Chamber Patents (Class 425/DIG106)
  • Patent number: 4978099
    Abstract: An adjustable corner strip for joining adjacent concrete form panels into a column mold includes spaced diverging wings with slots to retain adjustment screws for adjusting the divergence of the wings, and thus the panels. The corner strip permits easy and rigid squaring of forms. A chamfer strip includes a chamfer face and an integrally formed tail section extending outwardly of the strip and adapted to fit into the channel formed along the mold side rail. The adjustable corner strips bring the chamfer strips into tight mating engagement with the interior surfaces of the mold panels, preventing leakage of cement between the chamfer strips and the mold panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Western Forms, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael G. Carlson
  • Patent number: 4738605
    Abstract: An installation for manufacturing reinforced concrete elements, in particular prestressed concrete slabs or pre-slabs, by means of a bench including a manufacturing area of predetermined shape, together with a molding apparatus. Memory means (46) are provided for storing building data relating to the elements to be manufactured and concerning at least the geometry thereof, together with tracing means (48) for marking on the manufacturing area (16) the locations of at least some of the walls placed thereon and constituting portions of the molding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme de Recherche et d'Etudes Techniques
    Inventors: Michel Aerts, Raymond Biancone, Jean Eliche, Jean Richard, Jean-Louis Tron, Philippe Violle