Heads And Bases Patents (Class 248/357)
  • Publication number: 20040118065
    Abstract: A column mounted shoring bracket has a support sub-assembly attached to a column or other supporting surface, a jack sub-assembly attached to the support and a head sub-assembly attached to a part of the jack that varies in height relative to the support. The head has a head base that supports one or more rollers for moving a form. The head also has a supporting plate for supporting the form. The supporting plate is connected to the head base so that it may be slid upwards and fixed in a position where the top of the supporting plate is above the top of the rollers, for example to carry the weight of a slab being built, or slid downwards so that the top of the supporting plate is below the top of the rollers which do not have to carry the weight of the slab being built. The angular position of the rollers may be aligned with an external reference such as the side of a column, a wall, or a jig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Barry W. Jackson, George W. Jackson
  • Patent number: 6684577
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for lifting and leveling an existing building from a position underneath the existing building. At least a first non-cylindrical support section having a substantially rectangular shape and first and second ends is located within the earth at a position underneath the existing building. A vertically-adjustable cap is placed in contact with the second end of the first non-cylindrical support section. A jack is disposed on an upper surface of a lower side of the cap and raised until an upper surface of an upper side of the cap is exerting pressure against the foundation of the existing building. The jack is then raised, thereby raising the cap, until the foundation has been raised to a desired height. The cap is the locked so that it will not move in the vertical directions and the jack is lowered and removed. If the building subsequently needs to be re-leveled, raised or lowered, the cap can be unlocked and vertically adjusted to an appropriate height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventor: Mark Dimitrijevic
  • Patent number: 6305134
    Abstract: A support structure for a building comprises a pair of steel piers (11) embedded into or supported upon a ground surface so as to extend upwardly therefrom. The structure also comprises a wall support lintel (80,90) secured to each pier (11) so as to extend substantially horizontally therebetween. The structure also comprises a respective floor support member (50) secured to each pier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Industrial Galvanizers Corporation Pty Ltd
    Inventor: John Crawford Robinson
  • Patent number: 6164615
    Abstract: A corrosion resistant machine foundation formed from precast corrosion resistant vertical panels of an aggregate filled thermosetting resin defining an enclosed hollow form, each of the two side edge portions of each vertical panel intersecting one of the two side edge portions of an adjacent vertical panel at a predetermined angle and forming therewith a corner of the enclosed hollow form; the hollow form defining at each of the corners a barrier extending across and spaced from the corner from one vertical panel to an adjacent vertical panel and from the bottom of the hollow form to a predetermined height less than the height of the two adjacent vertical panels to form a vertically extending chamber; a portion of the bottom of the vertically extending chambers and the hollow form being filled with a cementitious material within the area of the hollow form between all of the vertical panels and each of the barriers to the top of each barrier, and each of the vertically extending chambers and the remaining ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: L. Robert Basham
  • Patent number: 6112475
    Abstract: A knee brace bracket for use in a knee bracing system for tilt-up panel constructions. The knee brace bracket includes front and rear face members defining circular structures for extending around a main pipe brace which extends between a panel and a floor slab. The knee brace bracket is rigidly connected to a knee brace extending to a connection point on the panel. The knee brace bracket includes a plurality of rollers engaged with the main pipe brace whereby the main pipe brace is permitted to rotate within the knee brace bracket to permit a screw adjustment for the length of the main pipe brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Dayton Superior Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Truitt
  • Patent number: 6042074
    Abstract: A foundation pier coupling system is semi-permanently attached to a movable dwelling, such as a mobile home or commercial coach, is provided. The invented system includes coupling members that are attached to a support beam of the dwelling and to a pier, for securing the pier to the dwelling. The coupling members are hingably coupled together, enabling the pier to pivot relative to the support beam. The pier is pivoted against the beam when transporting the dwelling with the pier attached to the beam. A retaining member is provided for retaining the pier against the beam, to prevent the pier from accidentally contacting a ground surface when the dwelling is in transit. At an installation site, the pier is pivoted away from the beam, until it is perpendicular thereto and to the ground, for installing the dwelling. The height of the pier is then adjusted to secure the pier to the ground and support the dwelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventor: Matt Cusimano
  • Patent number: 6017104
