Abstract: An expansion joint filler strip holder and an associated method are disclosed. The device consists of a ground engaging member to which a filler strip holder is attached. In one embodiment, the filler strip holder consists of two parallel rails to which are attached a plurality of material supports. In another embodiment the rails are formed to provide a plurality of material support portions. The method involves providing the device and placing it in the ground by using the ground engaging members and then placing filler paper between the rails and material supports or portions. After this, concrete is poured over the device and around the filler paper to form an expansion gap between adjacent concrete areas.

Abstract: A bridging apparatus for spanning the space defined between two relatively movable structural floor members includes anchor sections adapted to be mounted to the edges of the floors and a two part bridging unit having outer edges pivotally connected to the anchor members. One inner edge of a bridging member includes a spaced pair of legs defining a groove arrayed at an acute angle to the floor, the other bridging member including a tongue riding in the groove. The upper leg of the member defining the groove is wedge-shaped the upper surface of the leg being parallel to the floor structures when the same are aligned horizontally.

Abstract: A covering for an expansion joint is formed of a plurality of monolithic steel elements that are arranged to be self-cleaning and so as not to be subject to binding. The joint has an overall T-shape and is bilaterally symmetric. The joint includes two L-shaped portions each attached to a structural element for movement therewith. The joint cover has a steel plate on one leg of each L-shaped portion bordering the expansion gap. A spacer plate is also fixed to the leg of the L-shaped portion and forms a sealant-receiving channel with the leg and the plate. An expansion gap spanner plate slidably rests on top of the plate and a cover plate is fixed at one end to the spacer plate and slidingly engages the spanner plate to keep it in the desired position and orientation during movement of the joint.

Abstract: An expansion joint cover having a vapor barrier channel depending from the bellows membrane. Resilient insulation substantially fills the channel, making it possible to attach an insulated vapor-impermeable bellows cover to the expansion joint members in a single operation. A separate layer of foam insulation may be bonded to the underside of the bellows independent of the insulation filling the channel.

Abstract: Each of the recessed, confronting edges of adjacent concrete slabs in a roadway or the like has secured therein by a high density reinforced grout an elongated, rigid, prefabricated or precast edger strip, which also has an elongate recess in the edge thereof which faces on the space between the slabs. An elongate, semi-rigid, prefabricated cover member, which is generally T-shaped in cross section, has its upper, plate-shaped section positioned over the upper end of the space between the slabs so that opposite sides thereof project part way into the recesses in the edger strips, and has its downwardly projecting web section embedded in a sealing compound positioned between the confronting ends of the slabs. Remaining portions of the recesses in said edger strips are filled with a low modulus urethane compound.

Abstract: The assembly for bridging over expansion joints comprises sealing band of elastic material which bridges over the joint, which sealing band, for being secured in upward open cavities, includes thickenings substantially filling up said cavities and extending in joint edge profiles at both sides in the longitudinal direction of the profile. Said thickenings include a support surface engaging in the inserted position with an appropriate pressing surface of the joint edge profile, said thickening being wedged in the cavity by means of a bulge formed thereon. Said thickening includes a nose formed thereon, which in the inserted position is pressed together in a manner that in the marginal portions of the cavity between the thickening and the joint edge profile there is a contact pressure. Thus it can be avoided that under the effect of any forces there opens a slit between the sealing band and the joint edge profile, whereinto moisture or dirt may make their way.

Abstract: An expansion joint has a seal with symmetrical ridges located on either side. One support extends on each side of the seal and each support has a base and cover that together contain a channel. Each channel is formed from a groove in each of the base and cover, each groove having side walls that continuously diverge from one another to an open face of said groove. The channel is of similar size and shape, but slightly smaller than the ridge so that each ridge is held snugly under pressure in each of the channels. The peculiar shape of the channel allows the supports to be bend in a vertical or horizontal plane while maintaining the channel intact.

Abstract: In a joint bridging construction for structures in which the sealing body of elastic material, which is flush with the top surface of the structure, by means of beads is inserted from above into upwardly open recesses of edge girders and against sliding-out is guarded by substantially circular retaining members one part of which are embedded in the retaining girders and the other part of which are embedded in the beads, there are provided, for structures constructed as buildings, edge girders each of which consists of at least one sheet metal strip extending in longitudinal direction of the joint, at least those two flanks of said strip facing the top surface of the building being formed by doubling the strip.

