Insulated concrete slip form and method of accelerating concrete curing using same

• US 9,776,920 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2014
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Original Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Inventors: Ciuperca, Romeo Ilarian
• Primary Examiner(s): Schiffman, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US14/480,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20150069647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/02 Moulds with adjustable parts specially for modifying at will the dimensions or form of the moulded article
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/22 Moulds for making units for prefabricated buildings , i.e. units each comprising an important section of at least two limiting planes of a room or space, e.g. cells for making rooms or entire buildings in situ E04G11/02; Moulds for making prefabricated stair units
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/263 for making plates, panels or similar sheet- or disc-shaped objects
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/348 of plastic material or rubber
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/36 Linings or coatings, e.g. removable, absorbent linings, permanent anti-stick coatings; Linings becoming a non-permanent layer of the moulded articlelubricating surfaces of moulds, cores or mandrels B28B7/38
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/364 of plastic material or rubber
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2201/50 for the mechanical strength
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/021 Ash cements, e.g. fly ash cements fly ash as filler C04B18/08; Cements based on incineration residues, e.g. alkali-activated slags from waste incineration alkali-activated combustion residues as such C04B7/243; mixtures of the lime-pozzuolane type C04B28/18; Kiln dust cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/04 Portland cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/08 Slag cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 40/02 Selection of the hardening environment
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 7/02 Portland cement
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 7/14 Cements containing slag slags from waste incineration C04B7/28
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 7/26 from raw materials containing flue dust , i.e. fly ash C04B7/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/20 Movable forms; Movable forms for moulding cylindrical, conical or hyperbolical structures; Templates serving as forms for positioning blocks or the like E04G11/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/22 Sliding forms raised continuously or step-by-step and being in contact with the poured concrete during raising and which are not anchored in the hardened concrete; Arrangements of lifting means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 13/02 for columns or like pillars; Special tying or clamping means therefor columns, pillars of concrete with permanent forms E04C3/34
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 2009/028 with reinforcing ribs on the underside
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/06 Solidifying concrete, e.g. by application of vacuum before hardening devices for solidifying also soil E02D3/02; for road building E01C19/00; for producing shaped articles B28B1/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 9/02 Forming boards or similar elements E04G9/08, E04G9/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 9/10 : with additional peculiarities such as surface shaping, insulating or heating, permeability to water or air
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/91 : Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete

Abstract

The invention comprises a concrete form. The form comprises a first concrete forming panel having a first primary surface adapted for forming and contacting plastic concrete and a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface; a layer of insulating material contacting and substantially covering the second primary surface of the first concrete forming panel; and an insulating blanket adjacent the first concrete forming panel. A method of using the concrete form is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

placing a first quantity of plastic concrete in a concrete form, wherein the concrete form comprises;

a first concrete forming panel having a first primary surface adapted for forming and contacting plastic concrete and a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface; and

a layer of insulating material contacting and substantially covering the second primary surface of the first concrete forming panel;

moving the concrete form to an adjacent position, wherein at least a portion of the first quantity of plastic concrete is not within the concrete form;

placing a second quantity of plastic concrete in the concrete form; and

substantially covering the portion of the first quantity of plastic concrete not within the concrete form with an insulating blanket.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 1.5.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 4.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 8.

5. The concrete form of claim 1, wherein the insulating blanket has an R-value of greater than 1.5.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the concrete form further comprises an electric heating element in thermal contact with the second primary surface of the first concrete forming panel.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the insulating blanket further comprises an electric heating element in the insulating blanket.

8. A method comprising:

selectively adding heat to a first quantity of concrete so that the first quantity of concrete follows a first predetermined temperature profile; and

selectively adding heat to a second quantity of concrete adjacent to the first quantity of concrete so that the second quantity of concrete follows a second predetermined temperature profile different from the first predetermined temperature profile.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first quantity of concrete has cured for a longer period of time than the second quantity of concrete.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first quantity of concrete and the second quantity of concrete are both portions of the same structure.

11. A method comprising:

placing a first quantity of plastic concrete in a concrete form, wherein the concrete form comprises a concrete forming panel and a reinforcing frame, wherein a first layer of insulating material is disposed between the reinforcing frame and the first quantity of plastic concrete; and

allowing the first quantity of plastic concrete to at least partially cure;

moving the concrete form to an adjacent position, wherein at least a portion of the first quantity of plastic concrete is not within the concrete form;

placing a second quantity of plastic concrete in the concrete form; and

wherein the portion of the first quantity of plastic concrete not within the concrete form is substantially covered with a second layer of insulating material.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 1.5.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 4.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 8.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the second layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 1.5.