    Abstract: A cabinet structure for housing electric or electronic equipments, has a front cabinet, a rear column whose height can be varied according to that of the front cabinet, structure fittings including a telescoping head to be superimposed to the column, a plurality of telescoping grid bottom plates, to be placed between two C-shaped profiles of a raceway for connecting the front cabinet to the rear column, together with a T-shaped crossbeam. The telescoping head and the grid bottom plates when in the telescoped position fit in their width to the width of the front cabinet which can range between a simple width for cabinet structures to be installed near a wall and a double width for cabinet structures to be installed in the middle of a room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: CMS Costruzioni Meccaniche Sestesi SRL
    Inventor: Carmine Foschino, deceased
  • Patent number: 5975818
    Abstract: A grating lift pad for mounting on the free end or edge of a grating section on the floor of an auto rack railroad car which lifts the grating section off the floor to reduce wear and rusting of the floor caused by movement and vibration of the grating during train movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Zeftek, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael K. Burke, Walter J. Peach, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5845450
    Abstract: A bracing system for bracing a masonry basement wall of a building against inward buckling and cracking due to hydrostatic pressure. The bracing system includes a vertically disposed I-beam positioned against a basement wall to be braced and having a floor plate at its lower end secured to the basement floor. A bracket is secured to the facing floor joist and is adjustable to urge the end of the I-beam against the basement wall. Two different embodiments of the bracket are provided to allow different modes of attachment of the bracket to a floor joist. Load distribution bracket assemblies distribute the load exerted against the I-beam and adjacent floor joist to other floor joists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventor: Lyle A. Larsen
  • Patent number: 5788204
    Abstract: A pump jack base (10) for a pole (12) of a pump jack scaffold (14) comprising a base plate (16). A facility (18) is for securing the base plate (16) to a generally flat support surface (20). A structure (22) is for holding a lower end of the pole (12) of the pump jack scaffold (14). An assembly (24) is for attaching the holding structure (22) to the base plate (16) in an adjustable manner. The pole (12) can be positioned within one hundred and eighty degree angle with respect to the base plate (16) to compensate for the pitch and slope of the generally flat support surface (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventors: Jeffrey G Goodwin, Howard W Hughes
  • Patent number: 5725330
    Abstract: Joining arrangements (7) capable of swivelling around an axis bolt (6) are limited in their swivelling by one of the springs of a pair of springs (12, 13) welded together into a unit to make it possible to individually or alternately drive or pull opposite lining elements (1) of a canal lining system into or out of the soil without causing the braces (4) that prop the lining elements (1) against each other nor their joining arrangements (7) to be deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Wolfgang Richter
    Inventor: Josef Krings
  • Patent number: 5711561
    Abstract: The bumper mountable camper stand includes a pair of base members each having first and second feet extending longitudinally opposite, and having a pillar extending perpendicularly therefrom, a lateral cross member and having a pair of tubes extending perpendicularly therefrom, first mounting apparatus for releasable mounting the first feet in sliding engagement to a mounting member on a frame of a vehicle, second mounting apparatus for releasable mounting the tubes in sliding engagement to the second feet, and third mounting apparatus for releasable mounting the tubes in sliding engagement to the pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Richard L. Boysen
  • Patent number: 5711504
    Abstract: A foundation pier for supporting a movable dwelling that substantially resists environmental forces, such as seismic and wind forces, and which is semi-permanently attached to the movable dwelling, such as a mobile home or commercial coach, is provided. The invented pier includes coupling members that are attached to a support beam of the dwelling and to the pier, for securing the pier to the dwelling. The coupling members are hingably coupled together, enabling the pier to pivot relative to the support beam. The pier is pivoted against the beam when transporting the dwelling with the pier attached to the beam. A retaining member is provided for retaining the pier against the beam, to prevent the pier from accidentally contacting a ground surface when the dwelling is in transit. At an installation site, the pier is pivoted away from the beam, until it is perpendicular thereto and to the ground, for installing the dwelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Matt Cusimano
  • Patent number: 5681021
    Abstract: A system for lifting and supporting a roof including a jack and a pair of jack mounting brackets. One of the mounting brackets is attached to a roof truss and the other of the mounting brackets is attached to a ceiling joist. The jack extends between the mounting brackets, and has reduced diameter ends which are received within enlarged openings in the mounting brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Inventor: Ronald C. Noll
  • Patent number: 5658099
