System of brick with rod

Abstract

The invention of the present application provides a system of brick and rod for the construction of walls with high resistance to extreme gravitational, lateral, and cyclic forces. This system allows the construction of a wall made of bricks reinforced with a skeleton of rods. The brick of this system is a rectangular block with horizontal and vertical protuberances and cavities which permits horizontal and vertical interlocks with the adjacent bricks of the wall. The brick is also perforated by holes which are aligned with the holes of the vertically adjacent bricks of the wall, thus forming a continuous vertical hole that goes throughout the entire height of the wall. The rod of the system crosses the bricks through the continuous hole of the wall.

1 . A system of brick and rod, wherein the brick is tridimensional and rectangular, and is defined by the three Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z, in which the horizontal X axis defines the length, the vertical Y axis defines the height, the horizontal Z axis defines the width; and wherein the brick is a solid block comprising:
 a. a superior horizontal surface and a inferior horizontal surface defined by the X and Z axis;   b. a vertical anterior surface and vertical posterior surface defined by the Z and Y axis;   c. two lateral vertical surfaces defined by the X and Y axis;   d. a symmetrical protuberance of rounded convex geometry that is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical anterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with an horizontally adjacent block with the cavity described in e.; and wherein the protuberance's base on the vertical anterior surface of the brick, defined in the same direction of the Z axis, is of shorter longitude than the   e. a symmetrical cavity of concave geometry which is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical posterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said cavity interlocks precisely with a horizontally adjacent block with the protuberance described in d.; and wherein the longitude of the cavity's aperture on the brick's vertical posterior surface, defined in the same direction as the Z axis, is shorter than the maximum diameter of the cavity's concave geometry;   f. two protuberances of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's superior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said protuberances interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the cavities described in g.; and wherein the diameter of each protuberance's base on the brick's superior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the protuberance;   g. two cavities of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's inferior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said cavities interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the protuberances described in f.; and wherein the diameter of each cavity's aperture on the brick's inferior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the cavity;   h. two vertical cylindrical holes which perforate entirely the brick, wherein said holes' longitude, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the apex of the convex geometry of the protuberances described in f., to the apex of the concave geometry of the cavities described in g.; and wherein said holes and identical holes of vertically adjacent bricks in a wall are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of the wall, to form continuous vertical holes that go through the entire height of the wall;   i. one vertical cylindrical hole which perforates entirely the brick, wherein the longitude of said hole, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the brick's superior horizontal surface to the brick's inferior horizontal surface; and wherein said hole is located in parallel between the two holes describe in h.; and wherein said hole and the hole of equal diameter described in j. of the vertically adjacent bricks, are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of a wall, to form a continuous vertical hole that goes through the entire height of the wall; and wherein said holes have a diameter which fits the rod's diameter such that the rod can be introduced through the continuous hole that goes throughout the height of the wall;   j. a vertical cylindrical hole which perforates entirely, in direction of the Y axis, the protuberance described in d., wherein the hole's longitude is defined from the center of said protuberance's superior horizontal surface to the center of said protuberance's inferior horizontal surface; wherein this hole and the vertically adjacent brick's holes of equal diameter described in i., are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of a wall, to form a continuous vertical hole that goes throughout the height of the wall; and wherein said holes have a diameter that fits the rod's diameter such that the rod can be introduced through the continuous hole that goes throughout the height of the wall;   wherein the rod's longitude is equal to or exceeds the longitude of the height of the wall; and wherein the rod is vertically introduced through the continuous vertical holes described in i. and j.;   and wherein resistant interlocks are created between the vertically and horizontally adjacent bricks of a wall which allows the introduction of a skeleton constituted by a plurality of the rods, thus resulting in a structure with great lateral rigidity and great resistance to extreme uniform, cyclic and gravitational forces.   
   
   
       2 . The system, according to  claim 1 , wherein the brick has a rounded, convex geometry, symmetrical protuberance that is originated on one of the brick's lateral vertical surfaces, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with the cavity described in  1 .e. of a horizontally adjacent brick; and wherein the protuberance's base on the lateral vertical surface, defined in the same direction of the X axis, if of less longitude than the maximum diameter of the protuberance's convex geometry. 
   
   
       3 . The system, according to  claim 1 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; and a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       4 . The system, according to  claim 1 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical posterior surface, a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the superior horizontal surface; and a 90 degree right angle on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       5 . The system, according to  claim 1 , wherein the rod is a composed rod that comprises:
 a. a tube which longitude is equal to the brick's height; wherein the tube functions as a female screw; and wherein the tube has an internal thread in which the screw described in b. is going to be screwed down.   b. a male screw of equal or less longitude than the longitude of the tube described in a., wherein the male screw has an external thread; and wherein said male screw fit internally in its superior half to a tube as the described in a., and in its inferior half to another tube as the described in a.; and wherein the formed fit joints the two tubes which would be introduced in two of the vertically adjacent bricks;   wherein a continuous composed rod is formed and constituted by a plurality of the tubes and a plurality of the male screws.   
   
