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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726091 | Support shoe for concrete pylons A support shoe for a concrete pillar has a base plate and two lateral plates arranged at lateral edges of the base plate and projecting upwardly at a right angle from the base plate. At least one reinforcement bar is connected to the support shoe for introducing for... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7441743 | Fastening arrangement of a machine base and method of fastening the same A fastening arrangement of a machine base (8) of a machine on foundations (1). The fastening arrangement includes a foundation recess (3), filled with concrete (71, 72) and having an inner anchor shank (4), a foundation plate (2... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410141 | Industrial hanger for metal framing A hanger assembly for attaching to framing. The framing has a first vertical wall and a second vertical wall. The framing also has a top and a bottom. The framing has two bearing surfaces that form a plane that is located between the top of the framing and the botto... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410140 | Industrial hanger An industrial hanger assembly for attaching to a truss. The industrial hanger assembly includes a first member, a portion of which is operable to fit within a gap between the inner surface of a first angle iron and the inner surface of a second angle iron. The first... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7296386 | Concentric holdown connection A concentric holdown connection joining a held building structural member to a holding building structural member including a holdown connector having at least one upright portion operably connected to the held building structural member and a seat portion. A combin... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293390 | Roof boundary clip A roof boundary connection uses a clip that eases installation of the clip to blocking members both in the field by a carpenter and at a factory by one such as a truss manufacturer. The clip is formed with two indexing tabs that are set against the blocking for corr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255930 | Cap nut for envelopment casting, casting including the cap nut and method of enveloping the cap nut in casting A cap nut to be enveloped in a casting made of casting material includes a substantially cylindrical body. The body has a first end and a second end adjacent to a top end surface of the body. The body has a hole and an outer peripheral surface to be enveloped in the... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237368 | Adjustable anchoring system for a wall An anchor system for attaching a series of structural members to a wall comprises an elongate horizontal track and a plurality of anchor plates. The horizontal track has a pair of spaced apart sidewalls defining therebetween an upwardly facing channel with a restric... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234566 | Elevator insert Inserts (10 or 10A) for mounting rails (302) for rollers (301) on a cab in a shaft (300) of an elevator are described. Also, insert 10A is particularly useful for mounting flooring in the elevator shaft (300). The ins... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225590 | Brick tie A brick tie for interconnecting a brick wall with a back-up wall comprised of a plurality of spaced apart studs and a wall board secured to the studs wherein each stud includes a pair of opposed side flanges and a web formed between the flanges. The brick tie includ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213376 | Bracket for supporting structural element to support structure A bracket for supporting a structural element, such as a precast concrete beam, on a concrete pile or similar support structure in a building includes a first support part (1) which is cast at least partly into the concrete pile. The first support part (1 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213795 | Lifting of precast bodies such as concrete panels An object handling device includes a support body, and an elongate anchor body mounted at the inner end thereof to the support body so as to project from the support body for insertion into an undercut cavity in an object to be handled. At least one anchor lug at or... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7111432 | Passthrough concrete anchor A concrete anchor. The concrete anchor can be embedded within a concrete member to enhance lifting of the concrete member. The concrete anchor of the present invention can include a bar having a top, bottom and first and second sides, at least one attachment apertur... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6988346 | Strap holding device The present invention provides a connection having a plurality of parallel structural members. The structural members are bridged by strap member, preferably light gauge steel. The end of the strap member is held in place by an overlapping strap holder. Fasteners ho... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6925769 | Concrete jar step insert In accordance with the present invention there is provided an insert for placement in a mold for forming a concrete jar to form holes in the interior of the concrete jar for receiving steps and a method for forming holes in the interior of a concrete jar or manhole ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6902366 | Sealable fastener with circumferential sealant channel and sealant delivery groove for delivering sealant into the circumferential sealant channel A sealable fastener for insertion into an fastener opening in a receiving structure includes a fastener shank with a shank first end having a shank first end wall and a shank second end having a shank second end wall, a shank side wall extending between the shank fi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6792734 | Device for protecting lifting inserts having a tubular body during their embedding in a prefabricated concrete component A device for protecting lifting inserts having a tubular body during embedding in a concrete component, comprising an elastically deformable element insertable in the axial end of the tubular body of the lifting insert directed toward the outside of the prefabricate... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6729079 | Concrete anchor One preferred embodiment of an improved concrete anchor designed in accordance with the present invention for embedment in a concrete panel or the like includes an elongated bar having substantially flat parallel faces, an inner end disposed within the panel, an out... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6647674 | Erection anchor for concrete panel An erection anchor having a forged unitary body that includes a substantially cylindrical shank with one end embedable in a concrete panel and an opposite end extending into a recess in an end of the concrete panel. The forged unitary body also has a subs... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6592286 | Fixing member for use with a setting material A fixing member (1) designed for at least partially interlocking axial securement in a solid body (4) by means of an initially fluid setting material (2) introduced into a blind borehole (3), and is intermediately mechanically fixed and adjustable. The fi... