Bracket
AssigneeBlockaid Pty. Ltd.
InventorsChristopher Rafferty, Craig Thorley, Jamie Curran, Oliver Kohl
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Abstract
A bracket for locating a vertical reinforcement bar within a block wall having a central area to enable a reinforcement bar placed vertically through a void of a block wall to pass through the bracket; and a locator for locating the central area in a predetermined position within the void of a block wall; wherein one or more guides extend into the central area to guide one or more reinforcement bars through a central aperture, the central aperture defined by the one or more guides.
Claims19
A bracket for locating a vertical reinforcement bar within a block wall, the bracket comprising:
- a central area to enable a reinforcement bar placed vertically through a void of a block wall to pass through the bracket;
- and
- a locator for locating said central area in a predetermined position with the void of the block wall;
- wherein one or more guides extend into the central area to guide one or more reinforcement bars through a central aperture, the central aperture defined by the one or more guides, and
- wherein at least one of the one or more guides extend from a center of at least one side wall.
A block wall system including a block wall having:
- a multiplicity of courses of blocks;
- at least one substantially vertical reinforcement bar that extends through the block wall;
- and
- at least one bracket for locating the at least one substantially vertical reinforcement bar;
- wherein the at least one substantially vertical reinforcement bar passes through a void of at least one block in the block wall and is guided by one or more guides of the at least one bracket through a central aperture of the at least one bracket located within the block wall, wherein at least one of the one or more guides extend from a center of at least one side wall of the at least one bracket.
A method of forming a block wall, the method including the steps of:
- laying a first course of blocks;
- locating a bracket within one block of the first course of blocks;
- placing a second course of blocks on top of the first course of blocks;
- and
- locating a substantially vertical reinforcement bar through voids in the first and second course of blocks so that the substantially vertical reinforcement bar is guided by one or more guides through a central aperture of the bracket located within the block wall, wherein at least one of the one or more guides extend from a center of at least one side wall of the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.