Process for constructing dry-mounted walls

Abstract

A process is described for constructing walls. A moving wall is constructed in the process that is able to move, hindering earthquakes and major thrusts. The process eliminates the use of binders and locking joints and includes positioning elements using diamond configurations and grooves and pins which, when in place, never block the elements but, in case of thrusts, leave them free to move in alignment with axes of the wall.

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         7 . A method for constructing a self-supporting anti-seismic modular structure from a kit, comprising:
 providing the kit, wherein the kit comprises:
 at least one polyhedral bar; 
 a plurality of modular elements having a parallelepiped shape and a base having a squared shape or a rhomboid shape; and 
 a plurality of junction elements obtained by sectioning the modular elements along one of the diagonals of their external faces; 
 wherein the at least one polyhedral bar, the modular elements, and the junction are adapted to be connected and assembled together and 
 wherein the modular elements and the junction elements have bases suitable to be oriented parallel to the force of gravity when assembled into the self-supporting anti-seismic modular structure; 
 wherein at least one of the modular elements, at least one of the junction elements, and the at least one polyhedral bar comprise at least one female element or at least one male element on a face thereof respectively, shaped so as to be coupled to a male or female element of a contiguous element; 
 wherein the at least one female element has a shape of a groove and the at least one male element has a shape of a pin, the pin being adapted to be inserted and to slide loosely along the groove once in place; 
 wherein, in the modular elements and in the junction elements, the groove runs parallel to a base of a polyhedron; and 
 wherein, in the at least one polyhedral bar, the groove runs perpendicular to a base of the at least one polyhedral bar; and 
   constructing the self-supporting anti-seismic modular structure from the kit in a dry-mounted manner such that no binding agent or joint is used in construction of the self-supporting anti-seismic modular structure, wherein constructing the self-supporting anti-seismic modular structure from the kit further comprises assembling the modular elements and the junction elements in static equilibrium with a diamond configuration along a plane parallel to a direction of the force of gravity;   wherein single ones of the modular elements and the junction element are connected with play to contiguous elements remaining free to move also once in place; and   wherein all faces of the modular elements in contact with faces of other ones of the modular elements or the junction elements identify reciprocal sliding planes transverse to the direction of the force of gravity.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one polyhedral bar is one of a plurality of polyhedral bars. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 assembling all of the modular elements in a diamond configuration by having the polyhedral bars vertically placed at their sides aligned with axes of a wall and the junction elements in between.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the self-supporting anti-seismic modular structure is further assembled from the kit by inserting pins of any of the modular elements or the junction elements into a groove of a contiguous element or bar.