Abstract: A device for assisting to secure a bridge support bracket to a beam, the device comprising: a support frame, a hook to secure the support frame to the beam, a clamp to grasp and hold the bracket, and a pivot axle to pivotally connect the clamp to the support frame. When attaching at least two spaced apart such devices to the beam, then clamping a support bracket in each of the at least two spaced apart devices, both support brackets can be pivoted to a position where wood boards attached to the top of the support brackets are held in a not horizontal position. By then placing a wood stud in a position where it spans the two support brackets and attaching the wood stud to the respective bracket wood boards, a workman can then further pivot the support brackets to where the wood boards extend horizontally away from the beam.

Abstract: A ceiling table for a partial formwork of a concrete ceiling. The ceiling table has at least one formwork element, in particular multiple formwork elements, which can be assembled on a lower frame of the ceiling table in a nondestructive manner and which can be disassembled from the lower frame. The ceiling table has a support skeleton on which at least one formwork element, in particular multiple formwork elements, is/are arranged. The support skeleton can have multiple braces which can be connected together and separated from one another in a nondestructive manner. The support skeleton preferably has a pair of main supports, in particular parallel running main supports, on which a pair of edge supports and at least one central support that is arranged between the edge supports are arranged. The edge supports and the central support run preferably parallel to one another.

Abstract: A ceiling table for a partial formwork of a concrete ceiling. The ceiling table has at least one formwork element, in particular multiple formwork elements, which can be assembled on a lower frame of the ceiling table in a nondestructive manner and which can be disassembled from the lower frame. The ceiling table has a support skeleton on which at least one formwork element, in particular multiple formwork elements, is/are arranged. The support skeleton can have multiple braces which can be connected together and separated from one another in a nondestructive manner. The support skeleton preferably has a pair of main supports, in particular parallel running main supports, on which a pair of edge supports and at least one central support that is arranged between the edge supports are arranged. The edge supports and the central support run preferably parallel to one another.

Abstract: A formwork part having a compensation element with two transverse supports connected to a longitudinal support. An outer support is movably situated on the transverse supports. A center support may be detachably fastened to the transverse supports. The longitudinal support, the outer support, and/or the center support have/has, preferably at both ends, at least one support head receptacle, in particular formed as a connecting protrusion, in particular at least two support head receptacles, preferably formed as connecting protrusions. The connecting protrusions may be hooked into ceiling supports of the ceiling formwork. The ceiling formwork includes such a formwork part and a formwork element. The formwork element has at least one support head receptacle, in particular formed as a connecting protrusion, which may be hooked into the ceiling support of the ceiling formwork. The ceiling formwork may include the ceiling support, and the ceiling formwork may have a dual support.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a cap repair assembly includes first and second pile brackets for rigid mounting onto first and second piles of a pier; a cap beam for rigid mounting onto super-structure of the pier; first and second cap beam plates for rigid mounting onto the cap beam at different ends of the cap beam; first and second compression arms rotatably connected (i) at first ends to the first and second pile brackets and (ii) at second ends to the first and second cap beam plates. The cap repair assembly restores the load capacity of damaged or degraded piers. The cap repair assembly can further include one or more steel banding straps.

Abstract: In a formwork in concrete construction, particularly for a round vessel, in which, for a further construction section, formwork elements enclose an upper edge of a completed wall portion, are secured to this completed wall portion, and protrude over this wall portion for filling with concrete, vertical members are arranged parallel to, and at a distance from, the wall portion, and a slide is displaceable at every vertical member, and formwork elements are connected to the slide.

Abstract: The invention concerns a scaffold element adapted to be removably attachable to a bridge, the scaffold element comprising support member for supporting the scaffold element onto an upper surface of the bridge and a support structure which is secured to the support members and which extends to a distance outside the edge of the bridge and to a distance below the bridge. The invention is characterized in that the scaffold element further comprises a longitudinally adjustable support bar pivotally connected to the support structure and being supportable against a lower surface of the bridge and adjustment means for adjustably attaching a vertical mold wall onto the support structure of the scaffold element at a distance outside the edge of the bridge for forming a mold between the wall and the bridge. Also a scaffold arrangement and method of use are disclosed.

Abstract: Scaffold systems (SMV) to make substantially vertical building works, with sensitive time and manpower savings. In an advantageous embodiment, a scaffold is formed by a couple of modular semi-scaffolds which face each other, a semi-scaffold being placed in a cis-position over the work under erection and the other semi-scaffold is set in the trans-position.

