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US 6,543,371 B1Granted
Modular vault panel
AssigneeDiebold, Incorporated
InventorRichard P. Gardner
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Abstract
A modular concrete vault panel including two opposed metal side rails and two opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the side rails to form a metal rectangular frame. A rebar lattice is supported within the frame, and waveform rebar extends longitudinally within the frame. The frame is then filled with a high compression strength concrete to produce the modular concrete vault panel.
Claims26
A modular vault panel comprising:
- a pair of opposed metal side rails;
- a pair of opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the side rails to form a metal rectangular frame;
- at least one first tie bar having each end rigidly connected to a different one of the side rails intermediate the end rails;
- at least one second tie bar having each end rigidly connected to a different one of the side rails intermediate the end rails;
- a rebar lattice supported within the frame, wherein the rebar lattice is supported intermediate the at least one first tie bar and the at least one second tie bar;
- a pair of waveform rebars, wherein each waveform rebar extends longitudinally within the frame adjacent a different one of the side rails;
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- wherein the frame is adapted to be filled with high compression strength concrete substantially surrounding the rebar lattice and the pair of waveform rebars.
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A modular concrete vault panel comprising:
- a first pair of opposed metal side rails;
- a first pair of opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the first side rails to form a first rectangular metal frame;
- a first rebar lattice supported within the first frame;
- a second pair of opposed metal side walls located on top of the first pair of metal side rails;
- a second pair of opposed metal end walls having ends rigidly connected to ends of the second side walls to form a second rectangular metal frame;
- a second rebar lattice supported within the second frame;
- a ventilation channel extending through the first and second frames;
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- high compression strength concrete within the first and second frames surrounding the first rebar lattice, the second rebar lattice and the ventilation channel.
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A modular vault panel comprising:
- opposed metal side rails;
- opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the side rails to form a metal rectangular frame defining a thickness of the vault panel;
- a first plurality of rebar rods extending longitudinally in the frame and rigidly connected to the end rails;
- a second plurality of rebar rods transverse to the first plurality of rebar rods, the second plurality of rebar rods being rigidly connected to one of the side rails and the first plurality of rebar rods to form a rebar lattice, the rebar lattice having a height less than the thickness of the vault panel;
- waveform rebars, one of the waveform rebars having a height about equal to the thickness of the vault panel, and each of the waveform rebars extending adjacent a different one of the metal side rails and being connected to the rebar lattice, wherein the one waveform rebar extends above and below the rebar lattice;
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- wherein the frame is adapted to be filled with high compression strength concrete substantially surrounding the first plurality of rebar rods, the second plurality of rebar rods, and the waveform rebars.
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A modular concrete vault panel comprising:
- a pair of opposed metal side rails;
- a pair of opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the side rails to form a metal rectangular frame;
- a tie bar having each end rigidly connected to a different one of the side rails intermediate the end rails;
- a rebar lattice supported within the frame;
- a pair of waveform rebars, each waveform rebar extending longitudinally within the frame adjacent a different one of the side rails;
- and
- high compression strength concrete within the frame surrounding the tie bar, the rebar lattice and the pair of waveform rebars.
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A modular concrete vault panel comprising:
- a pair of opposed metal side rails;
- a pair of opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the side rails to form a metal rectangular frame;
- a first tie bar having each end rigidly connected adjacent a first edge of a different one of the side rails intermediate the end rails;
- a second tie bar having each end rigidly connected adjacent a second edge of a different one of the side rails intermediate the end rails;
- a rebar lattice supported within the frame;
- a pair of waveform rebars, each waveform rebar extending longitudinally within the frame adjacent a different one of the side rails;
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- high compression strength concrete within the frame surrounding the first and second tie bars, the rebar lattice and the pair of waveform rebars.
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A modular vault panel comprising:
- a pair of opposed metal side rails;
- a pair of opposed metal end rails having ends rigidly connected to ends of the side rails to form a metal rectangular frame defining a thickness of the vault panel;
- at least one first tie bar having each end rigidly connected to a different one of the side rails intermediate the end rails;
- a rebar lattice supported within the frame, wherein the rebar lattice includes rebar rods extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein each of the rebar rods have ends;
- wherein each of the end rails include an end wall and support members, wherein each support member extends inwardly within the frame from an end wall in the longitudinal direction, wherein each support member supports an end of a rebar rod, wherein each support member has an end of a rebar rod located therein;
- a pair of waveform rebars having a height about equal to the thickness of the vault panel, and each waveform rebar extending longitudinally within the frame adjacent a different one of the side rails;
- and
- wherein the frame is adapted to be filled with high compression strength concrete substantially surrounding the rebar lattice and the pair of waveform rebars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.