    Abstract: The prop headboard is used to support an inflatable grout bag on the head of an elongate prop. The headboard has a timber frame which presents a planar support surface suitable for supporting the inflatable grout bag. Bag-retaining flaps made of flexible fabric material extend from opposite edges of the headboard. These flaps are folded over the grout bag and serve to centralise it on the headboard and to restrain it from rolling out sideways during inflation and thereafter. The invention also concerns a prop system in which the headboard is used, and a method of supporting a hanging wall in a mine working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: HL & H Timber Products (Propreitary) Limited
    Inventors: Frans Roelof Petrus Pienaar, Brian Peter Lewis, Peter John Cook
  • Patent number: 5651417
    Abstract: Base for a fire-fighting tool is adapted to be secured to a horizontal surface such as the deck of a ship next to a vertical surface such as a bulkhead of such ship. The base is disposable at an angle that will allow the tip of a penetrator of a nozzle section of the fire-fighting tool, upon activation of an extensible hydraulic ram attached to the nozzle section, to be forced into the bulkhead and ultimately through the bulkhead, after which water may be sprayed into the area behind the bulkhead where a fire may be burning via spray orifices in the nozzle section. The arrangement of the fire-fighting tool at an angle between the deck and the bulkhead assures that there will be a rigid surface available for enabling pressure of the hydraulic ram to be exerted forcefully enough on the end of the penetrator section to breach the wall or bulkhead. The penetrator will dig into the wall surface efficiently and effectively even though it is applied to such wall surface at an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Inventor: Jerome A. Coughlin
  • Patent number: 5611514
    Abstract: A pier (10) for supporting an object, such as a mobile home coach frame, above the ground generally comprises support (80) supporting pipe (70) in a vertical position and against downward movement, platform (30) having a sloped upper surface (43) supported by top end (71) of pipe (70), and wedge (50) supported by platform (30); wedge (50) having slanted bottom (53) and horizontal top surface (60) for supporting the load. The height of pier (10) can be adjusted by sliding wedge (50) up sloped surface (43). Gripping ridges (45,55) on slope (43) and slanted bottom (53) interact so that the wedge (50) may not slide down the slope (43). Platform (30) includes a plurality of receptacles (40) for receiving top end (71) of pipe (70) for supporting sloped surface (43) at various heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Inventors: James Oliver, Evon L. Oliver
  • Patent number: 5595366
    Abstract: A foundation pier for supporting a movable dwelling, such as a mobile home or commercial coach is provided. The pier provides enhanced seismic and wind force absorption properties over prior art piers. The invented pier includes a base plate having a threaded shaft affixed thereto. A plurality of webs are spatially positioned about the shaft at predetermined intervals. A support member has a first end threadably coupled to the shaft for adjusting the height of the pier. Couple members detachably couple to second end of the support member for attaching the pier to a support beam of the movable dwelling to prevent movement between the pier and the dwelling. A clamp member is affixed to the plurality of webs. The clamp member couples to the support member for preventing movement of the support member relative to the shaft and the clamp member. Environmental forces applied to the support member are transmitted from the clamp member and distributed through the plurality of webs to prevent the pier from collapsing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Central Piers, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Cusimano, Douglas W. Ladd
  • Patent number: 5590863
    Abstract: A support including a support pipe having a pair of elongated holes formed therein, a support ring, an insertion pipe having plural pairs of pin holes formed therein, and a support pin. The support ring includes a main support ring member having an internal thread formed in the inner peripheral portion thereof and an upper support ring member rotatably coupled to the upper end portion of the main support ring member via an upper thrust bearing. A rotary operation handle is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the main support ring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Mitsuo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5560160
    Abstract: A flying form table truss having web members interconnecting top and bottom chords includes screw jack legs adjustable independently of the web members along the bottom chord. Each screw jack leg has a screw jack and a ground engagement member at one end of the screw jack leg, and is connected by a pivot connection to a readily releasible fastening mechanism provided at the opposite end of the screw jack for securing the screw jack leg to the bottom chord. The fastening mechanism comprises at least one fastener for tightening the fastening mechanism against the bottom chord to secure the screw jack leg in position on the bottom chord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Inventor: Peter Vladikovic
  • Patent number: 5560581
    Abstract: The hinged support base comprises a support element shaped semicubically and exhibiting two quadrilateral faces, which are of like dimensions, two triangular faces, of like dimensions, a diagonal face affording a hemispherical cavity, and a terminal element exhibiting a head portion which is partially spherical and which is housable in the hemispherical cavity. The hemispherical cavity of the support element exhibits a plurality of partially cylindrical recesses. The support element further comprises a lock-tooth for the head portion. The support element also exhibits elongate projections on each quadrilateral face thereof and isolated projections on each triangular face thereof; and further exhibits a plurality of holes for connecting screws for connection thereof to at least one like support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: IDROS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luigi Cassone
