Composite concrete wall form unit with a special transition bolt
AssigneeSymons Corporation
InventorVernon R. Schimmel
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AssigneeSymons Corporation
InventorVernon R. Schimmel
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A composite concrete wall form unit or assembly consisting of three metal-clad panels connected together in edge-to-edge relationship, the medial panel embodying a plywood facing with a rectangular metal-reinforcing or backing frame, such medial panel constituting a prefabricated fill-in panel for making up an odd dimension which exists between two adjacent outer panels. Such outer panels are of a larger size and likewise are prefabricated in such a manner that they possess a common plywood facing which extends across the plywood facing of the smaller medial panel in face-to-face relationship and thus bridges the odd dimension. A special and novel transition bolt is used for connecting each side rail of the reinforcing frame of the medial panel to the adjacent side rail of the adjacent outer panel.
In a concrete wall form, a composite fill-in panel unit comprising three rectangular upstanding metal-clad panels arranged in edge-to-edge relationship and including a medial panel and a pair of outside panels, each of said panels embodying a rectangular facing and a rectangular reinforcing frame including opposed parallel vertical side rails, the side rails of said panels being provided with vertically spaced pairs of opposed bolt-receiving openings at different horizontal levels, the side rails of adjacent panels abutting each other, fastening bolts projecting through registering openings in the side rails of abutting panels, and reaction members associated with said fastening bolts for drawing such abutting panels hard against each other, the facings of said outside panels being embodied in a single continuous sheet which bridges the facing of the medial panel and lies flat against the same in face-to-face coextensive relationship and constitutes, in effect, a common and complete facing for the three panels.
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