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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6851232 | Reinforcement device for supporting structures The ends of carbon plates reinforcing supporting elements, such as concrete beams, are divided into at least two splines having approximately the same thickness and are glued in the appropriate retaining slots of a terminal element. The splines form an angle in rela... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6763646 | Method and element for introducing shear forces into a concrete body, and concrete body In an element (40b) for introducing shear forces into a concrete body a loop element (43b) is arranged on a shear force mandrel (41b), which loop element has an arc section (47b) in proximity to the surface of ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6052962 | Dowel support for bent-up reinforcement bars and process for the production thereof A studrail for shear reinforcement for reinforced concrete slabs is composed of a spacing rail (5) and a plurality of studs (6) which are arranged in parallel at a certain distance and provided with enlarged dish-like anchor heads (8) at both ends. The sp... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6023903 | Non-corrosive reinforcing member having bendable flanges Non-corrosive concrete reinforcing members are formed by pultruding reinforcing fibers through resin to produce an elongated core and a plurality of elongated flanges extending radially outward from the core. A slot is formed through a portion of the elon... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5934199 | Apparatus for temporarily increasing the load-bearing capacity of bridge girders An apparatus for temporarily increasing the load-bearing capacity of bridge girders during assembly work includes supports with deflection pulleys that are placed in the vicinity of bracing points. A relief cable is made taut over the deflection pulleys a... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5802802 | Arrangement at a beam or building element and a mould for making a beam or building element A web for trusses, trusses with at least one chord including a cast slab and also chords for a slab in a cast member, manufactured from bar, wire or strip material, which like diagonals in a lattice girder are inclined in relation to the longitudinal dire... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5655349 | Stud-through reinforcing system for structural concrete A reinforcing assembly for use in structural concrete members, such as slabs, footings, raft foundations, beams, walls and columns, has at least one reinforcing stud having an elongate stem and an anchor head at least at one end of the stem for anchoring ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5560176 | Prefabricated steel-concrete composite beam The invention relates to a prefabricated steel/ concrete composite beam arranged to act together with concrete as a load-bearing composite structure for various slab assemblies and having two web portions (1) and horizontal projecting flange portions (2) ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5468524 | Reinforcing bar splice and system for forming precast concrete members and structures To facilitate the casting of stronger and more precise steel reinforced concrete members and also to facilitate the formation and field joining of such members there is provided a bar splice which comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve open at one end t... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5410847 | Junction structure between steel member and structural member A junction for connecting a steel member to a structural member, such as a beam in a steel framed construction to a column in a reinforced concrete construction, a steel framed concrete construction or a steel framed construction. Junction hardware connec... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5134824 | Connecting stake with a fixing stirrup and with nails to be pneumatically inserted for the connection of a concrete casting on an iron beam A connecting stake with a fixing stirrup and nails to be pneumatically inserted for connection with a concrete casting on an iron beam, comprises a staff (1) of cylindrical section and predetermined length, provided with an upper head (2) of a greater dia... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5119614 | Concrete post reinforcing apparatus A concrete post and panel noise barrier in which the opposed side walls of the post contain vertical grooves for slidably receiving the panels. Each post further contains two parallel rows of vertically disposed reinforcing bars positioned adjacent the fr... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4938635 | Concrete beams and connecting means therefor A beam of concrete has similar end pieces at each end spaced apart by an internal reinforcing elongate cage of rectangular cross-section formed of four longitudinals (10) having a lengthwise series of hoops therearound. Each end piece comprises a rectangu... | 07/03/1990 |
