Concrete home building
AssigneeMichael E. Dalton
InventorMichael E. Dalton
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Abstract
A system of building concrete homes and apartment buildings. The system creates a structure that is well insulated and that is very practical and economical to build. The system uses standard components such as wall ties, concrete forms, rigid foam insulation, and concrete, all of which are readily available in the market today. The system creates a building that is insulated and thermally broken at its structural connections such that use in temperate and colder climates is possible. Presently concrete construction finds only limited use for the construction of single family and multi-family housing. The system is economical to construct when compared to wood frame housing.
Claims17
A concrete building system including;
- a plurality of cast concrete joists, each of said joists including a length and a flat planar top surface;
- each of said joists including a groove on each side thereof, said groove being parallel and adjacent to said top planar surface,
- said building system including two walls and a space between said walls, each of said cast concrete joists spanning said space and resting on each of said walls;
- concrete forms sized to fit between two of said joists and means on each of said forms adapted to releaseably hold said concrete form in place between said joists such that a concrete floor may be poured on top said joists.
A concrete building system including;
- at least two pre-cast concrete joists, each of said concrete joists including a length, two side surfaces and a top surface;
- said building system including two structural elements and a space between the structural elements, each of said pre-cast concrete joists spanning said space and being supported by said structural elements;
- forms sized to fit between said at-least two pre-cast concrete joists and release means on each of said forms adapted to releaseably hold said concrete form in place between said joists such that a concrete surface may be poured on top of said joists and said forms.
A method of forming a concrete structure including the steps of;
- forming two walls with a first space between them;
- spanning said first space with at least two pre-stressed concrete joists that are parallel and have a second space between them;
- placing at least one form in the second space between said joists, wherein a portion of the form engages a slot in each of said joists;
- casting a concrete surface on top of said joists and form.
- curing the concrete surface
A combination pre-stressed concrete joists and concrete forms system for use in concrete construction;
- said system including a plurality of joists spanning a space, each of said joists including a length, two sides and a planar top surface;
- each of said joists including a groove on each of said two sides thereof, said grooves being parallel and adjacent to said planar top surface,
- a plurality of pre-stressed tensile members running the length of each of said joists;
- forms removably placed between said joists to form a continuous surface upon which a concrete form can be poured.
A method of forming a joist for use in construction including the steps of
- attaching a strip to a casting bed;
- stressing a plurality of tensile members in said casting bed;
- pouring concrete in said casting bed until it covers said tensile members and a portion of said strip;
- allowing the concrete to set up to form a pre-stressed concrete joist;
- removing said joist from said bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.