WO2014032200A1 - Modular base system comprising at least two units of material selected from wood and/or metal and/or plastic and at least two threaded bolts or two threaded rods that pass through the width or thickness of the units of material, and method for producing said modular base system - Google Patents

Description

 MODULAR BASE SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST TWO SELECTED WOOD AND / OR METAL AND / OR PLASTIC MATERIAL UNITS AND AT LEAST TWO BOLTS THREAD OR TWO BARS WITH THREAD THAT CROSS THE MATERIAL UNITS THROUGH THEIR WIDTH OR THICKNESS, AND

 MANUFACTURING PROCEDURE OF SUCH BASE MODULAR SYSTEM.

DESCRIPTION

Field of the Invention

 The invention relates to a modular system of solid bodies comprising materials such as wood, metal, plastic.

The invention also comprises the process of joining said materials for the formation of various modular systems such as furniture, ornaments, building products for coatings and structures.

The invention also includes the use of wood suitable for construction, such as those exported wood, which are rejected by the manufacturer, in the manufacture of modular wood-based systems.

Background of the Invention

 Currently there are different types of products or systems to join solid materials, which require high labor and material costs to be produced at industrial levels. Therefore, it is necessary to create a product or system that reduces these costs. Currently, export timber not suitable for construction, which is usually rejected by manufacturers, is used to feed boilers or chimneys, not being assigned any associated value, for this reason it is necessary to have some technology or system that allows take advantage of these woods rescuing their intrinsic value.

The national document CU 99000122, which corresponds to an industrial design patent, describes a circular pen for children made up of a series of wooden bars or the like, which are joined together, being these pivotal joints allowing the cylindrical pen to vary its diameter.

The national document CL200002931, which corresponds to an abandoned application, describes a constructive system for assembling scale models of three-dimensional structures, composed of seven bars of different lengths, formed of pieces of perforating high density wood plates, capable of joining each other by bolts and nuts. Document CN201254026 describes a utility model that corresponds to a folding, transportable, multi-functional operation board, for example for the use of cartoonists, chess players, comprising parallel slats which have a hole through them, such that when the board is in use extends and a bolt is passed through the holes of the slats, so that the board is extended, flat and stable. When the board is not in use, it can be folded, when removing the bolts, which facilitates its storage and transport. The board can be rectangular, circular or any other shape.

Document KR20040088435 describes a construction system comprising panels, which are coupled by a folding hinge and fixed through upper and lower plates provided with a clamping hole, the panels have a clamping piece welded on the back, You also have a side fixing plate. The construction system allows structures to be formed in various ways.

It is also known to assemble wooden slats with ropes, to form, for example, scales or the formation of mats comprising the joining of several narrow bamboo rods or boards and which are joined by cotton threads. From the state of the art it can be seen that although there are different types of products that are formed from slats or narrow boards, joined by ropes, hinges, bars or wires, the products formed are not equal to the modular systems described in the present invention, neither in its external form nor in its function or use for which they are intended. In turn, there are also no systems that form solid bodies of the union of more than one material.

The objective of the present invention is to have a structural base modular system that allows a series of structural products to be formed with application in construction, for example in the manufacture of furniture and real estate.

The objective of the present invention is to have a flexible base modular system that allows a variety of products to be formed in different ways.

Another objective of the present invention is to have a manufacturing process for a modular base system.

Still another objective of the present invention is to have a manufacturing process of a modular system based on wood, comprising using as raw material export wood not suitable for construction, that is to say wood that has been rejected by the manufacturer For not being straight.

Summary of the Invention

The present invention corresponds to a modular structural or flexible base system, comprising units of materials such as wood, metal, plastic. The present invention also includes the method of obtaining the modular system and the method of obtaining a modular system which also includes using wood as raw material in principle not suitable for construction, while preserving their intrinsic value.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a modular base system like that of the present invention. Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a type of matrix used in obtaining the base modular systems of the present invention.

Figures 3 to 7 show perspective views of finished products containing one or more units of the base modular systems of the present invention.

Figures 8 to 11 show top plan views of different base modular systems such as those of the present invention.

Figures 12 to 16 and 23 to 25 show side views of different modular base systems of the present invention. Figures 17 and 18 show perspective views of the assembly of two different modular systems of the present invention.