  • Patent number: 5520360
    Abstract: A new and improved adjustable jack stand with a hollow base support having an aperture formed through a front wall and extends through a back wall. A plurality of support legs are secured to the base support. Included in the invention is a hollow middle section having a plurality of apertures formed through a front wall and through a back wall. The middle section is slidably coupled within the base support. The plurality of apertures optionally align with the aperture formed through the front wall and through the back wall of the base support for securement therewith by a securement pin. A hollow upper section has a cradle support secured thereto. The cradle support serves to support the vehicle. A plurality of apertures are formed through a front wall and through a back wall. The plurality of apertures optionally align with the plurality of apertures formed through the front wall and through the back wall of the middle section for securement therewith by a securement pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Inventor: Scott M. Wensman
  • Patent number: 5516069
    Abstract: An adjustable construction support apparatus includes a poured concrete footing assembly and a tube assembly retained in the footing assembly. A threaded collar is attached to a top portion of the tube assembly. A threaded shaft has complimentary threads to the threaded collar, and the threaded shaft is received by the threaded collar such that a lower portion of the threaded shaft extends into the tube assembly. A nut is welded to the threaded shaft and is adapted for receiving a wrench for applying a torque for rotating the threaded shaft. A swivel assembly is connected to an upper portion of the threaded shaft, and a bracket assembly is attached to the swivel assembly. The bracket assembly is adapted to engage a portion of a structure. The tube assembly includes a disparate diameter region adapted to receive a portion of the footing assembly such that the tube assembly is secured in the footing assembly and is prevented from moving vertically in the footing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Inventor: Maxwell H. Hanna
  • Patent number: 5509237
    Abstract: A device for anchoring a mobile home in position above the ground. The device comprises a bracket pair which can be mounted on an existing stanchion and mobile home without requiring modification of the stanchion or removal of the stanchion from position underneath the mobile home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Inventor: William L. Coulter
  • Patent number: 5499476
    Abstract: A raised flooring system and methods of forming components of such a system are disclosed. Systems consistent with embodiments of the present invention utilize thin sheet metal, typically galvanized steel, base plates laid side by side on an existing floor. Attached in a rectilinear pattern to the base plates are stand-offs, which support floor panels forming the raised or false floor (which in turn are typically covered with carpet tile). In addition to supporting the floor panels, the stand-offs form a network of channels where conduit, cables, hoses, pipe and similar materials can be routed. The stand-offs are punched and then formed from thin sheet metal, also typically galvanized steel, and have an overall shape generally that of a truncated cone achieved with four arms that have rolled edges for enhanced load-bearing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Interface, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold F. Adams, Roderick A. Suarez, Lewis H. Engle
  • Patent number: 5490656
    Abstract: A camper jack stand system comprising: at least one stand, each stand being formed in an elongated configuration and including a top segment, a bottom segment and central segment therebetween, the top segment including coupling devices to permit releasable coupling of a conventional camper jack thereto, the bottom segment having a wide base to provide a stable support foundation for the stand, the elongated central segment providing additional clearance height between the ground and a camper supported by a conventional camper jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Inventor: Robert M. Frisby
  • Patent number: 5484130
    Abstract: An adjustable column for use between ceiling and floor surfaces of a mine has an outer tube having an outer end and an inner end and an inner tube having an inner end in the outer tube at the inner end thereof and an outer end. The tubes are coaxial to an upright axis and an external screwthread on the outer-tube inner end fits with an inner screwthread on the inner-tube inner end so that the tubes can be screwed relative to each other to change the axial length of the column. One of the outer ends is operatively braced against one of the surfaces and the other outer end is spaced from the other of the surfaces. A resiliently compressible support element is braced axially between the other outer end and the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Bochumer Eisenhutte Heintzmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Domanski, Rudi Podjadtke
  • Patent number: 5439325
