US3238684A
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Reinforcement and shuttering assembly for concrete
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-01-17
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Granted: 1966-03-08
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Expires: 1983-01-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Wood John Peter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:49
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/84; E04B2/86; E04B2/8635; E04C; E04C5/00; E04C5/16; E04C5/168; E04G; E04G21/00; E04G21/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
FOR MAKING A REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE, A REINFORCEMENT AND SHUTTERING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING; A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL ELONGATE SUPPORT MEANS SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER IN A ROW; A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS EXTENDING ALONG SAID ROW OF SUPPORT MEANS AND SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS TO FORM A REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE, THE BARS OF EACH PAIR LYING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ROW; A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR FACING TILES RESTING EDGE-ONEDGE OF EACH SIDE OF THE REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE TO FORM SHUTTERING; ELONGATE TIE MEMBERS; INTERENGAGEABLE TONGUE AND UNDERCUT GROOVE CONNECTION MEANS, ONE OF SAID CONNECTION MEANS EXTENDING VERTICALLY CONTINUOUSLY OVER INNER FACES OF SAID TILES FROM AN UPPER EDGE THEREOF AND THE OTHER OF SAID CONNECTION MEANS BEING PROVIDED ON BOTH ENDS OF SAID TIE MEMBERS AND BEING ENGAGED WITH THE SAID ONE CONNECTION MEANS TO VERTICALLY SLIDABLY CONNECT SAID TIE MEMBERS TO SAID TILES; A PAIR OF HOOK FORMATIONS ON EACH OF SAID TIE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE A PAIR OF SAID HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS SAID HOOK FORMATIONS BEING SPACED FROM SAID CONNECTION MEANS AND FROM ONE ANOTHER, SAID HOOK FORMATIONS HAVING DOWNWARDLY OPENING SLOTS AND BEING HOOKED ONTO SAID HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS FROM ABOVE; AND LOCKING MEANS ON SAID TIE MEMBERS LOCKING SAID HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS IN SAID HOOK FORMATIONS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
FOR MAKING A REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE, A REINFORCEMENT AND SHUTTERING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING; A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL ELONGATE SUPPORT MEANS SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER IN A ROW; A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS EXTENDING ALONG SAID ROW OF SUPPORT MEANS AND SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS TO FORM A REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE, THE BARS OF EACH PAIR LYING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ROW; A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR FACING TILES RESTING EDGE-ONEDGE OF EACH SIDE OF THE REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE TO FORM SHUTTERING; ELONGATE TIE MEMBERS; INTERENGAGEABLE TONGUE AND UNDERCUT GROOVE CONNECTION MEANS, ONE OF SAID CONNECTION MEANS EXTENDING VERTICALLY CONTINUOUSLY OVER INNER FACES OF SAID TILES FROM AN UPPER EDGE THEREOF AND THE OTHER OF SAID CONNECTION MEANS BEING PROVIDED ON BOTH ENDS OF SAID TIE MEMBERS AND BEING ENGAGED WITH THE SAID ONE CONNECTION MEANS TO VERTICALLY SLIDABLY CONNECT SAID TIE MEMBERS TO SAID TILES; A PAIR OF HOOK FORMATIONS ON EACH OF SAID TIE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE A PAIR OF SAID HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS SAID HOOK FORMATIONS BEING SPACED FROM SAID CONNECTION MEANS AND FROM ONE ANOTHER, SAID HOOK FORMATIONS HAVING DOWNWARDLY OPENING SLOTS AND BEING HOOKED ONTO SAID HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS FROM ABOVE; AND LOCKING MEANS ON SAID TIE MEMBERS LOCKING SAID HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT BARS IN SAID HOOK FORMATIONS.
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