Sealing device for concrete joints and process for the introducing of a sealing medium into sealing devices

Claim 2

A sealing device for sealing a joint disposed between two concrete sections, comprising: a body including passage means to provide a flow path; said body being a profile fabricated from an impermeable material; said profiled having an upper portion, and first and second side portions depending downwardly from opposite sides of said upper portion, said profile having an opening opposite said upper portion; first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said first and second side portions, respectively, being transversely spaced apart to provide said profile opening; securement means for mounting said profile in an area of the joint with said first and second free longitudinal lower edges being disposed adjacent to a concrete surface of one of the concrete sections to provide a hood arrangement; said passage means including a flow channel disposed within said profile; and said flow channel being filled with foam means for conducting a sealing medium therethrough, said foam means having open passage pores therein; whereby a sealing medium passes through said open passage pores of said foam means in said flow channel, and then emerges from said profile from beneath said first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said first and second side portions, respectively.

Claim 3

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein said profile is substantially U-shaped in a cross section thereof, said upper portion being a cover wall, and said first and second side portions being first and second side walls, respectively.

Claim 4

A sealing device according to claim 2, wherein said first and second side walls depend perpendicularly downwardly from opposite sides of said cover wall.

Claim 5

A sealing device according to claim 2, wherein each of said first and second side walls depends downwardly from said cover wall at an outwardly directed angle to provide a trapezoidal cross section.

Claim 6

A sealing device according to claim 2, wherein each of said first and second side walls is curved outwardly in a downward direction from said cover wall to provide an arcuate cross section.

Claim 7

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein said securement means includes one or more screws, pins or nails gripping through said profile in an oblique direction to a longitudinal axis of said profile to fasten said profile.

Claim 8

A sealing device according to claim 6, wherein a head of each of said screws or nails is supported on said upper portion of said profile, and a shaft of each of said screws or nails extends through an associated hole in said upper portion of said profile.

Claim 9

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein said first and second side portions of said profile are fabricated from a flexible material.

Claim 10

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein sealing lips are provided on said first and second free longitudinal lower edges, respectively, in a one piece construction therewith.

Claim 11

A sealing device according to claim 9, wherein said sealing lips are fabricated from an elastic material of soft plastic or rubber.

Claim 12

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein a horizontally extending flange is provided on at least one of said first and second free longitudinal lower edges, said flange extending transversely outwardly away from said profile, and a foam material band being disposed under said flange.

Claim 13

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein an entire interior of said profile is filled with said foam means.

Claim 14

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein said foam means is a plastic foam.

Claim 15

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein said foam means is a synthetic foam strip.

Claim 16

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein said foam means extends outwardly from said profile to provide a clearance space at each of said first and second free longitudinal lower edges.

Claim 17

A sealing device according to claim 15, wherein said foam means is a plastic foam.

Claim 18

A sealing device according to claim 15, wherein said foam means is a synthetic foam strip.

Claim 19

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinally extending bottom wall is provided within said profile, said bottom wall extending transversely from about a middle height of each of said first and second side portions of said profile to provide a second flow channel between said upper portion of said profile and said bottom wall, aperture means being provided in said bottom wall to provide flow communication between said second flow channel disposed above said bottom wall and said first mentioned flow channel disposed below said bottom wall.

Claim 20

A sealing device according to claim 18, wherein said aperture means is a longitudinal slit in said bottom wall.

Claim 21

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinally extending groove is provided in an inner surface of said upper portion of said profile to provide a second flow channel within said profile, said second flow channel being faced toward said first mentioned flow channel to provide flow communication therebetween.

Claim 22

A sealing device according to claim 1, wherein notch means are provided in said first and second side portions of said profile to permit said profile to be bent about a longitudinal axis of said profile for mounting on a curved concrete surface.

Claim 23

A sealing device according to claim 21, wherein said notch means are notches extending through said first and second free longitudinal lower edges, a notch apex of each of said notches being disposed adjacent to said upper portion of said profile.

Claim 24

A sealing device for sealing a joint disposed between two concrete sections, comprising: a body including passage means to provide a flow path; said body being a profile fabricated from an impermeable material; said profiled having an upper portion, and first and second side portions depending downwardly from opposite sides of said upper portion, said profile having an opening opposite said upper portion; first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said first and second side portions, respectively, being transversely spaced apart to provide said profile opening; securement means for mounting said profile in an area of the joint with said first and second free longitudinal lower edges being disposed adjacent to a concrete surface of one of the concrete sections to provide a hood arrangement; said passage means including a flow channel disposed within said profile; and connecting elements joining said profile to other profiles of the same construction, one of said connecting elements disposed at abutting edges of adjacent profiles, each of said connecting elements having a similar cross section as said profiles to include an upper portion and opposite downwardly depending first and second side portions having first and second free longitudinal lower edges, respectively, said connecting elements being fabricated from a synthetic material; whereby a sealing medium passes through said flow channel of each of said profiles, and then emerges from each of said profiles from beneath said first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said first and second side portions, respectively, of each of said profiles.

