Gang form

US4695031A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Edward A. Proctor · Horsham, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 1985
• Grant date: Sep 22, 1987
• Expiry date: Nov 14, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B28B23/02
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A gang form in which a single or a plurality of precast concrete beams will be molded at one time, the gang form comprising a first and two second vertical walls, the first wall being a straight wall, the two second walls spaced apart one from another extend transversely away from the first wall while having an end abutting the first wall, a tier or tiers of precast concrete beams being molded by placing fluid concrete into a mold compartment comprising the top surface of either a starter slab or a previously precast beam, a longitudinal segmental strip of a vertical surface of the first wall or the vertical surface of a previously constructed tier and an individual mold side member, which side member is restrained by restraint means placed exterior of said mold compartment, the restraint means allowing the individual mold side member to be adjusted vertically while also being adjusted horizontally at various distances apart from a face of the first wall, the precast concrete beams while molded in their mold compartment are in an unnatural first arrangement with the natural sides of the beams being superimposed one upon another, in the first arrangement the natural top and bottom o…