Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a formwork anchor receptacle for arrangement on a bearing element of a formwork element, having a receptacle element, which has a receptacle opening for insertion of an anchor rod and a ball section for mounting on the mounting element of the formwork element, and having a retaining apparatus for retaining the receptacle element on the bearing element of the formwork element, wherein the retaining apparatus has a spacer element for contacting the bearing element of the formwork element, wherein the spacer element has an mounting opening for mounting on the receptacle element and a formwork device having such a formwork anchor receptacle.

Abstract: For one sided anchoring of two casing elements the invention proposes an anchor including an anchor rod with a thread and an anchor head that is rotationally fixed at the anchor rod to drive the anchor to rotate. A first reaction bearing is arranged at a fixed distance from the anchor head, wherein an enveloping tube that is arrangeable on the anchor rod is supported at the first reaction bearing, wherein a sleeve that forms a second reaction bearing for a casing element that is remote from the anchor head is arranged at another end of the enveloping tube. The invention facilitates one sided anchoring.

Abstract: Pulling eyes are provided with integrated wiring systems suitable for installing conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may include body portions that define interior cavities that are sized to snugly engage outside portions of the conductors or cables. The body portions are sized to be deformably crimped onto the outside portions of the conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may also include head portions joined to the body portions, with the head portions defining apertures for receiving a strength member for installing the conductors or cables. These apertures place the interior cavities in communication with the exteriors of the pulling eyes.

Abstract: A leveling device for laying tiles or the like includes a tie-rod having a support base for edge portions of one or more adjacent tiles, a projecting element from the base, which can be arranged into junctions between adjacent tiles, and a knob coupling with the projecting element and having an outlet pass-through hole for a free end of the projecting element. The knob is configured to force an edge portion of the adjacent tiles against the base to level the placement and is configured to receive and retain, by snap coupling elements, a blocking tie-rod hooking and retaining the projecting element inside a pass-through channel defined in the blocking tie-rod. The blocking tie-rod is sectioned into two coupling half-shells, embracing and constraining the projecting element when inserted in the cap, and mutually separating to leave free the projecting element when at least partially extracted from the cap.

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing concrete foundations are provided which allow for rapid and high-precision placement and alignment of anchor bolts across large distances. A frame system is constructed outside of an excavation and then suspended, using supports, over an excavation. The frame system can include a frame having one or more templates for anchor bolts, a form suspended from the frame, and a mat and cage assembly tied to the frame. The frame system can be aligned in proper position and the anchor bolts placed in the frame system before the concrete is placed. In this way, the anchor bolts can be cast in place as the footing is placed.

Abstract: A form tie for use in constructing building components and structures, including but not limited to concrete walls, concrete sandwich walls, and concrete foundations is disclosed. The form tie includes a central body portion and two end portions. The two end portions each include a taper that decreases in width inwardly toward the center of the form tie. Also disclosed is a clamp device for releasably securing the form tie to a form assembly. The clamp device includes a tapered passageway that grips a taper of the end portions of the disclosed form tie. Also disclosed is a form assembly including a first form wall, second form wall, and at least one form tie and clamp device of the present invention.

Abstract: A method of forming an insulated concrete foundation is provided comprising constructing a foundation frame, the frame comprising an insulating form having an opening, inserting a pocket former into the opening; placing concrete inside the foundation frame; and removing the pocket former after the placed concrete has set, wherein the concrete forms a pocket in the placed concrete that is accessible through the opening. The method may further comprise sealing the opening by placing a sealing plug or sealing material in the opening. A system for forming an insulated concrete foundation is provided comprising a plurality of interconnected insulating forms, the insulating forms having a rigid outer member protecting and encasing an insulating material, and at least one gripping lip extending outwardly from the outer member to provide a pest barrier. At least one insulating form has an opening into which a removable pocket former is inserted.

Abstract: A moldboard positioning assembly is adapted for positioning at least two spaced-apart moldboards each having at least one through hole. The moldboard positioning assembly includes a spacer block and two threaded connecting poles. The spacer block is adapted for passing through the through hole of one of the moldboards and is adapted to be disposed between and to abut against the moldboards. The threaded connecting poles respectively project from two opposite ends of the spacer block, and each of the threaded connecting poles is adapted to penetrate through the through hole of a corresponding one of the moldboards. The spacer block has a cross section larger than that of the threaded connecting poles.