   
       6 . The system, according to  claim 1 , wherein the rod is a composed rod comprising rod fragments wherein the longitude of each rod fragment is equal to one and a half times (1.5×) the longitude of the brick's height, and wherein each rod fragment is formed by three parts defined as first part, second part and a third part; wherein the three parts have exactly the same longitude, in such a way that each part have a longitude equal to one third of the rod fragment's longitude; wherein the first part is an end of the rod fragment; and wherein the first part is hollow with internal thread, thus constituting the part that functions as a female screw of the rod fragment; and wherein the second part is in the middle of the rod fragment between the first part and the third part; and wherein the second part is solid; and wherein the third part is solid with external thread; and wherein the third part is located at the end opposed to the end constituted by the first part; and wherein the third part is the part that functions as the rod fragment's male screw; and wherein the first part of a rod fragment is screwed to the third part of another identical rod fragment, and wherein a plurality of identical rod fragments which have been screwed successively together form the composed rod. 
   
   
       7 . A system of brick and rod, wherein the system the brick is a tridimensional and rectangular, and is defined by the three Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z, in which the horizontal X axis defines the length, the vertical Y axis defines the height, the horizontal Z axis defines the width; and wherein the brick is a solid block comprising:
 a. a superior horizontal surface and a inferior horizontal surface defined by the X and Z axis;   b. a vertical anterior surface and vertical posterior surface defined by the Z and Y axis;   c. two lateral vertical surfaces defined by the X and Y axis;   d. a symmetrical protuberance of rounded convex geometry that is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical anterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with an horizontally adjacent block with the cavity described in e.; and wherein the protuberance's base on the vertical anterior surface of the brick, defined in the same direction of the Z axis, is of shorter longitude than the maximum diameter of the convex geometry of the protuberance;   e. a symmetrical cavity of concave geometry which is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical posterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said cavity interlocks precisely with a horizontally adjacent block with the protuberance described in d.; and wherein the longitude of the cavity's aperture on the brick's vertical posterior surface, defined in the same direction as the Z axis, is shorter than the maximum diameter of the cavity's concave geometry;   f. two protuberances of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's superior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said protuberances interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the cavities described in g.; and wherein the diameter of each protuberance's base on the brick's superior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the protuberance;   g. two cavities of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's inferior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said cavities interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the protuberances described in f.; and wherein the diameter of each cavity's aperture on the brick's inferior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the cavity;   h. two vertical cylindrical holes which perforate entirely the brick, wherein said holes' longitude, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the apex of the convex geometry of the protuberances described in f., to the apex of the concave geometry of the cavities described in g.; and wherein said holes and identical holes of vertically adjacent bricks in a wall are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of the wall, to form continuous vertical holes that go through the entire height of the wall; and wherein the diameter of the two holes fit the diameter of the rod;   and wherein the longitude of the rod is equal to or exceed the longitude of the wall's height; and wherein the rod is vertically introduced through the continuous vertical holes of the wall;   and wherein resistant interlocks are created between the vertically and horizontally adjacent bricks of a wall that permits the introduction of a skeleton constituted by a plurality of the rods, thus resulting in a structure with great lateral rigidity and great resistance to extreme uniform, cyclic and gravitational forces.   
   
   
       8 . The system, according to  claim 7 , wherein the brick has a rounded, convex geometry, symmetrical protuberance that is originated on one of the brick's lateral vertical surfaces, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with the cavity described in  7 .e. of a horizontally adjacent brick; and wherein the protuberance's base on the lateral surface, defined in the same direction of the X axis, if of less longitude than the maximum diameter of the protuberance's convex geometry. 
   
   
       9 . The system, according to  claim 7 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; and a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       10 . The system, according to  claim 7 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical posterior surface, a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the superior horizontal surface; and a 90 degree right angle on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       11 . The system, according to  claim 7 , wherein the rod is a composed rod that comprises:
 a. a tube which longitude is equal to the brick's height; wherein the tube functions as a female screw; and   wherein the tube has an internal thread in which the screw described in b. is going to be screwed down.   b. a male screw of equal or less longitude than the longitude of the tube described in a., wherein the male screw has an external thread; and wherein said male screw fit internally in its superior half to a tube as the described in a., and in its inferior half to another tube as the described in a.; and wherein the formed fit joints the two tubes which would be introduced in two of the vertically adjacent bricks;   wherein a continuous composed rod is formed and constituted by a plurality of the tubes and a plurality of the male screws.   
   
