Insulated flying table concrete form, electrically heated flying table concrete form and method of accelerating concrete curing using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10166697-B2
Application number	US-201815864159-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2018
Priority date	Sep 9, 2013
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

The invention comprises a flying table concrete form. The flying table concrete form comprises a concrete forming deck comprising 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 a second panel contacting and substantially covering the layer of insulating material. The flying table concrete form also comprises a plurality of deck support members extending transversely with respect to the second panel, wherein the first concrete forming panel defines a plane and wherein no portion of the deck support members are in the plane defined by the first concrete forming panel. A method of using the flying table concrete form is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
placing a quantity of plastic concrete on a horizontal concrete forming deck comprising:
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, wherein the first concrete forming panel comprises wood, plywood, high density overlay (HDO) plywood, plastic, fiberglass board, resin board or metal;
a first layer of insulating material contacting and substantially covering the second primary surface of the first concrete forming panel, wherein the first layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 4; and
a second panel contacting and substantially covering the first layer of insulating material, the second panel having a primary surface opposite the first layer of insulating material; and
a plurality of deck support members extending transversely with respect to the primary surface of the second panel;

substantially covering the quantity of plastic concrete with a second layer of insulating material; and
leaving the second layer of insulating material on the quantity of plastic concrete for a time sufficient for the quantity of plastic concrete to at least partially cure.

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

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

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

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

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 an electric heating element is disposed between the first concrete forming panel and the second panel.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising removing the second layer of insulating material.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising removing the horizontal concrete forming deck.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the layer of insulating material comprises a polymeric foam of polyvinyl chloride, urethane, polyurethane, polyisocyanurate, phenol, polyethylene, polyimide or polystyrene.

11. A method comprising:
placing a quantity of plastic concrete on a horizontal concrete forming deck comprising:
an insulated panel having a primary surface, wherein the insulating panel comprises:
a first panel of wood, plywood, high density overlay (HDO) plywood, plastic, fiberglass board, resin board or metal having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the first panel contacts the plastic concrete;
a first layer of polymeric foam insulating material contacting the second primary surface of the first panel, wherein the first layer of polymeric foam insulating material has an R-value of greater than 4; and

a plurality of deck support members extending transversely with respect to the primary surface of the insulating panel;

substantially covering the quantity of plastic concrete with a second layer of insulating material, wherein the second layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 4; and
leaving the second layer of insulating material on the quantity of plastic concrete for a time sufficient for the quantity of plastic concrete to at least partially cure.

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

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second layer of insulating material has an R-value of greater than 4.

Assignees

• Ciuperca Romeo Ilarian

Inventors

• Ciuperca Romeo Ilarian

Classifications

• B28B7/0032 Primary

  Moulding tables or similar mainly horizontal moulding surfaces · CPC title

• B28B17/0081

  Process control · CPC title

• B28B11/245

  Curing concrete articles (B28B11/242 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C04B40/04

  Preventing evaporation of the mixing water (permanent coverings C04B41/00) · CPC title