Abstract: A device for controlling the spacing of the plates on a bridging arrangement for expansion joints in bridges or the like, in which device one or more plates run parallel between edge beams defining the expansion joint and are mounted on cross-members bridging the expansion joint. The plate is coupled to the two edge beams, or each plate is coupled to an edge beam and an adjacent plate or to two adjacent plates, by means of resilient members arranged to act in shear. Each resilient member is secured by one end to an edge beam or a plate and by the other end to a connector that is resilient to bending. Each connector connects the resilient members of an edge beam and a plate or of two plates to one another. All the plates are connected to one another and to the edge beams by one or more continuous control chains comprising shear springs and connectors.

Abstract: This invention provides an improvement in a road joint assembly wherein the amount of formwork required for installation of the joint is reduced, and wherein the joint assembly is particularly useful for installations where snow plows are utilized to clear snow from roads. In accordance with the invention, the road joint assembly comprises a pair of spaced-apart rail members which have a height at least two times their width. The rail members are provided with a plurality of spaced-apart anchoring members connected to the rear wall of the rail members. The anchoring members have a top surface which extends above the rear wall of the rail members and the rail members are recessed below the road surface, so that the top surface of the anchoring members is in substantially the same plane as the road surface.

Abstract: A device for use in expansion joints in ramps, bridges, sidewalks, floors of multi-story car parks and the like having at least one cellular sealing strip made of an elastic material which when installed is supported on two opposite sides of the expansion joint. The strip has a number of planar faces that are at all times alined in a single common plane to form the top side of the sealing strip in every working condition thereof. Thus the top side of the strip is always planar no matter to what extent it is compressed or stretched. The webs forming the walls of the cells converge or diverge in relation to each other.

Abstract: A flexible drainage gutter for use under a horizontal surface having moisture accumulation or leaks under cracks or expansion joints. A flexible, waterproof membrane is attached along its elongated edges to rigid flanges which can be attached to the horizontal surface itself or to support members attached to the surface. The width of the membrane can vary so that the membrane hangs down from the flanges a greater distance downstream than upstream, thereby providing for the slope of the gutter. Alternatively, the wall portions of the flanges, to which the edges of the membrane are attached, can vary in width while maintaining the width of the membrane constant to provide for the slope of the gutter.

Abstract: An edging element for playing fields and sports installations has an elongate elastic profile top and a strip for anchoring the edging element inside of the profile top in a concrete slab in interlacing relationship with a straight reinforcement rod. That anchoring strip extends along and projects from the elongate profile top and has a series of apertures distributed along at least one line parallel to the elongate profile top for receiving the reinforcement rod alternatively from different sides of the anchoring strip which is of sufficiently elastic material to form an interlacement with the straight reinforcement rod. The anchoring strip is made flat prior to its enlacement with the straight reinforcement rod but is interlaced with that straight reinforcement rod to have sections between successive apertures located alternatively at opposite sides of said straight reinforcement rod.

Abstract: A unitary extruded plaster screed expansion joint for use in cast wall construction. The expansion joint includes a front wall and a first pair of opposing side walls extending rearwardly from the outer edges of the front wall. A second pair of opposing side walls extends rearwardly and outwardly from the rear edges of the first pair of opposing side walls. A pair of planar flanges extends laterally from the rearmost edges of the second pair of opposing side walls, and an inwardly and rearwardly arched wall connects the second pair of opposing side walls. The expansion joint is attached to a support surface, and plaster slabs are formed in place on the support surface adjacent to the expansion strip. The front wall is attached to the side walls of the expansion strip in such a manner as to prevent plaster residue from accumulating at the junctures therebetween, so that when the front wall is stripped away from the expansion joint, no plaster residue remains.

Abstract: A non-corrosive load transfer cell assembly for transverse joints in concrete pavement structures including support chairs, a pair of plastic walls abutting the edges of the concrete joints, a drainage trough for continuous drainage flow, a joint forming guide to wet form the upper portion of the joint through the concrete material, and compressed elastomers which space the wall liners apart and cooperate with threaded compression means to provide a load transfer supplement to steel dowels which pass through the elastomers.

Abstract: A joint spanning construction for bridges has a sealing body flush with the top edge of the road surface and comprising beading made of resilient rubber material inserted into recesses of open-topped sills. The beading is secured against lifting out by retainer bodies of circular cross-section which are fitted half in the walls of the sill recesses and half in the beading. The sills respectively feature webs, which have approximately parallel sides and which are directed towards the road surface so as to extend into the beading. The sections of beading separated by the webs feature concave recesses on their sides opposite the respective webs, and in each case the outer one of such recesses is engaged by the retainer body concerned.