    Abstract: A roof support column used as a support between the roof and floor of a mine comprises a stacked series of hollow roof support cribs containing a mixture of light-weight aggregate such as volcanic lava, tuft or pumice, and a chemical foam contained in one chamber of a triple-walled high density paper tubing. The other chamber has honeycomb material therein. The combination of these materials results in a roof support crib which has the yielding characteristics of wood. Such cribs called variable yielding cribs are stacked and locked on top of one another to form a vertical cylindrical cribbing support column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Mountainland Support, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris D. Kitchen
  • Patent number: 5427342
    Abstract: A support is provided for positioning on the base of a wooden lawn furniture leg. The support has an area that is at least five times the area of the bottom of the leg to distribute the load over a large area. This permits easy sliding of the leg across a lawn. The support is arranged to prevent prolonged contact of the leg with a source of moisture. In addition, the support provides venting to the bottom of the leg to minimize dry-rot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Inventor: Donald F. Gagnon
  • Patent number: 5427476
    Abstract: The mine prop headboard (10) is used to support an inflatable grout bag (44) and is located transversely on an end of an elongate mine prop (12) which is in use installed upright between a hanging wall and a footwall in a mine working. The headboard includes a chock assembly which is composed of parallel, elongate timber chocks (14). A steel reinforcement sheet is secured to and extends over the support surface of the chock assembly to provide tensile reinforcement a grout bag is placed on the headboard and is inflated with grout under pressure sufficient to apply a compressive axial force to the prop between the hanging wall and the footwall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: HL & H Timber Products (PTY) Ltd.
    Inventors: Frans R. P. Pienaar, Peter J. Cook
  • Patent number: 5419524
    Abstract: An injection molded one-piece glass fiber reinforced weight distribution pad for supporting parked trailers such as tractor trailers, mobile cranes, fifth wheel campers and trailers, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and pickup camper units includes a plurality of radially and circumferentially extending intersecting struts extending upwardly from a circular base plate. The pad includes a central circular reinforced zone for supporting a support leg of a trailer or other vehicle. A handle rod extending between adjacent radial webs and aligned with an opening in the base plate forms a carrying handle for the pad. The pad resists degradation due to exposure to UV, weather, fuel, oil, moisture, and provides electrical insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Inventors: Leonard W. Evans, Leslie W. Evans
  • Patent number: 5409192
    Abstract: A load equalizing pier for a coach comprises a stand for placement on the ground and a head for placement under a load, e.g. a coach beam. The stand includes means for adjusting the height of the head. The head includes a base plate for attachment to the top of the stand and a support plate for placement under the load. Springs, supported by the base plate bias the support plate toward a biased position separated from the base plate. Bolts retain the support plate to the base plate above the base plate such that the support plate is movable downward from a biased position to a stop position restrained by the base plate. The springs apply a biasing force less than the desired load such that said support plate, under desired load, is restrained from further downward movement by said base plate. Preferably, the springs apply a biasing force of less than half of the desired load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventor: James Oliver
  • Patent number: 5348258
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting a camper jack onto a camper body. A novel mounting bracket is used to mount a camper jack onto a camper body in a clean, attractive, and unobtrusive manner. The mounting bracket is formed of three integral flat portions, a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The three integral portions are formed into a generally z-shaped configuration wherein the second portion forms the middle of the mounting bracket, and the first and third portions extend perpendicularly from opposite ends of the second portion and in opposite directions from each other. When the mounting bracket is attached to the camper body, the first and second portions conform to the shape of a corner edge of the camper body. The third portion projects outwardly from the camper body. Once the mounting bracket is securely attached to the camper body, a camper jack can be conveniently positioned between the third portion and the second portion of the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Inventor: C. Martin Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 5326065
    Abstract: A foot or top plate assembly for a shoring structure or tower comprises a wedged pin, a screw jack having an end adapted to receive the wedged pin in a friction fit, a foot plate having a first support for receiving the wedged pin in a friction fit and a second support for supporting the wedged pin. The first and second supports adapted to receive the hollow end in a sliding fit. The wedged pin connects the foot plate to the screw jack, whereby as the wedged pin is moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position the base plate moves relative to the screw jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: George W. Jackson
  • Patent number: 5314161
