Abstract: A tapered tie for use in concrete form tying apparatus comprising a threaded steel rod having a longitudinally tapering protective plastic sleeve placed over the central portion thereof.

Abstract: A device for ensuring the spacing of form panels during the pouring of concrete walls including a spacing cone in the shape of a frustum of a cone provided with a wear resisting flange moulded around the larger base.

Abstract: An adjustable molding form comprises axially elongated male and female form elements made from severable plastic material. Each element has a thin-walled shell of uniform wall thickness which defines internal and external helical screw threads. The female form element has one end wall and is open at its opposite end, whereas the male form element has a pair of end walls and is threaded into the open end of the female form element. Coaxially aligned central openings in the end walls of the form elements cooperate with a rod or bolt member which extends therethrough to support the molding form at axially spaced intervals on the member.

Abstract: The concrete form apparatus includes a pair of spaced form sections. The form sections are held in properly spaced relation by spreader sleeves and threaded adjustment means in the form of a threaded rod which engages nuts suitably positioned on the form sections. The form sections can be erected and dismantled from the inside of a building, thus eliminating the need for any type of exterior scaffolding and the expense of erecting and dismantling it. The threaded adjustment means makes it possible to adjust the form sections to the proper horizontal spacing from inside the building. A second threaded adjustment means provides for vertical adjustment of the form sections.

Abstract: A concrete form assembly comprises spaced apart form members that are retained in position during concrete pouring by an arrangement that includes spacer elements, plastic tie rods, and anchors. The anchors are on the outsides of the forms and grip the tie rods. Each anchor comprises a tapered jaw cluster in a tapered shell so arranged that outward forces applied to the forms due to concrete being poured therebetween increases the grip of the anchors on the tie rods to retain the forms at the established spacing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clamp or tie rod assembly which can be inserted and withdrawn from one side of spaced form members between which concrete or the like is to be poured. The assembly includes a removable shaft and an eccentrically bored spacer accommodated on the shaft prior to its insertion between the forms. The spacer is left imbedded in the concrete when the shaft is later withdrawn at the time the forms are to be removed from the concrete.

Abstract: A feed-through, self-sealing tie assembly for mounting as a unit on concrete forms and capable of being removed therefrom without disassembling the forms or the tie assembly is disclosed. The tie assembly includes an elongated tie rod on which is mounted an elongatable, elastomeric sleeve. The sleeve and the tie rod have interengageable surfaces for releasably coupling the sleeve to the tie rod. Guide means positioned over one end of the sleeve facilitates insertion of the tie assembly through corresponding spaced openings in the forms so that both ends of the sleeve are projected exteriorly of the forms. The openings are sealed by the elastomeric sleeve due to the lateral deformation of the sleeve when in the form openings and by the compressive forces exerted by the concrete on the tie assembly. Thus, the elastomeric sleeve provides a self-sealing and removable closure.