Concrete forming system
OwnerHo San Leeinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a concrete forming system for constructing an upper wall for a bridge or a building, including: a plurality of beams, each having a flange; a plurality of steel bars arranged between the two opposing beams; a plurality of slabs on the steel bars; a plurality of brackets, each having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the horizontal portion having a first engaging means, and the vertical portion being welded to an end of the steel bar; and a second engaging means for removably engaging the horizontal portion and the flange of the beam.
Claims13
A concrete forming system for constructing an upper wall for a bridge or building, comprising:
- a plurality of beams, each having an upstanding web and a flange perpendicularly extending from an upper end of the web;
- a plurality of steel bars, each steel bar horizontally elongated and arranged between two adjacent beams of the plurality of beams;
- a plurality of slabs on one of the steel bars for pouring concrete thereon;
- a plurality of brackets, each having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the vertical portion being secured to an end of the steel bars, the horizontal portion being placed substantially parallel to the flange of the beams and having a first engaging means;
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- a second engaging means corresponding to the first engaging means for removably engaging the horizontal portion of the brackets and the flange of the beams,
- wherein both ends of one of the steel bars are secured by the vertical portion of each of the brackets, and wherein the first and second engaging means are disengaged after the wet concrete is hardened, thereby the slabs and steel bars can be reused.
A concrete forming system for receiving concrete thereon, comprising:
- a plurality of beams, each beam having a flange;
- at least one elongated member arranged between two adjacent beams, the elongated member having a bracket comprising a horizontal portion at each end thereof, wherein each horizontal portion of the elongated member is placed parallel to the flange of the two adjacent beams;
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- a plurality of fasteners, each fastener securing the each horizontal portion of the elongated member against the corresponding flange of the two adjacent beams, wherein each fastener is installed at a lower surface of the flange and is to be removed after the concrete is poured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.