Abstract: A unit for bonding two structural reinforced concrete components comprises a mounting strip having a pair of oppositely directed main faces and a plurality of connector rods held firmly on the mounting strip. Portions of the connector rods project at intervals along one side of the mounting strip and the connector rods have arms bent to a knee shape, the arms being positioned within the mounting strip. One of the main faces of the strip on the side away from the projecting portions of the connector rods defines at least two grooves parallel with one another and extending in the longitudinal direction of the mounting strip. The grooves have a width substantially equal to the diameter of the connector rods and a depth at least equal to the diameter. The mounting strip further includes holes at intervals along its length, the holes extending from the bottoms of respective ones of the grooves towards the opposite main face of the mounting strip.

Abstract: Procedure of locating expansion joints (7) in a concrete bed (3,4) during manufacture (casting) by locating pre-fabricated joint elements (11,12) consisting of long rails made of reinforced concrete in pairs as a form and glide path (1,2) for smoothing and vibrating machines and in such a way that the cavity formed is filled (7) with material which has a lower E-modulus than concrete. The procedure also describes a method when two rails are secured to another by means of an adhesive. The rails (11,12) are designed to form a tongue and groove (9,10) between the rail concerned and the associated concrete slab (3,4). Holes are made for dowels (6,8) which extend from one slab to the other through the joint element and thus prevent edge raising from occuring later on.

Abstract: A system of forms for facilitating the pouring of concrete into slabs, including a single "universal" screed stake with four vertically spaced pairs of fingers for selective use with screeds of four different vertical dimensions, each of the pairs of fingers receiving the lower edge of one of the screeds with the top of the stakes being received in a downwardly opening pocket formed by a hem on the upper edge of the screed. A novel stake configuration including the shape and location of the fingers and the curvature of the stake at the upper end thereof is dislcosed as is a novel screed construction including the pocket formed at the upper edge thereof and the skirt at the bottom edge thereof. Together, the screed and stakes cooperate to retain the screed on the stakes.

Abstract: An expansion joint and seal structure for the variable width space between roadway, bridge or like sections subject to expansion and contraction is provided in the form of an elongate elastomer member having spaced transverse passages of generally rectangular cross section with rounded corners in which metal bars of like cross section but shorter length are inserted, both the passages and bars have cooperating indexing devices which center the bars in each passage spaced equidistant from the ends thereof so as to maintain them over the space between the roadway, bridge or like sections.

Abstract: A concrete expansion and contraction joint is provided comprising a hollow single piece longitudinal extruded member having a cross sectional configuration which resembles an arrow head with a relatively narrow upper stem portion.When the expansion joint is inserted into the fluid concrete aggregate, the V-shaped bottom of the arrow head structure moves aside any stones encountered in the concrete by the top of the arrow thereby facilitating installation. The top edges of the sides of the V-shape upon immersion in the concrete form locking anchors. Horizontal portions extending laterally on each side from the upper central stem portion of the joint to a point near the top of the V sides form flanges that provide channels which block downward water seepage at the joint.

Abstract: A partially separable attachment device for sheet metal screed and stake assemblies of the type used in forming concrete ground slabs serves to hold top portions of the sheet metal screed and its supporting screed stakes in interassembled relation for use in the screed-forming of concrete slabs of large area in smaller slab sections. The attachment device has a head portion projecting upwardly of the assemblage which serves as the screeding upper edge. This head portion is torn away after setting of the adjacent slab sections to provide recesses for the placement of caulking material protecting against the entrance of moisture.

Abstract: A transverse concrete pavement joint cell including a pair of plastic walls abutting the edges of the concrete joints. A seamless drainage gutter extends longitudinally between said plastic walls to the edges of the pavement. Blocks of compressible elastomers between said plastic walls absorb expansion of the concrete. The cell includes a base and stabilizing ties secured to a conventional dowel bar assembly.

Abstract: A key joint forming strip and supporting stake therefor wherein the upper portion of the strip includes a hook segment engageable with a supporting ledge on the upper end of the stake and the intermediate portion of the stake includes a downwardly facing hook engageable with a protrusion on a lower portion of the strip. In use, the hook segment is first engaged with the ledge and then the lower portion of the strip is forced against the stake to engage the protrusion beneath the downwardly facing hook. Once so engaged, the strip is held in place between the ledge and the hook.