Figure 19 shows a front view of a modular base system of the present invention.

Figures 20 to 22 show views of different types of matrices that are used in obtaining the base modular systems of the present invention.

 Figures 26 to 28 show views of different types of furniture that can be manufactured with the technology of the present invention.

Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention corresponds to a modular structural or flexible base system, comprising units of materials such as wood, metal, plastic. The present invention also includes the method of obtaining the modular system and the method of obtaining a modular system which also includes using as raw material export wood that has been rejected by the manufacturer, preserving the intrinsic value thereof, and generating from such woods useful products for example in the area of construction, ornamentation, furniture.

The manufacturing process of base modular systems comprises: 1. - dimension the material in the desired length, width and thickness;

 2. - perform at least two perforations in the length of the material;

 3. - have a matrix suitable for the product to be obtained;

 4.- order and align at least two units of material perforated in the matrix, according to the product to be manufactured;

 5. - have at least two bolts thread or bars with thread;

 6. - cross each unit of material with the at least two thread bolts or bars with thread, through the perforations made in each unit of material, placing a thread bolt or bar with thread for each perforation line; Y

 7. - remove the product formed.

The step of drilling the material units comprises, for example, drilling the material units simultaneously lowering pedestal holes parallel to each other at the same time, drilling several material units efficiently. The perforations made to the material units must have a smaller diameter with respect to the diameter of the thread bolt or bar with thread. The perforations are made in the sense of the length of the material and the distance between perforations in the same unit of material should be between approximately 1cm to approximately 2 meters. The matrix to be used corresponds to a preferably metallic matrix (4) comb type. The matrix comprises a plurality of teeth (5) preferably parallel to each other, which emerge from the base of the matrix in an angular range from a value greater than 0 ° to a value less than 180 °, preferably, the teeth emerge in shape perpendicular from the base of the matrix, that is to say at an angle of 90 °. The separation between the teeth of the matrix can be uniform and non-uniform and the space between a tooth and the immediately adjacent tooth is called a groove (6). The shape of the grooves is variable, which can be, for example, square, rectangular, oval, circular, semi oval or semi circular. The range of separation between the teeth of a matrix is from about 0.05 mm to about 20cm. In the same matrix you can have different forms of grooves mixed with each other (figures 20 and 21) and different values of separations between a tooth and the immediately adjacent one, also mixed with each other (figures 20, 21 and 22). In one embodiment, the matrix can comprise in addition, a cover detached or semi removable, to achieve a better fit of the units of material in the matrix and thus avoid possible displacement, especially in the case that the units of material are not heavy enough. The thread bolt or bar with thread is manufactured in strips of approximately 3 meters, which makes it more likely to modulate the product obtained during manufacturing.

The step of ordering and aligning the units in the matrix comprises placing at least one unit of material in at least one groove and at least a second unit of material in at least one of the other grooves of the matrix and aligning the units of material by aligning the perforations previously made in each unit of material. The material units should preferably be level and with the hole (s) aligned. The material units can be placed in all the grooves, in one groove if and in another not, in one groove if and in two grooves no, or in any combination that is desired depending on the modular system to be manufactured. In addition, in the same matrix you can order units of material of different lengths (figures 8 and 18))

The step of crossing the material units with a thread bolt or bar with thread or endless thread comprises introducing, with the aid of a tool, preferably a drill, the thread bolt or bar with thread through the holes or perforations previously made in the material units. As the perforations of the material units are of smaller diameter than the diameter of the thread bolt or bar with thread, as the bolt or bar enters through the perforations, thread is generated in the material, which results in a modular type structure cane. The endless thread of the bar can be of different lengths and thicknesses and the bar can be metallic, plastic or some other suitable material. The bars of greater diameter allow to obtain structural base modular systems and the bars of smaller diameter allow to obtain flexible base modular systems, that is to say that they can be bent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all the modular systems of the present invention can be folded with the help of machinery. The base modular system (1) can be subsequently subjected to a painting or varnishing stage, which can be carried out in various ways, such as spray painting, brushing, immersion, the latter being the preferred technique. Subsequently, the base modular system is allowed to dry. The base modular system (1) comprises at least two units of material (3) and at least two bolts thread or two bars with thread (2) that cross the units of material (3) through their width or thickness, such that the separation between the units of material is from about 0.01 mm to about 1 meter and the separation between the bolts or bars (2) is between about 1 cm to about 2 meters. The units of material contained in the base modular system may be the same or different, both in the type of material, and in its length, width or thickness (Figures 8, 10, 11, 12, 18, 23 and 24).

