System for transferring loads between cast-in-place slabs

摘要

A load plate for transferring loads between a first cast-in-place slab and a second cast-in-place slab separated by a joint. The load plate having a substantially tapered end having substantially planar upper and lower surfaces adapted to protrude into and engage the first slab, and the load plate being adapted to transfer between the first and second slabs a load directed substantially perpendicular to the intended upper surface of the first slab. A blockout sheath embedded within the first slab could also be included. The block out sheath could have a substantially planar top surface and a substantially planar bottom surface substantially parallel to the upper surface of the first slab. The top and bottom surfaces of the blockout sheath could each have a width, measured parallel to an intersection between the joint surface and the upper surface of the first slab, that substantially decreases away from the joint surface. The width of the blockout sheath could be substantially greater than the width of the substantially tapered end at each corresponding depth along the substantially tapered end and the blockout sheath, such that the substantially tapered end could move within the sheath in a direction parallel to the intersection between the upper surface of the first slab and the joint surface.