Abstract: A load transfer device, adapted to be grouted into a core hole drilled vertically through the joint between adjoining concrete slabs, includes a hollow diamond-shaped member and anchoring blades attached to opposite sides thereof. The device permits efficient transfer of shear across the joint while maintaining the necessary flexibility to permit expansion and contraction of the joint. A resilient shield is fitted over the faces of the diamond-shaped member to prevent binding of the grout to the faces and to minimize corrosion. The interior hollow space of the diamond-shaped member is filled with a resilient core to eliminate contamination with road debris and other foreign matter.

Abstract: A roadway expansion joint and seal is disclosed which comprises a pair of parallel metal side rails having a flexible elastomeric membrane secured therebetween. The membrane includes enlarged opposite edge portions which are solid in cross section, and which are mounted within respective C-shaped sockets in the side rails. The edge portions include a recess in the outwardly facing surface thereof and which defines a pocket between the edge portion and the inner wall of the C-shaped socket. The recess is sized and positioned to permit the edge portion to laterally flex to facilitate assembly thereof into its associated socket, and also, the pocket is adapted to be filled with an adhesive material to securely maintain the assembly of the membrane and side rails. In addition, the membrane includes a central web portion which is configured to accommodate relative movement of the side rails.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a system for pouring concrete and thereby forming concrete floors, sidewalks and the like, wherein the forms used to retain the concrete in place remain as part of the permanent installation. The system is constructed basically of longitudinal rails, stakes and clips which fit snugly and securely together to form concrete retaining forms.

Abstract: An expansion joint and seal structure for the variable width space between roadway, bridge or like sections subject to expansion and contraction is provided in the form of an elongate elastomer member having spaced transverse passages of generally rectangular cross section with rounded corners in which metal bars of like cross section but shorter length are inserted, both the passages and bars have cooperating indexing devices which center the bars in each passage spaced equidistant from the ends thereof so as to maintain them over the space between the roadway, bridge or like sections.

Abstract: An expansion joint seal assembly for sealing a roadway gap, which includes a pair of spaced apart elongated anchoring channel extrusion members to be secured in structural slab portions oppositely bounding the gap, and an elongated resilient sealing strip member for sealing the gap between the anchoring channel members. The anchoring channel members have an anchoring cavity opening toward the gap shaped to define a constricted entrance throat portion opening to the gap and communicating with a transversely enlarged, inner retaining chamber portion, and the strip member has a diaphragm web portion providing distortable folds and anchoring bead formations each forming substantially a hollow triangle in cross-section providing a back wall portion and a pair of forwardly converging walls which form an apex located below a horizontal reference plane extending through the vertical midpoints of back wall portion and provide a shallow concave trough immediately subjacent each apex.

Abstract: The connecting strip is made of a resilient material and is adapted to be inserted into a joint, a connecting element (16) engaging in an undercut groove (9) in the edge-element (7,8) of a joint. A continuous longitudinal notch (13) in the strip facilitates deformation of the connecting element (16). In order to facilitate the installation of the said strip in the sealing position in the joint, the said notch is arranged on the inside of the said connecting element, and the latter is buckled towards the middle of the joint, thus opening the notch. In the ultimate position, the connecting element is straightened and the notch closed.

Abstract: An improved retainer for an expansion joint system and a sealing cap for the anchor bolt channel thereof. The retainer channel and the cap have complementary mating profiles in the form of ledges with inclined edges and inwardly offset grooves having sloped bottom surfaces on the retainer channel walls, the cap having laterally projecting upper edge portions defining ledge receiving grooves and sloped bottom edge surfaces whereby entry of the cap into the retainer channel is facilitated by coaction between the sloped bottom surfaces of the cap and the inclined edges of the retainer ledges. The retainer ledges mate with the cap grooves to lock the cap in the retainer. The sloped bottom surfaces of the cap are supported by the sloped bottom surfaces of the retainer grooves and the laterally projecting upper edge portions of the cap are supported by the upper surfaces of the retainer ledges, the surfaces being in sealing engagement.

