Concrete sandwich panel erection anchor
AssigneeDayton Superior Corporation
InventorsDavid Andrew Niday, Roy Lee Edgar
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Abstract
An anchor adapted for being embedded within a concrete sandwich panel to facilitate lifting thereof is disclosed. The anchor includes a neck supporting a head adapted for mating with a conventional lifting assembly. The neck is supported on a body portion adapted for being at least partially embedded within the sandwich panel. The body portion includes a pair of opposing wings extending radially outwardly from a central axis wherein each wing includes an inner portion adapted to be embedded within a wythe of insulation and an outer portion adapted to be embedded within a wythe of concrete.
Claims18
An anchor for a concrete panel, said anchor comprising:
- a head adapted for mating with a lifting assembly;
- a neck supporting said head and defining a central axis;
- a body portion adapted for being at least partially embedded within the concrete panel, said body portion including a pair of opposing wings extending radially outwardly from said central axis;
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- wherein at least one of said opposing wings includes at least one aperture for receiving an elongated member.
An anchor for a concrete panel, said anchor comprising:
- a head adapted for mating with a lifting assembly;
- a neck supporting said head and defining a central axis;
- a body portion adapted for being at least partially embedded within the concrete panel, said body portion including a pair of opposing wings extending radially outwardly from said central axis;
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- at least one shear plate supported by at least one of said opposing wings.
An anchor for a concrete sandwich panel having a pair of concrete layers and an insulation layer between the concrete layers, said anchor comprising:
- a head adapted for mating with a lifting assembly;
- a neck supporting said head and defining a central axis, said neck having a predetermined diameter;
- a body portion including a pair of opposing wings;
- each of said opposing wings having an inner portion intersecting said central axis, an outer portion extending radially outwardly from said inner portion and an upper portion extending toward said head, each said upper portion including a bearing surface facing said head;
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- wherein each said inner portion is adapted to be embedded within the insulation layer and each said outer portion is adapted to be embedded within one of the concrete layers, each said outer portion including at least one aperture for receiving an elongated member.
An anchor in combination with a concrete sandwich panel including a pair of concrete layers and an insulation layer between the concrete layers, said anchor comprising:
- a head adapted for mating with a lifting assembly;
- a neck supporting said head and defining a central axis;
- a body portion including a pair of opposing wings extending radially outwardly from said central axis;
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- wherein each of said opposing wings includes an outer portion embedded within one of said concrete layers of said concrete sandwich panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.