ADJUSTABLE REBAR POSITIONING DEVICE

• US 20180223533A1
• Filed: 01/15/2018
• Published: 08/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael G. Rush
• Original Assignee: Michael G. Rush
• Inventors: RUSH, MICHAEL G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,450,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/161 Protective caps for the ends of reinforcing bars
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/166 the reinforcements running in different directions
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/167 Connection by means of clips or other resilient elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/168 Spacers connecting parts for reinforcements and spacing the reinforcements from the form
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/18 for double walls
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/06 Tying means; Spacers ; Devices for extracting or inserting wall ties E04G17/047 takes precedence; permanent forms for walls, e.g. with ties E04B2/86
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/065 Tying means, the tensional elements of which are threaded to enable their fastening or tensioning

Abstract

A rebar positioning device with opposite ends for positioning adjacent to a form face of at least one form panel may include a support rod having opposite ends and an outer surface, with at least a portion of the outer surface being threaded. At least one bar clip may be movably mounted on the support rod. An orientation of the at least one bar clip on the support rod is adjustable, and a position of the at least one bar clip on the support rod is adjustable.

Claims

1. A forming system for concrete, comprising:

at least one form panel having a form face and a concrete receiving space adjacent to the form face;

at least one insulation panel positioned in a spaced relationship to the form face of the form panel, the at least one insulation panel having opposite panel faces with one of the panel faces facing the form faces of the form panel;

at least one insulation panel positioning device having opposite ends with at least one of the ends being positioned adjacent to the form face of the form panel, the panel positioning device comprising;

a support rod having opposite ends and an outer surface, at least a portion of the outer surface being threaded;

at least one positioning plate movably mounted on the support rod, the positioning plate having at least one abutment face for positioning against one of the panel faces of the insulation panel, a position of the at least one positioning plate on the support rod being adjustable, the plate having a passage receiving a portion of the support rod, the passage being defined by a passage surface with at least a portion of the passage surface being threaded to engage threads on the support rod such that rotation of the positioning plate with respect to the support rod in a first rotational direction causes the positioning plate to move in a first longitudinal direction with respect to the support rod to move the abutment face in the first longitudinal direction, and rotation of the position plate with respect to the support rod in a second rotational direction causes the positioning plate to move in a second longitudinal direction with respect to the support rod to move the abutment face in the second longitudinal direction.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one positioning plate comprises a pair of positioning plates, each of the positioning plates being positioned adjacent to one of the panel faces of the insulation panel.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the positioning plate has a pair of opposite abutment faces.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the positioning panel has a substantially polygonal perimeter edge

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the positioning panel has a substantially circular perimeter edge

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one insulation panel is oriented substantially parallel to the form panel.

7. The system of claim 1 additionally comprising a plurality of reinforcing bars being positioned in the concrete receiving space;

and

at least one bar clip rotatably mounted on the support rod, the clip having a base portion receiving a section of the support rod and a pair of arm portions removably gripping one of the reinforcing bars, the arm portions extending outwardly from the base portion such that the arm portions extend in a radial direction from the support rod.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the at least one bar clip is rotatable on the support rod to adjust the radial direction orientation of the arm portions of the bar clip with respect to the support rod;

and

wherein the at least one bar clip is rotatable on the support rod to adjust a longitudinal position of the bar clip relative to the opposite ends of the support rod.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one form panel comprises a pair of form panels with substantially opposing form faces, the form faces defining the concrete receiving space therebetween, the opposite ends of the panel positioning device being each located adjacent to the one of the form faces.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the at least one bar clip is mounted on the support rod such that rotation of the clip with respect to the support rod changes both the radial direction orientation of the clip with respect to the support rod and the position of the clip between the ends of the support rod.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the at least one bar clip is threadedly mounted on the support rod such that rotation of the clip with respect to the support rod in the first rotational direction advances the bar clip in the first longitudinal direction along the support rod and rotation of the bar clip with respect to the support rod in the second rotational direction advances the bar clip in the second longitudinal direction along the support rod, the second longitudinal direction being opposite of the first longitudinal direction.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the at least one bar clip has a cavity configured to receive a portion of a reinforcing bar and a channel configured to receive the support rod.

13. The system of claim 1 additionally comprising an abutment cap mounted on at least one end of the support rod and having an abutment face, a longitudinal position of the abutment cap on the support rod being adjustable to adjust a longitudinal position of the abutment face with respect to the support rod.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the abutment cap defines a cavity receiving an end portion of the support rod, the cavity being defined by a cavity surface threaded to engage threads on the support rod such that rotation of the abutment cap with respect to the support rod in the first rotational direction causes the cap to move longitudinally outward with respect to the support rod and thereby move the abutment face longitudinally outward, and rotation of the abutment cap with respect to the support rod in the second rotational direction causes the cap to move longitudinally inward with respect to the support rod to move the abutment face longitudinally inward.