Abstract: An expansion joint seal for closing a gap between spaced-apart structural members has an elongated body including longitudinal side edges, an upper corrugated treadway surface, a lower undersurface, and an internal web structure including a plurality of laterally spaced vertically disposed webs each having an upper pair of cross-bars extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom and connected to the upper treadway and a lower pair of cross-bars extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom. An additional lower cross-bar extends from each side edge downwardly and inwardly to a pair of curved surfaces, and a vertically disposed web extends between the juncture of the curved surfaces and the centermost cross-bars. An upper cross-bar extends upwardly and inwardly from each side edge to the upper treadway surface.

Abstract: An expansion joint for bridges and similar structures comprising an elastomeric sealing element, anchoring means gripping the sealing element and resin mortar connecting the anchoring means to the structure. The resin mortar is comprised of a mixture of ureide and epoxy resins and aggregate. The anchoring means has rods embedded in the resin mortar to distribute stresses therein.

Abstract: A watertight expansion joint sealing section for the gap between two adjacent floor surfaces comprising an elastic bridging strip member having its two longitudinal edges secured to a rigid elongated intermediate member which in turn is secured to the vertical leg of an associated bracket which has a horizontal leg secured to the floor structure on each side of the gap. A cover strip is positioned over each of the longitudinal edges of the bridging strip and compressed there-against to form a watertight seal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for spanning expansion gaps in bridge decks or roadways. The invention provides a small, simple and low cost edge channel member of U-shape which may be welded to one type or a variety of different commericially available steel sections in accordance with any particular needs. Screws accessible from above are provided to retain the edge portions of an elongate body of flexible resilient elastomeric material which spans the expansion gap. Thus, the invention permits the installation of expansion joints for any desired thickness of the wearing course and any type of fastening to the concrete base course.

Abstract: Joint used to prevent cracks from occurring in a concrete floor. The joint comprises a body of soft material such as foamed styrol and urethane, a capping member of synthetic resin arranged on the top of body, and leg members for supporting and positioning the body on which the capping member has been mounted at the time of the concrete deposit, said leg members being adjustable to raise or lower the body.

Abstract: An expansion joint of the construction that opposing upper wavy end face plates with a regular gap therebetween and lower wavy end face plates with the upper end thereof bonded to the lower end of the upper wavy end face plates are provided oppositely, an elastic means is interposed between said both upper wavy end face plates, upper edge of said upper wavy end face plates are provided in flush with or close to the road surface, anchor materials are provided protrudingly at the back of said both upper wavy end face plates and are connected to reinforcing material, concrete or synthetic resin is placed at the back of each of said wavy end face plates and a small gap is provided between the lower end of said lower wavy end face plate and the bottom surface of a joint fitting portion to prevent the both from touching with each other.

Abstract: An elongated plate of elastomeric material is provided with anchoring means along its side edges for fixedly connecting the same to the sections of the road bed on opposite sides of the gap. Spring means are embedded within the plate transverse to the longitudinal axis and secured at its ends to the respective anchoring means so as to be expanded and/or contracted corresponding to the movement of the road section. The spring means preferably comprise helically wound coils spaced in parallel to each other, transverse to the longitudinal direction of the plate.

Abstract: The invention is an expansion joint seal for the gap in a bridge decking wherein load supporting splines are embedded in an elastomer strip that bridges the gap. The splines are at an incline to the longitudinal axis of the strip so that they have a rotational movement as the width of the gap changes.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide an elastomeric spring expansion joint-seal strip for sealing the gap between expansion members in highways, bridges and the like.The spring expansion joint-seal strip is an elongated seal strip of a substantially M-shaped cross section. The seal strip comprises an elongated web member for spanning a gap between a pair of structural slab members. The web member has flange portions extending along each longitudinal edge thereof. The flange portions support resilient grippers which are urged into sealing engagement with abutments on the slab members by spring means embedded within the elastomeric seal strip.

Abstract: An assembly is provided for weather-sealing an elongated joint formed between a first member and a second member when said members are disposed at a predetermined relative position. The assembly includes an elongated piece having elongated interconnected first and second sections extending angularly relative to one another. The piece is removably carried by an elongated bracket fixedly secured to a side of one of the members defining the joint. The bracket is provided with an inner wall section, an outer wall section in spaced substantially face-to-face relation with the inner wall section, and a bridge section interconnecting a pair of corresponding elongated edges of the wall sections. The wall and bridge sections coact to form an elongated pocket having a first opening at one end. Corresponding second elongated edge portions of the inner and outer wall sections are disposed in spaced relation and define an elongated second opening having an end terminating at the first opening.

