CN109162443A - A kind of building template - Google Patents
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of building template, including substrate and frame structure, frame structure includes the first side plate, the second side plate and corner support structure；Corner support structure has the first support portion and the second support portion；One end of first support portion is connect with one end of the first side plate, and one end of the second support portion is connect with one end of the second side plate；On substrate, the height of the first support portion is lower than the height of the second side plate lower than the height of the first side plate and/or the height of the second support portion；For stacking the two pieces of building templates placed, the first side plate and the second side plate of one of building template shift to install respectively with the first side plate of other one piece of building template and the second side plate, so that the first support portion of the corner support structure of one of building template and the second support portion of the corner support structure of other one piece of building template offset along the short transverse of building template, to reduce the two pieces of occupied height of building template for stacking and placing.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of building templates.
Background technique
Building template is widely used in reinforced concrete building construction.In the construction process, two pieces of building template intervals
Certain distance is parallel and is oppositely arranged, and concrete casting is into the space between two pieces of building templates, two pieces of building templates use pair
Draw bolt tense, by by the concrete be fixed as defined in the form of and size.
Building template includes substrate and frame structure, and the one side of substrate is contacted with concrete, and frame structure is fixed at
On the another side of substrate.Frame structure is used to improve the structural strength of building template, in order to avoid become when substrate extruded concrete
Shape.
Frame structure has certain height in a direction perpendicular to a substrate, this highly is used to guarantee building template
Structural strength, however this highly also increases the occupied space of building template, causes during storage and transport, heap
Stack that the space occupied when setting up building mould is larger, to increase the storage and transportation cost of building template.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of building template, the building template have store it is low with transportation cost excellent
Point.
For the building template for realizing the purpose, including substrate and frame structure, the substrate has the first face and second
Face, first face and second face are located at the two sides of the substrate, wherein first face with concrete for connecing
Touching, the frame structure are fixed on second face；
The frame structure includes the first side plate, the second side plate and corner support structure；The corner support structure has
First support portion and the second support portion；One end of first support portion is connect with one end of first side plate, and described second
One end of support portion is connect with one end of second side plate；
On the substrate, the height of first support portion is lower than the height and/or described second of first side plate
The height of support portion is lower than the height of second side plate；
For stacking the two pieces of building templates placed, first side plate of one of building template and institute
First side plate and second side plate for stating the second side plate and other one piece of building template shift to install respectively, so that
First support portion of the corner support structure of one of building template and other one piece of building template
Second support portion of the corner support structure offset along the short transverse of the building template, stacked to reduce heap
Two pieces set the occupied height of building template.
In one embodiment, the quantity of first side plate is two and is oppositely arranged, the quantity of second side plate
For two and it is oppositely arranged；Two first side plates and two second side plates limit a quadrangle；The corner
The quantity at least two of support construction, two corner support structures are separately positioned on a diagonal line of the quadrangle
Both ends.
In one embodiment, the quadrangle is rectangle.
In one embodiment, the quantity of the corner support structure is four, four corner support structure difference
Two respective both ends of diagonal line of the quadrangle are set.
In one embodiment, the corner support structure also has interconnecting piece, and the interconnecting piece is arranged described first
The intersection that side plate and second side plate extend；
The other end of first support portion is connect with the interconnecting piece, the other end of second support portion and the company
Socket part connection.
In one embodiment, on the substrate, the height of first support portion is equal to second support portion
Highly, and the height of first side plate be equal to second side plate height.
In one embodiment, on the substrate, the height of the interconnecting piece is equal to the height of first support portion,
The height of also equal to described second support portion.
In one embodiment, the corner support structure also has third support portion；
The third support portion is connected to the inside of first support portion and second support portion, and protrudes from institute
State the inner wall of the first side plate and second side plate；On the substrate, the height of the third support portion is equal to the connection
The height in portion；
For stacking the two pieces of building templates placed, the corner support structure of one of building template
The third support portion and the corner support structure of other one piece of building template first support portion, described
Second support portion and the interconnecting piece offset along the short transverse of the building template.
In one embodiment, the frame structure further includes floor；
For stacking the two pieces of building templates placed, the floor of one of building template and other one
The floor of building template described in block shifts to install.
