Fiber ring reinforcement structures
First Claim
1. A method for making a reinforced concrete structure, comprising:
- obtaining a mold for the reinforced concrete structure;
forming a lattice within the mold,wherein the lattice comprises a plurality of inter-locking ringed assemblies,wherein each of the plurality of inter-locking ringed assemblies comprises a plurality of flexible fibers, andwherein each respective inter-locking ringed assemblies in the plurality of inter-locking ringed assemblies is folded over at least one neighboring inter-locking ringed assembly in the lattice in response to being formed; and
filling the mold with concrete, thereby encasing the lattice.
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Abstract
A method for making a reinforced concrete structure and reinforcement agents are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining a mold for the reinforced concrete structure. A lattice is formed within the mold, where the lattice includes inter-locking ringed fibers and where each inter-locking ringed fiber is a fiber formed into a ringed structure that is inter-locked with at least one neighboring inter-locking ringed fiber in the lattice. The lattice is then encased by filling the mold with concrete. In some embodiments, the reinforcement agents are a plurality of ringed fiber-structures, each of which is coiled into a ringed structure that may or may not inter-lock with at least one neighboring ringed fiber(s)-structure.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for making a reinforced concrete structure, comprising:
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obtaining a mold for the reinforced concrete structure; forming a lattice within the mold, wherein the lattice comprises a plurality of inter-locking ringed assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of inter-locking ringed assemblies comprises a plurality of flexible fibers, and wherein each respective inter-locking ringed assemblies in the plurality of inter-locking ringed assemblies is folded over at least one neighboring inter-locking ringed assembly in the lattice in response to being formed; and filling the mold with concrete, thereby encasing the lattice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A reinforced concrete structure, comprising:
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a lattice, wherein the lattice comprises a plurality of inter-locking assemblies, wherein each of the inter-locking assemblies includes a plurality of fibers, and wherein each of the plurality of fibers are formed into ring shapes, and each respective inter-locking assembly in the plurality of inter-locking assemblies is folded over at least one neighboring inter-locking assembly; and concrete encasing the lattice. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A reinforcement agent for building materials, comprising
a plurality of ringed fiber reinforcement assemblies, wherein each ringed fire reinforcement assemblies comprises a plurality of flexible fibers, wherein each respective ringed fiber reinforcement assembly in the plurality of ringed fiber reinforcement assemblies is folded over at least one neighboring ringed fiber reinforcement assembly forming the reinforcement agent.
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20. A reinforcement agent for building materials, comprising,
a first ringed fiber assembly, wherein the first ringed fiber assembly comprises a first plurality of fibers formed into the first ringed fiber assembly, a second ringed fiber assembly, wherein the second ringed fiber assembly comprises second a plurality of fibers formed into the second ringed fiber assembly, wherein the first ringed fiber assembly is folded over the second ringed fiber assembly to form the reinforcement agent, wherein the reinforcement agent is configured to be disposed randomly into a form for a filler material.
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