Title: POLYGONAL BRICK AND PLANE ASSEMBLY USING THE

SAME

Technical Field The present invention relates to a polygonal brick and a plane assembly using the same, and in particular to an environment friendly polygonal brick and a plane assembly using the same in which it is possible to form a structurally stable plane assembly without using mortar, and it is recyclable when a plane assembly used in an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace is aged and changed.

Background Art

Generally, a brick in a building is used for forming a plane assembly in an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace. When a plane assembly is built in an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace, bricks are arranged in a first row, and silica mortar mixed with cement and water is applied on the arranged bricks with a certain tool, and bricks are arranged in a second row, and mortar is applied on the bricks. Bricks are arranged in a third row, and mortar is applied on the bricks. The above work is performed desired times. So, the mortar is hardened between the bricks while binding the neighboring bricks, so that a plane assembly is manufactured.

When mortar is applied poorly, the bricks may not be properly bonded owing to a poor binding force. So, a structural problem may occur in a plane assembly such as an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace. Such

as instability may cause a collapse of a plane assembly such as an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace while damaging assets and even hurting people.

In the conventional building bricks, when discarding an aged plane assembly such as an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace, it is impossible to recycle the aged plane assembly.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide polygonal brick and a plane assembly using the same which are able to manufacture a more stable plane assembly without using mortar.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an environment friendly polygonal brick and a plane assembly using the same which are recyclable when a plane assembly such as an inner and outer wall of a building, and a fence and terrace is aged and discharged.

To achieve the above objects, there is provided a polygonal brick which comprises a brick body which is formed in a polygonal shape; and a through hole which longitudinally passes through the brick body.

An engaging protrusion is formed in one side of the brick body, and an engaging groove corresponding to the engaging protrusion is formed in the other side of the brick body.

The brick body is formed in one shape selected among a triangle shape, a rectangular shape, a hexagonal shape and an octagonal shape.

The through hole is provided in multiple numbers while crossing with each other.

A plurality of polygonal bricks are stacked, and the engaging protrusions of the polygonal bricks are engaged with the engaging grooves of the neighboring polygonal bricks, and the engaging grooves of the polygonal bricks are engaged with the engaging protrusions of the polygonal bricks. To achieve the above objects, there is provided a plane assembly which comprises a plurality of polygonal bricks in which the polygonal bricks are stacked, and the engaging protrusions are engaged with the engaging grooves of the polygonal bricks, and the engaging grooves are engaged with the engaging protrusions of the neighboring polygonal bricks; a wire which is inserted through the through holes communicating with the polygonal bricks; and an engaging member which is engaged at an end of each wire for fixing the polygonal bricks through the wires.

The both ends of each wire are engaged by means of the engaging member in a free stress state.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are not limitative of the present invention, wherein; Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a triangle brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating a rectangular brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating a hexagonal brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating an octagonal brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention; and

Figures 5A through 5C are views illustrating assembly structures of a plane assembly using a polygonal brick according to the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a triangle brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention. Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating a rectangular brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention. Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating a hexagonal brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention. Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating an octagonal brick in a polygonal brick according to the present invention.

As shown therein, the polygonal bricks 10a through 1Od according to the present invention are able to manufacture a much more stable plane assembly which may be used in an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence and terrace without using mortar and comprise brick bodies 11a through 11d, and through holes 13a through 13d longitudinally passing through the brick bodies 11a through 11d.

Here, the brick bodies 11a through 11d form the body of polygonal bricks 10a through 10d and are cured by inputting concrete into a certain mold. It may be formed using a mold with a certain shape, or it may be manufactured by inputting a material with a binder into a certain shape mold and compressing the same.

The brick bodies 11a through 11d may be formed in a polygonal shape. As shown in Figure 1 , the brick body 11a may be formed in a triangle shape for thereby manufacturing a triangle brick 10a, and as shown in Figure 2, the brick

body 11b may be formed in a rectangular shape for thereby manufacturing a rectangular brick 10b. As shown in Figure 3, the brick body 11c may be formed in a hexagonal shape for thereby manufacturing a hexagonal brick 10c. As shown in Figure 4, the brick body 11d may be formed in an octagonal shape for thereby manufacturing an octagonal brick 10d. In the present invention, the shapes of the brick bodies 11a through 11d are not limited to the above disclosed shapes. Namely, the brick bodies 11a through 11d may be formed in various polygonal shapes such as a 12-angle shape.

The through holes 13a through 13d longitudinally pass through the brick bodies 11a through 11d. The through holes 13a through 13d communicate with the brick bodies 11a through 11d when stacking the bricks for thereby forming passages through which wires 20 (Figures 5A through 5C) pass. Here, the through holes are formed being crossed with each other so that the wires 20 can be inserted in certain directions. In this case, the crossing points may be preferably provided with spaces much wider than the diameters of the through holes 13a through 13d for reliable crossings of wires.

