Resin Knockdown House

Abstract

A foamed resin knockdown house in which recesses are provided in opposite end surfaces of adjacent resin segment pieces, reinforcing members are accommodated in closed spaces defined by the opposite pairs of recesses to join together the adjacent segment pieces. Thus, the house is assembled, forming a living space inside. The foamed resin knockdown houses may have inside spaces of various forms depending on the purpose for which they are used.

1 . A foamed resin knockdown house comprising:
 a plurality of segment pieces made of a foamed resin provided with a recess on each end face, wherein a pair of opposing recesses in any two adjacent segment pieces out of the plurality of segment pieces defines a closed space; and   a plurality of reinforcing members each adapted to be accommodated in the closed space to join the adjacent segment pieces to each other, whereby   the foamed resin knockdown house is adapted to be assembled to define a space inside thereof.   
   
   
       2 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the segment pieces are each in the form of a tetragon, each side of the tetragon being provided with the recess to accommodate the reinforcing member.   
   
   
       3 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the reinforcing member includes:   a plurality of main reinforcing members extending in a vertical cross-section; and   a plurality of subsidiary reinforcing members extending in a direction substantially vertical to the main reinforcing members, wherein   the plurality of main reinforcing members are connected with each other through the subsidiary reinforcing members.   
   
   
       4 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the main reinforcing members include each an H-profiled steel bar.   
   
   
       5 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the subsidiary reinforcing members include each a pipe.   
   
   
       6 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the subsidiary reinforcing members have each a substantially Z-shaped cross-section.   
   
   
       7 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a joint member having an H-shaped cross-section adapted to be fitted with an upper joint surface and a lower joint surface of the segment pieces to join the upper and lower segment pieces.   
   
   
       8 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the segment pieces are adapted to define the inner space in the house to have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped form.   
   
   
       9 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the segment pieces are adapted to define the inner space in the house to have a substantially semispherical form.   
   
   
       10 . A foamed resin knockdown house comprising:
 a plurality of houses selected from the resin knockdown houses according to  claim 1 , wherein   the resin knockdown house system has therein spaces of the selected houses communicated with each other.   
   
   
       11 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the segment pieces made of the resin includes foamed polystyrene as a construction material.   
   
   
       12 . A foamed resin knockdown house comprising a plurality of segment pieces made of a foamed resin adapted to be assembled and bonded together to form a space enclosed thereby, wherein the knockdown house includes a plurality of structural units, each structural unit including;
 a group of segment pieces, among the plurality of segment pieces, each having first ends along a first direction and seconds ends bridged by the first ends along a second direction, the first ends each being provided with a first recess extending along each first end and the second ends each being provided with a second recess extending along each second end, wherein   any two adjacent segment pieces of the group of segment pieces whose first ends face to each other, when assembled and bonded to each other, define a first closed space by the first recesses;   a first reinforcing member adapted to be accommodated in each of the first closed spaces defined by any two adjacent segment pieces of the group of segment pieces;   a second reinforcing member adapted to be accommodated in each of the second recesses along each second end of the segment pieces of the group of segment pieces; and   a joint member adapted to join at least one first reinforcing member with at least one second reinforcing member, wherein   the plurality of the structural units, when joined with and bonded to each other, provide a house having a space inside thereof.   
   
   
       13 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the first reinforcing member includes a joint section at an end thereof through which the first reinforcing member is joined with the second reinforcing member in a state in which the first reinforcing member is accommodated in the first closed space.   
   
   
       14 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 12 , wherein
 among the plurality of structural units, at least one pair of structural units that are joined with each other along the second ends thereof defines a second closed space by the second recesses when assembled and bonded to each other, in which closed space the second reinforcing member is accommodated.   
   
   
       15 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 14 , wherein
 the second reinforcing member is a main reinforcing member that extends in a surface of the bonded segment pieces and the first reinforcing member is a subsidiary reinforcing member extending in the surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main reinforcing member, and   the structural units include a first structural unit provided in a first surface and a second structural unit provided in a second surface crossing the first surface, and the first and second structural units in the first and second surfaces, respectively, are each joined with each other at opposing ends thereof through the main reinforcing members or the subsidiary reinforcing members and bonded to each other to form a joint section in which the reinforcing members of each structural unit are joined with each other.   
   
   
       16 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 15 , wherein
 the segment pieces are configured such that when assembled to provide a house, an inner space of the resulting house is substantially rectangular parallelepiped,   the first surface is a surface of a peripheral wall of the knockdown house, and   the second surface is a surface of a roof of the knockdown house.   
   
   
       17 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 14 , wherein
 the segment pieces are configured such that when assembled to provide a house, an inner space of the resulting house is substantially semispherical, and the structural unit constitutes a part of a substantially spherical surface, and   opposing ends of adjacent structural units are bonded to and connected with each other through the first reinforcing member or the second reinforcing member.   
   
   
       18 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 17 , wherein
 the segment piece includes a segment piece for a door constituting an entrance section of the house, the segment piece for a door including a plurality of subunits that when assembled define an opening for the door, and   the segment piece for a door is free of the reinforcing member.   
   
   
       19 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of posts set up inside the house separate from the structural unit, wherein   the plurality of posts supports a flooring above an entrance section of the house, and   the flooring divides the space into an upper part and a lower part.   
   
   
       20 . A foamed resin knockdown house according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a plurality of posts set up inside the house separate from the structural unit, wherein   the plurality of posts supports a flooring above an entrance section of the house, and   the flooring divides the space into an upper part and a lower part.   
   
   
       21 . A method of assembling a plurality of pieces of a dome made of a foamed resin to build a house, the method comprising:
 providing a plurality of reinforcing members extending along meridian circles of the dome to define a plurality of wall-forming spaces between any two adjacent reinforcing members;   sequentially installing in each of the plurality of wall-forming spaces at least two pieces of a dome, including an upper section and a lower section;   when a last wall-forming space is closed, providing a door member including at least two parts divided in the direction to right and left each having an outer end face and an inner end face, and fixing the outer end faces of the at least two parts to opposing reinforcing members to form a doorway space in an open space defined between the door members; and   providing a door in the doorway space.