Cast-in fittings for concrete components
AssigneeRamset Fasteners (Aust.) Pty. Limited
InventorsShoal David Amiet, Ian Ross Ferrier
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Abstract
A shoe for use with a fitting such as a lifting anchor or ferrule adapted to be cast into a reinforced concrete component, the shoe serving, in use, to locate tie-in bars relative to the fitting. The shoe comprises a body portion slidably received on a shank of the fitting, and clips for engaging with a snap-in action tie-in bars extending at opposite sides of the shank. The shoe can be retro-fitted to a pre-existing anchor assembly comprising an anchor, support, and void former.
Claims7
An assembly consisting of a support for resting on the base of formwork for a reinforced concrete component including reinforcement, a fitting carried by the support so as to be upstanding therefrom, said fitting having a shank and being adapted to be cast into said reinforced concrete component, and a shoe for locating tie-in bars of the reinforcement relative to said fitting, said shoe comprising a body portion slidably mounted on said shank of said fitting, and said shoe comprising respective clips at opposite sides of the body portion for engagement with the tie-in bars of the reinforcement, wherein said fitting carries at its lower end a transverse shear pin and said shoe is mounted on said shank above said shear pin.
A cast-in anchor assembly for a reinforced concrete component, said anchor assembly comprising:
- a support, said support resting on a base of a formwork for said reinforced concrete component;
- an anchor comprising a shank, said anchor being carried by said support so as to be generally vertically upstanding therefrom and adapted to be cast into said reinforced concrete component;
- at least one tie-in bar extending in a direction transverse to said shank of said anchor;
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- a shoe locating said at least one tie-in bar relative to said anchor, said shoe being slidably mounted on said shank of said anchor to permit upward and downward movement of said shoe relative to said shank and to said support, said shoe comprising:
- a body portion including first and second opposite sides:
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- a plurality of mounting clips, at least one said mounting clip located on each of said first and second opposite sides of said body portion, at least one said mounting clip attaching said at least one tie-in bar to said shoe whereby said shoe moves upwardly and downwardly in response to upward and downward movement of said at least one tie-in bar.
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