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Class 249/50 - Beam or girder


Subclass of Class 249 - Static molds
Definition: Apparatus comprising means for forming an elongated rigid
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 11/06/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7243898Moulding accessory and method of using same
A moulding accessory to form a void around a recessed lifting loop in a moulded concrete product such as a concrete cladding panel. The moulding accessory is formed from a body which is sized and shaped to fit with said lifting loop. The body is hollow, but sufficie...
07/17/2007
7201866Concrete test cylinder mold cap
A method and apparatus for molding a reproducible uniform concrete test cylinder. Concrete is poured into a concrete test cylinder mold. A cap having at least one excretion hole is placed on the top portion of the concrete test cylinder mold. The cap is pressed agai...
04/10/2007
7143555Hybrid precast concrete and metal deck floor panel
In one implementation of the present invention, corrugated metal deck panels are attached to concrete structural beams to form a precast panel. ...
12/05/2006
7073767Mold for self supporting privacy wall
An outdoor privacy wall that includes at least one self supporting panel mounted on multiple, spaced apart footings disposed in the ground. The panel features a rectangular shape and has opposing faces bounded by parallel upper and lower edges and a pair of parallel...
07/11/2006
6922955Pre-cast dock leveler pit
A dock pit for a dock leveler mechanism comprises a pre-cast concrete body including integrally formed side, rear panel and front panels, all forming a continuous perimeter open therethrough to receive the load leveler mechanism. Each side panel has a top edge and t...
08/02/2005
6216412Method for the reinforcement of reinforced concrete and reinforcement for use thereof
The invention concerns a method for the reinforcement of a concrete beam, where the reinforcement comprises reinforcement rods which extend longitudinally and transversely and are locked at their mutual points of intersection. The invention consists of pl...
04/17/2001
6098359Method of constructing a suspended floor
A method of constructing a suspended floor is described in which a plurality of beam-forming formwork assemblies are located in substantially parallel alignment, the beam-forming formwork assemblies are supported in support assemblies on a support base in...
08/08/2000
6082671Entomopter and method for using same
The present invention is an apparatus and method for a multimodal electromechanical insect known as an entomopter. The entomopter is a species of micro air vehicle (MAV), which is defined as a flying vehicle having no dimension greater than 15 cm. The ent...
07/04/2000
6059256Bulkhead forming system
The invention provides a bulkhead forming system and method for forming a bulkhead. The bulkhead forming system comprises a number of individual forming members which are coupled together end to end and opposing each other to provide a gap therebetween on...
05/09/2000
5792394Animal pen slat repair method
There is disclosed concrete form apparatus comprising three elongated panels with sides hingedly connected and a method of using such apparatus to enable one to repair reinforced concrete slats in the floor of an animal pen by breaking away the concrete o...
08/11/1998
5339578Support form for a grade beam or slab
A support form for use in the casting of a grade beam on piles comprises an elongate rectangular body having a width equal to the intended width of the grade beam. The body is located under the intended grade beam and the grade beam cast on top of the for...
08/23/1994
5052654Molded plastic void hold down device for concrete beam-slab formation
The invention is a molded plastic void hold down device utilized in concrete beams to restrict and hold down the vertical and lateral movement of voids placed within the concrete beam during construction. In particular, the hold down device comprises a mo...
10/01/1991
5016855Beam clamp system
A beam clamp system for securely engaging a pair of concrete form panels for maintaining them in generally vertical position against inadvertent dislodgment or dislodgment due to outward pressure from recently poured liquid concrete. Each clamp has a hori...
05/21/1991
4950434Arrangement for the production of longitudinal screed slabs consisting of concrete
An arrangement for casting in a mould of so-called battery design longitudinal concrete bodies with a high degree of linearity. The moulds consist of pipes of substantially circular cross-section, these being placed on top of beams which, within a frame, ...
08/21/1990
4842241Lightweight plastic concrete mold
A mold for forming concrete having a bottom, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, all of plastic, and with the side walls and bottom being of integral one-piece construction and hinged together by living hinges defined by reduced thickness of the...
06/27/1989
4778144Concrete slab and beam forming system
A concrete slab and beam forming system including first and second shoring towers that are adjustable in height and which can be adjusted to provide for concrete beams of different depths. The forming system also includes a first plank with an integral fa...
10/18/1988
4695031Gang form
A gang form in which a single or a plurality of precast concrete beams will be molded at one time, the gang form comprising a first and two second vertical walls, the first wall being a straight wall, the two second walls spaced apart one from another ext...