In one embodiment, the substrate and the frame structure are integrally formed by Shooting Technique.
The positive effect of the present invention is that: when stacking two pieces of building templates provided by the invention of placement, due to it
In one piece of building template corner support structure the first support portion and other one piece of building template corner support structure the
Two support portions offset along the short transverse of building template, and the height of the first support portion is lower than the height of the first side plate, and/or
The height of second support portion is lower than the height of the second side plate, this subtracts two pieces of occupied height of building template for stacking placement
Few (height that less than two pieces substrates add two piece of first side plate or two piece of second side plate), thus building template provided by the invention has
Have the advantages that storage and transportation cost are low.
Detailed description of the invention
The above and other features of the present invention, property and advantage will pass through retouching with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples
It states and becomes readily apparent from, in which:
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of building template；
Fig. 2 is the enlarged drawing in Fig. 1 at A；
Fig. 3 is that the building template in two pieces of Fig. 1 stacks the schematic diagram placed；
Fig. 4 is the enlarged drawing in Fig. 3 at B；
Fig. 5 is the enlarged drawing in Fig. 3 at C；
Fig. 6 is the enlarged drawing in Fig. 3 at D；
Fig. 7 is that the building template in two pieces of Fig. 1 stacks the schematic diagram placed, and illustrates only one end of building template；
Fig. 8 is the enlarged drawing in Fig. 7 at E；
Fig. 9 is the enlarged drawing in Fig. 7 at F；
Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of the building template splicing in four pieces of Fig. 1；
Figure 11 is the enlarged drawing in Figure 10 at G；
The schematic diagram that building template in two pieces of Fig. 1 of Figure 12 is oppositely arranged.
Specific embodiment
The embodiment or embodiment of following subject technology schemes for disclosing a variety of different implementations.It is open to simplify
The specific example of each element and arrangement is described below in content, and it is not to the present invention that certainly, these, which are only example,
Protection scope limited.Such as the fisrt feature then recorded in the description is distributed in second feature, may include the
One and the embodiment that is distributed by way of directly contacting of second feature, it also is included between the first and second features and is formed
The embodiment of supplementary features, to can not directly be contacted between the first and second features.In addition, may in these contents
Repeat reference numerals and/or letter in different examples.The repetition is itself not indicate to be discussed in order to brief and clear
Each embodiment and/or interstructural relationship.Further, when first element is with the side for being connected with second element or combining
Formula description, which includes the embodiment that the first and second elements are connected directly or are bonded to each other, and also includes using one
Or multiple other intervening elements additions make the first and second interelements ground connection be connected or be bonded to each other.
It should be noted that Fig. 1 to Figure 12 only as an example, its not be according to equal proportion condition draw, and
And it should not be construed as limiting in this, as the protection scope to actual requirement of the present invention.
Referring initially to Figure 12, building template 900 includes substrate 1 and frame structure 2, and substrate 1 has the first face 1a and second
Face 1b, the first face 1a and the second face 1b are located at the two sides of substrate 1, wherein the first face 1a with concrete for contacting, frame
Structure 2 is fixed on the second face 1b.Frame structure 2 can increase the structural strength of building template 900, in case substrate 1 squeezes
It deforms when concrete.
2 are continued to refer to figure 1, two pieces of building templates 900 are oppositely arranged, i.e., the first face 1a of two substrates 1 is oppositely arranged, limit
Make the pouring space of concrete.Into the pouring space, two pieces of building templates 900 pass through back cord 800 and right for concrete casting
Draw bolt assembly 700 tense, by by the concrete be fixed as defined in the form of and size.
The pouring forming operation of concrete component biggish for area, can be as shown in Figure 10, by multiple building templates 900
Splicing, to be used to form the pouring space of biggish concrete.Specific connecting method is described further below.
For large-scale construction engineering, the quantity of the building template 900 needed is more, for the storage for reducing building template 900
Hiding and transportation cost, it is necessary to reduce building template 900 and stack the space occupied when placing.
