Device for laying floating flagstones and installation system thereof

Abstract

A device to be placed in floating floor slabs and the installation system thereof, the device comprising a cube having a pair of tubes on each side thereof, parallel with the base, with facing sides in identical position; within said sides a section designed for placing rods on which the different layers of the rebar mesh are supported and a system for fitting the mesh on the rods, and also the securing of the corners of the different levels of the rebar mesh by means of linking of the cubes using the rods.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The technical field of the present invention pertains to a device, which is integrated into the framework of floating slabs, as an instrument for raising the slab once the concrete has set. These floating slabs are arranged in constructions that require an insulation of the central block, as they may be the bases at which are situated electric transformers, air conditioning units, bowling alleys and, generally, sites at which it is desired to avoid the transmission of vibrations and impact noises.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The system of creating floating slabs by means of distributing metallic containers in welded wire fabric in the form of cubes that are within the forging is known. The raising phase occurs once the concrete has set, and shock-absorbing elements are positioned in the cavity, which are coupled under beveled structures that are located in two of the corners thereof. In this way, the raising of the floating slab will be achieved to th...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention is a device for positioning floating slabs in construction. The device is integrated into the framework of the floating slabs and is designed to be raised once the concrete has set. The device includes a metallic cube with various horizontal tubes for rods to be inserted and secured. The device helps to prevent weak zones in the slab that may cause fractures during the raising phase. The invention solves the problems of the prior art by providing a simpler and more secure way to position and insulate the slabs."

Problems solved by technology

This involves a lot of work for the operator in the positioning and a limited rigidity of the system, causing the cubes to move when the concrete is poured or by the operator's own movements within the rebar.

If the setting occurs with any of these elements displaced or twisted, there will be a weak zone at this point which may cause the fracture of the floating slab in the raising phase.

The prior-art system has the drawback that the rods welded to the structure of the cube are arranged so that they cover the grid in every case, to facilitate its bundling by means of wire.

For this the operator usually has problems at the time of fitting the cube in the welded wire fabric, and has to shorten the rebar to make a suitable cavity.

Apart from the labor-intensive work that it involves, it results in a structure that is hazardous to the work zone, which the ends of the rods welded together with the cuts made in the rebar constitute, with many sharp points, with risk to the operator in the work of positioning the wires or by the fact alone of being situated on the structure.

The complexity of this structure makes the manufacture thereof very expensive, and the securing in the welded wire fabric, in spite of the weight that it has, is insufficient.

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