Deconstructable support column structures
AssigneeBoard of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Nevada, R
InventorMehdi Saiidi
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Abstract
A method of disassembling a support column structure can include de-coupling a plurality of first reinforcing bars from a removable portion, lifting the column portion off the removable portion, and de-coupling a plurality of second reinforcing bars from the removable portion. The first reinforcing bars can coupled to and extend from a column portion and can be spaced from a base portion. The second reinforcing bars can be coupled to and extend from the base portion and can be spaced from the first reinforcing bars and the column portion.
Claims20
A method of disassembling a support column structure, comprising:
- de-coupling a plurality of first reinforcing bars from a removable portion, wherein the first reinforcing bars are coupled to and extend from a column portion and are spaced from a base portion;
- lifting the column portion off the removable portion;
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- de-coupling a plurality of second reinforcing bars from the removable portion, wherein the second reinforcing bars are coupled to and extend from the base portion and are spaced from the first reinforcing bars and the column portion.
A method of disassembling a support column structure, comprising:
- de-coupling a plurality of first reinforcing bars from a removable portion, wherein the first reinforcing bars are coupled to and extend from a column portion and are spaced from a base portion;
- lifting the column portion off the removable portion;
- de-coupling a plurality of second reinforcing bars from the removable portion, wherein the second reinforcing bars are coupled to and extend from the base portion and are spaced from the first reinforcing bars and the column portion;
- lifting the removable portion off the base portion;
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- de-coupling the second reinforcing bars from a plurality of third reinforcing bars that are secured to the base portion.
A method of disassembling a support column structure, comprising:
- de-coupling a plurality of first reinforcing bars from a removable portion by removing a plurality of first nuts from threaded lower end portions of the first reinforcing bars, wherein the first reinforcing bars are coupled to and extend from a column portion and are vertically spaced from a base portion;
- lifting the column portion off the removable portion, wherein the removable portion comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, a main body disposed between the top and bottom plates, and a plurality of sleeves extending between the top and bottom plates and through the main body, wherein the top plate includes outer openings axially aligned with the first reinforcing bars and inner openings laterally spaced from the outer openings and axially aligned with the sleeves, wherein the bottom plate comprises openings axially aligned with the inner openings of the top plate and with the sleeves;
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- de-coupling a plurality of second reinforcing bars from the removable portion by removing a plurality of second nuts from threaded upper end portions of the second reinforcing bars, wherein the second reinforcing bars are coupled to and extend from the base portion, wherein the second reinforcing bars are vertically spaced from the column portion and axially offset from the first reinforcing bars.
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