Dual purpose form tie lock tool

A dual purpose tie lock tool for use with both gang form panels and hand set panels in cooperation with reinforcing walers and a form tie, said tool comprising:

• a frame adaptable to engage one of the walers and having a first opening with an axis and a second opening with an axis perpendicular to said axis of said first opening;
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• a latch member;
• means pivotably mounting said latch member on said frame about an axis parallel to said first opening axis, said latch member including a first arcuate lock member and a second arcuate lock member, said first lock member being rotatable about said latch member axis across said second opening in a first direction and being dimensioned to grippingly engage an end of the form tie inserted through said second opening to hold the form tie along an axis perpendicular to said axis of said first opening between the hand set form panels and said second lock member being of a different dimension than said first lock member and rotatable about said latch member axis in a second direction across said first opening to grippingly engage an end of the form tie inserted through said first opening of said frame and thereby hold the form tie between the gang form panels along an axis perpendicular to said axis of said second opening.

A dual purpose tie lock tool for use with a concrete form tie having a shank and a pair of button head ends and thereby support a pair of form panels in fixed spaced relation, said tool comprising:

• a frame adaptable to engage a waler and having a first opening with an axis and a second opening with an axis perpendicular to said axis of said first opening;
• a latch member;
• means pivotably mounting said latch member on said frame about an axis parallel to said first opening axis, said latch member including a first arcuate lock member having a first claw and a second claw vertically spaced from each other to define a gap therebetween so that the shank of the form tie which is inserted through said second opening is receivable through the gap and the button end of the form tie is contiguous with a surface of the first and second claws opposite that surface adjacent said frame second opening so that rotation of said first lock member about said latch member axis in a first direction cammingly pulls the form tie end through said second opening, and a second arcuate lock member having a first claw and a second claw horizontally spaced from each other to define a gap therebetween so that the shank of the form tie inserted through said opening is receivable through the gap and the button end of the form tie is contiguous with a surface of the claws opposite that surface adjacent said frame first opening so that rotation of said second lock member about said latch member axis in a second direction cammingly pulls the form tie end through said first opening.

A dual purpose tie lock tool for use with both substantially, permanently interconnected form panels and substantially, impermanently interconnected form panels in cooperation with reinforcing walers and a form tie having ends projecting through slots formed in the panels, said tool comprising:

• a web to contact a surface of one of the walers and having an opening intermediate the ends thereof and an aperture spatially positioned from said web opening;
• a bracket member connected to said web and having an opening with an axis, smaller in cross sectional dimension than said web opening, axially aligned with said web opening for receiving the end of a form tie and an aperture axially aligned with said web aperture;
• a first flange connected to an edge of said web in substantially normal relation thereto and having an opening with an axis perpendicular to said web and bracket opening axis to receive an end of the form tie;
• a second flange connected in substantially normal relation to said web and said bracket member and extending in a direction opposite that of said first flange;
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• a latch member pivotably mounted on a surface of said bracket member including:
• a hub having a pivot eye axially aligned with said web and said bracket member apertures;
• a pivot pin inserted through said pivot eye of said hub and said apertures of said web and said bracket member to releasably secure said latch member to said bracket member;
• a cam lock member arcuate in shape integrally connected to a first edge of said hub and extending in a generally spiral formation with decreasing width to form a generally pointed end to receive the end of the form tie inserted through said first flange opening and disposed generally parallel to said web and said bracket member so that the form tie end is pullingly movable along said cam lock member to securely grip said form tie and force said web against the waler;
• an anchor lock member arcuate in shape integrally connected to a second edge of said hub and extending in a generally spiral formation in substantially symmetric relation with said cam lock member and decreasing in height from said hub second edge to form a generally pointed end to receive the end of the form tie inserted through said web and said bracket member openings and disposed generally perpendicular to said web and said bracket member so that the form tie end is pullingly movable along said anchor lock member to securely grip said form tie and force said web against the waler;
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• a handle integrally connected to said hub and adapted to ratatably move both said cam lock member and said anchor lock member.