Abstract: An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the general appearance of a traditional rubber stamp, with large knob at the top to quickly adjust the depth of embossings. Small wings beside the knob provide an instant feature for orientation and comfortable ergonomic grip. The device provides both an emboss-only mode, and emboss-and-cut simultaneously mode, much in the manner of a cookie cutter. A simple snap means located at the bottom of the device functions to change such modes. Under the base of the device is a “socket set” style snap-in stamping die. As is the case with the roller device, the stamper device may be utilized for: 1) standard messages and images; 2) snap-in letters, which allows the user to assemble his or her own custom message; or 3) custom logos, messages, and images.

Abstract: The invention relates to a formwork system which comprises formwork elements having opposite formwork interior surfaces, which can be interlinked at a distance to one another by means of formwork ties. Said formwork ties are constituted of a bolt element and two locking elements that are configured so as to be coupled to the bolt elements in the two distal areas thereof facing away from each other and that are adapted to transmit tensile forces from the formwork elements onto the bolt element. The formwork system is characterized in that the locking elements comprise coupling elements for transmitting pressure forces from the formwork elements onto the bolt element.

Abstract: A pocket former includes an outer barrel having a first rim, a second rim and a frustoconical body portion extending from the first rim to the second rim. A center barrel is connected to the outer barrel and has a proximal lip adjacent the first rim of the outer barrel, a distal lip adjacent the second rim of the outer barrel, and a tubular body portion extending from the proximal lip to the distal lip, and extends beyond both the first rim and the second rim. An annular flange curves out and away from the second rim of the outer barrel. A spiral surface is located on the frustoconical body portion of the outer barrel. A nut surface is located on the tubular body portion of the center barrel adjacent the distal lip.

Abstract: A method of constructing a wall form and of forming a wall includes employing a modular concrete form system having a clamping device to clamp adjacent modular form members to one another. The clamping device includes an elongated bar, a pair of clamps mounted on the bar, and a pair of clip assemblies mounted on the bar, the bar being shaped to complementarily engage the perimeter frames of the modular form members. The jaws of the clamps retain the perimeter frames of the adjacent modular form members against the bar, which clamps the form members to the bar and retains them in a flush orientation with one another. The clip assemblies each having a slidable tie clip formed with an opening for receiving a portion of a tie therein. The tie is tapered and is nominally of a circular cross section and formed with a plurality of spaced groves at the alternate ends thereof.

Abstract: An anchor for a post-tension anchorage system includes an anchor member with an end surface, a polymeric encapsulation covering the anchor member having a tubular section extending outwardly from the end surface of the anchor member, and an improved cap having a generally tubular body with an open end and a closed end. The tubular section of the encapsulation includes an inwardly extending protrusion. The improved cap has a flanged end adjacent an open end of the tubular body of the cap. This flanged end has a circumferential surface. A locking member is formed on the circumferential surface for detachably engaging the protrusion such that the flanged end is fixedly received within the tubular section. A compressible seal is affixed within the polymeric encapsulation and extends around the end surface. The cap has an annular surface extending around the open end and in compressible contact with the compressible seal when the locking member engages the protrusion.

Abstract: A new snap tie for the purpose of keeping snap ties in place during the forming process. The inventive device includes a snap tie which includes an elongated member with a conical shaped spacer fitted at about the center of the elongated member and a pair of wires embedded in the conical shaped spacer on opposite sides of the elongated member.

Abstract: A pocket former having a body with a tapered exterior surface. The body has a top surface and a bottom surface and a tubular member extending therethrough. The top surface extends outwardly from the tubular member for a greater distance than the bottom surface. The top surface and the bottom surface define a pocket therebetween. The top surface tapers to the bottom surface. The pocket has a generally semi-circular configuration at one end with a top surface forming a linear edge of the semi-circular configuration. The pocket has another portion of generally circular configuration. A plurality of radial struts extend from the tubular member to the top and bottom surfaces.

Abstract: Apparatus for in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Preferably, polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by transverse retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hold them against the forms so that uncured concrete is poured between the forms and against the panels. After the concrete is cured, the forms are removed, leaving the insulation panels and the strips, the strips serving to receive dry wall fasteners.

