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Apparatus for constructing concrete walls

US4040774A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1976
Grant dateAug 9, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 29, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04G11/28
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In an apparatus for constructing high-rising, poured concrete walls, pairs of spaced-apart, upright supports are preliminarily mounted on a foundation and then detachably attached to both sides of at least a partially hardened level of concrete wall and at intervals along the length of the wall for repeated, upward, step-wise use as the wall is being formed; a plurality of carriages are mounted on adjacent supports along both sides of the wall for continuous upward movement as the wall is being cast, and adjustable concrete shaping assemblies are mounted on the carriages. Each assembly opposing a similar assembly to define a continuous mold into which new concrete is poured on top of previously poured concrete to form the wall.

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