Screed ski and support system and method
OwnerPaul M. Semlerinventor
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Abstract
A screed ski system includes a plurality of circlip saddles supported by corresponding stakes and a plurality of sections of screed ski tubing is snap-fit into the circlip saddles. After screeding of a first layer of aggregate or plastic material, the screed ski tubing and circlip saddles are removed as a unit. The spacers are optionally placed on the stakes, and the screed ski tubing and circlip saddles are placed as a unit on the spacers to facilitate screeding of a second layer of aggregate or plastic material over the first. Some of the screed ski tubing can be flexible to provide an arcuate screed ski.
Claims28
A screed ski system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of stakes anchored in material on which aggregate material is to be screeded;
- (b) a plurality of circlip saddles each supported by a corresponding stake;
- (c) at least one section of screed ski material snap-fit into and supported by the circlip saddles;
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- (d) a screed bar movable along the section of screed ski material and another surface to screed the aggregate material.
A screed ski system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of stakes anchored in material on which aggregate material is to be screeded;
- (b) a plurality of circlip saddles each supported by a corresponding stake;
- (c) a plurality of sections of screed ski material snap-fit into and supported by the circlip saddles;
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- (d) a screed bar movable along the section of screed ski material and another surface to screed the aggregate material,
- adjacent ends of the various sections of screed ski material being sufficiently close together as to overlap in a way that allows the screed bar to slide smoothly from each section of screed ski material to another section of screed ski material.
A screed ski system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of stakes anchored in material on which aggregate material is to be screeded;
- (b) a plurality of circlip saddles each supported by a corresponding stake;
- (c) a plurality of sections of screed ski material snap-fit into and supported by the circlip saddles;
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- (d) a plurality of couplers each coupling adjacent ends of the various sections of screed ski material together.
A screeding method comprising:
- (a) driving a plurality of stakes into a surface area wherein a first layer of aggregate material is to be screeded;
- (b) placing a plurality of circlip saddles on a top end of each stake, respectively;
- (c) connecting a plurality of sections of screed ski material together in an arrangement that corresponds to locations of the stakes;
- (d) snap-fitting the sections of screed ski material into channels [14] of the various circlip saddles;
- (e) sliding a screed bar along the screed ski material to screed the first layer of aggregate material;
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- (f) removing the screed ski material and the circlip saddles from the vicinity of the first layer of aggregate material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.