    Abstract: A mine prop has a post or column formed by two telescopingly interfitted tubes, one of which has a bottleneck configuration over which the other is spread to provide a resistance to telescoping contraction. At the upper end, a nut is rotatable on the post and can advance the threaded spindle engaged therein to brace the prop between the roof and ceiling of a subterranean structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Bochumer Eisenhutte Heintzmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Domanski, Rudi Podjadtke
  • Patent number: 5149044
    Abstract: A cap shoe for connecting a mine prop to a head tree or cap in the form of a U-shaped girder whose U shanks have corrugations extending the full width thereof is engageable by complementary formations on the flanges of the cap or head tree which is received in the shoe. The latter is welded to the mine prop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Bochumer Eisenhutte Heintzmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Mennekes, Rudi Podjadtke
  • Patent number: 5149228
    Abstract: The prop preloading apparatus comprises a frame and means for supporting the frame on an end of an elongate prop in a manner permitting at least limited swivelling movement of the frame relative to the prop about at least one axis transverse to the axis of the prop. The apparatus also includes a flexible preload bag which is inflatable with a settable substance and which is dimensioned to be supported by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: HL&H Timber Products (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Frans R. P. Pienaar, Brian P. Lewis, Graham Clark
  • Patent number: 5052862
    Abstract: The trench assembly comprises shoring plates supporting the side walls of the trench, vertical posts holding the shoring plates and at least one spindle or shore for the support of two oppositely located posts, the plates, include respective front sides pressed against the associated posts and curved in the vertical plane so that they can roll on the posts when the assembly is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Krings Verbau GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Uffmann
  • Patent number: 5009385
    Abstract: An arrangement for releasably securing an equipment or instrumentation box in the cockpit of aircraft in alternate orientations by having one portion of the box apertured to cooperate with pins on a mounting tray and another portion slotted to cooperate with a biasing clamp on the mounting tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Larry L. Burgener, Larry L. Durbin
  • Patent number: 4996770
    Abstract: A method for bracing a concrete form assembly by the interconnection of a first beam member and a second beam member by an inclined beam member. Each beam member is of a generally rectangular shape in transverse cross section and includes a pair of end plates. An adaptor unit of a right isosceles triangular shape in side elevation is used to connect the inclined beam to the first and the second beam. The hypotenuse section of a first adaptor unit is mounted on the first beam and the hypotenuse section of a second adaptor unit is mounted on the second beam. The locations of attachment are selected such that the distance between oppositely facing side sections of the adaptor units is equal to the length of the inclined beam member, which is inserted therebetween. Each end plate of the inclined beam member is bolted to the adjacent side section of an adaptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Economy Forms Corporation
    Inventor: L. Scott McCracken
  • Patent number: 4930270
    Abstract: A building system which utilizes flooring supported by adjustable posts and individual beams extending between the posts which may be temporarily supported in excavations to enable the floor to be erected, and then adjusted for level. The excavations are subsequently filled with concrete to form footings. The posts may extend upwardly beyond the floor beams to form wall supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Aldo Bevacqua
  • Patent number: 4915339
    Abstract: This invention relates to a mine prop. The prop consists of a timber pole which is cut adjacent one of its ends and over a portion of its length to provide an axially positioned core of reduced cross-section relatively to the uncut portion of the pole, timber on the outside of the cut and at least one hoop of yieldable material surrounding the pole over the core and the timer on the outside of it to restrain expansion of the cone and outer timber in a direction transverse to the pole axis when the prop is reduced in length under a compressive load in its axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: H L & H Timer Products (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Hagen Halbich
  • Patent number: 4870789
    Abstract: A Manufactured Building Adjustable Leveling and Support Device is a fabricated metallic structure attached by means to a non-metallic base or footing characterized by wood, composite plastic materials, concrete or mortar, which devise, when used individually or in conjunction with other identical devices or unrelated devices or structures, provides an adjustable means of leveling and supporting the mainframe chassis of any manufactured building whose mainframe consists of one or more mainframe beams characterized by metallic "I" beams, "C" channel or other such structural shapes running the length or width of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventors: Steven J. Clark, William C. Fields
  • Patent number: 4868943
