Bulkhead system for concrete casting bed
AssigneeConewago Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsDonald B. Smith, Jr., Eric Smith, John Hagarman, Jon Neiderer, Jason Blase
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Abstract
A bulkhead system for a concrete casting bed includes a pair of base track members spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction and a pair of form walls each removably attached to one of the base track members. Each of the form walls has a lower end abutting one of the base track members and an upper end opposite the lower end in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each of the form walls has a tendon slot extending into the form wall in the vertical direction from at least one of the upper end and the lower end. The tendon slot receives a tendon extending in the longitudinal direction.
Claims20
A bulkhead system for a concrete casting bed, comprising:
- a pair of base track members spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction;
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- a pair of form walls each removably attached to one of the base track members, each of the form walls has a lower end abutting one of the base track members and an upper end opposite the lower end in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each of the form walls has a tendon slot extending into the form wall in the vertical direction from at least one of the upper end and the lower end, the tendon slot receives a tendon extending in the longitudinal direction.
A method of forming a concrete casting bed assembly, comprising:
- positioning a pair of base track members on a bed surface of a concrete casting bed between a pair of bed walls of the concrete casting bed, the base track members are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction of the concrete casting bed;
- attaching a pair of form walls to the base track members, each of the form walls is removably attached to one of the base track members, each of the form walls has a lower end abutting one of the base track members and an upper end opposite the lower end in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each of the form walls has a tendon slot extending into the form wall in the vertical direction from at least one of the upper end and the lower end;
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- arranging a tendon extending in the longitudinal direction in the tendon slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.