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Method of molding structural matrices

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-10-17
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Granted: 1966-01-11
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Expires: 1983-10-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Levine Richard Steven

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 22:51
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B5/00; E04B5/02; E04B5/14; B; B28; B28B; B28B7/00; B28B7/22; E04B1/00; E04B1/18; E04B1/19; E04B5/48; E04B2001/1924; E04B2001/1933; E04B2001/1948; E04B2001/1951; E04B2001/1978; E04B2001/1981; E04B2001/1984

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
THE METHOD OF FABRICATING AN INTEGRATED MULTICELLULAR MATRIX FORMED OF TWO IDENTICAL PLANAR OPEN-WORK GRIDS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION ITH THEIR OPENINGS OFFSET RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND JOINED TOGETHER BY CROSS-PIECES: SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF INTERMESHING A MALE MOLD SECTION WITH A FEMALE MOLD SECTION, THE FEMALE MOLD SECTION BEING CONSTITUTED BY AN ASSEMBLY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED PANS SEPARATED BY A NETWORK OF CHANNELS WHOSE CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDS TO THE LOWER GRID OF THE MATRIX, THE MALE MOLD SECTION BEING CONSTITUTED BY AN ARRAY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED PANS EACH OF WHICH LIES ACROSS AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT FEMALE PANS AND IS PROVIDED WITH A PROJECTION WHICH IS RECEIVED IN THE CHANNEL THEREBETWEEN, THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID MALE PANS FORMING ALLEYS CORRESPONDING TO THE CONFIGURATION OFTHE UPPER GRID OF SAID MATRIX, THE SPACES BETWEEN ADJACETN PROJECTIONS FORMING PASSAGEWAYS WHICH CONNECT SAID ALLEYS AND SAID CHANNELS AND WHICH CORREESPOND TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID CROSSPIECES, INSERTING RODS WHICH ARE BENT TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID CHANNELS, SAID PASSAGEWAYS AND SAID ALLEYS, WHEREBY SAID RODS INTERCONNECT THE UPPER AND LOWER GRIDS THROUGH SAID CROSS-PIECES TO REINFORCE SAID MATRIX AGAINST SHEAR FORCES, SAID CHANNELS, SAID ALLEYS AND SAID PASSAGEWAYS INTERCOMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF SAID MATRIX; FILLING SAID CHANNELS, SAID ALLEYS AND SAID PASSAGEWAYS WITH MOLDABLE CONCRETE TO FORM A POSITIVE OF SAID MATRIX, AND REMOVING SAID MALE AND FEMALE MOLDE SECTIONS TO FREE THE MULTICELLULAR NTEGRATED MATRIX THEREFROM.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 242 words
THE METHOD OF FABRICATING AN INTEGRATED MULTICELLULAR MATRIX FORMED OF TWO IDENTICAL PLANAR OPEN-WORK GRIDS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION ITH THEIR OPENINGS OFFSET RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND JOINED TOGETHER BY CROSS-PIECES: SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF INTERMESHING A MALE MOLD SECTION WITH A FEMALE MOLD SECTION, THE FEMALE MOLD SECTION BEING CONSTITUTED BY AN ASSEMBLY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED PANS SEPARATED BY A NETWORK OF CHANNELS WHOSE CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDS TO THE LOWER GRID OF THE MATRIX, THE MALE MOLD SECTION BEING CONSTITUTED BY AN ARRAY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED PANS EACH OF WHICH LIES ACROSS AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT FEMALE PANS AND IS PROVIDED WITH A PROJECTION WHICH IS RECEIVED IN THE CHANNEL THEREBETWEEN, THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID MALE PANS FORMING ALLEYS CORRESPONDING TO THE CONFIGURATION OFTHE UPPER GRID OF SAID MATRIX, THE SPACES BETWEEN ADJACETN PROJECTIONS FORMING PASSAGEWAYS WHICH CONNECT SAID ALLEYS AND SAID CHANNELS AND WHICH CORREESPOND TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID CROSSPIECES, INSERTING RODS WHICH ARE BENT TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID CHANNELS, SAID PASSAGEWAYS AND SAID ALLEYS, WHEREBY SAID RODS INTERCONNECT THE UPPER AND LOWER GRIDS THROUGH SAID CROSS-PIECES TO REINFORCE SAID MATRIX AGAINST SHEAR FORCES, SAID CHANNELS, SAID ALLEYS AND SAID PASSAGEWAYS INTERCOMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF SAID MATRIX; FILLING SAID CHANNELS, SAID ALLEYS AND SAID PASSAGEWAYS WITH MOLDABLE CONCRETE TO FORM A POSITIVE OF SAID MATRIX, AND REMOVING SAID MALE AND FEMALE MOLDE SECTIONS TO FREE THE MULTICELLULAR NTEGRATED MATRIX THEREFROM.

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