Claim 25

A sealing device for sealing a joint disposed between two concrete sections, comprising: a body including passage means to provide a flow path; said body being a profile fabricated from an impermeable material; said profiled having an upper portion, and first and second side portions depending downwardly from opposite sides of said upper portion, said profile having an opening opposite said upper portion; first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said first and second side portions, respectively, being transversely spaced apart to provide said profile opening; securement means for mounting said profile in an area of the joint with said first and second free longitudinal lower edges being disposed adjacent to a concrete surface of one of the concrete sections to provide a hood arrangement; said passage means including a flow channel disposed within said profile; and connecting elements joining said profile to other profiles of the same construction, one of said connecting elements disposed at abutting edges of adjacent profiles, each of said connecting elements having a similar cross section as said profiles to include an upper portion and opposite downwardly depending first and second side portions having first and second free longitudinal lower edges, respectively, said connecting elements being fabricated from a synthetic material; whereby a sealing medium passes through said flow channel of each of said profiles, and then emerges from each of said profiles from beneath said first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said first and second side portions, respectively, of each of said profiles.

Claim 26

A sealing device according to claim 23, wherein said connecting elements include any one of straight connecting pieces, flat corner angles, upright corner angles, T-shaped pieces and crossing pieces.

Claim 27

A sealing device according to claim 23, wherein said connecting elements slip onto said profiles, and are held thereon in a fixed secure arrangement.

Claim 28

A sealing device according to claim 23, including screw means for securing said connecting elements and said profiles together.

Claim 29

A sealing device according to claim 23, including impermeable adhesive band means for securing said connecting elements and said profiles together at abutting places therebetween.

Claim 30

A sealing device according to claim 23, wherein nonporous tube means is connected to at least one of said profiles and connecting elements for injecting a sealing medium into the joint area, a free end of said nonporous tube means being outside the joint area.

Claim 31

A sealing device according to claim 23, wherein notch means are provided in said first and second side portions of said profiles and said connecting elements to permit said profiles and connecting elements to be bent about a curved concrete surface.

Claim 32

A sealing device according to claim 29, wherein said notch means are notches extending through said first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said profiles and said connecting elements, a notch apex of each of said notches being disposed adjacent to said upper portions of said profiles and said connecting elements.

Claim 33

A sealing device according to claim 30, wherein side edges of each of said notches abut against each other to close each of said notches when said first and second free longitudinal lower edges of said profiles and said connecting elements are disposed on a curved concrete surface.

Claim 34

A sealing device according to claim 1, including strap means for holding said connecting elements and said profiles together, said strap means being a pipe hanger-type strap.

Claim 35

A sealing device according to claim 32, wherein said strap includes a holding arm extending from said connecting elements and profiles to a reinforcing rod, plugging means provided on one end of said holding arm for supporting said holding arm, said plugging means plugging onto the reinforcing rod.

Claim 36

A sealing device according to claim 33, wherein said one end of said holding arm is bent approximately 360 degrees in an oblique direction to one side away from said connecting elements and profiles to form said plugging means, a bending diameter and a distance between bending points of said plugging means providing a spacing which is greater than a diameter of the reinforcing rod.

Claim 37

A sealing device according to claim 32, wherein said strap is fabricated from an elastically flexible material, said elastically flexible material being spring steel.

Claim 38

A sealing device according to claim 32, wherein said strap is constructed from a round wire.

Claim 39

A process for sealing a joint disposed between a first concrete section and a second concrete section which is disposed on a concrete surface of said first concrete section, comprising: providing a sealing device having an interior space to provide an injection path for a sealing medium; encasing said sealing device in said second concrete section in an area of the joint so that said interior space of said sealing device is in flow communication with the concrete surface of said first concrete section; drilling into said second concrete section to provide a bore extending from an outside surface of said second concrete section into said interior space of said sealing device; introducing the sealing medium into said bore from outside the second concrete section so that the sealing medium flows through said bore into said interior space of said sealing device, whereby the sealing medium emerges from said interior space of said sealing device into the joint area to seal the joint.

Claim 40

A process for sealing a joint disposed between a first concrete section and a second concrete section which is disposed on a concrete surface of said first concrete section, comprising: providing a sealing device having an interior space to provide an injection path for a sealing medium; encasing said sealing device in said second concrete section in an area of the joint so that said interior space of said sealing device is in flow communication with the concrete surface of said first concrete section; drilling into said second concrete section to provide a bore extending from an outside surface of said second concrete section into said interior space of said sealing device; introducing the sealing medium into said bore from outside the second concrete section so that the sealing medium flows through said bore into said interior space of said sealing device, whereby the sealing medium emerges from said interior space of said sealing device into the joint area to seal the joint.

Claim 41

A sealing device according to claim 37, including forming said sealing device as a substantially U-shaped profile having an upper portion, and first and second side portions depending downwardly from opposite sides of said upper portion to provide said interior space therein, and providing said profile with an opening opposite said upper portion so that said profile opening is in flow communication with the concrete surface of said first concrete section.