Insulated hollow core concrete forming system for walls and slabs
OwnerSharif Haddadinventor
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Abstract
Insulated hollow core concrete forming system provide a forming system which can integrate the advantages of the hollow core design into the Insulated concrete form (ICF) system. The Insulated hollow core form system includes one or more of a Modular formwork unit, composed and formed of insulative material, where the Modular formwork unit utilizes longitudinal void formers that crafts a forming cavity of a hollow core section in between two spaced parallel side panels. The forming cavity is disposed to receive concrete or other hardening materials to form an insulated hollow core wall or an insulated hollow core slab. The system also includes a furring strip assembly positioned between adjacent Modular formwork units to join them together.
Claims6
An insulated hollow core concrete forming system directed towards constructing an insulated hollow core concrete wall and slab structures, comprising:
- at least one modular formwork unit, wherein the modular formwork unit comprises:
- two spaced parallel side panels, a plurality of longitudinal void formers fixed in spatial relationship in between and spaced apart from the two spaced parallel side panels by a plurality of nodal junctions, said longitudinal void formers extend longitudinally and continuously through the modular formwork unit to define a forming cavity enclosed between the two spaced parallel side panels and around the longitudinal void formers;
- a pourable concrete disposed in the forming cavity, wherein, upon curing, the concrete:
- a) forms a hardened concrete encapsulating the longitudinal void formers;
- b) defines a plurality of hollow cores in a resulting insulated hollow core concrete wall and slab structures;
- and c) forms a substantially cylindrical geometrical shape of the longitudinal void formers;
- wherein the longitudinal void formers extend within the forming cavity parallel to other adjacent longitudinal void formers and parallel to the two spaced parallel side panels;
- and wherein upon joining the modular formwork unit to other corresponding longitudinally or laterally oriented joined modular formwork units, the longitudinal void formers align coaxially with corresponding longitudinal void formers in the joined modular formwork units, forming the hollow cores to run continuously through the full height or the full length of the resulting insulated hollow core concrete wall and slab structures.
A method of forming an insulated hollow core concrete forming system directed towards constructing an insulated hollow core concrete wall and slab structures, comprising:
- providing at least one modular formwork unit, wherein the modular formwork unit comprises:
- two spaced parallel side panels, a plurality of longitudinal void formers fixed in spatial relationship in between and spaced apart from the two spaced parallel side panels by a plurality of nodal junctions, said longitudinal void formers extend longitudinally and continuously through the modular formwork unit to define a forming cavity enclosed between the two spaced parallel side panels and around the longitudinal void formers;
- pouring concrete in the forming cavity, wherein upon curing, the concrete:
- a) forms a hardened concrete encapsulating the longitudinal void formers;
- b) defines a plurality of hollow cores in a resulting insulated hollow core concrete wall and slab structures;
- and c) forms a substantially cylindrical geometrical shape of the longitudinal void formers;
- wherein the longitudinal void formers extend within the forming cavity parallel to other adjacent longitudinal void formers and parallel to the two spaced parallel side panels;
- and wherein upon joining the modular formwork unit to other corresponding longitudinally or laterally oriented joined modular formwork units, the longitudinal void formers align coaxially with corresponding longitudinal void formers in the joined modular formwork units, forming the hollow cores to run continuously through the full height or the full length of the resulting insulated hollow core concrete wall and slab structures.
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