摘要 |
An insulated concrete form for forming an insulated poured concrete wall, having an inside surface and an outside surface. The outside surface is held in a spaced-apart parallel relationship with the inside surface by a plurality of tie members attached perpendicularly to both the inside and outside surfaces. The inside surface is a single-sided conventional concrete formwork comprising a plurality of plywood boards having each a plurality of latch members for respectively engaging with a first end of each of the tie members. The outside surface comprises a plurality of juxtaposed insulating foam panels and a plurality of elongated vertically aligned connecting members, having each an I-shaped portion respectively enclosing two adjacent edges of a bordering pair of the juxtaposed insulating panels. Each connecting member further has a tubular element with transversal slots and notches for enclosing and for respectively retaining, by means of a concrete nail in a central opening in the tubular element, a second end of each of the tie members and thereby, for retaining a pair of insulating panels in a forming-resistive manner in the spaced-apart parallel relationship with the plywood boards. When uncured concrete is poured into the form, the insulating panels remain in the spaced-apart parallel relationship with the plywood boards, and when the concrete is cured, the insulating panels remain bonded to the concrete wall.
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