Abstract: An adjustable support stand is mounted on a pre-cast concrete wall panel form to facilitate the leveling of the form and the support of the form about the production plant floor. The adjustable support stand includes a frame portion that houses a threaded rod positional fixed for rotation within the frame portion to drive a vertical movement of the leg member in response to rotation of the threaded rod. The adjustable support stand further includes a clamping apparatus that detachably mounts the frame portion to the flanges of a steel beam frame member. The actuator member can be a nut welded to the top of the threaded rod to affect movement of the engaged leg member in response to manipulation with a powered or manually operated hand tool, or a gear set and an orthogonal drive shaft that transfers rotation from a hand tool to the threaded rod.

Abstract: A a metal shore post of a concrete forming assembly is disclosed. An outer telescoping tube is provided that has a main section with a first inside diameter and top portion with a section having a second inside diameter reduced relative to the first inside diameter of the outer tube. An inner telescoping tube is inserted for telescopic movement inside the outer tube. After assembly, a pair of pistons are inserted through access holes in the outer tube to provide a crushing force to the inner tube deforming it to create a region of increased diameter that is greater than that of the reduced diameter section but not so large as to prevent telescopic movement of the inner tube inside the outer tube. The increased dimension region thereby prevents accidental separation of the inner tube from the assembly, thereby improving safety and efficiency. Openings are provided in the inner tube in the region being crushed in order to control the region of deformation.

Abstract: A formwork system is provided for constructing a structural concrete floor, said formwork systems constitutes a main frame (100) forming a concrete slab structure, a plurality of side frames (110) each movably mounted at the edge of the main frame (100) for forming a concrete beam formwork structure, and a plurality of retainers mounted at the edge of the main frame (100) for supporting below the side frames (110) and jacking means for raising and lowering the formwork system. The side frame (110) being movable enables the formwork system to be effectively detached from a casted structural floor having concrete beams extended therefrom. The formwork system is also extricable on site after fabrication of the concrete ceiling slab floor and concrete beam.

Abstract: A system of interconnecting structural components for supporting and forming suspended concrete slabs that allow removal of form panels without disturbing the slab support posts (shores). Additional features of the system accommodate changes in suspended slab thickness, horizontal slab dimensions that are not multiples of the basic component dimensions, slab edge cantilevered form panels, attachment to walls and remote manipulation of form panels from the floor below using an erection staff. The primary system components are panels, support posts, telescopic beams, adjustable hanger connections, wall hangers, wall beams, raking shore assemblies and erection/stripping staffs. Form panels are directly supported by the shores without the use of an intermediate member (usually a beam) that is common practice in the concrete forming industry. The system reduces the number of required components that in turn reduces the capital cost to the user and improves his labor efficiency and quality of the concrete surface.

Abstract: An overhang bracket has a top member, a side member and a diagonal member. The side and top member may be connected together through a removable connecter. A guardrail post holder allows a guardrail post to be installed at a variety of angles to the top member. Rotating the side member causes the diagonal member to translate up or down the side member. A side member locator extends upwards from the overhang bracket to indicate the location of the side member. A tie rod holder holds a tie rod in an offset position relative to the side member. The side member locator may extend upwards through further parts of the shoring system or bridge overhang structure, for example a floor of a concrete form or rebar. A worker may adjust the overhang bracket in place from a standing position on a supporting structure or the floor of the form.

Abstract: A bridge overhang bracket includes an elongate top member having inner and outer ends an elongate diagonal member having an inner end and an outer end, the outer end of the diagonal member pivotally attached to the outer end of the top member, upper and lower pivot joints secured to the top member and diagonal member, respectively, adjacent the respective inner ends thereof, and an elongate side member extending between and engaged with the upper and lower pivot joints. At least one of the pivot joints comprises an adjustable axial engagement mechanism for adjusting the position along the length of the side member at which the at least one pivot joint engages the side member.

Abstract: A method for successive concrete of high vertical walls by using a climbing shuttering system having a support structure on which various concrete shuttering elements are loaded hanging downwards. The top supporting carrier and the climbing shuttering system can be supported on completed wall sections. There is at least one lifting device that brings about a relative movement between the too supporting carrier and a lower support carrier of the climbing shuttering system. The shuttering elements can be positioned in a substantially even surface to form a shuttering and at the same time the top supporting carrier can be positioned on the shuttering elements placing them respectively against the walls.

