Coupling device for joining together reinforced concrete elements, such as concrete piles or pillars
OwnerLorentz Wahmaninventor
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Abstract
There is provided a coupling device for joining together reinforced concrete elements, such as concrete piles or pillars. The device comprises a plurality of first coupling means for locked arrangement on the mutually opposing faces of two segments to be joined together. Each of said first coupling means has means for receiving a second coupling means so that the first coupling means of the two opposing faces are held in mutually locked relationship by said second coupling means.
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A coupling device for joining together reinforced concrete segments having axially protruding reinforcing rods extending therethrough comprising a plurality of pairs of separate first coupling means adapted to be secured to opposing faces of two concrete segments to be coupled together in register, each of said first coupling means being secured to the end of at least one axially protruding reinforcing rod, the number of first coupling means equaling the number of axially protruding reinforcing rods, and a plurality of second coupling means received in said first coupling means for axially and laterally coupling together said pairs of first coupling means and therewith said concrete segments.
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