    Abstract: A combination tool for the installation of wallboard and the application of insulation to a building. The tool comprises an elongate, rectangular, tublar rod having a kickjack at one end and an extender, which is attachable to the kickjack and is used for adjusting the length of the tool. The tool performs two functions as a wallboard installation device. First, a blade at the free end of the kickjack is used for supporting wallboard as it is being positioned and secured to a building frame, thereby freeing the construction worker's hands so that only one worker is required to hang a piece of wallboard. Second, the tool is useful as a "kickjack" or lever-fulcrum combination to install a wallboard at floor level tightly against an upper level wallboard. The combination tool also has a tined attachment, which can be fixed to the blade, for applying insulation to a building frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Inventor: Allen J. Robichaud
  • Patent number: 4846580
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a method and apparatus for continuous mixing, transporting and placing of large quantities of concrete in which aggregate transported on a belt conveyor is mixed with metered quantities of cement and water adjacent a place of pouring. Alternatively, mixed concrete is transported to a place of pouring protected from the elements on a belt conveyor covered by a tunnel that confines cooled air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Rotec Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Oury
  • Patent number: 4820085
    Abstract: A steel cap for steel sets in mining support structures is made of a hollow sectional profile having a certain length. A tip is arranged as an insert at one end of the sectional profile. A fork is arranged as an insert at the other end of the sectional profile. Each insert is formed as a plug-in connection. The plug-in connection is provided with a hold free of play in a correct position. For this purpose each insert has at its end facing the sectional profile, a plug with a cross-section corresponding to that of the sectional profile, and at least one surface inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the steel cap. At least one movable wedge element is arranged for cooperation with each inclined surface. A wedge drive permits driving the wedge element or elements into or out of a locking position relative to the respective inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Inventor: Martha-Catharina Heiliger
  • Patent number: 4793110
    Abstract: Tubular columns of approximately rectangular cross section secured and supported at their lower ends by deformable sockets, pre-cast in concrete at grade level or floor level, and support a structure at their upper ends and/or along their length. The socket has three vertical sides and one sloping side, to receive the column and a wedge, which is driven to secure the column. All forces between the wedge, column, and socket are passed through the socket and retained by the concrete, so that bending loads upon the column are limited only by the bending strength of the column itself. Vertical movement of the column out of the socket is restricted by friction from the extreme pressure generated by the driven wedge upon the column, socket, and concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Inventor: Joe W. Tucker
  • Patent number: 4768800
    Abstract: An auxiliary pad for attachment to the foot portion of a bicycle kickstand is molded in two pieces of polypropylene. A clamp section has a pair of opposing semicylindrical clamp elements and can be folded to clamp around the downwardly extending rod of the kickstand. A pair of semicylindrical shims is attached to the clamp elements and can be used if required. A pad section is provided having a ribbed underside and a pair of brackets to accept a pair of clamp legs serving to hold the pad section against the foot portion of the kickstand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Inventor: Stephen G. Johns
  • Patent number: 4745717
    Abstract: An adaptor to interface a poke-thru with power cable sets of a flexible wiring system. The adaptor has: an elongated, hollow housing with an axially extending opening; a support inside of the housing having a center section and a head, the center section extending across the opening and the head which has an opening for power conductors extends across the interior of the housing; a wire connector mounted on the center section of the support member and accesible through the housing opening; and a hollow, axially extending barrier inside of the housing and resting the head, the interior of the barrier being in communication with power conductor passageway in the head. The portion of the housing not closed off by the center section serves as an entrance to the adaptor for communication cables. The barrier and the head isolate the communication cables from the power conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Butler Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Charles N. Domigan
  • Patent number: 4741505
    Abstract: A side rail system for interconnecting layered sections of elongated scaffold staging with the sections respectively spanning pairs of opposing upper and lower support arms of pump jacks which respectively ride on spaced apart pump jack poles. The side rail system includes upright posts which are spaced along the staging. A pair of rods are associated with each of the posts. The rods confrontingly project from the respective staging sections. The posts are pivotally coupled to the rods and are secured to the rods by quick adjust pins to prevent separation of the rods and posts. A mid-rail as well as a toe board can be interconnected between the rails. An end rail system can also be included. The scaffolding arrangement can be used exteriorly with a brace onto a wall. It can also be used interiorly between roof and floor with appropriate height adjustment arrangement provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Inventor: Carl E. Anderson