Abstract: A sleeve assembly for forming a lined opening in molded structures made from concrete or the like. The sleeve provides the lining. During formation of the structure, the sleeve is held in place by a pair of generally hemispherical end cups having tapering and/or curving surfaces for supporting sleeves of a variety of sizes. The end cups are preferably held in place by a retainer which passes through the sleeve and is connected to the end cups by loose fitting clips which are mounted in the end cups. The sleeve assembly is adapted to be secured between a pair of generally parallel panels between which a molded structure such as a wall is formed.

Abstract: An improved moldboard fastener includes mainly one ore more inner pull rod, two shower heads, two outer pull rods, two washers and two nuts. The shower head is made integrally of a concrete material having a great strength and is composed of a rod body having inner threads. The rod body, which is enclosed in the shower head, extends outwards for an appropriate length and comprises a flange extending in a direction opposite to an end of the shower head in such a manner that the flange is aligned with the end of the shower head. The inner pull rod is located between and fastened to the two shower heads while the two outer pull rods are fastened respectively to another ends of the two shower heads. The inner pull rod, two shower heads and two outer pull rods are held securely in place by means of the two washers and the two nuts. Upon the completion of the pouring operation of the concrete into the space defined by the moldboards, the inner pull rod and the shower heads are left in the concrete wall so built.

Abstract: A clamping and fixing arrangement which functions to fixate the various elements of formwork or shuttering, preferably intended for moulding concrete. The arrangement is mainly characterized by an eccentric locking device which is provided with an expandable eccentric part and which has a predetermined axial extension in an expanded state and an axial extension which is smaller than the predetermined axial extension in a non-expanded state. The arrangement includes a form tie and related formwork or shuttering.

Abstract: A tool for scribing lines in soft concrete in which the line can be impressed by a standing operator. Guides are provided on the tool to assure a proper angle of the scribed line. A grooving tool can then follow the scribed line without added guide because the line will be located and all rough aggregate in the concrete will have been moved out of the path of the grooving tool.

Abstract: A conical spacer assembly for supporting and spacing one member relative to another member comprising a conical housing having a smooth outer surface and hole extending axially therethrough for receiving at one or both ends thereof a bolt in threaded arrangement therewith. A flat circular shaped clamp having an aperture extending laterally therethrough is provided for receiving through its aperture the housing of the spacer which clamp snugly engages the housing at a point along its length laterally thereof and engages and supports a rebar at one or more point around its periphery.

Abstract: A kit of parts and method for setting a hoist anchor in a poured concrete structure includes a hemispherical rubber void body having an anchor head receiving cavity therein, the body including the cavity being partially split into two quarter sphere halves hingedly joined at a flat side of the body to allow hinging separation of the halves for insertion of an anchor head into said cavity, and a mounting stud threaded into a washer inside the void body cavity for drawing the center of the flat side against a concrete forming member thereby to flatten the flat side and urge the halves against each other to seal the void body against fluid concrete. Four variants of the kit are disclosed.

Abstract: A beam chair for supporting, positioning and retaining a reinforcement bar is a concrete structural member and, in particular, in a concrete structural member such as a beam or slab. The beam chair is defined by a horizontal support surface which, together with first and second vertical support members, define an open cavity for receiving a longitudinally oriented reinforcing bar and wherein the bar is adapted to be supported by the horizontal support surface. The second vertical support member is provided with an upper side extension having a remote edge. The first and second vertical support members are provided, respectively, with first and second depending members which terminate in lower edges. A lower side extension projects from the second depending member parallel to the upper side extension.

Abstract: A steel placement member adapted for supporting and locating a reinforcing steel bar in a concrete structural member formed by placing concrete in an area defined by a horizontal bottom surface and a vertical perimetrical surface. The steel placement member is defined by a tubular body having a channel formed in one end for receiving the end of a reinforcing bar. The opposite end of the tubular body is provided with a plate member lying perpendicular thereto and being adapted to abut the vertical perimetrical surface. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the plate member is provided with a vertically depending arrow member which is adapted to rest against the horizontal bottom surface. The steel placement member, with the plate member abutting the vertical surface and the arrow member resting against the bottom surface, supports the reinforcing bar within the channel and locates the reinforcing bar a desired distance inside the vertical surface and above the bottom surface.

Abstract: A concrete form tie assembly in which the tie rod is formed from a high tensile strength flexible wire member, with the sleeve being formed of a flexible or yieldable material. A short sleeve member is inserted into the spacer sleeve adjacent one end with washer members on opposite ends thereof for retaining on the tie rod member which is provided with spaced protrusions for coaction with the wash members, the tube and washer assembly serving to rigidify the assembly for assisting in insertion and removal of the tie rod and sleeve as a unit. The leading end of the tube and washer assembly may be provided with a conical end to act as a guide. The ends of the tie rod member are enlarged, such as by welding head members thereto, the head members being configured for coaction with conventional hairpin or snap tie wedge members.