Abstract: An overhanging form system for attachment to a support structure is disclosed. The support structure includes an upper portion and a lower portion, and the overhanging form system comprises a pair of spaced apart hangers, with each of the hangers being adapted to engage the upper portion of the support structure. A pair of frames are provided, with each of the frames having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of each frame engages a corresponding one of the hangers, the second portion of each frame is adapted to engage the lower portion of the support structure. Each of the frames further includes a first leg and a second leg, with the first leg having an inner end disposed adjacent the first portion of the frame and an outer end disposed outwardly from the first portion of the frame. The second leg extends from the second portion of the frame to engage the outer end of the first leg. A plurality of stiffeners are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a height-adjustable concrete mold supporting system and a method for constructing concrete floors and concrete walls, by which a concrete building can be easily and precisely constructed with enhanced cost-effectiveness. The system has a bottom bracket detachably disposed on a base member. First and second screw shafts are vertically assembled with the bracket. The first and the second screw shafts are movably inserted into first and second height adjusting tubes. A top mounting board is supported by the first and the second height adjusting tubes. The first and the second height adjusting tubes are fixed to the first and the second screw shafts so as to determine an adjusted space between the bracket and the mounting board.

Abstract: A removable support structure for concrete slab fabrication is described. A horizontally length adjustable latch device may be secured to both ends of shoring girders or shoring beams, or to just one end with a fixed in place latch secured at the other end, to permit rapid and accurate placement of the shoring support across a span to be structured in concrete. Vertical shoring posts and supports are eliminated, with the added advantage of the plane of the shoring always being automatically in the plane of the floor being formed. Bearing shoes on the ends of corrugated deck members, secured to building girders, cooperate with straps at their other ends, accurately and securely positions the corrugated decking in place. After the concrete has hardened, the entire support structure, including the shoring girders, shoring beams, and corrugated deck members, are rapidly and efficiently removed, ready for re-use.

Abstract: A reusable concrete support frame removably supported by horizontal supporting beams while a concrete slab is poured on top of it to build a bridge. The frame has an angle iron end member at each end of the frame which removably engages the horizontal supporting beams at a slight angle. One of the angle iron end members is welded to two parallel, spaced apart first channel irons, and the other angle iron end member is welded to two parallel spaced apart second channel irons. The first pair of channel irons insert between the second pair and are pivotally secured to them by bolts so that the channel irons articulate relative to their corresponding mating channel irons. The channel irons can be locked together so the frame is horizontal when the concrete is poured and thereafter can be released to pivot or articulate downward to remove the frame for reuse.

Abstract: An energy efficient deck framing system and method is disclosed. In a deck framing system having structural framing members that support a deck panel structure, individual deck panels are inserted between pairs of the framing members. Supporting rods extend downward through the top of the framing members and are provided with a support nut that is sized to maintain the framing member in a supported fashion. An insulating subassembly is provided having an insulating washer interposed between a conventional washer or a secondary nut and the top of the framing member, and an insulating retainer clip received in the lower portion of the top of the framing member and the support nut. The insulating retainer clip is constructed and arranged to be securably received within the contours of the framing member.

Abstract: An improved concrete forming system comprising a concrete forming unit which includes at least one pair of oppositely disposed and laterally spaced apart form segments Each form segment includes an upright wall forming section and a foundation footer forming section which extends outwardly from a lower end portion of its upright wall forming section. A panel member is detachably connected to the wall forming section of each form segment and is positioned to face a corresponding panel member of the oppositely disposed and laterally spaced apart form segment.

Abstract: A bridge overhang system which enables forms to be secured to a bridge girder member without the necessity of a construction worker standing under the girder to secure the form to the girder. More particularly described, a funnel bracket unit connected to the form has guide surface which enables a hanger rod to be guided to a securing member of the overhang bracket unit from above the girder member. The system of the present invention has a support beam with an opening defined therein, a retainer positioned along a surface of the support beam at the opening; and a support rod extending through the support beam to the retainer. The support rod connectably engages the retainer upon insertion of the support rod to the retainer. Additionally, the retainer may include a bracket having a plurality of sides with at least one of the sides being operable for connection to the form to provide support for the form.

Abstract: A system and method for installing metal deck framing. One or more deck panels are secured with respect to and between two elongated structural framing members to form a deck panel structure. The deck panel structure is then positioned between two primary structural members in a position such that each structural framing member is suspended from a support arm or a support structure that is supported by a corresponding one of the primary structural members. At least each corner portion of the deck panel structure can be mechanically adjusted to vary a vertical position of the deck panel structure.

