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Adjustable reinforcement insertion guide for a slip form concrete barrier mold

  • US 6,394,410 B1
  • Filed: 07/06/2000
  • Issued: 05/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An adjustable insertion guide for guiding at least one essentially continuous steel reinforcement screen into a mobile slip form machine for forming continuous concrete barrier walls, said insertion guide comprising:

  • a generally vertically disposed slide gate;

    means for securing said slide gate laterally and adjustably vertically between the opposed walls of a slip form mold of the slip form machine;

    said slide gate having a laterally continuous upper portion with a first and a second lower side panel depending therefrom;

    each said lower side panel defining a reinforcement screen passage therebetween;

    generally vertically disposed reinforcement screen guide means depending centrally from said upper portion of said slide gate; and

    said reinforcement screen guide means dividing said reinforcement screen passage into substantially equal first and second reinforcement screen guide slots;

    wherein each said lower side panel of said slide gate has an inner edge, and wherein the insertion guide further comprises either of at least one outboard front guide panel extending forwardly or at least one rear guide panel extending rearwardly from said inner edge of each said lower side panel of said slide gate.

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