Fastening device with adjustable fastening surface embedded in cast panel or other products
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use with cast or other construction elements comprising:
- a. a body shaped with a generally flat outer face, with sufficient thickness to allow piercing by screw or nail or staple fasteners with a narrower inner part extending inward from the inner side of said outer face, said narrow inner part made to be cast or embedded into a panel or other construction element;
b. Said inner part comprising one or more sub-components which provide means of being adjusted in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the construction element within which it has been cast or embedded.
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Abstract
A component (20, 22) and method for a casting process, typically for cold-process casting of concrete wall, floor, ceiling or other panels or element in situ in building construction, leaving embedded in the cast panel a fastening surface (24) which can be adjustable to allow correction of non-uniform cast surfaces. The component may be integrated to conventional form-tie systems which use ties to space removable/reusable forms, holding forms a set distance apart, and can also hold a barrier material (typically expanded foam insulation) against the inner surface of a form(s) while casting is underway; when the forms are removed, leaving a component embedded providing an adjustable surface suitable for attaching material such finishing sheet material. The component can allow adjustment of its mounting surface with respect to the cast surface and to other like components in the cast panel to provide for (substantially) uniform surface for mounting finishing materials and/or fixtures.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use with cast or other construction elements comprising:
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a. a body shaped with a generally flat outer face, with sufficient thickness to allow piercing by screw or nail or staple fasteners with a narrower inner part extending inward from the inner side of said outer face, said narrow inner part made to be cast or embedded into a panel or other construction element;
b. Said inner part comprising one or more sub-components which provide means of being adjusted in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the construction element within which it has been cast or embedded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of casting panels or other construction elements using conventional forms with the apparatus provided herein, where the panel is a ceiling, floor, wall, or divider.
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16. A method of preparing a construction element such as a cast surface, for accepting a finishing material or covering to be mounted on the apparatus, once retrofitted.
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17. A method of pouring a tilt-cast panel with conduit and structural reinforcement in place, located and held using the apparatus provided herein.
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18. A method of providing hangars from the lower surface of a cast combined floor and ceiling in large-scale cast-in-place construction.
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