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US 10,920,433 B2Granted
Heavy duty spanning forms and related systems and methods
AssigneeWilian Holding Company
InventorsRobert McCracken, Andrew Gray
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Abstract
A metal concrete form panel having a face sheet secured to a perimeter flange that includes side rails and end rails. One or more tie ribs extend between the end rails. A bolt block is secured in each corner to the perimeter flange where the side rails meet the end rails. A bar is located spaced inside each side rail and extended between and secured to each of the pair of opposing bolt blocks of the associated end rail and also secured to each intervening tie rib and to the face sheet.
Claims12
A modular metal concrete form panel, comprising:
- (a) a face sheet secured to a perimeter flange, the perimeter flange comprising:
- (i) side rails;
- (ii) end rails;
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- (iii) a lip disposed on the side rails and the end rails;
- (b) two opposing bolt blocks secured to the face sheet, wherein each of the two opposing bolt blocks is further secured to the perimeter flange where one of the side rails meets one of the end rails, and wherein each of the two opposing bolt blocks comprises a protrusion disposed in a notch defined in the lip of one of the end rails, whereby each of the two opposing bolt blocks is secured directly to one of the side rails and the lip of the one side rail;
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- (c) a strengthening bar disposed inside one of the side rails at a distance from the one side rail and extended between and secured to each of the two opposing bolt blocks, wherein the strengthening bar is secured to the face sheet.
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A modular form panel for concrete construction, the form panel comprising:
- (a) a face sheet;
- (b) a flange disposed around a perimeter of the face sheet, the flange comprising first and second opposing side rails and first and second opposing end rails;
- (c) a lip disposed on each of the first and second side rails and the first and second end rails;
- (d) a first notch defined between a first end of the lip of the first end rail and the first side rail;
- (e) a second notch defined between a second end of the lip of the first end rail and the second side rail;
- (f) a third notch defined between a first end of lip of the second end rail and the first side rail;
- (g) a fourth notch defined between a second end of the lip of the second end rail and the second side rail;
- (h) four bolt blocks attached to the face sheet, the first and second side rails, and the first and second end rails, wherein each of the four bolt blocks is disposed in a separate corner of the face sheet, wherein
- a first of the four bolt blocks comprises a first protrusion disposed in the first notch, wherein the first bolt block is attached to the first side rail and the lip of the first side rail,
- a second of the four bolt blocks comprises a second protrusion disposed in the second notch, wherein the second bolt block is attached to the second side rail and the lip of the second side rail,
- a third of the four bolt blocks comprises a third protrusion disposed in the third notch, wherein the third bolt block is attached to the first side rail and the lip of the first side rail, and
- a fourth of the four bolt blocks comprises a fourth protrusion disposed in the fourth notch, wherein the fourth bolt block is attached to the second side rail and the lip of the second side rail;
- (i) at least one rib disposed between and parallel with the first and second end rails and attached at a first end to the first side rail and at a second end to the second side rail;
- (j) a first reinforcement bar disposed between and parallel with the first and second side rails and attached at a first end to a first of the four bolt blocks and at a second end to a second of the four bolt blocks;
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- (k) a second reinforcement bar disposed between and parallel with the first and second side rails and attached at a first end to a third of the four bolt blocks and at a second end to a fourth of the four bolt blocks.
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A method of constructing a concrete spanning beam, the method comprising:
- positioning at least first and second modular form panels adjacent to each other, each of the first and second modular form panels comprising:
- (a) a face sheet;
- (b) a flange disposed around a perimeter of the face sheet, the flange comprising first and second opposing side rails and first and second opposing end rails;
- (c) four bolt blocks attached to the face sheet, the first and second side rails, and the first and second end rails, wherein each of the four bolt blocks is disposed in a separate corner of the face sheet;
- (d) at least one rib disposed between and parallel with the first and second end rails and attached at a first end to the first side rail and at a second end to the second side rail;
- (e) a first reinforcement bar disposed between and parallel with the first and second side rails and attached at a first end to a first of the four bolt blocks and at a second end to a second of the four bolt blocks;
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- (f) a second reinforcement bar disposed between and parallel with the first and second side rails and attached at a first end to a third of the four bolt blocks and at a second end to a fourth of the four bolt blocks;
- aligning the first modular form panel with the second modular form panel such that the first end rail of the first modular form panel is in contact with the second end rail of the second modular form panel;
- positioning at least two bolts through at least two holes in a first of the four bolt blocks of the first modular form panel and through at least two holes in a first of the four bolt blocks of the second modular form panel, thereby attaching the first bolt block of the first modular form panel with the first bolt block of the second modular form panel;
- positioning at least two bolts through at least two holes in a second of the four bolt blocks of the first modular form panel and through at least two holes in a second of the four bolt blocks of the second modular form panel, thereby attaching the second bolt block of the first modular form panel with the second bolt block of the second modular form panel;
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- attaching a plurality of additional modular form panels to the first or second form panels or additional attached form panels by repeating the aligning and the positioning of the at least two bolts to create a panel assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.