Seal structure with tear strip

Abstract

Abstract A SEAL OR WATER STOP STRUCTURE FOR USE ALONG A CONCRETE COPING AT THE UPPER EDGE OF A SWIMMING POOL AND A METHOD OF MOLDING SUCH COPING UTILIZING THE SEAL STRUCTURE. THE SEAL STRUCTURE INCLUDES AN ELONGATED SEAL COMPONENT FORMING A PERMANENT PART OF SUCH SWIMMING POOL, AND WHICH COMPONENT HAS A BARRIER ELEMENT INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE UPPER EDGES OF THE POOL AND CONCRETE COPING OVERLYING THE SAME. THE SEAL STRUCTURE FURTHER INCLUDES A TEAR STRIP COMPONENT FRANGIBLY ATTACHED TO THE SEAL COMPONENT ALONG A LINE OF WEAKNESS FOR SEPARATION THEREFROM WITH A MOLD FORM AFTER THE CONCRETE COPING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. IN THE METHOD OF MOLDING CONCRETE COPING, THE SIDE WALLS OF THE POOL ARE FIRST COVERED WITH TILE OR OTHER WATER-IMPERVIOUS FINISH, AND A DISPOSABLE MOLD FORM HAVING A SURFACE PORTION THEREOF CONFIGURATED IN THE FINISHED SHAPE TO BE IMPOSED THEREBY UPON THE COPING AND HAVING ALSO AN ATTACHMENT PORTION EQUIPPED WITH A DOUBLE-FACED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAPE IS SECURED BY MEANS OF SUCH TAPE TO THE FINISHED SURFACE OF THE POOL WALLS WITH THE CONFIGURATED SURFACE PORTIONS OF THE MOLD FORM PROJECTING THEREABOVE. THE SEAL STRUCTURE IS INSERTED BETWEEN A PART OF THE ATTACHMENT PORTION OF THE MOLD FORM AND POOL WALL, AND IS SECURED TO EACH PRIOR TO A MOLDABLE MASS OF CONCRETE BEING SPREAD AGAINST THE MOLD FORM. UPON CURING OF THE CONCRETE MASS, THE TEAR STRIP COMPONENT OF THE SEAL STRUCTURE IS SEPARATED FROM THE SEAL COMPONENT THEREOF ALONG SUCH LINE OF WEAKNESS, AND SUCH SEPARATION OF THE TEAR STRIP COMPONENT IS EFFECTIVE TO STRIP THE MOLD FORM FROM THE POOL WALLS AND COPING.

Inventors

• 👤 William J Stegmeier

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