Method of curing and protecting a concrete column

Claim 1

A method of efficiently curing and protecting a structural concrete column, beam, or the like and characterized by the short duration use of the form to thereby permit an overall reduction in the number of forms required at a particular construction site, and comprising the steps of assembling a form to define the desired configuration of a columnar structural member at the intended permanent location of the structural member, filling the assembled form with plastic concrete, removing the form from the concrete upon the same becoming sufficiently rigid to be self-supporting but prior to the full curing thereof, and then translating a continuous tubular length of sheet material coaxially along the self-supporting concrete so as to be disposed about the entire length thereof and maintaining the same in such position until the concrete is substantially fully cured, the sheet material thereby serving to substantially preclude moisture loss from the concrete while protecting the same from being stained by external substances.

Claim 2

A method of efficiently curing and protecting a structural concrete column, beam, or the like and characterized by the short duration use of the form to thereby permit an overall reduction in the number of forms required at a particular construction site, and comprising the steps of assembling a form to define the desired configuration of a columnar structural member at the intended permanent location of the structural member, filling the assembled form with plastic concrete, removing the form from the concrete upon the same becoming sufficiently rigid to be self-supporting but prior to the full curing thereof, and then translating a continuous tubular length of sheet material coaxially along the self-supporting concrete so as to be disposed about the entire length thereof and maintaining the same in such position until the concrete is substantially fully cured, the sheet material thereby serving to substantially preclude moisture loss from the concrete while protecting the same from being stained by external substances.

Claim 6

A method of efficiently curing and protecting a structural concrete column, beam, or the like and characterized by the short duration use of the form to thereby permit an overall reduction in the number of forms required at a particular construction site, and comprising the steps of assembling a form to define the desired configuration of a columnar structural member at the intended permanent location of the structural member, filling the assembled form with a plastic concrete, disposing a gathered continuous tubular length of moisture impermeable sheet material about the form so as to encircle one end thereof, the sheet material having a length at least as great as the length of the columnar structural member, removing the form from the concrete upon the same becoming sufficiently rigid to be self-supporting but prior to the full curing thereof, and then translating one end of the sheet material coaxially along the concrete to result in the sheet material being coaxially disposed about the entire length of the concrete, and maintaining the sheet material in such position until the concrete is substantially fully cured.

Claim 7

A method of efficiently curing and protecting a structural concrete column, beam, or the like and characterized by the short duration use of the form to thereby permit an overall reduction in the number of forms required at a particular construction site, and comprising the steps of assembling a form to define the desired configuration of a columnar structural member at the intended permanent location of the structural member, filling the assembled form with a plastic concrete, disposing a gathered continuous tubular length of moisture impermeable sheet material about the form so as to encircle one end thereof, the sheet material having a length at least as great as the length of the columnar structural member, removing the form from the concrete upon the same becoming sufficiently rigid to be self-supporting but prior to the full curing thereof, and then translating one end of the sheet material coaxially along the concrete to result in the sheet material being coaxially disposed about the entire length of the concrete, and maintaining the sheet material in such position until the concrete is substantially fully cured.