Connecting and pressure-distributing element for concrete structural members

• US 4,578,916 A
• Filed: 03/16/1984
• Issued: 04/01/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fankhauser Peter Sonnrainstrasse 13 3510 Konolfingen Switzerland
• Original Assignee: Peter Fankhauser
• Inventors: Witschi, Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Kelly, Donald G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Creighton
• Application Number:
  US06/590,371
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: 52/677, 52/699, 52/701, 52/396, 404/50, 404/51, 404/56, 404/59, 404/60, 404/61, 404/62, 404/63
• US Class Current: 52/396.02
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/14 Dowel assembly ; Design or construction of reinforcements in the area of joints coupling devices for prefabricated units E01C5/005; combined with characteristic packings E01C11/08 - E01C11/12; removable holders E01C23/045
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 29/16 Arrangement or construction of joints in foundation structures for hydraulic engineering E02B3/16; sealing joints not restricted to foundation structures E04B1/68
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 5/18 Bulkheads or similar walls made solely of concrete in situ moulds therefor E02D5/68; making foundation slots E02D17/13; sealing diaphragms other than those made of concrete E02D19/18
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/483 Shear dowels to be embedded in concrete

Abstract

The element comprises a socket and a bar slidingly insertable into the opening of the socket. Disposed around and spaced from both the socket and the bar are at least two closed loops each, of generally rectangular shape and made from reinforcing rods. The loops are secured to the socket and the bar, respectively, in one case by welding, in another case by means of a holder. Because they are symmetrically spaced from the socket and the bar, they ensure good distribution of pressure within the concrete.

Claims

1. A connecting and pressure-distributing element for two concrete structural members to be poured in succession in the same plane and separated by a joint, comprising:

a socket portion intended to be attached to a frontal concrete form and to be embedded in the first-poured of said two concrete structural members;

a bar insertable in said socket portion and intended to be embedded in the second-poured of said two concrete structural members;

a plurality of closed loops made from reinforcing rods, at least two said loops being disposed around and spaced from said socket portion, at least two said loops being disposed around and spaced from said bar, said loops being respectively secured to said socket portion and said bar.

2. The element of claim 1, wherein each of said loops is shaped as a spiral having an outer end portion and an inner end portion, said outer end portion forming a rectangle, and said inner end portion being welded to said socket portion or said bar.

3. The element of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of star-shaped holding devices each including a plurality of arms and a hub, wherein each of said loops is shaped as a rectangle and is set into said arms of an associated one of said holding devices, said holding devices being fixed to said socket portion and said bar, respectively.

4. The element of claim 3, wherein said arms and said hub of each of said holding devices are perforated, each of said arms further including a hole at the end thereof remote from said hub.

5. The element of claim 3, wherein said holding devices are made of a synthetic material.

6. The element of claim 1, further including a plurality of tongues situated at one end of said socket portion and extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis thereof, each of said tongues including a hole at the end thereof remote from said socket portion for nailing said tongues to said frontal concrete form associated with said first-poured of said two concrete structural members.

7. The element of claim 1, wherein said bar comprises a core of structural steel and a tubular shell of high-grade steel surrounding said core and secured thereto.

8. A connecting and pressure-distributing element, comprising:

a longitudinally extending socket portion being open at a first end and closed at a second end;

flange means extending from the first end of the socket portion, said flange means being flush with the first end and extending perpendicularly from the longitudinal direction of the socket portion;

longitudinally extending bar means insertable in said socket portion in an axially adjustable means;

loop means having an outer portion and an inwardly extending inner portion, a plurality of said loop means being secured to the socket portion and a plurality of said loop means being secured to the bar means, said loop means being secured by attaching the inner portion thereof to the respective socket portion and bar means such that the loop means extends substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the socket portion and bar means.

9. The connecting and pressure distributing element of claim 8, wherein the flange means comprise a plurality of rectangular tongues have bores therethrough.

10. The connecting and pressure distributing element of claim 8, further comprising means connected to the outer portion of the loop means for spacing the loop means from a substructure.

11. The connecting and pressure distributing element of claim 8, further comprising means for fastening the flange means to a form for pouring concrete around said socket portion.