Device and method for forming voids in concrete
AssigneeRaise the Bar Detailing
InventorRaelene Marie Rossart
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Abstract
Devices and methods for forming voids or cavities in concrete such that reinforcing bars can be used to connect different pours of concrete, the devices including an insert having a base and an elongate member extending from the base, and the method including coupling the insert to formwork, pouring concrete into the formwork, which surrounds the insert, allowing the concrete to partially cure, such that it retains its shape, removing the formwork and insert to form a void in the partially cured concrete, inserting a reinforcing bar into the void, applying adhesive to adhere the reinforcing bar to the concrete, and pouring concrete around the reinforcing bar, such that the reinforcing bar joins the two pours of concrete together via the void and adhesive.
Claims12
A method, comprising:
- coupling an insert having a base plate and an elongate member extending from the base plate to a first piece of formwork;
- coupling the first piece of formwork to a second piece of formwork;
- pouring concrete proximate the first and second pieces of formwork, the concrete surrounding a portion of the base plate and the elongate member of the insert;
- and
- forming a void in the concrete by removing the first piece of formwork and the insert after the concrete is allowed to cure to form the void to have a size and a shape of the insert.
A device for forming a void in concrete, comprising:
- a base having a plurality of holes, each of the holes having a size and a shape to receive a securing element for coupling the base to a piece of formwork;
- and
- an elongate member extending from the base, the elongate member having a shape and a size to create the void when the concrete cures around the elongate member, the void having a size and a shape to receive a reinforcing bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.