System for forming lined passages through concrete walls
OwnerBruce G. Barton, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A system for producing a sleeve-lined passage of uniform diameter D through a concrete wall molded in a concrete wall form including first and second form plates mounted in fixed relation and spaced by a wall width W includes a multiplicity of modular spools, preferably made of sheet steel; each spool comprises an annular shell having an axial length L less than W and an inside diameter D with front and rear flat flanges extending outwardly of the front and rear rims of the shell. For a first group of spools the axial length L is of three inches; for the other spools length L of four inches.
Claims9
A system of modular spools to be joined together in a unitary stack and mounted in a concrete wall form to create a lined passage of uniform diameter D through a concrete wall molded in the concrete wall form, the concrete wall form including first and second form plates mounted in fixed spaced relation to each other and separated by a wall width W, the system including a multiplicity of modular spools, with each spool comprising:
- an annular shell having an inside diameter D, an axial length less than W, a front rim, and a rear rim;
- flat front and rear flanges extending radially outwardly of the front and rear rims, respectively, of the shell, and the flanges each having an inner diameter D, so that a series of the spools can be assembled, end-to-end and flange-to-flange, without change of the internal diameter D through the entire assembly;
- a first plurality of the spools each having an axial length L1;
- and a further plurality of the spools each having an axial length L2, with L2>L1;
- the difference between L1 and L2 being one inch (2.5 cm) and L2 being no larger than six inches (15 cm).
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