Insulating concrete form (ICF) system with tie member modularity

摘要

A modular tie member which promotes flexibility in manufacturing ICF blocks of varying widths and heights, one embodiment including a pair of side wall bracket members each encapsulated within a respective panel member forming an ICF block and a web member pivotally attached to and extending between the side wall bracket members. Each bracket member may include an extension portion and/or another interlocking mechanism associated with each opposite end thereof positioned for overlapping and engaging similar members associated with similarly constructed tie members when one tie member is stackably arranged one on top of another tie member. The extension portions and/or the other interlocking mechanism extend into respective teeth associated with the horizontally opposed edges of the panel members for mating with the extension portions and/or the other interlocking mechanism of another tie member associated with a similarly constructed ICF block positioned in vertical arrangement thereto. In still another embodiment, the web member is a one-piece member which is slidably engageable with the pair of bracket members thereby allowing the ICF blocks to be field assembled at the construction site.

主权项

1. A tie member for connecting first and second panel members in a spaced substantially parallel relationship, each of said panel members having a pair of horizontally opposed longitudinal edges, a pair of vertically opposed longitudinal edges, and inner and outer surfaces, said tie member comprising:
a pair of said wall bracket members each respectively mountable within one of said first and second panel members; and a web member extending between said pair of side wall bracket members; each of said side wall bracket members including a fastening plate and a shut-off plate, said shut-off plates being position adjacent the inner surfaces of said first and second panel members, each of said side wall bracket members further including an interlocking mechanism associated with each opposite end of each of said side wall bracket members, said interlocking mechanism being spaced from and positioned intermediate between said fastening plate and said shut-off plate, said interlocking mechanism including first and second interlocking members associated with each opposite end of each of said side wall bracket members, said pair of first and second interlocking members being further positioned adjacent to each other in a lateral offset arrangement intermediate said fastening plate and said shut-off plate, the first interlocking member of one end of each of said side wall bracket members being engageable with the second interlocking member of one end of each of said side wall bracket members associated with another one of said tie members, at least some of said first and second interlocking members extending into the opposed horizontal longitudinal edges of said first and second panel members.