INSULATED CONCRETE BATTERY MOLD, INSULATED PASSIVE CONCRETE CURING SYSTEM, ACCELERATED CONCRETE CURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME

• US 20140333004A1
• Filed: 05/12/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Original Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Inventors: Ciuperca, Romeo Ilarian
• Granted Patent: US 10,220,542 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 264/232
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/245 using transportable mould batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/34 Moulds, cores, or mandrels of special material, e.g. destructible materials for slip casting B28B1/26
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 40/0254 Hardening in an enclosed space, e.g. in a flexible container

Abstract

The invention comprises a concrete form. The concrete form comprises a first mold for concrete and a second mold for concrete, the first and second molds being in thermal communication with each other. The concrete form also comprises thermal insulating material substantially surrounding the first and second molds but not between the first and second molds. A method of using the concrete form is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A concrete form comprising:

a first mold for concrete;

a second mold for concrete, the first and second molds being in thermal communication with each other; and

thermal insulating material substantially surrounding the first and second molds but not between the first and second molds.

2. The concrete form of claim 1, wherein the first and second mold comprise a battery mold.

3. A method comprising:

placing plastic concrete in a first concrete mold;

placing plastic concrete is a second concrete mold, wherein the first and second molds are in thermal communication with each other;

providing thermal insulating material substantially surrounding the first and second molds but not between the first and second molds; and

allowing the plastic concrete within the first and second concrete molds to at least partially cure.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

removing the partially cured concrete from the first and second concrete molds;

placing the partially cured concrete from the first and second concrete molds in an insulated enclosure; and

allowing the concrete within the enclosure to further cure.

5. A method comprising:

placing partially cured concrete objects in an insulated enclosure; and

allowing the partially cured concrete objects within the enclosure to further cure.