Patents by Inventor René P. Schmid

René P. Schmid has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080190055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device (1) for sealing off a joint (4) between a first and a second structural body (5, 6), in particular between concrete bodies, in the region of the joint (4) an injection duct (3) being provided, which is filled or can be filled with a sealing medium in order to seal off the joint (4) and/or voids (4a, 4b) present in the region of the joint (4), the injection duct (3) having arranged in it an extruded spacer body filling the injection duct (3), and the injection duct (3) being formed solely by walls of the structural bodies (5, 6), the extruded spacer body being a hollow profile extrusion (2) which has inside it at least one hollow profile duct preferably continuous in the longitudinal direction and a three-dimensional shape which withstands the hydrostatic pressure of the wet concrete during the pouring of the second structural body and can be pressed in when sealing medium is pressed into the injection duct (3) and which narrows the cross section and is set back from t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 6289645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shuttering element for separating a concrete section into concrete subsections. The shuttering element is of strip-like form and is adapted widthwise to the thickness of the concrete section. It comprises at least a strip-like shuttering board which is formed from a thin-walled, sheet-like material, with the result that, once the concrete section has been cast, the shuttering board can remain between the cast concrete subsections. The shuttering board preferably has recesses through which reinforcement struts can engage, with the result that the shuttering element according to the invention can be inserted even when reinforcement struts of a reinforcement are required to cross the shuttering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Agrar Chemie AG
    Inventor: René P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 6159399
    Abstract: A spreader pipe for use in erecting concrete walls. The spreader pipe may contain at least one hole in its wall which is then covered with an impermeable cuff to prevent the poured concrete from passing into the spreader pipe. Once the wall has been erected and the boarding plates removed, grout may be injected into the spreader pipe in such a manner that it flows through the at least one hole and passes from the cuff into the hollow spaces and cracks in the concrete wall around the spreader pipe thereby making the concrete wall substantially waterproof. Alternatively, the spreader pipe may contain weak spots, rather than the at least one hole, which are punctured by the pressure of the grout being forced into the spreader pipe, thereby filling the hollow spaces and cracks in the concrete wall around the spreader pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Rascor Spezialbau GmbH
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 6026622
    Abstract: Contraction joint rail for fitting in a wall (4) to be concreted and the use of such a rail which consists of a strip-like bar (1) with a device fitted to it forming an injection channel (2) extending over the length of the bar (1). The bar (1) may consist of a thin-walled plastic component, sheet zinc or the like. The device forming the injection channel (2) may be a foam strip (12) applied to the bar (1). The bar (1) may be fitted on both sides with a device forming an injection channel (2) and/or have perforations (5) permitting the penetration of a sealing material. The contraction joint rail of the invention is applied to an area of the wall (4) to be concreted and extends over the entire height of the wall (4), whereby after the wall (4) has been concreted, sealing material is sprayed into the injection channel (2) thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Rascor Spezialbau GmbH
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 5988648
    Abstract: Sealing device for sealing a joint (2) formed between two sections (3, 4) to be concreted, whereby the sealing device is embedded in the sections (3, 4) so that it is positioned at a right angle to the abutting ends (5, 6) of the joint (2) opposite the concreted sections (3, 4), whereby the sealing device is formed as a thin-walled, strip-shaped joint rail (1) made of rigid plastic and its dimensional shape and its wall thickness are so dimensioned that it is self-supporting.The rigid plastic is preferably a thermoplastic plastic, in particular HDPE, which is dimensionally stable in a temperature range of -20.degree. C. to +80.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Agrar Chemie AG
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 5914137
    Abstract: Apparatus for injecting grout into a spreader pipe used in the erection of concrete walls. The apparatus has a central jet tube containing holes and having a nozzle locking cap mounted on one end. A jacket containing injection holes encases the jet tube in a manner which covers the holes in the jet tube. The apparatus also contains two draw-in hoses on both sides of the jacket that encases the jet tube. The draw-in hoses operate selectively to bulge out in an axial direction, thereby sealing off an interspace within the spreader pipe between the draw-in hoses and allowing grout to be pumped into the spreader pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: RASCOR Spezialbau GmbH
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 5643402
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for introducing sealing material into at least one tubular injection element (12, 13), such as a hose and/or channel, in a concrete joint-sealing system, the injection element joining forming a sealant-injection path in the interior of the concrete and being laid between a primary and a secondary concrete slab on the surface of the primary slab and surrounded by the secondary slab. On injection, sealant flows out of the injection element into the joints between the concrete slabs. The device consists of a target element (1) which is connected for sealant transfer with the injection element and forms a cavity in the secondary concrete slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Rascor Spezialbau GmbH
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 5377469
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a joint disposed between two concreting sections, having an impermeable profile preferably fabricated from a synthetic material and cosntructed in a hood form to be open in cross section. The profile is mounted with the free longitudinal edges of its side portions adjacent to a concrete surface, so that a flow channel is formed therein for receiving a sealing medium between the profile and the concrete surface, where the sealing medium can emerge from between the free longitudinal edges of the profile and the concrete surface. A further sealing device is a body fabricated from a foam material or a foam material band, having a rectangular cross section provided with passage pores, the body being mounted to rest on the concrete surface, so that the flow channel for receiving the sealing medium is formed by the body itself, where the sealing medium emerges from the passage pores into the joint area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 5327693
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a joint disposed between two concreting sections, having an impermeable profile preferably fabricated from a synthetic material and constructed in a hood form to be open in cross section. The profile is mounted with the free longitudinal edges of its side portions adjacent to a concrete surface, so that a flow channel is formed therein for receiving a sealing medium between the profile and the concrete surface, where the sealing medium can emerge from between the free longitudinal edges of the profile and the concrete surface. A further sealing device is a body fabricated from a foam material or a foam material band, having a rectangular cross section provided with passage pores, the body being mounted to rest on the concrete surface, so that the flow channel for receiving the sealing medium is formed by the body itself, where the sealing medium emerges from the passage pores into the joint area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid
  • Patent number: 5249401
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a joint disposed between two concreting sections, having an impermeable profile preferably fabricated from a synthetic material and cosntructed in a hood form to be open in cross section. The profile is mounted with the free longitudinal edges of its side portions adjacent to a concrete surface, so that a flow channel is formed therein for receiving a sealing medium between the profile and the concrete surface, where the sealing medium can emerge from between the free longitudinal edges of the profile and the concrete surface. A further sealing device is a body fabricated from a foam material or a foam material band, having a rectangular cross section provided with passage pores, the body being mounted to rest on the concrete surface, so that the flow channel for receiving the sealing medium is formed by the body itself, where the sealing medium emerges from the passage pores into the joint area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Inventor: Rene P. Schmid