Connector assembly for insulated concrete walls
AssigneeComposite Technologies Corporation
InventorRobert T. Long, Sr.
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Abstract
A through-insulation connector assembly for use in the construction of insulated concrete sandwich wall. The connector assembly includes a spool-shaped connector body comprised of two, interconnecting pieces and a tie that engages the connector body. The two pieces of the connector body are installed at the place of manufacture in a sheet of foam insulation board that will be used as the insulation layer in the construction of an insulated concrete sandwich wall.
Claims15
A connector assembly for use in forming insulated concrete sandwich walls having an insulation layer sandwiched between two concrete layers, comprising:
- (a) a first connector piece positioned on one side of the insulation layer;
- (b) a second connector piece positioned in axial alignment with the first connector piece on the opposite side of the insulation layer;
- (c) cooperative engagement elements on the two connector pieces that interlock the two connector pieced together upon movement of the two connector pieces into contact engagement with each other;
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- (d) a tie inserted into the interlocked connector pieces and having end portions which extend to either side of the insulation layer.
A connector assembly for use in forming insulated concrete sandwich walls having an insulation layer sandwiched between two concrete layers, comprising:
- (a) a first connector piece positioned on one side of the insulation layer;
- (b) a second connector piece positioned in axial alignment with the first connector piece on the opposite side of the insulation layer,
- (c) cooperative surfaces on the two connector pieces that abut each other upon movement of the two connector pieces into contact with each other;
- (d) means securing the first and second connector pieces to each other at the cooperative surfaces to interlock the pieces together;
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- (e) a tie inserted into the interlocked connector pieces and having end portions which extend to either side of the insulation layer.
A connector assembly for use in forming insulated concrete sandwich walls having an insulation layer sandwiched between two concrete layers, comprising:
- (a) a first connector piece positioned on one side of the insulation layer;
- (b) a second connector piece positioned in axial alignment with the first connector piece on the opposite side of the insulation layer;
- (c) a docking member positioned in axial alignment between the first and second connector pieces;
- (d) cooperative engagement elements on the two connector pieces and the docking member that interlock the two connector pieces to the docking upon movement of the two connector pieces into contact engagement with the docking member;
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- (e) a tie inserted into the interlocked docking member and connector pieces and having end portions which extend to either side of the insulation layer.
A method of constructing an insulated concrete sandwich wall having an insulation layer sandwiched between two concrete layers, comprising the steps of:
- (a) positioning a first connector piece on one side of the insulation layer;
- (b) positioning a second connector piece on the opposite side of the insulation layer in axial alignment with the first connector piece;
- (c) providing cooperative engagement elements of the two connector pieces;
- (d) moving the two connector pieces into contact engagement whereupon the cooperative engagement elements interlock the two connector pieces together;
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- (e) inserting a tie into the interlocked connector pieces-to a depth where end portions extend to either side of the insulation layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.