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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4925339 | Expansion joint cover and drain A system for protecting and draining expansion joints joining juxtaposed discrete sections of construction materials is disclosed in which a pair of laterally disposed sheet members having free ends rebent into moveably interlocked curves, and secured end... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4916878 | Compression seal with integral surface cover plate An apparatus for sealing expansion joints between concrete slabs and the like comprises a compression seal member, which fits within the expansion joint and provides an airtight and watertight seal; and a surface cover plate, which provides a planar pedes... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4914884 | Expansion joints The expansion joint includes a pair of support frames fixed upon steps formed opposite to each other upon both building edges defining a gap therebetween, a connecting cover plate which can slide so as to span both a support frame and a surface base plate... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4898358 | Form-work for concrete Concrete form-work includes: (a) an edge beam including an elongated edge plate having a front face and a rear face, a pair of web portions projecting outwardly from said rear face and a flange member joined to the free end of each web portion, each flang... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4893448 | Steel expansion joint A covering for an expansion joint is formed of a plurality of monolithic steel elements that are arranged to be self-cleaning and so as not to be subject to binding. The joint has an overall T-shape and is bilaterally symmetric. The joint includes two L-s... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4885885 | Joint bridging device A joint bridging arrangement comprises a bridging unit having a central portion, side parts, and anchoring units adjoining the longitudinal sides of the side parts. The side parts are pivotably connected to the central portion for movement about a pivot a... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4883385 | Load transfer assembly In the construction of concrete pavement on a roadbed by a continuous concrete paving machine, the end of a section of the pavement is finished off by setting on the roadbed an assembly comprising a plurality of elongated coupling members connected togeth... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4824289 | Sealing profile for tunnel segments There is provided a sealing profile formed of rubber or rubber-like material for tunnel segments having a recess therefor extending therearound, the profile having a base side facing the segment and a back side facing away from the segment, a plurality of... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815247 | Compression seal with integral surface cover plate An apparatus for sealing expansion joints between concrete slabs and the like comprises a compression seal member, which fits within the expansion joint and provides an airtight and watertight seal; and a surface cover plate, which provides a planar pedes... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4804292 | Expansion joint assembly and method The present invention specifically describes an expansion joint assembly for roadways, bridges, parking lot garages and the like which comprises: (a) a first road section terminating with a vertical face having a metal armor upper section and a concrete l... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4687370 | Removable speedbump-cover A removable speedbump-cover comprising an elongated laterally arcuate panel which is designed to rest on its elongated edges on the surface of a driveway. Gusset plates extend transversely of the panel on its concave side. The lower edges of the gusset pl... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4657430 | Roadway and roadway expansion joint An improved roadway and roadway expansion joint is provided, wherein at least some of the adjacent slabs, comprising the roadway, are parallelogram-in-shape and have complementary angles adjacent abutting ends.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4589242 | Joining element This invention provides a one-piece joining element of extruded material suitable for joining floor or similar sections together comprising a main body having opposed top and bottom surfaces, the body having a first side having an upper wall section and a... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4576510 | Technique for the location of expansion joints when casting a concrete bed Procedure of locating expansion joints (7) in a concrete bed (3,4) during manufacture (casting) by locating pre-fabricated joint elements (11,12) consisting of long rails made of reinforced concrete in pairs as a form and glide path (1,2) for smoothing an... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4557082 | Wide extension expansion joint assembly Apparatus for covering relatively wider building structure expansion voids which includes a cover panel, base member extrusions for opposite side support and a lazy tong centering assembly for both supportive attachment to the cover panel and maintaining ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4470719 | Method for repairing or preventing faulting on concrete highways A method is provided for repairing or preventing the faulting phenomenon in unreinforced concrete highways. Flowable, foamable, curable compositions are injected into the transverse joint between concrete slabs to fill any voids that exist between or unde... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4451171 | Polyamide as a primer for use with asphaltic membranes Polyamide resins are used as primer for highway repairs using asphaltic membranes.... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4445640 | Highway railway crossing and cap therefor A crossing construction for a railway including a plurality of spaced-apart cross-ties that support two parallel rails positioned thereon. The crossing includes a center pad of resilient rubber-like material positioned between the rails. A side pad of res... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4423979 | Expansion joint sealing structures Expansion and cast-in retainer dams for sealing pavement joints against intrusion of water, dirt, etc., into the joint space, said dams utilizing a pair of extruded steel or aluminum frames on opposite sides of the joint and a continuous elastomer strip s... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4374442 | Expansion joint sealing assembly for curb and roadway intersections An expansion joint sealing assembly of the type employing a flexible membrane extending between two relatively rigid elongated elastomeric pads is adapted to seal the gap in the area where a curb and roadway portion of the deck intersect. The assembly is ... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4324504 | Method of sealing bridge deck joints A method of sealing bridge deck joints on a highway in which the deck members have the road surfacing material removed therefrom and a flexible composition of chips of aggregate in a rubberized binder, such as bitumen, pitch, pitch-tar or tar is inserted ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4287696 | Expansible caulking material An expansible caulking material in strip form is disclosed suitable for use in sealing joints between vertical panels, and packing wide expansion joints occurring in decks of parking garages, bridges, airport runways and the like, with a shortened expansi... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4286410 | Assembly for weather-sealing a joint An assembly is provided for weather-sealing an elongated joint formed between a first member and a second member when said members are disposed at a predetermined relative position. The assembly includes an elongated piece having elongated interconnected ... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4265563 | Road pavement and repair The use of flake glass in road pavement and repair is disclosed. In particular, we disclose improvements in the formulations of asphalt aggregate wear surfaces, substrate layers and interface layers between the substrate and wear surfaces. In one embodime... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4193573 | Clip-and-sleeve arrangement for use with paving form and tie bar A clip is disclosed for insertion in a hole in the side of a paving form. A paper sleeve, diamond-shaped or rectangular in cross section, covers one leg of a tie bar, and the sleeve is supported in the clip. After a slab is poured and the form is removed,... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4128358 | Concrete control joint A concrete control joint is characterized by a substantially T-shaped member having a slit extending substantially vertically through the upright member of the T to define first and second leg portions thereof. The lower ends of each leg portion are resil... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4125580 | Process for the manufacture of pretensioned carriageway slabs A method of forming a carriageway slab comprising two or more sections with expansion joints between the sections and stressed longitudinal tensioning members extending all the way through the sections is provided. In such structures, the space between se... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4111582 | Expansion joint A buried expansion joint for bridges and the like has an elastomeric member having areas of increased compressibility towards each edge, and integral flanges at each edge for securing to bridge deck parts. The bridging member with its flanges is a continu... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4098043 | Joint seal A hollow elastomeric seal member having a bottom wall particularly formed to facilitate installation of the seal within an expansible joint.... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4080088 | Joint edge body for expansion joints in roads The disclosure relates to a joint-edge element for expansion joints in roadways wherein the anchoring parts, that extend in the longitudinal direction of the joint, just as the remaining parts of the joint-edge profiled element, are joined in one piece to... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4015302 | Expansion joints A buried expansion joint for use in the construction of bridges incorporates a pad of flexible plastics material, such as neoprene, located over an expansion gap between structural members and a flashing of neoprene or other plastics material extending ov... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3992121 | Deck and roadway gap sealing assembly End dam assemblies for sealing a gap between adjacent roadway or deck slabs comprise a series of elongate elastomeric end dam sections which are assembled in end-to-end array. The end dam sections are provided with layers of porous material which confront... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3979164 | Expansion joint lock for low temperature structures An expansion joint lock for transmitting forces between structural members that contract as they are cooled down to operating temperatures. A piston member mounted to one structural member is slidingly engaged with a chamber in a reception member which is... | 09/07/1976 |
