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US 10,273,692 B1Granted
Adjustable rebar positioning device
OwnerMichael G. Rushinventor
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Abstract
A rebar positioning device with opposite ends for positioning adjacent to a form face of at least one form panel may include a support rod having opposite ends and an outer surface, with at least a portion of the outer surface being threaded. At least one bar clip may be movably mounted on the support rod. An orientation of the at least one bar clip on the support rod is adjustable, and a position of the at least one bar clip on the support rod is adjustable.
Claims19
A rebar positioning device with opposite ends for positioning adjacent to a form face of at least one form panel, the positioning device comprising:
- a support rod having opposite ends and an outer surface, at least a portion of the outer surface being threaded;
- at least one bar clip rotatably mounted on the support rod, the clip having a base portion configured to receive a section of the support rod and a pair of arm portions configured to removably grip a rebar, the arm portions extending outwardly from the base portion such that the arm portions extending in a radial direction from the support rod, the at least one bar clip has a cavity configured to receive a portion of a reinforcing bar, and the at least one bar clip having a channel in the base portion having a threaded channel surface extending continuously about the channel and a section of the support rod received in the channel such that the threaded channel surface extends about the section of the support rod;
- wherein the threaded channel surface of the channel of the at least one bar clip engages the threaded outer surface of the support rod such that rotation of the clip with respect to the support rod in a first rotational direction advances the bar clip in a first longitudinal direction along the support rod and adjusts the radial direction orientation of the arm portions of the bar clip with respect to the support rod, and such that rotation of the bar clip with respect to the support rod in a second rotational direction advances the bar clip in a second longitudinal direction along the support rod and adjusts the radial direction orientation of the arm portions of the bar clip with respect to the support rod, the second longitudinal direction being opposite of the first longitudinal direction;
- wherein rotation of the clip with respect to the support rod changes both the radial direction orientation of the clip with respect to the support rod and the position of the clip between the ends of the support rod;
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- wherein the at least one bar clip comprises an interlockable bar clip configured to interlock with another said bar clip, the at least one interlockable bar clip being configured to interlock with another bar clip mounted on the support rod.
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A reinforcing system for concrete, comprising:
- at least one form panel having a form face and a concrete receiving space adjacent to the form face;
- a plurality of reinforcing bars being positioned in the concrete receiving space;
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- a rebar positioning device with opposite ends, one of the ends being positioned adjacent to the form face of the form panel, the positioning device comprising:
- a support rod having opposite ends and an outer surface, at least a portion of the outer surface being threaded;
- at least one bar clip rotatably mounted on the support rod, the clip having a base portion receiving a section of the support rod and a pair of arm portions removably gripping one of the reinforcing bars, the arm portions extending outwardly from the base portion such that the arm portions extend in a radial direction from the support rod;
- wherein the at least one bar clip is rotatable on the support rod to adjust the radial direction orientation of the arm portions of the bar clip with respect to the support rod;
- wherein the at least one bar clip is rotatable on the support rod to adjust a longitudinal position of the bar clip relative to the opposite ends of the support rod;
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- wherein the at least one bar clip comprises an interlockable bar clip configured to interlock with another said bar clip, the at least one interlockable bar clip being configured to interlock with another bar clip mounted on a support rod;
- wherein the at least one bar clip is threadedly mounted on the support rod such that rotation of the clip with respect to the support rod in a first rotational direction advances the bar clip in a first longitudinal direction along the support rod and rotation of the bar clip with respect to the support rod in a second rotational direction advances the bar clip in a second longitudinal direction along the support rod, the second longitudinal direction being opposite of the first longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.