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6568730 | Object handling device for lifting of precast bodies such as concrete panels An object handling device including a support body, and an elongate anchor body, having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal dimension extending between the proximal and distal ends, the body is mounted at the inner proximal end thereof to the ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550834 | Removable insert for creating a void space, as in precast concrete panels A removable and reusable insert assembly for positioning and supporting a lifting system within a panel to be formed from cast concrete, the insert assembly having a left and right portion which are detachably removable from each other, and a lid that is ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6513296 | Wall anchor for reinforcing and/or securing walls A wall anchor for reinforcing and/or securing walls, comprising an elongated anchor section, which is constructed to pass through an opening of one or more bricks and at which at least one abutment is provided, which can be pushed into the opening or over... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6497082 | Sandwich panel and method of manufacturing the sandwich panel A sandwich panel is manufactured-by providing: a first step (a), (b) of attaching another end portion of an insert 1 whose one end portion is made sharp to an inner side of a facing member 2 in which a hole is cut in advance; a second step (c) of pressing... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6484471 | Adhesive fixed anchors An anchoring member is provided for anchoring an object to a supporting surface having a bore for receiving the anchoring member. The anchoring member comprises an elongate cylindrical body having a penetrating end arranged to be embedded in the bore and ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6393795 | Adhesive anchor and system An adhesive anchor system having a ribbed anchor member with a threaded opening therein, a tube member having a first end portion connected to an end of the anchor member in alignment with the opening thereof, and a cap covering the opening at another opp... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6334286 | Device for lifting prefabricated components, particularly made of concrete, or the like An anchoring element for lifting prefabricated components, made of concrete, comprising a hollow body of a bayonet coupling device which forms a female seat with an access opening; the hollow body is embeddable in a component proximate to a perimetric sid... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6327829 | Connecting structure for concrete block and connector used therefor A connecting structure of concrete block according to the present invention comprises connecting rods buried in divided blocks, and a connector which exerts forces to attract exposed ends of the connecting rods toward each other and maintains a condition ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6240697 | Threaded anchor for poured concrete metal deck floors and wood frame floors An internally threaded insert anchor for use in poured concrete floors having a metal decking or a wood form is described which provides stability against skewing or misalignment due to rough action after being inserted into the metal deck or wood form, p... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6233883 | Anchor, in particular for a concrete panel The anchor rod (2) has a lateral bulge or projection (5) running along its length and constituting an anchoring element for providing anchoring in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the rod (2). Such an anchor is applicable to lift... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6185886 | Fixing element for reinforcement connection with a secondary action, especially for earthquake-resistant securement A fixing element providing a reinforcement connection with a secondary action and settable in a drill hole by a hardenable composition the fixing element has a reinforcement rod, and at least one conical sleeve provided on the reinforcement rod, the at le... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6102607 | Device for connecting concrete components A device for assembling prefabricated concrete parts has a cable loop anchored at one end to the prefabricated concrete part. The other loop-like end cooperates with a retaining means provided at the front face of the prefabricated concrete part to elasti... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6092849 | Device for lifting prefabricated components, particularly made of concrete, or the like A device for lifting prefabricated components, particularly made of concrete, or the like, comprising an anchoring element which forms a female seat of a bayonet coupling device and can be embedded in a component proximate to a perimetric side of the comp... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6065263 | Connecting structure for concrete block and connector used therefor A connector forces exposed ends of connecting rods buried in divided concrete blocks toward each other. After the divided blocks are combined so as to align respective cavities within the blocks, a tool tightens an external threaded portion of a first tig... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5957644 | Hanger for use in concrete structures The present invention is an insert to be embedded in concrete for securing an object to a concrete surface. The insert comprises a u-shaped body having a bridge connecting two legs, each leg terminating in a flange. The body provides a flow passage in eac... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5899043 | Ductile-failure anchors for concrete elements The invention relates to a ductile-failure anchor (2, 32) for concrete elements (3, 39) used in construction. Each anchor (2, 32) includes a plug (4, 34) attached to a securing element (5, 5a or 55) and secured within each concrete element (3, 39). The se... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5890340 | Concrete insert for attaching wall panels to building structures Concrete inserts are disclosed which are preferably embedded in the rear surface of a concrete wall panel and used to mount and support the wall panel from a building frame. The insert preferably comprises a U-shaped metal housing defining a longitudinall... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5888334 | Method of indicating the location and depth of an anchor in a hole in a substrate, and drilling through fill material to the anchor A fixture (structural element) is readily mounted to a surface of a substrate (such as concrete) by embedding and adhering an internally-threaded anchoring element (sleeve) in a hole in the substrate. Preferably, the anchoring element is recessed below th... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5860254 | Lift insert assembly and fabrication assembly method A lift pin insert assembly is releasably mounted upon a mold member for casting a manhole section. The mold is filled with concrete, which surrounds and embeds the insert assembly in the cast member. The insert is configured to receive a lift pin, which i... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5809703 | Slotted insert with increased pull-out capacity A slotted insert having a U-shaped frame and a plastic nut box forms a concrete cone having a depth which is substantially equal to the height of the insert by utilizing tapered feet. The interior sidewalls of the U-shaped frame are formed with indentatio... | 09/22/1998 |
