Apparatus for supporting a form member extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of a form carrier

• US 5,522,579 A
• Filed: 10/13/1993
• Issued: 06/04/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oesterreichische Doka
• Original Assignee: Osterreichische Doka Schalungstechnik GmbH
• Inventors: Rock, Ernst
• Primary Examiner(s): Mackey, James P.
• Application Number:
  US08/134,901
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• Field of Search: 249/23, 249/139, 249/219.1, 249/207, 249/210, 249/211
• US Class Current: 249/219.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 13/04 for lintels, beams, or transoms to be encased separately; Special tying or clamping means therefor hat-like or trough-like elements encasing a rib and its adjacent ceiling section E04G11/46; members, e.g. consoles, for attachment to the wall E04G17/16
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/001 Corner fastening or connecting means for forming or stiffening elements forms for rooms as a whole E04G11/02; forms for vertical ducts E04G11/06; forms for columns E04G13/02

Abstract

Apparatus for supporting a form member extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of a form carrier, in particular for supporting the side face of a truss form for concrete. The apparatus has a support frame and a clamping device connected to the support frame. A tightening device and a holding member are arranged in such a manner in a knuckle joint arrangement that, upon tightening, a prestressing path for the apparatus along the form carrier, and, thus a prestressing force perpendicular to the plane of the side face, ensues so that the gap between the side face and the base plate remains sealed in a reliable manner despite the concrete pressure, which arises. In a preferred embodiment, the truss holder is provided with an adjustable carrier adjustable in height, and which can be adapted to the required truss height.

Claims

1. Apparatus for supporting a form member extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a form carrier, comprising:

a support frame having a support member for placement parallel to and against the form carrier, a supporting element arranged perpendicular to the support member and securely fastened thereto, and a strut connecting the support member to the supporting element, and

a tightening device mounted on the support frame, the tightening device having tightening means and holding means, the holding means for engaging surfaces of the form carrier for fixing the apparatus to the form carrier, the tightening means being coupled to the strut for tightening the form carrier to the support frame, the tightening means and the holding means being coupled to one another to form a knuckle joint.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tightening means is connected to the holding means by the knuckle joint, said knuckle joint permitting movement of the holding means relative to the tightening means at least within a plane defined by the support frame, the tightening means and the holding means being in a plane parallel to the plane defined by the support frame and positioned at an inclination to the longitudinal axis of the supporting element in such a manner that the side of the holding means facing away from said knuckle joint and the side of the tightening means facing said knuckle joint respectively, face in the direction of the support member, the holding means being oriented more in the direction towards the supporting element than the tightening means, when the apparatus is prestressed.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding means comprises two claws.

4. Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each said claw is substantially plate shaped and is arranged at such an angle that when the apparatus is placed on a form carrier and prestressed, each said claw has a contacting surface extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the carrier with an edge for engaging an opposing surface on the form carrier, the contacting surface of the claw having a middle portion spaced from and forming an acute angle with the opposing surface on the form carrier.

5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the claw (10) is formed on a flat plate.

6. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the claw has a width dimension extending across the form carrier and has a protrusion extending perpendicular to the carrier longitudinal axis and across the width of the claw positioned either in the middle portion or at an edge of the contacting surface of the claw facing the form member.

7. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the claw comprises an end face facing the form member and extending perpendicular to the carrier longitudinal axis, said end face being bent upwardly in a direction towards the contacting surface of the form carrier.

8. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the claw is comprised of teeth extending over the entire contacting surface of the claw substantially perpendicularly to the carrier longitudinal axis.

9. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding means comprises two holding brackets for connection in a form- and force-locked manner.

10. Apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each holding bracket has a straight leg to which a bent section is connected.

11. Apparatus according to claim 9 wherein each holding bracket has a through hole and a bolt fastened to both sides of the support member perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, the bolt fitting through the through hole of each holding bracket, and a holding device provided on the bolt which holds the holding bracket to be axially displaceable on the bolt.

12. Apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the holding device has a radially outwardly expanding collar section at a free end of the bolt, a stop disc axially displaceable on the bolt, the outer diameter of the stop disc being greater than the diameter of the through hole of the holding bracket and the inner diameter of the stop disc being smaller than the outer diameter of the collar section.

13. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the tightening means comprises, a screw bolt and a screw nut threadably fastened to the screw bolt for tightening to the support frame.

14. Apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the screw nut is a star nut.

15. Apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the joint-sided end of the screw bolt is formed as a bracket.

16. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the support member of the support frame is a support rail comprising either two L-profiles or a U-profile.

17. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the supporting element of the support frame is substantially U-shaped in cross section with through holes arranged in a grid.

18. Apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the form carrier is adjustable in height and placed with a holding plate on the supporting element and is displaceable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the supporting element, the adjustable carrier having through holes matching through holes of the supporting element and being arranged in a grid matched to the through holes of the supporting element, the adjustable carrier being fixable on the supporting element by a holding bolt insertable through the grid matched through holes.