Method of forming, installing and a system for attaching a pre-fabricated pavement slab to a subbase and the pre-fabricated pavement slab so formed
AssigneeThe Fort Miller Co., Inc.
InventorPeter J. Smith
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Abstract
Abstract of Disclosure A pre-fabricated pavement slab having a binder distribution system and an interconnection system formed for attachment of the bottom surface of the slab, wherein both the binder distribution system and the interconnection system are accessible from the top surface of the slab, such that the binder material may be injected into the binder distribution and interconnection systems from the top surface of the slab.
Claims54
A pre-fabricated pavement slab comprising:
- at least one connector extending from a first end of the slab;
- at least one mating interconnection formed within a second end thereof to receive the connector, wherein the interconnection is accessible from a top surface of the slab;
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- a plurality of channels formed within a bottom surface of the slab, wherein at least one channel is accessible from the top surface of the slab.
A system for installation of a pre-fabricated pavement slab comprising:
- a binder distribution system formed for attachment of bottom surface of the slab and accessible from a top surface of the slab;
- and
- an interconnection system along edges of the slab and accessible from the top surface of the slab.
A method of installing a pre-fabricated pavement slab, comprising:
- placing the slab on a graded subbase;
- and
- uniformly distributing a binder material along a bottom surface of the slab via at least one access in a top surface of the slab.
A method of forming a prefabricated pavement slab comprising:
- providing a form for forming a binder distribution system within a bottom surface of the slab;
- pouring a pavement material into the form;
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- incorporating a plurality of interconnections within a first end of the slab.
A device comprising:
- a first slab and a second slab, wherein the first and second slabs further comprise a binder distribution system formed within a bottom surface of the first and second slabs;
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- a shear transfer device between the first and second slabs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.