Insulated building block
First Claim
1. A building block comprising a walled shell of finite thickness thereby defining a continuous cavity therewithin, the inner surface of said walled shell including a continuum of at least eight sides, two of said sides comprising a pair of laterally spaced opposing faces offset longitudinally one from the other, four of said sides comprising 2 pairs of adjacent ends connected to the 4 extremities of said faces, and two of said sides forming a joinder connecting each pair of adjacent ends, the outer surface of said walled shell including at least eight sides adjacent to and extending in substantially the same direction as their respective inner sides thereby to form a hollow block in which the continuous cavity and outer surface are of a generally offset shape, the amount of offset and thickness of the walls being such that when the cavity is filled with insulation and an offset end is matingly abutted with the offset end of a similar block, the structure so formed will have an overlapping cavity arrangement such that any straight vector heat flow striking the structure will always meet insulation regardless of what point on the structure the vector seeks to go through in a straight line.
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Abstract
A hollow building block filled with insulation is shaped as a pair of proximal but offset rectangles thereby to form steps at diagonal corners for fitting adjoining blocks together. A continuous insulation effect is obtained because the insulation in each rectangle extends beyond that of its proximal rectangle and overlaps with the insulation in the proximal rectangle of each adjoining block. Aligning holes and reinforcing grooves are provided for rapidly constructing strong structures from the blocks.
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- 1. A building block comprising a walled shell of finite thickness thereby defining a continuous cavity therewithin, the inner surface of said walled shell including a continuum of at least eight sides, two of said sides comprising a pair of laterally spaced opposing faces offset longitudinally one from the other, four of said sides comprising 2 pairs of adjacent ends connected to the 4 extremities of said faces, and two of said sides forming a joinder connecting each pair of adjacent ends, the outer surface of said walled shell including at least eight sides adjacent to and extending in substantially the same direction as their respective inner sides thereby to form a hollow block in which the continuous cavity and outer surface are of a generally offset shape, the amount of offset and thickness of the walls being such that when the cavity is filled with insulation and an offset end is matingly abutted with the offset end of a similar block, the structure so formed will have an overlapping cavity arrangement such that any straight vector heat flow striking the structure will always meet insulation regardless of what point on the structure the vector seeks to go through in a straight line.
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