Concrete forming machine

Claim 1

A BED SUPPORTED TRAVELING TYPE CONCRETE FORMING MACHINE FOR FORMING LONG SLABS OF MESH REINFORCED CONCRETE HAVING VERTICAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIBS RISING FROM THE SLAB AND PRESTRESSING CABLES LOCATED IN THE RIBS, COMPRISING (A) A WHEEL SUPPORTED MAIN FRAME ADAPTED TO TRAVEL LONGITUDINALLY ON A BED, (B) AN AUXILIARY FRAME PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE MAIN FRAME, (C) A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED FORMS CARRIED BY THE AUXILIARY FRAME AND SUPPORTED ABOVE AND IN SPACED RELATION TO THE BED, THE SPACES BETWEEN THE FORMS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE RIB FORMING CONCRETE AND THE SPACES BENEATH THE FORMS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SLAB FORMING CONCRETE, (D) MEANS DEPOSITING CONCRETE ON THE BED FORWARDLY OF THE FORMS, (E) A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONCRETE COMPACTING MECHANISMS MOUNTED ON THE AUXILIARY FRAME, EACH COMPRISING COMPACTORS EXTENDING IN INCLINED DOWNWARD REARWARD DIRECTION INTO RIB FORMING CONCRETE LOCATED BETWEEN THE FORMS AND AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF PRESTRESSING CABLES EMBEDED IN THE CONCRETE, AND MEANS RECIPROCATING SAID COMPACTORS IN AXIAL DIRECTIONS WHILE THE MACHINE IS TRAVELING OVER THE BED, (F) A PLURALITY OF SECOND CONCRETE COMPACTING MECHANISMS MOUNTED ON THE AUXILIARY FRAME, EACH ADJACENT A FIRST COMPACTING MECHANISM, AND EACH COMPRISING A COMPACTOR EXTENDING IN INCLINED DOWNWARD REARWARD DIRECTION INTO THE SLAB FORMING CONCRETE, AND MEANS RECIPROCATING SAID COMPACTORS IN AXIAL DIRECTIONS WHILE THE MACHINE IS TRAVELING ON THE BED, AND (G) MEANS ON THE FRAME SUPPORTING REINFORCING MESH IN A PLANE BETWEEN THE FORMS AND THE BED.