Container for introducing concrete into formwork

• US 5,439,147 A
• Filed: 12/09/1993
• Issued: 08/08/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MST Vermogensverwaltungs GmbH & Co.
• Original Assignee: Mst-Bau Gesmbh
• Inventors: Bitschnau, Lothar
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin P.
• Application Number:
  US08/164,386
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 222/181, 222/185, 222/333, 222/412, 222/413, 198/311, 198/550.1, 414/326, 414/526, 417/900
• US Class Current: 222/333
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 13/02 Feeding the unshaped material to moulds or apparatus for producing shaped articles
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 15/04 Placing concrete in mould-pipes, pile tubes, bore-holes or narrow shafts
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/025 Buckets specially adapted for use with concrete
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 417/90 Slurry pumps, e.g. concrete

Abstract

A concrete container for introducing concrete into formwork, particularly into sliding formwork. The container includes an upwardly open container with a downwardly tapering lower portion having an outlet opening. A distributing hose is connected to the outlet opening. The vessel is provided with a support frame. The support frame can be connected to a lifting unit for lifting the concrete container. A pipe section is provided between the outlet opening of the container and the distributing hose. A motor-driven screw is mounted in the pipe section. The motor serving for driving the screw is mounted on the vessel or on the support frame. The axial length of the screw is slightly greater than the axial length of the pipe section. A support beam extending across the vessel is mounted on the upper rim of the vessel. The motor is flanged to the middle portion of the support beam. The drive shaft extends concentrically through the vessel. The pipe section is in alignment with the vertical center axis of the container.

Claims

1. A concrete container for introducing concrete into framework, the container comprising a vessel having a top and a bottom, a support frame for supporting the vessel, the vessel being open at the top thereof and having a downwardly and inwardly tapering lower portion, the lower portion defining an outlet opening, a pipe section connected to the outlet opening, and a distributing hose for introducing concrete into formwork connected to the pipe section, further comprising a screw mounted within pipe section, a motor for driving the screw, the motor for driving the screw being mounted on the vessel, a current source for the motor mounted on the support frame, actuating members for controlling the current source, the actuating members being mounted at an opening of the distributing hose, the pipe section having a length, the screw having an axial length which corresponds to or is slightly greater than the axial length of the pipe section, the screw having an average pitch selected smaller than 45°

for preventing concrete from flowing out of the vessel when the screw is not rotating.

2. The concrete container according to claim 1, wherein the average pitch of the screw is 30°

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3. The concrete container according to claim 1, wherein the vessel has an upper rim, the motor being mounted on the upper rim, further comprising a drive shaft freely extending through the vessel between the motor and the screw.

4. The concrete container according to claim 3, further comprising a support beam mounted on the upper rim of the vessel, the support beam extending in a plane defined by the diameter of the upper rim, wherein the motor is flanged to the support beam in a middle portion thereof, wherein the drive shaft concentrically extends through the vessel, and wherein the pipe section is in alignment with a vertical center axis of the vessel.

5. The concrete container according to claim 4, wherein the support beam has two outer portions extending at an angle relative to the middle portion.

6. The concrete container according to claim 1, wherein the outlet opening, the distributing hose and an opening of the distributing hose have a diameter which is smaller than 20 cm.

7. The concrete container according to claim 6, wherein the diameter is 15 cm.