As shown in Figure 1 , as the brick body 11a is formed in a triangle shape, the triangle brick 10a is made. Here, three through holes 13a connecting the intermediate points of sides being opposite to apexes are formed. As shown in Figure 2, as the brick body 11b is formed in a rectangular shape, the rectangular brick 10b is made. In this case, two through holes 13b connecting the opposite apexes or the intermediate points of the sides being opposite to the intermediate points of the sides are formed. As shown in Figure 3, as the brick body 11c is formed in a hexagonal shape, the hexagonal brick 10c is made. In this case, three through holes 13c connecting the intermediate points of the sizes being opposite to

the intermediate points of the sides or the opposite apexes are formed. As shown in Figure 4, as the brick body 11d is formed in an octagonal shape, the octagonal brick 1Od can be made. In this case, four through holes 13d connecting the intermediate points of the sides being opposite to the intermediate points of other sides or the apexes being opposite to other apexes are formed.

Engaging protrusions 15a through 15d are formed on one side of each of the brick bodies 11a through 11d, and engaging grooves 17a through 17d corresponding to the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d are formed on the other side of each of the brick bodies 11a through 11d. When making a plane assembly by stacking the bricks, the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d are inserted into the engaging grooves 17a through 17d of the brick bodies 11a through 11d. In addition, the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d of the brick bodies 11a through 11d are inserted into the engaging grooves 17a through 17d, so that it is possible to make a stable plane assembly. The engaging protrusions 15a through 15d and the engaging grooves 17a through 17d have triangle cross sections, but their cross section shapes are not limited thereto. Namely, they may have rectangular cross section shapes or semicircular cross section shapes.

Figures 5A through 5C are views illustrating the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c using polygonal bricks.

In the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d used when making the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c, a plurality of through holes 13a through 13d are longitudinally crossed with each other in the polygonal brick bodies 11a through 11d. Engaging protrusions 15a through 15d are formed in one side of each brick, and the engaging grooves 17a through 17d corresponding to the engaging

protrusions 15a through 15d are formed on the other side of the same.

In the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c using polygonal bricks according to the present invention, the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d are stacked, and the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d of the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d are engaged with the engaging grooves 17a through 17d of the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d, respectively, and the engaging protrusions of the neighboring polygonal bricks 10a through 10d are engaged to the engaging grooves 17a through 17d of the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d, respectively.

In case of the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c, since they are engaged with each other with the help of the engaging force of the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d and the engaging grooves 17a through 17d of the neighboring polygonal bricks 10a through 10d, respectively, it is very easy to assemble or disassemble the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c.

Here, the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d may be stably fixed using the wire 20 and the engaging member 30, so that the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c have more stable structures. In this case, as shown in Figures 5A through 5C, a plurality of the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c are stacked and comprise polygonal bricks 10a through 10d in which the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d are engaged with the engaging grooves 17a through 17d of the neighboring polygonal bricks 10a through 10d, respectively, and the engaging protrusions 15a through 15d of the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d are engaged with the engaging grooves 17a through 17d, respectively. There are further provided wires 20 which are inserted through the through holes 13a through 13d communicating with the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d. There are further provided engaging members 30 engaged to the ends of the wires 20 for fixing the

polygonal bricks 10a through 1Od using the wires 20.

The wires 20 pass through the through holes 13a through 13d of the polygonal bricks 10a through 10d in which the engaging protrusions 15a through

15d are engaged with the engaging grooves 17a through 17d for thereby connecting the polygonal brick 10a through 10d with one line structure. The wires

20 are preferably made of steel wires.

The engaging members 30 are engaged at the ends of the wires 20. Here, the engaging members 30 closely fix the polygonal brocks 10a through 10d connected with the wires 20. When the ends of the wires 20 have threads, they may be formed of nuts engaged with the threads.

Both ends of each of the wires 20 are connected by means of the engaging member 30 in a free stress state, so that the wires 20 remain stable with respect to the external forces applied to the plane assemblies 100a, 100b and 100c while enhancing the close fixing forces.

Industrial Applicability

As described above, according to a polygonal brick and a plane assembly using the same, it is possible to easily make a plane assembly by stacking the polygonal bricks so that the engaging protrusions are engaged with the engaging grooves, and the wires are inserted through the through holes communicating with the stacked polygonal bricks with the ends of the wires being provided with the engaging members, respectively. So, it is possible to manufacture a structurally stable plane assembly without using mortar.

In the present invention, an environment friendly construction and disassembly are possible since the engaging members are separated, and the

wires are removed for recycling the polygonal bricks when disassembling the plane assemblies in an inner and outer wall of a building, a fence or terrace.

As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.