Abstract: The invention concerns a support for ceiling mold elements for concrete. It is effected in that, on both edges of its upper surface (2, 48) one row each of projections (3, 4, 53, 54) is provided for, the projections protruding upwardly and outwardly at separations from another and being suited for securing or attaching the ceiling mold elements (11, 29, 30) and in that the spaces between the projections (3, 4, 53, 54) correspond to twice the separation of an abutment, arranged on the underside of the mold element, from the edge of the mold element, and in that the distance between the projections (3, 4, 53, 54) matches the corresponding dimension of the mold element (11, 29, 30) to be placed in, or a fraction of this dimension. The invention furthermore provides for the surfaces of the support to be at least partially covered with a plastic cover strip.

Abstract: The form panel (1) has a lining skin (2) and girders (4) supporting the lining skin (2) on the side averted from the concrete, as well as possibly marginal webs (3) which run approximately parallel to the girders (4) and enable adjacent form panels (1) to be coupled and connected to one another. The girders (4) have an approximately U-shaped cross section, the U-limbs (5) departing from a U-crosspiece (6) to diverge slantwise and having at their free ends, where they are furthest apart from each other, oppositely directly fastening flanges (7) for joining to the lining skin (2).

Abstract: The invention concerns a support with a removable support head for concrete moulding which exhibits, on its under side, an extension which engages a hollow section of the upper end of the support. The invention exhibits a spring-loaded ratchet (6, 16, 27) which is pivotably mounted on the extension (2), the ratchet engaging a stop (15) on the support to lock the mounted support head to the support.

Abstract: A removable support apparatus for supporting a swimming pool cover employs adjustable frame assemblies capable of spanning between opposite edges at opposite sides of the pool. Each frame assembly includes a pair of separate frame members placed in side-by-side relation to one another so that together they define the overall length of the frame assembly. The frame members are displacable longitudinally relative to one another to adjust the overall length of the frame assembly to match the distance between the opposite edges of the pool so that the frame assembly can fit across the pool between its opposite edges. Each frame assembly also includes an end support member attached to the outer end of each frame member and supporting the frame member from one of the opposite edges of the pool.

Abstract: A concrete forming apparatus for use in construction of buildings having poured concrete floors spanning between two adjacent supports at a desired height is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame having extensible strut members extending capable of temporarily fixing the height of the frame, supports for supporting and maneuvering the frame and rollers for rolling the frame along as the frame is flown from under the concrete floor up onto the concrete floor. The supports include a first trucking device adapted to engage the frame for raising the frame from a rest position whereby the frame is spaced above a floor surface to a pouring position whereby the upper deck is substantially at the desired height and for rolling the frame to a desired location. The supports further include a support device for supporting the frame while in the pouring position during the pouring and curing of the concrete floor having means for finely adjusting the height of the frame prior to the pouring of the concrete.

Abstract: An adjustable brace for supporting an elevated concrete form floor between support beams during the curing of the concrete is provided. The adjustable brace is formed from a single leg pivotably attached to a cradle assembly for supporting half of a shoring member underneath a concrete form floor against the adjacent lower web/flange interface of a support beam. The height of the cradle assembly can be adjusted relative to the leg for raising and lowering the shoring member to enable leveling of the form floor and disassembly of the brace after the concrete has cured. In use, two braces are used to support a shoring member, with the cradle of each brace positioned between the center and an end of the shoring member and the foot of each brace positioned against the web/flange interface of the support beam opposite the support beam against which the foot of the other brace is positioned.

Abstract: A concrete form support assembly for the form structure needed to pour concrete for bridge floors and the like. Such form structures include a plywood flooring supported at a desired uniform depth relative to the plane of the upper surface of the bridge beams, depending on the thickness of the concrete called for by the specifications. The plywood flooring is supported by ledgers which extend laterally between the bridge beams and stringers on the top thereof which extend longitudinally and parallel with the bridge beams. The ledgers are supported by vertical bolts hanging from hanger bars on each side of each bridge beam, with support plates at the lower end of the vertical bolts to support opposite ends of the ledgers, and threaded nuts below the support plates to adjust the plates and ledgers thereon up and down. After the plywood flooring has been put in place, workmen cannot thereafter reach the adjusting nuts from above to make final depth adjustments of the flooring.