Abstract: A roadway joint wherein a gap between two generally parallel concrete walls of the roadway structure is bridged by a joint assembly having resilient characteristics is reinforced by a protective shoulder structure which will avoid abrasion, wear and destruction due to traffic of the concrete shoulders of the walls forming the joint by forming the adjacent edges of the shoulders from silica-epoxy mortar which is cured into suitable sockets formed in the concrete shoulders of the adjacent walls.

Abstract: A sealing body member for attaching into an edge beam having upwardly extending arms, wherein at least one of the upwardly extending arms and the adjacent sealing body have respective mirror image longitudinal recesses, and a dowel part for inserting into the recesses, where the sealing body has a longitudinal cut above the recesses and approximately adjacent the upper edge of the upwardly extending wall to permit the sealing body upper part to be folded for inserting the dowel part from above into the recesses.

Abstract: A nosing unit for supporting a flexible member in an expansion gap of a roadway, which nosing unit comprises a laminated wood base to be fixed in a rebate formed in the edge of a roadway section adjacent to the expansion gap, and a topping part detachably secured to the base and serving in use of the nosing unit to present part of a road surface adjacent a said expansion gap.

Abstract: A roadway sealed expansion joint between roadway sections spaced by an expansion slot, the roadway sections having recesses adjacent and extending longitudinally of the slot. A metal plate bridges the slot and is secured to the bottom of the recess in one of the sections and is movable relative to the bottom of the recess in the other of the sections. Overlying the metal plate is a unitary elastomeric slab with its upper surface aligned with the upper surfaces of the concrete sections and with its edges bonded to the sides of the recesses, this elastomeric slab having a center premolded portion of relatively high elasticity and edge portions which are molded in situ and which are of relatively low elasticity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible joint to be inserted between culvert sections. In a culvert joint which consists of anchor members attached to the opposing culvert sections, a flexible member extending between said anchor members and a large number of strengthening members arranged in parallel at the internal and external positions of said flexible member, said strengthening members being classified into one with projections and one with holes to regulate the distance between them; the projections of said member with projections fit into the holes of said member with holes to overlap each other, thereby regulating the distance between them to follow an expansion and contraction or an uneven subsidence of the culvert and therefore, bearing earth pressure sufficiently.

Abstract: A joint forming structure produced integrally as a bent metallic sheet having a continuous cross-sectional configuration. The sheet includes a central trough having a parallel side walls and a perpendicular transverse base wall. It further includes a pair of oppositely bent longitudinal flanges joined to the respective side walls at their remaining longitudinal edges. The flanges terminate in longitudinal lips bent back along their outer edges and partially overlapping the side walls. The trough is shaped to receive upright supports when inverted over the supports, or alternately, to receive a board or other decorative joint material while upright supports are received within the smaller troughs presented by the flanges and lips at each side of the center trough.

Abstract: First and second elongate members formed of wear-resistant metal are embedded within the upper portion of the concrete, while the same is in a plastic condition, at a location where a contraction joint is desired. The members are so connected to each other and to the concrete as to be maintained in substantially parallel abutting relationship pending curing of the concrete and contraction-separation of the sections thereof disposed upon opposite sides of the members, and so as to then undergo lateral movement away from each other and remain in edge-protecting confronting relationship to respective ones of the separated concrete sections. Various types of interconnecting means may be employed for maintaining the members in abutting relationship to each other pending curing of the concrete. These include ones which frictionally interconnect the members, which resiliently bias the same toward each other, and/or which bond the members together in a non-permanent manner.

Abstract: A restraint assembly for bridge roadway expansion joints incorporates elastomer pads which resiliently mount a center channel of the expansion joint on a transverse support member thereby eliminating metal-to-metal contact and the production of objectionable noise.

Abstract: An expansion joint seal for use in roadways, bridges and the like adapted for use with a pair of elongated, parallel spaced-apart edge members defining a gap therebetween and each of the edge members having a generally C-shaped cavity opening towards said gap. The seal includes mounting beads on each of its longitudinal edges for reception within the aforesaid edge member cavities and a double walled, resilient web construction spanning the aforesaid gap and being attached to the mounting beads. The double walls of the web are disposed in an upper and lower relative relationship to one another and are connected to the mounting beads at correspondingly upper and lower portions thereon. The upper and lower web walls fold downwardly upon movement of the edge members towards one another and corresponding reduction in width of the gap.