Concrete deck forming apparatus
OwnerEverett A. Eydeninventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for forming a concrete deck includes top adjustable removable hangers depending from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which a concrete deck will be poured to form a slab supported upon the walls, beams or girders. Means are incorporated to permit assembly from the top of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking and to permit vertical adjustment of the ledgers from the top to bring the decking to grade elevation. Further means are incorporated to permit disassembly of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking from the bottom after cure of the poured concrete deck.
Claims15
Apparatus for temporarily supporting a poured concrete deck across a span intermediate two opposed supporting elements, said apparatus comprising in combination:
- (a) a pair of opposed hangers, each said hanger including:
- i. means for detachably supporting said hanger in a depending relationship from one of the support elements;
- ii. a vertically positionable ledger support plate;
- iii. means for vertically adjusting the position of said ledger support plate from above and below said hanger;
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- (b) a ledger locatable intermediate an opposed pair of said hangers for supporting deck joists and decking elements upon which the concrete for forming said deck is poured, said ledger including means for engaging said ledger support plates of said opposed pair of hangers in a non-interfering relationship with said adjusting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.