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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Alexandria, VA (US);
Sean W. Morefield, Champaign, IL (US);
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, Alexandria, VA (US);
Abstract
An enamel coated steel dowel bar and a method of manufacturing said enamel coated steel dowel bar for use in joining together and stabilizing concrete slabs by drilling a first hole at a first end of an axis of the dowel bar, drilling a second hole at a second end of the axis of the dowel bar, configuring a first end plug into the first hole of the dowel bar, configuring a second end plug into the second hole of the dowel bar, attaching a first end cap over the first end plug and the first hole, and attaching a second end cap over the second end plug and the second hole, wherein a pin is removably attached to the first hole and the second hole to mount the dowel bar during an enamel coating process and wherein the dowel bar is slidably attached to the first end cap and the second end cap.