Strongback waler bracket and methods of using the same
AssigneeP & W Construction Materials and Consulting Ltd
InventorPatrick CYMBALA
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Abstract
Brackets for securing vertical strongbacks to horizontal walers secured to a face of a concrete wall form. Each bracket has a flange adapted to be mounted to an upper surface of the waler, a standoff connected to the flange and extending perpendicular to and beyond the waler to a distal end for defining a strongback-receiving pocket between the waler and the distal end for receiving the strongback. A wedge is operatively coupled to the distal end for pinching the strongback between the wedge and the waler for securing the strongback to the waler.
Claims18
A bracket for securing a vertical strongback to a horizontal waler secured to an insulated concrete (ICF) wall form, the bracket comprising:
- a flange adapted to be mounted to an upper surface of the horizontal waler and having a proximal edge for abutting the wall form;
- a standoff connected to the flange and extending perpendicular to and beyond the waler to a distal end, a strongback-receiving pocket being defined between the waler and the distal end for receiving the strongback in a perpendicular relationship with respect to the waler;
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- a wedge operatively coupled to the distal end of the standoff and moveable between a locked position and a released positon, wherein in the released position, an installation gap exists between the wedge and the waler, and in the locked position, the strongback is pinched between the wedge and the waler for securing the strongback to the waler.
A method of securing a vertical strongback to one or more vertically spaced, horizontal walers secured against an insulated concrete wall form;
- the method comprising:
- mounting a bracket to each waler with a proximal edge of a flange of the bracket abutting the wall form and a standoff of the bracket extending perpendicular to and beyond the waler to a distal end for forming a strongback-receiving pocket between the waler and the distal end;
- arranging the strongback in a perpendicular relationship with respect to the one or more walers by locating the strongback in the strongback-receiving pocket;
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- securing the strongback to each waler by moving a wedge operatively coupled to the standoff's distal end against the strongback for pinching the strongback between the waler and the wedge.
A system for horizontally and vertically supporting an insulated concrete wall form for receiving concrete, the system including at least one waler secured horizontally on an outside surface of the wall form and at least one vertical strongback, the system comprising:
- at least one strongback bracket for securing the at least one strongback to the at least one waler, wherein the at least one strongback bracket comprises:
- a flange adapted to be mounted to an upper surface of the horizontal waler, a standoff connected to the flange and extending perpendicular to and beyond the waler to a distal end, a strongback-receiving pocket being defined between the waler and the distal end for receiving the strongback in a perpendicular relationship with respect to the waler and a wedge operatively coupled to the distal end of the standoff which in a locked position pinches the strongback between the wedge and the waler for securing the strongback to the waler;
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- at least one scaffold-supporting bracket, supported by the strongback bracket, having a linearly extending arm having a U-shaped hook at a proximal end thereof and wherein the hook extends about the strongback for supporting scaffold-supporting bracket on the strongback bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.