   
       12 . The system, according to  claim 7 , wherein the rod is a composed rod comprising rod fragments wherein the longitude of each rod fragment is equal to one and a half times (1.5×) the longitude of the brick's height, and wherein each rod fragment is formed by three parts defined as first part, second part and a third part; wherein the three parts have exactly the same longitude, in such a way that each part have a longitude equal to one third of the rod fragment's longitude; wherein the first part is an end of the rod fragment; and wherein the first part is hollow with internal thread, thus constituting the part that functions as a female screw of the rod fragment; and wherein the second part is in the middle of the rod fragment between the first part and the third part; and wherein the second part is solid; and wherein the third part is solid with external thread; and wherein the third part is located at the end opposed to the end constituted by the first part; and wherein the third part is the part that functions as the rod fragment's male screw; and wherein the first part of a rod fragment is screwed to the third part of another identical rod fragment, and wherein a plurality of identical rod fragments which have been screwed successively together form the composed rod. 
   
   
       13 . A tridimensional rectangular brick, wherein the brick is defined by the three Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z, in which the horizontal X axis defines the length, the vertical Y axis defines the height, the horizontal Z axis defines the width; and wherein the brick is a solid block comprising:
 a. a superior horizontal surface and a inferior horizontal surface defined by the X and Z axis;   b. a vertical anterior surface and vertical posterior surface defined by the Z and Y axis;   c. two lateral vertical surfaces defined by the X and Y axis;   d. a symmetrical protuberance of rounded convex geometry that is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical anterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with an horizontally adjacent block with the cavity described in e.; and wherein the protuberance's base on the vertical anterior surface of the brick, defined in the same direction of the Z axis, is of shorter longitude than the maximum diameter of the convex geometry of the protuberance;   e. a symmetrical cavity of concave geometry which is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical posterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said cavity interlocks precisely with a horizontally adjacent block with the protuberance described in d.; and wherein the longitude of the cavity's aperture on the brick's vertical posterior surface, defined in the same direction as the Z axis, is shorter than the maximum diameter of the cavity's concave geometry;   f. two protuberances of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's superior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said protuberances interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the cavities described in g.; and wherein the diameter of each protuberance's base on the brick's superior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the protuberance;   g. two cavities of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's inferior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said cavities interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the protuberances described in f.; and wherein the diameter of each cavity's aperture on the brick's inferior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the cavity;   h. two vertical cylindrical holes which perforate entirely the brick, wherein said holes' longitude, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the apex of the convex geometry of the protuberances described in f., to the apex of the concave geometry of the cavities described in g.; and wherein said holes and identical holes of vertically adjacent bricks in a wall are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of the wall, to form continuous vertical holes that go through the entire height of the wall;   i. one vertical cylindrical hole which perforates entirely the brick, wherein the longitude of said hole, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the brick's superior horizontal surface to the brick's inferior horizontal surface; and wherein said hole is located in parallel between the two holes describe in h.; and wherein said hole and the hole of equal diameter described in j. of the vertically adjacent bricks, are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of a wall, to form a continuous vertical hole that goes through the entire height of the wall; and wherein said holes have a diameter which fits a rod's diameter in such a way that the rod can be introduced through the continuous hole that goes throughout the height of the wall;   j. a vertical cylindrical hole which perforates entirely, in direction of the Y axis, the protuberance described in d., wherein the hole's longitude is defined from the center of said protuberance's superior horizontal surface to the center of said protuberance's inferior horizontal surface; wherein this hole and the vertically adjacent brick's holes of equal diameter described in i., are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of a wall, to form a continuous vertical hole that goes throughout the height of the wall; and wherein said holes have a diameter that fits a rod's diameter in such a way that the rod can be introduced through the continuous hole that goes throughout the height of the wall;   and wherein resistant interlocks are created between the vertically and horizontally adjacent bricks of a wall which allows the introduction of a skeleton constituted by vertical rods, thus resulting in a structure with great lateral rigidity and great resistance to extreme uniform, cyclic and gravitational forces.   
   
   
       14 . The brick, according to  claim 13 , wherein the brick has a rounded, convex geometry, symmetrical protuberance that is originated on one of the brick's lateral vertical surfaces, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with the cavity described in  13 .e. of a horizontally adjacent brick; and wherein the protuberance's base on the lateral vertical surface, defined in the same direction of the X axis, if of less longitude than the maximum diameter of the protuberance's convex geometry. 
   
