IP Library Granted Patent US 12,392,149
Granted Patent B2
US 12,392,149 · App. 18/130,921 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Method for repairing wall diseases of earthen architecture

Inventors: Caihui Zhu (Xi'an, CN); Song Qiu (Xi'an, CN); Zhuqing Li (Xi'an, CN); Sen Peng (Xi'an, CN); Junlian Li (Xi'an, CN); Yifan Chen (Xi'an, CN); Miaomiao Ge (Xi'an, CN); Jian Xu (Xi'an, CN); Zhenghong Liu (Xi'an, CN); Xiaosong Zhou (Xi'an, CN); Yunfeng Ma (Xi'an, CN); Yubo Li (Xi'an, CN); Changsong Dong (Xi'an, CN); Ning Li (Xi'an, CN)
Assignee: Xi'an University of Technology
E04G23/0211C04B28/18E04G23/0296
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Patent No.
US 12,392,149
App. No.
18/130,921
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for repairing wall diseases of an earthen architecture includes the following specific steps: S1: selecting raw material components, and mixing the raw material components to prepare a mixed material; S2: mixing the mixed material with plain soil at a certain ratio to form a repair material; and S3: mixing the repair material with water at a certain ratio to prepare slurry, adjusting the ratio of the repair material to water to prepare the slurry based on diseases of the earthen site, putting the slurry into a pressure grouting machine, and repairing the diseases of the earthen site by using the pressure grouting machine. The repair material prepared in the method features excellent performance, stable volume and good compatibility with a site. The method based on the repair material has certain practical significance in repairing diseases of the earthen site.

Claims (13)

1. A method for repairing wall defects of an earthen architecture, comprising:

selecting raw material components: 1-4 parts of metakaolin, 1-4 parts of calcium hydroxide and 1-4 parts of a micro silicon powder, and mixing the raw material components to prepare a mixed material;

mixing the mixed material with natural soil at a mixing ratio of 1:5 to prepare a repair material;

mixing the repair material with water at a dilution ratio of 1:4 to 2:3 to prepare a slurry, adjusting the dilution ratio of the repair material to the water to prepare the slurry based on defects of an earthen architecture, putting the slurry into a pressure grouting machine, and repairing the defects of the earthen architecture by using the pressure grouting machine; and

conducting a contrast experiment by measuring parameters of the earthen architecture before and after repair using an instrument, determining the extent of an external environment on the earthen architecture and assessing effectiveness of the repair based on the measured parameters.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting raw materials components further comprises a proportion of components of the repair material is as follows: 1-3 parts of metakaolin, 2-4 parts of calcium hydroxide and 2-4 parts of the micro silicon powder.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the selecting raw materials components further comprises a proportion of components of the mixed material is as follows: 1 part of metakaolin, 2 parts of calcium hydroxide and 4 parts of the micro silicon powder.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure grouting machine comprises a hopper and a case, wherein the hopper and the case are connected in sequence; the hopper is connected to a hose, and a replaceable nozzle head is in threaded connection to a second end of the hose, wherein the second end of the hose is positioned at a distance from the hopper; and the replaceable nozzle head comprises at least one of a triangular nozzle, a round nozzle, a needle tube nozzle and a strip pattern nozzle.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the mixing the repair material with water further comprises:

the defects of the earthen architecture comprise large-area collapses, cracks and surface denudation, wherein

for the large-area collapses: prefabricating plain bricks: cleaning a surface of a part to be repaired to obtain the plain bricks, supplying the slurry into the pressure grouting machine, and bonding and laying cob bricks to collapsed parts of the earthen architecture by using the pressure grouting machine with the triangular nozzle, wherein the cob bricks are made from soil at a site of the earthen architecture;

for the cracks: stirring the slurry, removing miscellaneous soil on surfaces of the cracks, scraping the cracks to V-shaped grooves, and watering the cracks for moisturizing; and using the needle tube nozzle or the strip pattern nozzle according to shapes and sizes of the cracks, and injecting the slurry into the cracks of the V-shaped grooves through the pressure grouting machine for repair; and

for the surface denudation: stirring the slurry, cleaning regosol of denudated surfaces with pressurized wind, and watering the denudated surfaces for moisturizing; and spraying the slurry to the denudated surfaces through the pressure grouting machine by using the round nozzle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2023
From: ZHU, CAIHUI; QIU, SONG; LI, ZHUQING; PENG, SEN; LI, JUNLIAN; CHEN, YIFAN; GE, MIAOMIAO; XU, JIAN; LIU, ZHENGHONG; ZHOU, XIAOSONG; MA, YUNFENG; LI, YUBO; DONG, CHANGSONG; LI, NING
To: XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210714452.0 · Jun 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230417074A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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