Abstract: An adjustable brace for supporting an elevated concrete form floor between support beams during the curing of the concrete is provided. The adjustable brace is formed from two legs which are connected together at their top to a cradle assembly such that the legs can move in scissors fashion with relation to each other. The brace also includes a device for adjusting the height of the legs or the height of the cradle or both. In use, the feet of the brace are placed at the web/flange interface of opposing facing support beams while the top of the brace provides support to a shoring member placed beneath the elevated form floor between the support beams.

Abstract: A concrete supporting bridge overhang bracket system which can be lifted and transferred in gang fashion from a first section of a bridge after it has been formed to a subsequent section. The system includes a series of longitudinally spaced apart laterally extending overhang brackets to which concrete forms are secured. A lift bracket assembly is attachable to a pair of overhang brackets and can be clamped to the deck to support the overhang brackets and the forms from the deck so that the brackets can be disconnected from the deck. Once disassembled, the lift bracket assembly can be supported by a crane and unclamped from the deck, the crane thereafter moving the lift bracket assembly, the overhang brackets and the forms to the subsequent section. Also disclosed is a pivotably adjustable edge form which permits the outer edge of the deck to be vertically inclined irrespective of the horizontal inclination of the deck.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for arch centering for slabs formed on prefabricated beams of reinforced or prestretched concrete, steel, wood, or the like, which includes elements of steel plate or another material having similar properties, constructed in a flat or arched form and with the dimensions that are required, which has four or more steel staples for its temporary support during its use, and two devices, one of which allows the staples to be slightly deformed in an elastic manner for their extraction and another for their leveling and coupling among themselves.

Abstract: A cradle for an adjustable brace used for supporting an elevated concrete form floor between support beams during the curing of the concrete is provided. The cradle is adapted to receive the upper portion of two legs such that the legs can pivot towards and away from each other in a single plane, to enable the lower portion of the legs to be placed for support against opposing support beams positioned at varying distances from each other. The cradle is also adapted to receive and support a shoring member for suppoting the concrete form floor. The cradle may be adjustable for supporting shoring members at varying heights.

Abstract: An apparatus for moulding prefabricated curved concrete sections for use in the construction of arched or vaulted structures comprises a curved, upwardly convex mould made up of a series of reusable substantially flat mould plates pivotally supported by vertical pillars of adjustable height. The mould plates are hingedly connected to each other such that the angle of each plate to the adjacent plate is adjustable. The spacing between the vertical pillars is also adjustable, so that the mould plates provide a polygonal mould surface adjustable for moulding prefabricated concrete sections of different curvatures.

Abstract: A hanger and bracket attached to the hanger for supporting formwork for steel and concrete during the curing stage of a bridge deck overhang is described. A hanger attached to the beam of the bridge supports a connector carrying the bracket. The connector is maintained in a substantially vertical position. The bracket is adjustable in both horizontal angle and in grade because of pivotally attached horizontal members, an adjustable compression leg, and connector means. Once the cement is set the bracket may be recovered for reuse.

Abstract: A method of assembly adapted for use with underground structures having an arcuate, elongated configuration and constructed of substantially identical blocks joined together with substantially identical fastening means and extending from both sides of a center keystone thereby allowing energy efficient, reliable, low cost structures capable of being mass produced with minimal die or pattern expense.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for constructing a structure constituted of a floor and vertical walls (9) in concrete, comprising an external framework (2) made up of panels erected on a lower levelled surface (1) and comprising at its upper part an outer peripheral bracket (7) and a carriage (12) capable of being moved and guided along the said peripheral bracket, the said carriage forming a movable frame for removable casting components (15).Application to the field of construction and civil engineering.

Abstract: The method for forming a concrete deck includes top adjustable removable hangers depending from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which concrete deck will be poured to form a slab supported upon the walls, beams or girders. Means are incorporated to permit assembly from the top of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking and to permit vertical adjustment of the ledgers from the top to bring the decking to grade elevation. Further means are incorporated to permit disassembly of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking from the bottom after cure of the poured concrete deck.

Abstract: Top adjustable removable hangers depend from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which a concrete deck will be poured to form a slab supported upon the walls, beams or girders. Means are incorporated to permit assembly from the top of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking and means are included in the hangers to permit vertical adjustment of the ledgers from above or below to bring the decking to grade elevation. Further means are incorporated to permit disassembly of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking from the bottom after cure of the poured concrete deck.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a concrete deck includes top adjustable removable hangers depending from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which a concrete deck will be poured to form a slab supported upon the walls, beams or girders. Means are incorporated to permit assembly from the top of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking and to permit vertical adjustment of the ledgers from the top to bring the decking to grade elevation. Further means are incorporated to permit disassembly of the hangers, ledgers, deck joists and decking from the bottom after cure of the poured concrete deck.

