Intermittent vertical sliding form panel device

Claim 1

A FORM PANEL DEVICE FOR USE IN POURING CONCRETE, INCLUDING A PANEL STRUCTURE HAVING A FRONT FACE PORTION AND A REAR FACE PORTION, AT LEAST ONE FIRST PANEL SUPPORT UNIT ATTACHED TO THE REAR FACE PORTION OF SAID PANEL STRUCTURE AND ADAPTED TO BOTH POSITION SAID PANEL STRUCTURE FOR THE POURING OF CONCRETE AND SUPPORT SUCH STRUCTURE DURING POURING, SAID FIRST PANEL SUPPORT UNIT INCLUDING AN EXTENSIBLE PORTION COMPRISING OUTER AND INNER TELESCOPING, ASSEMBLIES, SAID OUTER ASSEMBLY BEING DIRECTLY AFFIXED TO THE PANEL STRUCTURE AND SAID INNER ASSEMBLY BEING ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY AFFIXED TO A MASS OF CONCRETE, FLUID-OPERATED MEANS CONNECTING SAID OUTER AND INNER ASSEMBLIES, SAID FLUID-OPERATED MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID OUTER ASSEMBLY RELATIVE TO SAID INNER ASSEMBLY AND SAID MASS OF CONCRETE WHEN SAID INNER ASSEMBLY IN REMOVABLY AFFIXED TO AND IS SUPPORTERD BY SAID MASS OF CONCRETE, SAID OUTER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ANCHOR PLATE MEMBER PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING, SAID INNER ASSEMBLY BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING, SAID INNER ASSEMBLY BEING PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE OPENING ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH SAID ANCHOR PLATE MEMBER OPENING, A FIRST ANCHOR MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED SO THAT SAID FIRST ANCHOR MEANS MAY PASS THROUGH SAID OPENINGS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SAID PANEL SUPPORT UNIT, AT LEAST ONE SECOND PANEL SUPPORT UNIT ATTACHED TO THE REAR FACE PORTION OF SAID PANEL STRUCTURE, SAID SECOND PANEL SUPPORT UNIT HAVING A NON-EXTENSIBLE STRUCTURE AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY AFFIXED TO THE MASS OF CONCRETE WHEN THE FLUID OPERATED MEANS IS NON-OPERATIVE FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TELESCOPING ASSEMBLIES OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT UNIT.