Abstract: A sealing plug for a cone-type tie rod opening in concrete walls and the like formed by solid high density polyvinyl chloride of generally conical shape having a cylindrical head of diameter somewhat smaller than the mouth of the opening to permit insertion therein of the plug and provided with a peripheral front planar flexible lip of diameter slightly greater than said diameter of the head, the head tapering into a rear frusto-conical plug section, the overall length of the plug being small compared to said head diameter, such that the forcing of said plug into said opening causes the side walls of said head and at least part of said rear plug section to pressure-seal with adjacent concrete wall portions of said opening and with said lip resiliently pressed forward to effect a front peripheral seal. The plug may also be adapted with roughened side walls to intermix with concrete particles during plug insertion to lock the plug in the opening against withdrawal.

Abstract: A steel placement assembly comprising a plurality of steel placement lock members which mate to form circular cavities for supporting and retaining steel reinforcing bars along their transverse length and intermediate their ends in a concrete structural member. Mated pairs of vertically and horizontally oriented steel placement lock members cooperate with vertically and horizontally oriented adjacent mated pairs and with spacer members to form structural members of diverse size. The steel placement lock members are provided with extensions which positively maintain the reinforcing steel a sufficient distance inside the face of the concrete. Steel end lock members provided over the ends of the reinforcing bars prevent lateral movement of the bars toward the concrete face.

Abstract: A compound washer, for use with cylindrical concrete form tie rods having plural spaced flattened portions, that may be positioned by slidable motion along the tie rod and releasably maintained on a particular flattened portion against further lineal displacement. The washer provides a larger truncated conical body that threadedly engages and carries within its forward portion a fastening collar engaged on the flattened portion of a tie rod. The washer provides an elongate shape to create an indentation concrete to allow sub-surface breaking of a tie rod beneath a formed concrete surface.

Abstract: An adjustable long bolt for connecting modular concrete form panels. The bolt is generally flat along its length and has a pair of elongated slots disposed in adjacency to opposite ends of the bolt. At least one circular hole is disposed between the slots having its mid-point disposed along a longitudinal line in longitudinal alignment with longitudinal axes of said elongated slots. The longitudinal spacing between the elongated slots with respect to the at least one circular hole being varied to enable the bolt to be installed in a larger number of adjustable positions by turning the bolt on its end through an arc of rotation of 180.degree..

Abstract: The formwork for a concrete structural member includes a recoverable formwork part. This recoverable part has an axially elongated sheath which closely encloses a tendon over a relatively long portion of the length of the sheath. A cup-shaped part formed integrally with the sheath is arranged to form at least a portion of a recess in the concrete member. When assembled on the formwork, one end of the sheath is arranged to be located within the concrete when it is poured and the other end is located on the exterior of the formwork. The cup-shaped part is located intermediate the ends of the sheath and just inside the formwork. A member is engageable with the sheath for attaching it to the formwork.

Abstract: A snaptie shoe assembly having a wedge engaging slot at each end in combination with a pair of snap-on shoes, one for each end of the snaptie, which shoes have a slotted rib with the rib walls and the slot configuration engaging when the rib is interposed between the walls of a form and the slot of the snaptie to form a snug fit.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for pre-casting box-like reinforced concrete modules on assembly line. Apparatus includes pair of movable interior forms for defining the interior surfaces of side walls and ceilings whereby one interior mould at a time can be removed when concrete is in semi-cured condition. Method includes casting floor with short upstanding side wall portion to serve as guide for interior forms when moving forms onto floor slab. Method also includes use of integral multiples of four serially arranged casting beds on which various procedures for forming modules proceed simultaneously and progressively.

Abstract: A form tie and a method of making the same is provided. The form tie includes an elongated hollow protective sleeve contiguously surrounding a portion of the form tie to facilitate the removal of the form tie portion from a settable casting, such as concrete. The thickness of the sleeve is minimized so that the cross-sectional area of the form tie portion which includes the surrounding sleeve is also minimized.