Abstract: A collapsible arch forming assembly comprising a flexible member and two tension line lengths with one tension line length threaded through even number guides, counted from one end of the flexible member and the other tension line length threaded through the odd number guides. Tensioning the tension line lengths arches the flexible member into the arch and this may be done by a winch assembly or inserting spreader bars at the guides to deflect the free one of the first and second tension line lengths at that position. The spreader bars may be replaced by, for example, mechanical jacks or fluid pressure actuated jacks particularly for such applications as using the arch forming assembly as formwork upon which concrete is poured.

Abstract: A beam form and shoring structure capable of precise alignment with adjacent vertical columns of a building structure to enable pouring of a beam between the columns. The beam form is supported along its length by a plurality of shoring frames which are retractable so that the beam form can be moved for reuse at the next pouring station. Each of the shoring frames includes side portions for supporting an adjacent slab form so that a floor slab can be poured at the time the beam is poured, the side portions being such that they can be lowered to strip the slab form from the freshly poured slab to enable the slab form to be moved for reuse at the next slab pouring station.

Abstract: The bracket is of a U-shaped structure with an adjustably positioned plate for removably receiving a joist. The plate is held on a bolt which is threadedly received in another plate being held in the U-structure, and an L-shaped element is secured to the structure for depending the bracket from a beam.

Abstract: Concrete-slab forming means and more particularly improvements in means for supporting and adjusting the elevation of the forms for concrete roadway slabs which bridge the space between spaced-apart pairs of in-place girders. The forming means per se comprises a preferably plywood deck or decking disposed at a predetermined elevation and which extends between the girder pairs and is laid directly on joists in turn supported on purlins, (preferably "split" or spaced-apart purlins), extending between said girders.

Abstract: A multi-purpose, extruded metal, joist-like, structural member which is designed for use in connection with concrete formwork, the member being generally of I-beam configuration and having associated therewith novel facilities whereby its effective length may beextended in small increments or it may be spliced to adjacent similar members by utilizing either lumber or novel extruded metal extension members of special design.

Abstract: A reusable, longitudinally adjustable, readily removable form support member for supporting a concrete construction form in an array of structural members in a building construction. In one embodiment the form support member comprises a spanning member having laterally translatably support pin members secured in recesses in opposed ends of the spanning member for engaging openings in adjacent structural members. The support pins may be movable in a horizontal plane so as to permit their alignment with the structural openings where necessary. The support pin members include block means attached to the rear portions of the support pins, the block means cooperating with respective activating means to move the spanning member in a vertical plane so that an inside surface of the respective end parts of the spanning member contacts a surface of the block means and effect a friction bond which prevents longitudinal movement of the respective parts.

Abstract: For use in establishing the prescribed elevation difference between an adjustably movable deck member and a relatively stationary support member, an elevation gauge comprising a case, a float disposed in the case and guided for vertical movement, a lead screw for moving the float, a scale carried by the float to extend vertically upwardly and to cooperate with an indicator pointer carried by the case to indicated lower selected vertical position of the float, a second float guided for vertical movement on the case, and a signal device for providing an output when the second float is in a preselected elevational position relative to the first float. The signal device cooperates between the floats, and the case is adapted to rest on one of the members while the said second float is adapted to rest on the other of said members. A plurality of bolt assemblies is provided for adjustably supporting the deck member on the support member.

Abstract: An improved deck form supporting system for supporting sectional floor forms between bridge girders, for example concrete girders on top of which floor forms cementitious material is poured to form a concrete floor. The novel supporting system is located below the sectional floor forms and includes a series of evenly spaced wedges, usually triangular in shape, placed along the lower inclined or slanted surfaces of the suppoting girders (FIG. 4) along with a series of "L" shaped brackets which mate with the horizontal and vertical surfaces of said wedges (FIG. 5), the brackets having vertical and horizontal tubular extensions having jackscrew sections therein, the combination being used to support on "U" shaped shoring brackets (FIG. 3) horizontally, laterally disposed forming members placed between the bridge girders (FIG. 2) to support the floor forms.