Adjustable apparatus, system and method for constructing insulated concrete forms
(10) US2020290234A1
(22) 20.01.2020
(43) 17.09.2020
(57) Systems for constructing insulated concrete forms and their skeletons may have one or both a skeleton assembly machine and a mold assembly. The skeleton assembly machine may have a strap loading assembly, a ladder loading assembly and a press assembly. The strap loading assembly may have a first side and a second side which are positioned in opposite and parallel spaced relation to each other. Each of the first side and the second side may have a support structure and at least one feeder which positions a strap in a strap guide. The strap may be movable along the strap guide towards a press assembly. The ladder loading assembly may have a support structure and at least one ladder guide. The strap receiving ladder may be movable along the at least one ladder guide and into the press assembly. The press assembly has a support structure, a first side and a second side with the space between the first side and the second side defining a press cavity. Each of the first side and the second side may have at least one guide that is continuous with the at least one strap guide of the strap loading assembly. The at least one strap may bave movable from the at least one strap guide of the strap loading assembly through the at least one guide of the press assembly. The at least one strap and the at least one strap receiving ladder may be aligned for connection within the press cavity. At least one of the first side and the second side may be movable to press the at least one strap and the at least one strap receiving ladder into connection with each other to form an insulated concrete form skeleton. The press assembly may have an exit through which the completed insulated concrete form skeleton is removable.
(71) Baader Benjamin, CA
