Assembly consisting of a construction element and a masonry tool

Abstract

A set comprising a construction element and a masonry tool, said construction element comprising a first face and a second face substantially oriented in planes parallel to the axes of the length l and width d and separated from each other by a height h, said first face comprising at least two ribs oriented substantially parallel to the axis of the length l and separated in each case from each other in the axis of the width d by a first so hollow, and a third face and a fourth face, substantially oriented in planes parallel to the axes of the width d and height h, and separated by a length l, said first hollow is open at least on said third face, said masonry tool comprises at least two sections sized so as to be able to be placed straddling in each case on one of the ribs and each arranged so as to be is able to slide on said rib on which it is placed.

1 . A set comprising a construction element and a masonry tool, said construction element ( 101 ,  101 ′,  201 ,  301 ) having a length l, a width d and height h, said construction element ( 101 ,  101 ′,  201 ,  301 ) comprising:
 a) a first face ( 111 ) and a second face ( 112 ) substantially oriented in planes parallel to the axes of the length l and width d and separated from each other by a height h, said first face ( 111 ) comprising at least two ribs ( 121 ,  122 ) oriented substantially parallel to the axis of the length l, and separated in each case from each other in the axis of the width d by a first hollow ( 123 ); and   b) a third face ( 113 ) and a fourth face ( 114 ), substantially oriented in planes parallel to the axes of the width d and the height h and separated by a length l;   characterized in that said first hollow is open at least on said third face and in that said masonry tool comprises at least two sections sized so as to be able to be placed straddling in each case one of the ribs and each arranged so as to be able to slide on said rib on which it is placed.   
   
   
       2 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said sections ( 601 ) have a height h p  and the ribs have a height h ni , the height h ni  of the said ribs ( 121 ,  122 ) being less than the height of the sections. 
   
   
       3 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said sections are provided with flaps ( 602 ) extending towards the outside of the construction element ( 101 ′) when they are placed on the ribs, and arranged to receive surplus mortar when the mortar is leveled off. 
   
   
       4 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that each of said two sections ( 601 ) is provided with at least one lug ( 603 ) for moving said two sections in the axis of the length l of the construction element, in particular by means of a trowel. 
   
   
       5 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said sections are arranged to confine the mortar. 
   
   
       6 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said second face ( 112 ) comprises at least two protuberances ( 124 ,  125 ) separated by a second hollow ( 126 ), each of these protuberances being disposed so as to be opposite in a direction parallel to the axis of the height h in each case to one of the ribs ( 121 ,  122 ). 
   
   
       7 . A set according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the said second hollow ( 126 ) has a width d c  of between 25 and 300 mm and/or a maximum depth h c  of between 3 and 15 mm. 
   
   
       8 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said second face ( 112 ) has a substantially continuous surface ( 202 ) opposite in the axis of the height h and straddling the two ribs ( 121 ,  122 ). 
   
   
       9 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that it also has a fifth face ( 115 ) and a sixth face ( 116 ), substantially oriented in planes parallel to the axes of the height h and length l and separated from each other by a width d, at least one of said ribs ( 122 ,  121 ) being offset with respect to the fifth or sixth face ( 115 ,  116 ) by a distance d j , preferably of between 10 and 15 mm, in the axis of the width d. 
   
   
       10 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that a drainage surface ( 128 ) oriented substantially parallel to the axis of the length l extends between at least one of said ribs ( 122 ,  121 ) and said fifth or sixth face ( 115 ,  116 ), this drainage surface ( 128 ) preferably forming an angle a of between 5° and 15° with the axis of the width d. 
   
   
       11 . A set according to  claim 10 , characterized in that the height h ni  of each rib ( 121 ,  122 ) is situated between 5 and 15 mm, preferably between 6 and 8 mm, measured with respect to the bottom of said first hollow ( 123 ), and in that at least one of said ribs ( 121 ,  122 ) has a minimum height h ne  of between 0 and 17 mm, preferably between 6 and 8 mm, relative to the drainage surface ( 128 ). 
   
   
       12 . A set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said third face ( 113 ) comprises at least a third hollow ( 129 ). 
   
   
       13 . A method of constructing a wall comprising a plurality of construction elements ( 101 ,  101 ′,  201 ,  301 ) forming part of a set according to  claim 1 , according to which one of said construction elements ( 101 ) and another one of said construction elements ( 101 ′) are superimposed so as to at least partially oppose the second face ( 112 ) of one construction element ( 101 ) to the first face ( 111 ) of the other construction element ( 101 ′) after having applied a mortar mass ( 401 ) between the first hollow ( 123 ) in said other construction element ( 101 ′) and the second face ( 112 ) of said one construction element ( 101 ), in order to obtain a mortar join between said first hollow ( 123 ) in the other construction element ( 101 ′) and said second face ( 112 ) of the one construction element ( 101 ), characterized in that, prior to the application of the mortar, one of said sections is in each case placed on each of the ribs, said mortar mass ( 401 ) is apportioned by filling a space between the sections ( 601 ) with the mortar and leveling off this mortar with a trowel bearing on said sections ( 601 ). 
   
   
       14 . The method according to  claim 13 , characterized in that the thickness h j  of said mortar join is greater than the height h ni , of the ribs ( 121 ,  122 ) on said other construction element ( 101 ′), the mortar mass ( 401 ) overflowing from said first hollow ( 123 ) in the other construction element ( 101 ′) in order to form a fine layer of mortar between the second face ( 112 ) of one construction element ( 101 ) and said ribs ( 121 ,  122 ) on the other construction element ( 101 ′) and so as to allow adjustment of the alignment and perpendicularity of the construction elements ( 101 ,  101 ′) while the mortar remains fluid while balancing the construction elements and preventing settling of the join. 
   
   
       15 . The method according to  claim 13 , characterized in that a handle/mallet ( 203 ) is used to take at least the one construction element ( 101 ) before positioning it above the other construction element ( 101 ′), said handle/mallet ( 203 ) having a first part ( 701 ) that is at least partially introduced into the third hollow ( 129 ) in the one construction element ( 101 ) in order to support it. 
   
   
       16 . A wall constructed according to the method according to  claim 13 .