Prefabricated support elements and method for implementing monolithic nodes
OwnerRene Carranza-Aubryinventor
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Abstract
Prefabricated vertical and horizontal support elements. The vertical support elements consist of columns which have breaches on the concrete at the floor levels. The horizontal support elements are made of supporting and rigidity beams, that have protruding elements which can be inserted in the cited breaches of the columns. Every protruding element of every beam is inserted between the vertical rods of the column into which it is assembled. The beams are held in place by other rods that are laid longitudinally. These rods are anchored to the beams by means of protruding steel rods or similar devices before the concrete is poured.
Claims5
Prefabricated support elements comprising vertical supports and horizontal supports, said vertical supports being concrete columns with breaches in the concrete at each desired floor level and having vertical reinforcing rods continuously extending across each said breach, said horizontal supports being beams, each beam having a concrete protrusion inserted into one of said breaches, each protrusion of each one beam being fitted between said vertical rods of a side of the column into which said protrusion is assembled, said beams including horizontal rods, said beams being fastened to each other with said horizontal rods that run from the beam that rests on the column through said breach to a longitudinally opposing beam, said horizontal rods being anchored with other rods to said beams, before concrete is poured in situ filling said breaches and forming a monolithic junction.
Method of forming monolithic junctions comprising the following steps:
- forming concrete columns with breaches in the concrete at each desired floor level and having vertical reinforcing rods that continuously extend across each breach;
- erecting said columns;
- forming beams having concrete protrusions, inserting said protrusions of said beams into said breaches;
- fitting each protrusion of each one beam between vertical rods of a side of the column into which said protrusion is assembled;
- putting horizontal rods longitudinally on top of the beams and through the breach;
- joining the horizontal rods with hooks or stirrups to the beams;
- and pouring concrete into the breach of the column, forming the monolithic junction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.