Insulated wall construction

• US 5,107,648 A
• Filed: 02/19/1991
• Issued: 04/28/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edward F. Roby
• Original Assignee: Edward F. Roby
• Inventors: Roby, Edward F.
• Primary Examiner(s): RIDGILL JR, JAMES
• Application Number:
  US07/657,418
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 52/426, 52/428, 52/309.12, 52/564, 52/699, 249/216, 249/217, 249/43, 249/39, 249/16
• US Class Current: 52/309.12
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/8647 with ties going through the forms
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/8688 Scaffoldings or removable supports therefor

Abstract

An insulated wall construction is provided utilizing spaced planar rigid foam plates, each foam plate including an upstanding rib formed about an upper and forward edge of each section, with a complementary groove formed through each rear and bottom edge of each section. The construction includes a spacer rod positioned medially of the sections, the spacer rod receivable within a rod support, the rod support fixedly secured orthogonally to an external support plate, wherein the rod is directed through each section to receive the spaced rod therewithin. The spacer rod includes a plurality of apertures between each lock pin and capture an internal support plate between each lock pin and each interior space of each section. A temporary support member is provided to provide support to stacked sections for reception of concrete between the spaced sections to permit curing of concrete in a fixed orientation.

Claims

1. An insulated wall construction comprising, in combination,

a first foam panel section spaced from a second foam panel section, the first panel section including a first internal surface spaced from a first external surface, the second panel section including a second internal surface spaced from a second external surface, the first internal surface and the second internal surface in confronting relationship relative to on another,

and

a plurality of support units mounted selectively between the first and second panel sections to secure the panel sections together, the support units spaced apart a predetermined spacing,

and

wherein the support unit includes a first and second external support plate, each first and second external support plate including a first and second rod support fixedly and orthogonally mounted to each external support plate, each first and second tube support directed through each respective first and second panel section arranged orthogonally relative to the first and second internal surface of each first and second panel section, wherein each first and second rod support are in an aligned relationship relative to one another, and a spacer rod received within each first and second rod support, the spacer rod selectively secured to each respective first and second rod support,

and

wherein each rod support includes a plurality of rod support locating bores orthogonally directed through each rod support relative to a rod support axis defined by the rod support relative to a rod support axis defined by the rod support, and each spacer rod including a first pair of spacer rod locating bores and a second pair of spacer rod locating bores, each first and second pair of locating bores orthogonally directed through the spacer rod orthogonally aligned relative to an axis defined by the spacer rod, wherein the first and second pair of spacer rod locating bores are positioned adjacent respective opposed terminal ends of each spacer rod, and each pair of spacer rod locating bores are aligned with each plurality of tube support locating bores formed within each first and second tube support,

and

including a lock pin received through the first and second spacer rod locating bores and respective first and second tube support locating bores aligned with the first and second spacer tube locating bores,

and

including an inner support plate captured between each lock pin and each respective first and second panel section interior surface, each inner support plate including an inner support plate opening defining a predetermined diameter substantially equal to an external diameter defined by each tube support,

and

wherein each rod support defines an inner rod support diameter substantially equal to an external spacer tube diameter defined by each spacer rod to complementarily receive the spacer rod within each rod support,

and

including a support member positionable against an external surface of each first panel section, the support member including a base plate, and a "U" shaped channel fixedly and integrally mounted in an orthogonal orientation relative to each base plate, and a support rod secured within the "U" shaped channel at an upper end of each support rod, and a lower end of the support rod secured to a foot member to position the "U" shaped channel against the first exterior surface of the first panel section,

and

wherein each tube support includes a plurality of diametrically opposed semicylindrical coextensive projections mounted within each tube support, and each spacer rod includes a plurality of diametrically opposed semi-cylindrical plates coplanar with one another to be received within the semicylindrical flutes,

and

wherein each spacer rod is formed with a roughened exterior surface to enhance adhesion of concrete thereto,

and

wherein each spacer rod includes externally threaded end portions, and each tube support includes an internally threaded surface to receive each externally threaded end portion, and each inner tube support plate includes an internally threaded central bore for receiving each respective externally threaded end portion thereof.