Insulated concrete form and method of using same

• US 8,756,890 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Original Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Inventors: Ciuperca, Romeo Ilarian
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilbert, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): FERENCE, JAMES M
• Application Number:
  US13/247,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20130074432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 523/091.1, 523/091.2, 524/10, 524/26, 525/62, 525/65, 523/091.6, 526/99, 523/094, 249/40, 249/41, 249/190, 249/216
• US Class Current: 52/426
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/161 with vertical and horizontal slabs, both being partially cast in situ
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/21 Connections specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/38 Connections for building structures in general
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/4178 Masonry wall ties with insulation-layer locating devices E04B1/7616; replacing or adding wall ties E04G23/0222
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/40 the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/8647 with ties going through the forms
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/8688 Scaffoldings or removable supports therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 5/38 with slab-shaped form units acting simultaneously as reinforcement; Form slabs with reinforcements extending laterally outside the element beams placed against one another and acting as permanent forms E04B5/23
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/245 by means of screws, bolts or clamping strips held against the underside of the supporting construction E04B9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/20 of plastics
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/168 Spacers connecting parts for reinforcements and spacing the reinforcements from the form
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/18 Spacers of metal or substantially of metal E04C5/168 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/20 of material other than metal or with only additional metal parts, e.g. concrete or plastics spacers with metal binding wires E04C5/168 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0803 with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0832 without load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/06 for walls, e.g. curved end panels for wall shutterings; filler elements for wall shutterings; shutterings for vertical ductsE04G11/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/12 of elements and beams which are mounted during erection of the shuttering to brace or couple the elementsE04G11/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/48 Supporting structures for shutterings or frames for floors or roofs struts E04G25/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/0654 remaining completely or partially embedded in the cast material
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/0658 remaining completely or partially embedded in the cast material
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/0754 : remaining completely or partially embedded in the cast material
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/14 : Bracing or strutting arrangements for formwalls; Devices for aligning forms E04G25/00 takes precedence; connecting and aligning E04G17/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49632 : Metal reinforcement member for nonmetallic, e.g., concrete, structural element

Abstract

The invention comprises connector for a pair of opposed spaced concrete forming panels. The connector comprises an elongate spacer member having flanges formed thereon intermediate a central portion thereof and each opposite end thereof. A portion of at least one end of the spacer member is sized and shaped to selectively engage an elongate panel bracing member. A composite insulated concrete form and a method of using the insulated concrete form are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A form for concrete comprising:

a first foam insulating panel;

a second foam insulating panel spaced from the first foam insulating panel defining a space therebetween;

a plurality of spacer members attached to the first and second foam insulating panels;

an elongate hollow sleeve extending from the first foam insulating panel to the second foam insulating panel, the elongate hollow sleeve being disposed in the space between the first and second foam insulating panels and spaced from the plurality of spacer members;

a first and second horizontal elongate panel bracing member each of which is attached to at least two of the plurality of panel spacer members and each first and second horizontal elongate panel bracing member is contacting a first primary surface of the first foam insulating panel and the first horizontal elongate panel bracing member being vertically spaced from the second horizontal elongate panel bracing member;

a third and fourth horizontal elongate panel bracing member each of which is attached to at least two of the plurality of panel spacer members and each third and fourth horizontal elongate panel bracing member is contacting a first primary surface of the second foam insulating panel and the third and fourth horizontal elongate panel bracing members being vertically spaced from each other;

a first vertical elongate bracing member contacting the first and second horizontal elongate panel bracing members; and

a second vertical elongate bracing member contacting the third and fourth horizontal elongate panel bracing members.

2. The form of claim 1 further comprising:

a first threaded rod extending through the first foam insulating panel and into the elongate hollow sleeve; and

a second threaded rod extending through the second foam insulating panel and into the elongate hollow sleeve.

3. The form of claim 2, wherein:

the first threaded rod includes a flange contacting the first vertical elongate bracing member; and

the second threaded rod includes a flange contacting the second vertical elongate bracing member.