In one embodiment, the material units have an additional free drilling in at least one of their ends (located in the same position), through which a thread bolt or a thread bar is not passed, whereby a modular base system with an additional perforation, which can be attached to another modular base system unit with additional perforation, to form a wide variety of furniture or modular structures. The assembly procedure comprises: a) having at least two units of the modular base system with additional drilling in at least one of its free ends;

b) have a thread bolt or bar with thread; c) fit a unit of a modular base system with additional drilling with another unit of the modular base system with additional drilling, through the ends having the free additional drilling; d) pass the thread bolt or bar with thread through the perforations of both units of the base modular system, in order to fix and join both units of the base modular system with additional drilling and thus avoid the displacement of a unit of modular base system with respect to the other; Y e) rotate one of the modular system units, in relation to the other, until obtaining the separation angle that is desired to have between both units of the base modular system.

In one embodiment, the material used is wood, specifically export wooden boards in principle not suitable for construction, often rejected by the manufacturer, where the wood has been rejected for example because it is not straight and has curvatures (crooked wood). The procedure for obtaining the modular base system made of wood of this type, does not need any additional stage for straightening the wooden boards, since when forming the modular base system by passing the bolt or bar with thread, the boards are automatically straighten.

In another embodiment, the modular base system units of the present invention can be manufactured in more than one type of material, for example by combining two types of materials or three types of materials. In another embodiment, the procedure for obtaining the base modular system units can eliminate the drilling stage of each material unit and perform the drilling of each material unit at the same time as the thread bolt or bar is crossed with thread.

Even more in another modality, once the perforation in each unit of material has been carried out, additionally thread is formed in the perforation, to facilitate the entry of the bolt thread or bar with thread.

Examples

The units of modular base system, described in the present invention, can be used in the manufacture of base structures of partition walls, floors and roofs, which can be coated with some plate or plate for its completion.

The modular base system units can be located both horizontally and vertically. In addition, the modular base system units of the present invention can be used as an interior finishing product, such as in the installation of false ceilings of the American type, cladding of facades, shutters, blinds. In the area of furniture the units of the modular base system can be used directly as finished furniture or as a furniture covering.

Figures 3, 4 and 27 show two types of chairs obtained from three and four units of modular base system with additional drilling.

Figures 5, 7 and 26 show different types of furniture obtained from units of modular base system with additional drilling.

Figure 6 shows a chair obtained with a flexible base modular system unit.

Advantages

The modular base system units of the present invention are easy to assemble, they need less labor and less materials, since they do not require the use of adhesives, nuts, separators, among others.

The modular base system units of the present invention are firmer and can be both rigid (structural) and flexible, depending on the diameter of the thread bolt or thread bar. The base modular system units of the present invention can be curved.

The units of the modular base system of the present invention allow curved and straight structures to be formed, as the joining palms can be placed at different angles. The modular base system units of the present invention are modular, since from them a large number of structures and products can be manufactured, thereby reducing the cost of transportation, since only the modular base system units independently or folded and not finished products.