Abstract: A headless form tie rod and associated fastener that contacts the form tie at two spaced points. The tie rod provides a cylindrical body with plural spaced areas protruding in one dimension and flattened in the other dimension. The principal fastening structure provides a wedge type device that releasably fastens the rod in a form structure at two spaced points. A species of fastener provides releasable fastening by means of a pivotable lever. Spacing washers releasably positionable on the form ties maintain forms in spaced relationship.

Abstract: A sleeve assembly for forming a lined opening in molded structures made from concrete or the like, the sleeve providing the lining and being held in place during formation of the structure by a pair of conical sleeve lock elements having extended tapering surfaces for supporting sleeves of a variety of sizes, the sleeve lock elements preferably being held in place upon forming panels for the structure by means of a central stabilizing rod penetrating through the sleeve lock elements and the panels. An additional embodiment of the sleeve assembly is adapted to be secured to a generally horizontal panel upon which a molded structure such as a floor is formed.

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: A breakback form tie for constructing wallforms to contour concrete in which the form tie has at the end portions thereof engaging means for interfacing with brackets, an enlarged cross section positioned inwardly of the engaging means, plug means preferably in the configuration of truncated conical members positioned between the engaging means and the enlarged cross section with the enlarged, base portion of the conical members oriented outwad from the center of the tie, and a frangible section to facilitate breakback positioned inwardly of the enlarged cross section in order that the end portions of the tie may be severed at the frangible section and the severed section of the tie and plug means concurrently removed from a concrete wall formed around the tie.

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: A tie structure is provided for use in conjunction with concrete forms and includes structure whereby the form sections are prevented from collapsing inward until concrete is poured in the form. A first form of tie includes an expandable locking cone which may be expanded in diameter on the inner side of the form after the tie is placed in position in the form and as the locking lever of an associated waler bracket is moved to the applied position. A second form of tie construction utilizes an axially compressible and radially expandable sleeve for expansion in the tie opening formed in the concrete form.

Abstract: There is provided an improved clamping lock for tie rod ends in form structures for settable casting compositions, e.g., concrete casting forms, which lock is characterized by means for attaching it to the form structure, and a pair of jaws shaped for mating coaction with the outer end of a tie rod end whereby relative axial movement of the lock with respect to the tie rod end is prevented and the form structure is correspondingly held against movement toward or away from an opposite form structure.

Abstract: A spreader clip assembly which is designed for use in connection with a concrete wall form and cooperates with a she-bolt on one end of a tie rod in preventing inward collapse of the adjacent side of a concrete wall form prior to pouring of wet concrete between the opposed form sides. A washer which is loosely and telescopically received over the she-bolt bears against the outer side of the adjacent form side and is clamped thereto by a nut, while an inverted J-shaped spreader clip proper which is captured on the washer is movable by a compound angular swinging and sliding action between a locking position wherein it straddles both the nut and washer and assimilates any tendency for inward collapse of the adjacent form side, and an out-of-the-way position wherein it exposes the nut for manipulating purposes.

Abstract: Metal wall form sections are adapted to a bolted tie system providing accurate spacing of the opposite panels defining a space to receive poured concrete. In the preferred form of the invention, interengagement of the form structure and the tie system (providing the spacing feature) is also used to secure the form sections laterally to each other. In another form of the invention, wedges transversely engaging the bolts bridge across and bear on the flanges of marginal beams of adjacent form sections to establish relative placement against the pressure of the concrete.

Abstract: A spreader bar assembly which is designed for use in a concrete wall form and cooperates with a she-bolt on one end of a tie rod in preventing inward collapse of the adjacent side of the form prior to pouring of wet concrete between the opposed form sides. A washer which is loosely and telescopically received over the she-bolt bears against the outer side of the adjacent form side and is clamped thereto by a nut, while a pivoted spreader bar proper which is captured on the washer is capable of swinging movement in a vertical plane between a locking position wherein it passes across the front or outer face of the nut and assimilates any tendency for inward collapse of the adjacent form side, and an out-of-the-way position wherein it exposes the nut for manipulating purposes.

Abstract: A seal member is provided for use in concrete wall form construction which sealingly engages with a form bore through which a tie rod supporting the seal member and spacer cones passes so as to prevent leakage of wet concrete from the form. The seal member of resilient material is asymmetrically supported on the tie rod by means of a seal bore within a slit along the length of the seal member. The asymmetric placement causes the spacer cones to overlap and abut the inner surface of the form walls so that they serve as spreaders for location of the wall forms.

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.