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US 2014/0227037 A1Published application
Box culvert
AssigneeJENSEN ENTERPRISES, INC, dba JENSEN PRECAST
InventorThomas Elliott
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Abstract
A box culvert assembly and method of forming a box culvert assembly is provided. The boxes forming the assembly comprise portions configured to allow pivoted assembly of one box into another, while reducing the likelihood of high stress or fracture. The box assembly further allows for a generally tight seal between the boxes.
Claims18
A method of constructing a concrete box culvert assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a first concrete box having a bottom surface positioned on the ground and a first end, the first end comprising a back face and a platform having a receiving surface located adjacent to a top edge of the first concrete box;
- providing a second concrete box having a second end, the second end comprising a front face and a protruding lip extending across a top of the second concrete box;
- lowering the second concrete box from a position above the first concrete box at an angle such that the protruding lip contacts the receiving surface, and the receiving surface supports the second concrete box;
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- pivoting the second concrete box about the receiving surface, such that the first and second ends are joined together.
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A method of constructing a box culvert for arrangement under a roadway, the method comprising:
- positioning a first box culvert on the ground, the first box culvert having a first end comprising a ledge having an upper face located adjacent to a top surface of the first box culvert;
- providing a second box culvert, the second box culvert having a second end comprising a protrusion along a top of the second box culvert;
- lowering the second end of the second box culvert onto the first end of the first box culvert with the second end of the second box culvert at an angle such that the protrusion contacts the upper face of the first box culvert and the upper face of the first box culvert supports the second box culvert;
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- pivoting the second box culvert about the first box culvert, such that the first and second ends are joined together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.