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US 4,791,767 AGranted
Wale clamp
OwnerPatrick E. Boeshartinventor
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Abstract
A wale clamp includes a main body having vertical and horizontal walls. A pivotable handle with a cam on its lower end is connected to the vertical wall and selectively clamps a wale. A removable and adjustable bracket is connected to the horizontal wall of the clamp, and is adjustable to hold varying widths of wales.
Claims12
A wale clamp for a poured-concrete wall form system, comprising:
- a main body having a vertical wall and a horizontal wall;
- operable camming means pivotally connected to said vertical wall and spaced above said horizontal wall, including a cam surface for selective engagement with a wale positioned on said horizontal wall;
- means connected to said horizontal wall and operable independently of said camming means for holding a wale against said vertical wall and between same camming means and the horizontal wall;
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- means on said vertical wall for removably attaching said clamp to the wall form system.
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In combination:
- a system for forming poured-concrete walls, including first and second form panels, said form panels having interlocking upper and lower edges to form a wall of first panels and a wall of second panels, said panels having an outer face, said panels held in fixed parallel, spaced-apart relation by a plurality of tie members, said tie members having first and second ends, said first and second tie ends having a plate thereon perpendicular to the length of said tie and forming a generally T-shaped end, each said T-shaped end being engaged in one of a plurality of T-shaped slots along the upper and lower edges of said first and second panels with said plate parallel to the outer face of said panel, and
- a wale clamp for holding wale to align said panels, comprising,
- main body having a vertical wall and a horizontal wall, the vertical wall attached along its lower edge to a side edge of the horizontal wall;
- camming means pivotally connected to said vertical wall and spaced above said horizontal wall;
- a cam surface on said camming means for selective engagement with a wale positioned on said horizontal wall;
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- means on said vertical wall for removably attaching said clamp to a form panel of the wall form system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.