US 4,226,061 A · Reinforced masonry construction

Abstract

Reinforced masonry construction including walls or slabs comprising elongated panels having permanent wall or slab forms (or skins) which are spaced a predetermined distance apart by unique ties which also serve as a web member or a component thereof resulting between reinforcing bars and/or structural shapes acting as the chords of a truss. The panels are preferably precast from high strength structural grade cellular concrete reinforced with a novel truss. The longitudinal edges of adjacent panels are in contiguous engagement, opposed panels being connected by a tie having portions which interfit the contiguous panels for positioning same. The ties are arranged in vertical or horizontal alignment and reinforcing rods, in unitary or multi-part arrangement, extend through the ties from one end to the other transversely of the wall or slab to provide or supplement a structural section. Low density cellular concrete may then be placed in the void between the wall forms or, in the case of a slab, poured to approximately the top of the truss chord and engaged with the wall ties and reinforcing rods or multi-part trusses to form a composite structure. Both faces of the permanent wall forms or the bottom face of the permanent slab form may be prefinished and the structures either prefabricated for erection at a plant or on the site or erected in situ.

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Dependent claims

Reinforced masonry construction for walls and slabs including

(a) a pair of skins spaced a predetermined distance apart in opposed relation
(b) at least one of said skins comprising a plurality of preformed elongated panels arranged with the longitudinal edges in contiguous relationship
(c) each of said panels comprising a body portion of cementitious material
(d) the peripheral edge of said body portion being formed providing a splineway
(e) said panel further including a reinforcing truss embedded in said body portion, which truss is substantially coextensive with the length and breadth of said body portion
(f) reinforcing means extending between, and engaged with, said skins
(g) said reinforcing means including a portion engaged with said skins for interconnecting the same,
(h) one end of said reinforcing means being positioned in the splineway of said panel, and
(i) an insulating agent in those spaced between said skins.

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Reinforced masonry construction for walls and slabs, including

(a) permanent forms spaced apart a predetermined distance to provide a structural section
(b) each of said opposed forms comprising a plurality of elongated, preformed panels arranged in rows with the longitudinal edges in contiguous relationship
(c) the outer face of one panel being prefinished with a facing design
(d) each of said panels including a body portion of cellular concrete, the peripheral edges of which are provided with a splineway
(e) a reinforcing truss embedded in said body portion, which truss is substantially coextensive with the length and breadth of said body portion
(f) said reinforcing truss including a reticulate body portion
(g) edge members engaged with the longitudinal edges of said retriculate body portion
(h) ties engaged with opposed panels of said forms and spanning the void therebetween, said ties being in vertically aligned relationship connecting each row of opposed panels for positioning said panels and spanning the void therebetween
(i) each of said ties including a flat body portion having spaced openings
(j) the ends of said flat body portion having angular tabs for insertion into the splineways of adjacent panels for positioning the latter
(k) a pair of reinforcing rods extending through the openings of said body portion and extending transversely of the forms, and
(l) cementitious material in the void between said forms.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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