09/22/1987
4693449Beam form and slab form adjustment structure
A beam form and slab form adjustment structure adapted for detachable mounting to a shoring frame of generally standard construction. Existing shoring frames with the present adjustment structure are useful in supporting and precisely aligning beam and sl...
09/15/1987
4685264Concrete slab-beam form system for composite metal deck concrete construction
A metal "U" shape channel form is used to form a concrete beam, and has two laterally opposed outwardly extending horizontally disposed flanges with two supporting areas arranged in a stepped fashion for selectively supporting a metal deck or both a metal...
08/11/1987
4630798Method and device for erecting building structures such as bridges, using pre-fabricated concrete beams
Proposed is a method for the erection of structures, such as bridges, that display pre-fabricated concrete beams, according to which the individual pre-fabricated beams are produced, on the spot, on a feed rigging within the corresponding work area of the...
12/23/1986
4629408Portable concrete beam harping system
A portable system for making harped, reinforced concrete beams includes a series of inverted T-shaped concrete bed sections, with aligned longitudinally extending holes for receiving tensioning cables to hold the sections together, to provide two beds, on...
12/16/1986
4624440Adjustable formwork for concrete structures
An adjustable formwork for forming the corner surfaces of concrete structural members includes a first and a second formwork unit. Each formwork unit extends transversely of the other and has a surface which forms one of the concrete surfaces of the concr...
11/25/1986
4600459Process for constructing compact longitudinal concrete
A new and novel process for constructing longitudinal concrete members such as beams by providing a longitudinal sack like mold constructed from a pliable sheet or sheets having an open throat supported by an open rim frame in turn supported by a pluralit...
07/15/1986
4386875Apparatus to support a frame of casing element for forming a beam on a pile-plank screen
Apparatus to bear the coffering for the pouring of concrete up or against profiled piles used for waterworks, for the reinforcement of steep banks, quay walls, ducdalves etc. The poured concrete is beared by a coffering support composed of a component pin...
06/07/1983
4325532Formwork system
In a formwork system frames are mounted between horizontal supports. The support means on the frames are offset relative to the horizontal axis so that the inversion of the frames enables the level of the upper surface thereof to be adjusted. Thus the sam...
04/20/1982
4279399Concrete beam molding apparatus
A cast concrete form work apparatus for constructing bridge beams in which form work partitions 5, 6 and 10, 11 having work surfaces 6, 12 are tangentially adjoined by a tube member 1 and adjustable apparatus is provided to hold in a fixed angular relatio...
07/21/1981
4156517Beam form
Block-forming means or shuttering apparatus for precast units of especially long dimension along one axis, a horizontal basic frame and two block-forming or shuttering walls of which are means for at least one is guided slidably being selectively adjustab...
05/29/1979
4125973Form assembly for building framework
The present form assembly has sheet metal, hollow, flanged corner joints which telescopically engage the adjoining ends of elongated sheet metal forms for beams, columns, roof arches and trusses, and the like. After the parts are fitted together metal str...
11/21/1978
4118004Concrete beam form
A lightweight, take-down beam form, including a series of U-frames held together by spaced apart adjustable longitudinal braces secured along the frame uprights and bottom longitudinal braces, support strippable plywood or plastic or suitable material bea...
10/03/1978
4017051Lightweight concrete beam form
A lightweight, very strong form of a concrete beam includes a plurality of U-shaped brace members having vertical, lightweight steel deck sheets secured to the uprights thereof, a strippable, non-stick, plastic liner for contacting the concrete of the bea...
04/12/1977
4004874Apparatus for production of cast concrete members
Concrete structural members are cast in a metal mold form which comprises side members closed off by a horizontally extending resilient pallet. The side members have affixed thereto at their lower ends adjustable swivel arm actuating mechanisms adapted to...
01/25/1977
3977646Apparatus for molding concrete girders
Mold apparatus for the manufacture and molding of structural members such as I-beams and concrete girders which has a permanent pallet supported and maintained in a level condition by parallel beams affixed to a concrete base. The pallet is made up of a p...
08/31/1976
3938773Apparatus including cammed fastening means for making modular crypts
An apparatus for casting reinforced concrete modular crypts for use in constructing a substantially monolithic mausoleum edifice. The casting apparatus includes a frame having a plurality of vertically disposed generally U-shaped brackets attached thereto...
02/17/1976
3938922Means for forming a prestressed slab including collapsible bulkheads
Cast panels for building assembly and erection are formed and cured through the use of an apparatus which particularly facilitates high rates of production of such panels and thereby facilitates more economical building construction practices. Fluid mater...
02/17/1976
 
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