Claims

1. Modular base system (1) that allows to obtain a variety of products, such as base structures of partition walls, floors, roofs; interior finish American type false skies, facade cladding, shutters, lattices; furniture; ornamentation products, CHARACTERIZED because it comprises at least two units of material (3) and at least two bolts thread or two bars with thread (2) that cross the units of material (3) through their width or thickness, such that the separation between the units of material is from about 0.01 mm to about 1 meter and the separation between bolts or bars (2) is between about 1 cm to about 1 meter. 2. The base modular system according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED because in addition all the material units, which make up the base modular system, have an additional perforation at one of its free ends, said perforation being located in the same position in each unit of material. 3. The base modular system according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED because in addition all the material units, which make up the base modular system, have an additional perforation at each of its free ends, said perforations being located in the same positions in Each unit of material. 4. The base modular system according to any of the preceding claims, CHARACTERIZED in that the material units are selected from wood, metal, plastic or combinations thereof. 5. The base modular system according to claim 4, CHARACTERIZED because the unit of material selected is wood, preferably wood not suitable for construction. 6. The modular base system according to any of the preceding claims, CHARACTERIZED because the endless thread of the bar has different lengths and thicknesses, the bar has different diameters and the bar is metallic, plastic or of some other suitable material; and because the bars of greater diameter allow to obtain structural base modular systems and the bars of smaller diameter allow to obtain flexible base modular systems, that is to say capable of being bent. 7. The base modular system according to any of the preceding claims, CHARACTERIZED because the units of material contained in the modular system can be the same or different, both in the type of material, as in its length, width or thickness. 8. Manufacturing procedure of a modular base system (1) that allows to obtain a variety of products, such as base structures of partition walls, floors, roofs; interior finish American type false skies, facade cladding, shutters, lattices; furniture; ornamentation products, CHARACTERIZED because it includes:  1) dimension the material in the desired length, width and thickness;  2) perform at least two perforations in the length of the material;  3) have a matrix suitable for the product to be obtained;  4) order and align at least two units of material perforated in the matrix, according to the product to be manufactured;  5) have at least two bolts thread or bars with thread;  6) traverse each unit of material with the at least two thread bolts or bars with thread, through the perforations made in each unit of material, placing a thread bolt or thread bar for each drilling line; Y  7) remove the product formed. 9. The manufacturing process of a modular base system according to claim 8, CHARACTERIZED because the perforations made to the material units have to have a smaller diameter with respect to the diameter of the thread bolt or bar with thread and the perforations are carried out in the sense of the length of the material and the distance between perforations in the same unit of material must be between approximately 1 cm to approximately 1 meter. 0. The method of manufacturing a modular base system according to claim 8, CHARACTERIZED in that the matrix to be used corresponds to a metal matrix (4) comb type, comprising teeth (5) and grooves (6) between the teeth, the separation range between the teeth of the matrix from about 0.05 mm to about 20 cm. 11. The method of manufacturing a modular base system according to claim 8 and 10, CHARACTERIZED in that the step of ordering and aligning the units in the matrix comprises placing at least one unit of material in at least one slot and at least one second unit of material in at least one of the other grooves and align the material units leaving the material units preferably level. 12. The method of manufacturing a modular base system according to claim 8, CHARACTERIZED in that the step of crossing the material units with a thread bolt or bar with endless thread or thread comprises introducing, with the help of a tool, preferably a drill, the thread bolt or bar with thread through the holes or perforations previously made in the material units. 13. The method of manufacturing a base modular system according to claim 9, CHARACTERIZED because as the perforations of the material units are smaller in diameter than the diameter of the thread bolt or bar with thread, as the bolt enters or bar by the perforations thread is generated in the material, with which a modular structure type palmeta is obtained. 14. Procedure for joining modular systems, such as a base structure of partition walls, floors, roofs; interior finish American type false skies, facade cladding, shutters, lattices; furniture; ornamentation products, such as those of claims 2 or 3, CHARACTERIZED in that it comprises: a) having at least two units of the base modular system with additional perforation at least one of its free ends; b) have a thread bolt or bar with thread; c) fit a unit of a modular base system with additional drilling with another unit of the modular base system with additional drilling, through the ends having the free additional drilling; d) pass the thread bolt or bar with thread through the perforations of both units of the base modular system, in order to fix and join both units of the base modular system with additional drilling and thus avoid the displacement of a unit of modular base system with respect to the other; and e) turn one of the units of the modular system, in relation to the other, until obtaining the separation angle that is desired to have between both units of the base modular system. 15. Manufacturing procedure of a modular base system (1) that allows to obtain a variety of products, such as base structures of partition walls, floors, roofs; interior finish American type false skies, facade cladding, shutters, lattices; furniture; ornamentation products, CHARACTERIZED because it includes:  1) dimension the material in the desired length, width and thickness;  2) have a matrix appropriate to the product you want to obtain;  3) order and align at least two units of material in the matrix, according to the product to be manufactured;  4) have at least two bolts thread or bars with thread;  5) cross each unit of material with the at least two thread bolts or bars with thread; Y  6) remove the product formed. 16. The method according to claim 14, CHARACTERIZED in that the at least two thread bolts are crossed in the at least two separate units of material, the separation between them being from about 1 cm to about 1 meter.