Expansion joint assembly and method

• US 4,804,292 A
• Filed: 03/24/1988
• Issued: 02/14/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rocco A. Deluca
• Original Assignee: Rocco A. Deluca
• Inventors: DeLuca, Rocco A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rudy, Andrew Joseph
• Application Number:
  US07/173,240
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: 52/13, 52/14, 52/16, 52/97, 52/395, 52/396, 52/573, 52/464, 52/310, 404/47, 404/69, 277/53, 277/55, 277/56
• US Class Current: 404/69
• CPC Class Codes: E01D 19/06 Arrangement, construction or bridging of expansion joints E01D19/005 takes precedence; in movable bridges E01D15/005 - E01D15/10; sealing joints not restricted to expansion joints for bridges E04B1/68
• CPC Class Codes: E01D 19/086 Drainage arrangements or devices surface drainage of roads in general E01C11/224; roof drainage E04D13/04
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/6804 specially adapted for floor parts

Abstract

The present invention specifically describes an expansion joint assembly for roadways, bridges, parking lot garages and the like which comprises: (a) a first road section terminating with a vertical face having a metal armor upper section and a concrete lower section; (b) a second road section contiguous to said first road section and having a vertical face which is directly opposite the vertical face of said first road section, said second road section vertical face also having a metal armor upper section and having a lower section; (c) a water deflector plate connected to the vertical face of either said first road section or said second road section, said deflector plate having a connecting surface which is anchored to said vertical face and having a deflecting surface which tapers outwardly and downwardly from said vertical face without contacting the other vertical face of said first and second road sections; (d) a water collector plate connected to the vertical face of the other of said first and second road sections, said water collector plate having a connecting surface which is anchored to said vertical face and having an inner collecting surface and an outer collecting surface, the inner collecting surface running from said connecting surface outwardly and downwardly to said outer collecting surface, said outer collecting surface running from said inner collecting surface outwardly and upwardly and terminating below and deflector plate and under it without contacting said deflector plate or the vertical face to which it is connected; (e) anchoring means connecting said deflector plate to said vertical face; and (f) anchoring means connecting said collecting plate to said vertical face.

Claims

1. An expansion joint assembly for roadways, bridgeways or parking garages comprising:

(a) a first road section terminating with a vertical face having a metal armor upper section and a concrete lower section;

(b) a second road section contiguous to said first road section and having a vertical face which is directly opposite the vertical face of said first road section, said second road section vertical face also having a metal armor upper section and having a lower section;

(c) a water deflector plate connected to the vertical face of either said first road section or said sec d road section, said deflector plate having a connecting surface which is an .ored to said vertical face and having a deflecting surface which tapers outwardly an downwardly from said vertical face with contacting the other vertical face of said first and second road section;

(d) a water collector plate connected to the vertical face of the other of said first and second road sec&

ions, said water collector plate having a connecting surface which is anchored to said vertical face and having an inner collecting surface and an outer collecting surface, the inner collecting surface running from said connecting surface outwardly and downwardly to said outer collecting surface, said outer collecting surface running from said inner collecting surface outwardly and upwardly and terminating below said deflector plate and under it without contacting said deflector plate or the vertical face to which it is connected;

(e) anchoring means connecting said deflector plate to said vertical face; and

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(f) anchoring means connecting said collecting plate to said vertical face.

2. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 wherein said deflector plate is connected to said vertical face by bolt type anchoring means by being bolted to said metal armor.

3. The expansion joint assembly of claim 2 wherein the connecting surface of said deflector plate is bolted behind a position of metal armor.

4. The expansion assembly, of claim 1 wherein said collector plate is connected to said vertical face by bolt type and boring means by being bolted to said metal armor.

5. The expansion joint assembly of claim 4 wherein the connecting surface of said collector plate is bolted behind a portion of metal armor.

6. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 wherein said deflector plate and said collector plate are connected to said metal armor by being welded thereto and the weld is the anchoring means.

7. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 wherein said deflector plate is attached to said vertical face by being fitted under said metal armor atop said concrete during construction and the weight of the metal armor and the bonding of the concrete are the anchoring means.

8. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 wherein said collector plate is attached to said vertical face by being fitted under said metal armor atop said concrete during construction and the weight of the metal armor and the bonding of the concrete are the anchoring means.

9. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 wherein said deflector plate and said collector plate are connected to said vertical faces after said vertical faces have been constructed, by each being embedded into a cut made in the concrete of the vertical faces and wherein concrete bonding is applied in place to the plates as the anchoring means.

10. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 further comprising an elastomeric spacer block being located at the upper portion of the vertical faces of said first road section and said second road section.

11. The expansion joint assembly of claim 1 which further includes a downspout at one end of said collector plate so as to control the runoff emitting therefrom.

12. A method of improving drainage and protecting concrete portions of an expansion joint assembly bridgeways or parking garages, which includes a first road section terminating With a vertical face having a metal armor upper section and a concrete lower section and a second road section contiguous to said first road section and having a vertical face which is directly opposite the vertical face of said first road section, said second road section vertical face also having a metal armor upper section and having a lower section, which comprises:

(a) attaching a water deflector plate to the vertical face of one of said first road section and said second road section, said deflector plate being connected to the vertical face by anchoring means, said deflector plate also having a deflecting surface which tapers outwardly and down wardly from said vertical face without contacting the opposite vertical face; and

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(b) attaching a water collector plate to a vertical face of the other of said first road section and said second road section, said water collecting plate having a connecting surface which is anchored to said vertical face and having an inner collecting surface and an outer collecting surface, the inner collecting surface running from said connecting surface outwardly and downwardly to said outer collecting surface, said outer collecting surface running from said inner collecting surface outwardly and upwardly and terminating below said deflector plate and under it without contacting said deflector plate or the vertical face opposite to it.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said water deflector plate is anchored to said vertical face at the metal armor by being welded thereto.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said water collector plate is anchored to said vertical face by being welded to the metal armor of said vertical face.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein at least one of said concrete lower sections is cut out to form a groove and the connecting surface of either the water collector plate or the water deflector plate is inserted into said groove and bonded thereto.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said bonding is accomplished by application of a concrete bonding agent.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein the metal armor sections of said vertical faces are drilled and the water deflector plate and the water collector plate are screwed onto the armor of said vertical faces and a sealing caulk is subsequently applied to form a seal at the deflector plate and the collector plate to prevent water and other liquids from running down said vertical faces behind each of said water deflector plate and water collector plate.