The longitudinal holes ( 7 and 12 ) with mortises ( 10 ) of the fasteners may be given a form of the grooved recesses ( 7 a and 12 a ) with mortises ( 10 a ). On both external sides, to the horizontal and vertical fasteners-profiled slats ( 3 ) are being fixed, edges ( 16 ) of which are somewhat advanced outside the lateral edges ( 17 and 18 ) of these fasteners. The threaded fastener is composed of a stud-bolt ( 4 ) and a longitudinal nut ( 5 ) co-operating with it. The horizontal fast has a length (a) preferably equal to the length (b) of the glass hollow tile ( 6 ), whereas the transverse holes ( 13 ) of the vertical fastener are situated in relation to the frontal surfaces ( 25 ), containing each other after the assembly, at a distance (s) equal to the sum of a half of height (h) of the hollow tile and a half of thickness (d) of the horizontal fastener. In order to construct arched profiled walls, the unit is provided with the distance pads ( 20 ) in a form of tongues, mounted in front of the convex section, between the side surfaces ( 21 ) of the vertical fastener and the frontal surfaces ( 22 ) of the horizontal fastener.

1 . The construction unit to be used in erecting building walls with the application of glass hollow tiles, consisting of the supporting elements embracing hollow tiles of a rectangular contour, characterised in that the supporting elements being the horizontal and vertical fasteners in a form of joined blocks, which on their frontal side are provided with the longitudinal holes with the mortises, whereas on the lateral side of the vertical fasteners they are provided with the transverse holes overlapping with the holes of the horizontal fasteners; in these holes the threaded fasteners combining the entire construction are being mounted.  
     
     
         2 . The unit according to the  claim 1 , characterised in that on both external sides, to the horizontal and vertical fasteners the profiled slats are being fixed, the edges of which are somewhat advanced outside the lateral edges of these fasteners.  
     
     
         3 . The unit according to the  claim 2 , characterised in that the profiled slats are being fixed to the horizontal and vertical fasteners by means of the tongue-and-groove joints.  
     
     
         4 . The unit according to the  claim 1 , characterised in that the threaded fastener is composed of the stud-bolt and the longitudinal nut co-operating with it.  
     
     
         5 . The unit according to the  claim 1 , characterised in that the horizontal fastener has a length preferably equal to the length of the glass hollow tile, whereas the transverse holes of the vertical fastener are situated in relation to the frontal surfaces, contacting each other after assembly, at a distance equal to the sum of a half height of the hollow tile and a half thickness of the horizontal fastener.  
     
     
         6 . The unit according to the  claim 1 , characterised in that in order to construct arched profiled walls it is provided with the distance pads in a form of tongues, mounted in front of the convex section, between the side surfaces of the vertical fastener and the frontal surfaces of the horizontal fastener.  
     
     
         7 . The unit according to the  claim 1 , characterised in that the longitudinal holes with the mortises are given a form of the grooved recesses with the mortises, made through the whole length of the horizontal and vertical fasteners.  
     
     
         8 . The unit according to the  claim 7 , characterised in that the grooved recesses of the horizontal and vertical fasteners have the arch-shaped bottoms, adjusted to the oval shape of the bolt of the threaded fastener, and made at such the depth, which enables longitudinal and centric positioning of the threaded fasteners.