Removable Arch Form Assembly and Method of Installing
OwnerTom Scanlaninventor
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Abstract
A removable arch form assembly for use in forming a masonry arch of a plurality of masonry elements on a substructure comprises a flexible arch form having a substantially rectangular shape, first and second end clips engaging an arched structure about which the masonry arch is to be formed, at least one intermediate clip positioned on the arched structure between the end clips and at an elevation differing from the end clips, the end clips and the at least one intermediate clip removably receiving the flexible arch form and retaining the form in an arched orientation.
Claims20
A method of installing a removable arch form assembly, comprising:
- fastening one of first and second end clips to at least one of an arched structure or sub structure;
- fastening at least one intermediate clip to one of said at least one of said arched structure or substructure;
- fastening the other of said first and second end clips to said at least one of an arched structure or substructure;
- slidably connecting a flexible arch form to said one of said first and second end clips and said at least one intermediate clip;
- forming a masonry arch about said flexible arch form with a plurality of masonry elements;
- slidably removing said flexible arch form after forming said masonry arch.
A method of installing a removable arch form assembly, comprising:
- fastening a plurality of at least end clips to a substructure;
- releasably engaging a flexible arch form with said plurality of at least end clips;
- forming a masonry arch along said flexible arch form;
- removing said flexible arch form from said at least plurality of end clips.
A method of installing a removable arch form assembly, comprising:
- applying a first clip to one end of one of an arched structure or a substructure;
- applying a second clip to the other of one of an arched structure or a substructure;
- retaining said flexible arch form in an arched shape by releasably positioning said flexible arch form in said first clip and said second clip;
- forming a masonry arch about said flexible arch form;
- removing said flexible arch form from said first clip and said second clip after forming said masonry arch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.