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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011637 | Concrete form system for low-clearance applications Improved concrete form systems (10) are provided which permit erection of the systems (10) in close quarters adjacent existing structures, e.g., the systems (10) may be successfully installed with as little as 2-½ inches of clearance between su... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7837174 | Modular formwork wall with dovetail joint connectors A formwork assembly for casting a concrete structure includes a support member for supporting a conventional armature grid if any, further including at least one liquid-tight and load-bearing formwork wall connected to the support member. The formwork wall includes ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7226033 | Transportable forms for concrete buildings and components and methods of manufacture and use of same A method for manufacture and assembly of a concrete structure includes manufacturing, at a first location, wall sections and floor/ceiling sections. The wall sections include interior form walls of adjustable separation, and may include interior and exterior finish ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7066440 | Waler bracket with attached wedge for concrete forms A waler bracket for use with a concrete forming systems which incorporates a captive wedge for tightening the wale against the form panels to bring them into planar alignment. The wedge is held in it's open position by means of a notch in it's edge. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7000358 | System support assembly A system support assembly comprises a pair of substantially parallel footer forms, insulated concrete forms, footer form base saddles, a poly form saddle assembly and first and second vertical stabilizers. The footer form base saddle may be generally u-shaped and is... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962316 | Concrete forming panel with lightweight frame A concrete forming panel with lightweight siderail includes a face plate and a frame, the frame including at least one siderail and a bushing plate coupled thereto, the bushing plate having thereon a wear member of a material having greater hardness than the bushing... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6951329 | Concrete wall form with flexible tie system A concrete wall form that can readily be used with different types of form ties systems to construct parallel form sections for receiving poured concrete. The form includes first and second tie rod engaging portions configured to receive first and second types of ti... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6767154 | Turnbuckle device A turnbuckle device (10) for clamping concrete shell elements (35, 36) comprises stationary claws (14, 15) and pivotable claws (24, 25) which can be clamped with the stationary claws (14, 15) via a wedge (28) on two neighbor... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6694692 | Modular formwork elements and assembly A modular assembly for creating formwork for casting vertical concrete structures is characterized by elongated wall elements which are disposed in edge to edge relationship in two facing rows and which are simultaneously retained in edge to edge relation... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6601820 | Gang form for use with a concrete form system and method of building a gang form A gang form for use with a concrete form system is provided. The concrete form system has a plurality of said gang forms and a plurality of tie rods. An improved insert having four sides is positioned between two adjacent form panels having flanges with f... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6568651 | Concrete form system A concrete form system for receiving concrete includes a plurality of interlocking form panels having opposite side ends, and which capable of being selectively arranged in series as a wall of a form configured to receive concrete. A plurality of attachme... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6438917 | Insulated concrete wall system An insulated concrete wall structure having a concrete wall with opposing wall surfaces. The concrete wall has several vertically and horizontally spaced wall ties imbedded within the concrete wall and extending between the wall surfaces. Positioned betwe... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6361014 | Concrete form waler bracket A waler bracket is disclosed for securing a waler to a modular form system having a pair of panels being separated by a filler channel, with the filler channel including a pair of flanges with each flange being joinable to an adjacent panel edge portion. ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6332599 | Footing forms for concrete monolith construction Footing forms border the bottom of an open space into which concrete may be poured. The forms are adjustable to various widths and lengths, and further provide support for commercially available foam wall forms that are used in concrete wall construction.... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6283439 | Wall form panel and method of making the same A wall form panel for use in constructing a poured concrete wall form is preferably extruded from aluminum and a plurality of sections which are joined together form the wall form panel. The outer side most sections of the wall form panel advantageously i... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6279285 | Insulated concrete wall system An insulated concrete wall structure having a concrete wall with opposing wall surfaces. The concrete wall has several vertically and horizontally spaced wall ties imbedded within the concrete wall and extending between the wall surfaces. Positioned betwe... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6193210 | Fastening fitting with a reinforcing member-tightening portion A fastening fitting is formed of a U-shaped fastening portion with a straight portion and a narrow mouth for holding a member therein, a linearly extending portion extending from the straight portion to be bent with respect to a plane including the U-shap... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6173937 | Cap clip and spreader for poured concrete wall forms Standard height wall form panels for poured concrete walls are extended with cap panels positioned on top thereof and secured thereto with cap clips which can be conveniently and easily installed and disassembled with the wall form panels. Furthermore, a ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6024339 | Gang form for use with a concrete form system and method of building a gang form A gang form for use with a concrete form system. The concrete form system has a plurality of said gang forms and a plurality of tie rods. An improved insert having four sides is positioned between two adjacent form panels having flanges with flange openin... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5965053 | Penetratable form with stiffback A penetratable stiffback useful as a building form is provided and is useful as an integrated member of a forming system in conjunction with a pair of forming panels. The stiffback includes a face panel and a pair of rearwardly projecting support walls, e... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5863453 | Form connector An apparatus for interconnecting form structures, such as formboards and the like, is disclosed which allows for the permanent or removable attachment of a connecting device to the ends of adjacent form structures and which provides for the quick and easy... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5855807 | Concrete form securing device A concrete form securing device includes two or more securing frames combined together, plural spacing bars, plural engaging members, and plural fixing boards as main components. The two securing frames are temporarily kept in place by a sustain bar and t... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5802795 | Self-retaining pin for concrete wall panels A pin and wedge combination to couple adjacent panels of a concrete wall form together includes a self-retaining pin with a spring biased ball to temporarily retain the pin in the hole in the flange of the panel during assembly of a concrete wall form wit... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5744076 | Method for making insulated concrete wall tie system Apparatus, method and product of in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by spring clip retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hol... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5692356 | Insulated concrete wall tie system Apparatus, method and product of in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by spring clip retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hol... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5651910 | Concrete wall form and tie system A wall form system for use in constructing a poured concrete wall includes a plurality of panels aligned in an edge-to-edge configuration to form spaced wall forms. The wall forms are maintained in a spaced relationship by a tie which includes a pair of c... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5582388 | Insulated concrete wall tie system Apparatus, method and product of in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by spring clip retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hol... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5562845 | Concrete form and self-contained waler clamp assembly In order to provide self-containment in a waler clamp assembly with adjustment capabilities, the assembly includes a generally U-shaped bracket having a pair of generally parallel spaced legs joined at one end by a connecting bight portion with one of the... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5535565 | Containment structure and method of making same A containment structure and a method for making such structure requires the implementation of a plurality of a minimum of building elements. A plurality of panels are interconnected by connector columns in stacked relationship to generate a dual walled sh... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5456444 | Concrete form wall assemblies and methods A wall form assembly (10, 10", 10'") has a pair of form wall assemblies (12A, 12B) which are kept in preselected spaced parallel relationship by means of cross members (16) fitted within end slots (36) and interlocked by means of pins (38) with elongate b... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5409193 | Insulated concrete wall tie system Apparatus for in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Preferably, polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by transverse retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hold them a... | 04/25/1995 |
| 4975009 | Bolt and wedge assembly for panel units A wedge and bolt assembly serves to temporarily connect two prefabricated panel units for use in assembling a concrete wall form. A bolt support member is mountable on a prefabricated panel, and includes a first hollow passage formed therethrough to slidi... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4874150 | Segmental formwork for round structures A segmental formwork for round structures has a framework consisting of soldiers (6) and polygonal stretchers (5) that can be adjusted angularly at the corner points. The formwork boards (12) of the formwork shell bear directly against the stretchers (5) ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4811927 | Tubular connecting member for use with concrete forming panels A panel connecting member for use with tie rods and panels for a concrete forming structure, which panels each have bolt holding structures along the edges thereof. This member is tubular and has two connecting flanges extending outwardly from one side. S... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4708315 | Multiple purpose concrete form with side rail stiffeners Multipurpose concrete form panels are constructed using cross stiffener members for resistance to deflection under load. Each of the cross stiffener members is formed of a base strip of metal with a pair of parallel ribs of hat section extending therefrom... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4508310 | Waler bracket A waler bracket for use with a concrete wall form. The waler bracket includes a main frame portion attached to a stud projecting from the wall portion and a captive wedge portion for forcing the waler into firm contact with the face of the panel.... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4486996 | Construction-panel prefabrication method, panels thus made and equipment for implementing said method The invention relates to a factory prefabrication method for hollow panels for the on-site erection of insulated constructions. This method employs a three-dimensional framework 1 composed of thrust bars arranged in two parallel planes and of link bars linking... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4473209 | Prefabricated wall form modular unit Prefabricated modular wallform units are formed with panels designed to mate against one another and to define an aperture through which a tie rod can pass. End rails at the mating edges of the panels have webs, interior end flanges to fit against a sheet... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4450120 | Concrete form and method of assembling and dismantling the same A form for supporting from below a layer of concrete during pouring and hardening has several square or rectangular panels having neighboring marginal portions with downwardly extending reinforcing skirts which are separably connected to each other by bol... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4426061 | Method and apparatus for forming insulated walls A method and apparatus is disclosed for forming insulated walls by pouring concrete directly on a form made in part of insulating material which will remain in place after the concrete sets. An apparatus for spacing the sheets of insulating material from ... | 01/17/1984 |
