Flexible form member and method of forming through hole by means of the form member
OwnerSenji Yamashitainventor
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Abstract
A flexible form member in accordance with the invention comprises a hollow-shaped body having a flexibility and openable fluid introducing and discharging means for permitting fluid to be introduced into and discharged from the body. A method of forming a through hole by means of the flexible form member comprises placing the flexible form member as contracted in a desired position between an outer form and an inner form, introducing fluid into the flexible form member to expand it between the outer form and inner form, pouring concrete, removing the forms and contracting the flexible form member after curing of concrete, and removing the flexible form member thus contracted from concrete.
Claims10
A flexible form member comprising;
- a hollow-shaped flexible body having an openable fluid introducing and discharging means for permitting fluid to be introduced into and discharged from the body, and a detachable cover, said cover having an outer surface and a plurality of connecting elements on its outer surface to connect a fixing member for securing itself.
A method of forming a through hole by means of a flexible form member comprising steps of;
- placing a flexible form member at a predetermined position between an outer form and an inner form which are for shutting concrete flow off, the flexible form member comprising a hollow-shaped flexible body having an openable fluid introducing and discharging means for permitting fluid to be introduced into and discharged from the body, and a detachable cover, said cover having an outer surface and a plurality of connecting elements on its outer surface to connect a fixing member for securing itself, and being contracted by discharging fluid from the body,
- placing the contracted flexible form member within the detachable cover,
- introducing the fluid into the body of the flexible form member through the openable fluid introducing and discharging means,
- interposing the flexible form member between the inner form and outer form by expanding the body,
- pouring concrete into a space between the outer form and the inner form,
- removing the inner and outer forms after the curing of concrete,
- discharging the fluid out of the body through the openable fluid introducing and discharging means so as to contract the flexible form member, and
- removing the flexible form member out of the detachable cover and the cured concrete.
A flexible form member comprising:
- a hollow-shaped flexible body having an openable fluid introducing and discharging means for permitting fluid to be introduced into and discharged from the body and further comprising a detachable cover which covers the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.