US 8,800,227 B2 · Connectors for concrete structure and structural insulating core

Abstract

The present invention relates to various types of connectors used to form concrete columns and beams using a structural insulating core wall as a mold for forming column and beam molds. Some connectors can extend above the structural insulating core, used as support channels within the column and beam molds or are flange extensions of the support channels. Some connectors have grooves within the inner and outer boards so the connectors can twist and lock into the grooves while other slide within the grooves to form column and beam molds. Many connectors have air gaps at the connector flanges for additional fasteners connections. Other connectors are installed horizontally interlocking the vertical support channels and connectors together. Some connectors are full height connectors while other can be short clip or brackets that attach to other connectors.

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Dependent claims

A column and beam forming wall mold system comprising:

an array of spaced apart flanged vertical metal support channels separated alternately by voids into which concrete is poured to form wall columns and insulating foam spacer blocks fully extending laterally between the channels, the channels extending above the top of the blocks creating a void into which concrete is poured to form a wall beam, the spacer blocks further alternately comprising full wall depth spacer blocks extending beyond the support flanges and narrow depth blocks extending between the flanges, the spacer blocks further comprising notches fully interfitted in the space between flanges, the spacer blocks further comprising notches fully interfitted in the space between flanges and mating grooves that encompass the channels;
and
inner and outer rigid boards attached to the flanges by fasteners passing through the boards from the outer surface, by longitudinal board grooves into which the flanges are fitted.

A column and beam forming wall mold system comprising:

an array of spaced apart flanged vertical metal support channels separated alternately by voids into which concrete is poured to form wall columns and insulating foam spacer blocks fully extending laterally between the channels, the channels extending above the top of the blocks creating a void into which concrete is poured to form a wall beam, the spacer blocks further alternately comprising full wall depth spacer blocks extending beyond the support flanges and narrow depth blocks extending between the flanges, the spacer blocks further comprising notches fully interfitted in the space between flanges, the spacer blocks further comprising notches fully interfitted in the space between flanges and mating grooves that encompass the channels;
and
inner and outer rigid boards attached to the flanges by fasteners passing through the boards from the outer surface, by longitudinal board grooves into which the flanges, and by connectors located in the beam void that are rotated into the board grooves.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Connectors for concrete structure and structural insulating core

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Connectors for concrete structure and structural insulating core

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Abstract

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