Internally aligned insulating window and door buck

摘要

An internally aligned insulating concrete form window and door buck that self aligns into the insulated concrete wall forms and it allows for the changing of the face and edge materials when desired, and the use of solid insulating materials with internal alignment elements that fit into the cavity of the insulated concrete formed wall which bonds to the concrete. The internally aligned insulating window and door buck generally includes an insulated window and door buck made as a single insulating element or with multiple components with a configuration that allows for the use of various type of materials on the face and edges of the buck, and have the ability to align to the inside of an insulated concrete formed walls so as no external bracing or strapping or support is needed to keep the buck aligned with the wall forms during concrete placement. Having a firm insulation material as the buck is an integral part of the invention in that recesses or shapes in the insulation material can allow the fluid concrete to flow into and around these recesses and shapes and make a bond to the buck. The buck also has the ability to use single or multiple insulation elements to make up the insulating and alignment elements of the buck.

主权项

1. An internally aligned insulating window and door buck that fits with insulated concrete wall forms that have two side panels having substantially parallel interior faces that are separated from each other by a wall form cavity, said buck comprising:
a rough opening frame system comprising a top buck piece, a bottom buck piece, and side buck pieces, each said buck piece having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and first and second outer edge faces that join the exterior surface and the interior surface, said side buck pieces being joinable to the top buck piece and to the bottom buck piece to thereby form a rough opening frame assembly wherein the exterior surfaces of the buck pieces define an opening, with at least one of the buck pieces comprising insulation and the interior surface of said at least one buck piece comprising
an internal alignment element that comprises a first alignment face and a second alignment face, a first substantially flat face that connects the first outer edge face of the buck to the first alignment face, a second substantially flat face that connects the second outer edge face to the second alignment face, and a gap defined on three sides by an outer edge plane comprising substantially all of the first outer edge face, the first substantially flat face, and the first alignment face, with said alignment faces being substantially perpendicular to said first substantially flat face and said second substantially flat face, said internal alignment element being proportioned to fit inside a cavity of an insulated concrete wall form to position the buck for concrete placement with the internal alignment faces in contact with interior faces of an interior wall form, wherein the interior surface of the buck piece is unitary, and wherein the exterior surface is substantially flat.