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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Hector G. Ruiz, Dallas, TX (US);
John E. Wachtendorf, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Meadow-Burke Products, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to supports for apparatus for transferring weight loads from one concrete structure to another. The devices are particularly suited for concrete highway construction. The support apparatus is used to position joint dowels that extend across paving joints between adjoining concrete slabs. The support apparatus comprises a first and a second support, each positioned on opposing sides of the paving joint. Each of the first and second supports comprise at least one longitudinally extending member having at least two cross members attached thereto such that one end of the cross member extends outwardly beyond the member. At least one clip comprising a body having a cavity therein, a gripper connected to the body and a cylindrical sleeve connected to the body is attached to each support. The clip is mounted to the end of a cross member so that the first end of the cross member is received into the cavity of the body and the attached gripper grasps the adjacent portion of the member. The sleeves are sized and configured to receive a dowel therein. When the first and second supports are spaced apart a predetermined distance from one another on opposing sides of a construction joint and opposing sleeves are aligned with one another, the first end of a dowel is receivable in one sleeve and the second end of the dowel is receivable in the opposing sleeve.