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US 6,742,759 B2Granted
Magnet unit for concrete moulds
AssigneeAddtek Research & Development Oy AB
InventorKari Vappula
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mould side system for concrete casts. The magnet unit according to the invention has no movable parts, but the magnet is a fixed component of the unit and detachment is carried out using a simple level tool. The fastening of the mould side to the magnet unit takes place by a known slanted-notch principle. According to an advantageous embodiment, the magnet unit has two faces for fastening mould sides, whereby parallel sides of separate, adjacent moulds may be fixed using the same magnet.
Claims6
Magnet arrangement for fastening a concrete mould side to a casting bed, comprising:
- a magnet unit having a body having at least one front face and a downwardly facing wedge recess for receiving an upwardly facing wedge on a mould side, and a magnet fixed in the body for attaching the unit to a metallic casting bed;
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- a detaching tool for tilting the body relative to the casting bed about an axis substantially perpendicular to the front face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.