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US 12,017,380 B2Granted
Adjustable apparatus, system and method for constructing insulated concrete forms
OwnerBenjamin Baaderinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for constructing insulated concrete forms and their skeletons, A mold assembly is discussed for molding insulated concrete forms and has an outer housing; first and second mold lids; first and second entrance doors; first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, each of the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions being movable between a retracted position and an inserted position, to define first and second mold cavities; and fill guns oriented for injecting insulating polymeric material into the first and second mold cavities. The systems and methods may mold insulated panels on both sides of an insulated concrete form skeleton, and may be used to make forms of any length.
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A mold assembly for molding insulated concrete forms, comprising:
- an outer housing having a bottom support base, a first side wall and a second side wall defining an interior cavity, the outer housing having an entrance and an exit for access to the interior cavity;
- first and second mold lids;
- first and second entrance doors;
- first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, each of the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions being movable between a retracted position and an inserted position, with the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions separated from one another to define spaces therebetween, in which, when the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions are in the inserted position, with the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions inserted into a series of spaces defined by and along opposed sides of an insulated concrete form skeleton that is located within the interior cavity in use, with the insulated concrete form skeleton located within the spaces therebetween the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, first and second mold cavities are defined by:
- the first and second mold lids,
- the first and second entrance doors,
- inside walls, with the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, and the insulated concrete form skeleton, contacting one another in use to define the inside walls, and
- outside walls defined by the first side wall and the second side wall, with the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions spaced from the outside walls to define voids;
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- fill guns oriented for injecting insulating polymeric material into the first and second mold cavities.
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A system for constructing monolithic insulated concrete forms, comprising:
- an assembly machine having:
- a strap loading assembly having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side being positioned in opposite and parallel spaced relation to each other, each of the first side and the second side having a support structure and a feeder having a loading end and a press assembly feeding end, the press assembly feeding end of the strap loading assembly being structured to position in use a strap in a strap guide, the strap being movable along the strap guide into a press assembly;
- a ladder loading assembly having a support structure and a ladder guide, the ladder guide having a loading end and a press assembly feeding end, the ladder guide being structured to move and position in use a strap receiving ladder into the press assembly;
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- the press assembly having a support structure, a first side and a second adjustable side with a space between the first side and the second adjustable side of the press assembly defining a press cavity, each of the first side and the second adjustable side of the press assembly having a press assembly strap guide, the press assembly strap guides being continuous with the strap guides of the strap loading assembly to move in use the straps through the press assembly strap guides, the press assembly structured to align in use the straps and the strap receiving ladder for connection, the second adjustable side being movable to press in use the straps and strap receiving ladder into connection with each other to form an insulated concrete form skeleton, and an exit through which the completed insulated concrete form skeleton is removable;
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- a mold assembly having:
- an outer housing having a bottom support base, a first side wall and a second side wall defining an interior cavity, the outer housing having an entrance and an exit for access to the interior cavity;
- first and second mold lids;
- first and second entrance doors;
- first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, each of the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions being movable between a retracted position and an inserted position, in which, when the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions are in the inserted position, with the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions inserted into a series of spaces defined by and along opposed sides of an insulated concrete form skeleton that is located within the interior cavity in use, first and second mold cavities are defined by the first and second mold lids, the first and second entrance doors, the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, and the insulated concrete form skeleton;
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- fill guns oriented for injecting insulating polymeric material into the first and second mold cavities.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.