   
       15 . The brick, according to  claim 13 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; and a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       16 . The brick, according to  claim 13 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical posterior surface, a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the superior horizontal surface; and a 90 degree right angle on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       17 . A tridimensional rectangular brick for the construction of walls, wherein the brick is defined by the three Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z, in which the horizontal X axis defines the length, the vertical Y axis defines the height, the horizontal Z axis defines the width; and wherein the brick is a solid block comprising:
 a. a superior horizontal surface and a inferior horizontal surface defined by the X and Z axis;   b. a vertical anterior surface and vertical posterior surface defined by the Z and Y axis;   c. two lateral vertical surfaces defined by the X and Y axis;   d. a symmetrical protuberance of rounded convex geometry that is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical anterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with an horizontally adjacent block with the cavity described in e.; and wherein the protuberance's base on the vertical anterior surface of the brick, defined in the same direction of the Z axis, is of shorter longitude than the maximum diameter of the convex geometry of the protuberance; and wherein the protuberance's longitude, in direction of the X axis, defined from the protuberance's convex geometry apex to the base on the brick's vertical anterior surface, is between 26% and 65% of the width Z of the brick;   e. a symmetrical cavity of concave geometry which is originated in the middle of the brick's vertical posterior surface in direction of the X axis, wherein said cavity interlocks precisely with a horizontally adjacent block with the protuberance described in d.; and wherein the longitude of the cavity's aperture on the brick's vertical posterior surface, defined in the same direction as the Z axis, is shorter than the maximum diameter of the cavity's concave geometry; and wherein the longitude of the cavity in direction of the X axis, defined from the cavity's concave geometry apex to the aperture on the brick's vertical posterior surface, is between 26% and 65% of the width Z of the brick;   f. two protuberances of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's superior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said protuberances interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the cavities described in g.; and wherein the diameter of each protuberance's base on the brick's superior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the protuberance; and wherein the longitude of the protuberance in direction of the Y axis, from the protuberance's convex geometry apex to the base on the brick's superior horizontal surface, is between 26% and 65% of the width Z of the brick;   g. two cavities of cylindrical-concave geometry located symmetrically on the middle of the brick's inferior horizontal surface in direction of the Y axis, wherein said cavities interlock precisely with vertically adjacent blocks with the protuberances described in f.; and wherein the diameter of each cavity's aperture on the brick's inferior horizontal surface is more than or equal to the diameter of the cylindrical part of the cavity; and wherein the longitude of the cavity in direction of the Y axis, defined from the cavity's convex geometry apex to the cavity's aperture on the brick's inferior horizontal surface, is between 26% and 65% of the width Z of the brick;   h. two vertical cylindrical holes which perforate entirely the brick, wherein said holes' longitude, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the apex of the convex geometry of the protuberances described in f., to the apex of the concave geometry of the cavities described in g.; and wherein said holes and identical holes of vertically adjacent bricks in a wall are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of the wall, to form continuous vertical holes that go through the entire height of the wall;   and wherein resistant interlocks are created between vertically and horizontally adjacent bricks of a wall with great lateral rigidity and great resistance to extreme uniform, cyclic and gravitational forces.   
   
   
       18 . The brick, according to  claim 17 , wherein the brick has two vertical cylindrical holes which perforate entirely the brick, wherein said holes' longitude, in direction of the Y axis, is defined from the apex of the convex geometry of the protuberances described in  17 .f. to the apex of the concave geometry of the cavities described in  17 .g.; and wherein said holes and identical holes of vertically adjacent bricks in a wall are aligned in direction of the vertical axis of the wall, to form continuous vertical holes that go through the entire height of the wall; and wherein said holes have a diameter that fits to a diameter of identical rods in such a way that the rods can be introduced through the continuous holes that go throughout the height of the wall; and wherein resistant interlocks are created between vertically and horizontally adjacent bricks of the wall that allows the introduction of a skeleton constituted by vertical rods, thus resulting in a structure with great lateral rigidity and great resistance to extreme uniform, cyclic and gravitational forces. 
   
   
       19 . The brick, according to  claim 17 , wherein the brick has a rounded, convex geometry, symmetrical protuberance that is originated on one of the brick's lateral vertical surfaces, wherein said protuberance interlocks precisely with the cavity described in  17 .e. of a horizontally adjacent brick; and wherein the protuberance's base on the brick's lateral vertical surface, defined in the same direction as the X axis, is of less longitude than the protuberance's convex geometry maximum diameter; and wherein the protuberance's longitude in direction of the Z axis, defined from the protuberance's convex geometry apex to the base on the brick's lateral surface, is between 26% and 65% of the width Z of the brick. 
   
   
       20 . The brick, according to  claim 17 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; and a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface. 
   
   
       21 . The brick, according to  claim 17 , wherein the brick has a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical anterior surface; a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the Y axis, of the vertical posterior surface, a 90 degree right angle channel on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the superior horizontal surface; and a 90 degree right angle on the two edges, in direction of the X axis, of the inferior horizontal surface.