To reduce the space occupied when building template 900 stacks placement, frame structure 2 includes the first side plate 21, second side
Plate 22 and corner support structure 23；Corner support structure 23 has the first support portion 231 and the second support portion 232；First support
The one end in portion 231 is connect with one end of the first side plate 21, and one end of the second support portion 232 is connect with one end of the second side plate 22；
On substrate 1, the height h1 of the first support portion 231 is lower than the height H1 of the first side plate 21 and/or the height of the second support portion 232
Spend the height H2 that h2 is lower than the second side plate 22；For stacking the two pieces of building templates 900 placed, one of building template 900
The first side plate 21 and the second side plate 22 misplace respectively with the first side plate 21 of other one piece of building template 900 and the second side plate 22
Setting, so that the first support portion 231 of the corner support structure 23 of one of building template 900 and other one piece of building template
Second support portion 232 of 900 corner support structure 23 offsets along the short transverse of building template 900, stacks to reduce heap
The occupied height of two pieces of building templates 900 set, and then reduce building template 900 and stack the space occupied when placing.
In above-mentioned implementation, as shown in Fig. 3,4,5,6,7,8,9, two pieces of building templates 900 of placement is stacked, are shifted to install
Two piece of first side plate 21 at least partially overlap in the short transverse (i.e. perpendicular to the direction of substrate 1) of building template 900, it is wrong
Two piece of second side plate 22 of position setting at least partially overlaps in the short transverse of building template 900, this to stack placement
Two pieces of occupied height of building template 900 are less than two pieces of substrates 1 plus the height of two piece of first side plate 21 or two piece of second side plate 22
Degree.
Stack the occupied height of two pieces of building templates 900 placed be two pieces of substrates 1 plus two piece of first support portion 231 or
The height of two piece of second support portion 232.
In a more specific embodiment, as shown in Fig. 2,5,11, the height h1 of the first support portion 231 is equal to second
The height h2 of support part 232, and the height H1 of the first side plate 21 is equal to the height H2 of the second side plate 22.
As shown in Figure 1, the quantity of the first side plate 21 is two and is oppositely arranged, the quantity of the second side plate 22 is two and phase
To setting；Two the first side plates 21 and two the second side plates 22 limit a quadrangle；The quantity of corner support structure 23 is extremely
It is less two, two corner support structures 23 are separately positioned on a cornerwise both ends of quadrangle.This scheme guarantees the
When the quantity of side plate 21 is two and the quantity of the second side plate 22 is two, the building template 900 positioned at upside can be by under
The building template 900 of side is horizontally-supported.
In a more specific embodiment, quadrangle is rectangle.
It continues to refer to figure 1, the quantity of corner support structure 23 is four, and four corner support structures 23 are separately positioned on four
Two respective both ends of diagonal line of side shape.This scheme to be not necessarily to consider direction when stacking and placing building template 900.
As shown in Fig. 2,5,6,8,9,11, corner support structure 23 also has interconnecting piece 230, and the setting of interconnecting piece 230 is the
The intersection that side plate 21 and the second side plate 22 extend；The other end of first support portion 231 is connect with interconnecting piece 230, and second
The other end of support part 232 is connect with interconnecting piece 230.This scheme is connected to become the first support portion 231 with the second support portion 232
One entirety, increases the intensity of frame structure 2.
As shown in figure 5, on substrate 1, the height h0 of interconnecting piece 230 is equal to the height h1 of the first support portion 231, also equal to
The height h2 of second support portion 232.
As shown in Fig. 2,11, corner support structure 23 also has third support portion 233；Third support portion 233 is connected to
The inside of one support portion 231 and the second support portion 232, and protrude from the inner wall of the first side plate 21 and the second side plate 22；In base
On plate 1, the height of third support portion 233 is equal to the height h0 of interconnecting piece 230；For stacking the two pieces of building templates 900 placed,
The corner of the third support portion 233 of the corner support structure 23 of one of building template 900 and other one piece of building template 900
Short transverse phase of the first support portion 231, the second support portion 232 and the interconnecting piece 230 of support construction 23 along building template 900
It supports.This scheme makes four angles of the building template 900 positioned at upside that can be supported.
Specifically, at the B in Fig. 3, positioned at the first support portion of the corner support structure 23 of the building template 900 of upside
231 are supported by the second support portion 232 of the corner support structure 23 for the building template 900 for being located at downside.At C in Fig. 3,
Positioned at the first support portion 231, the second support portion 232 and interconnecting piece 230 of the corner support structure 23 of the building template 900 of upside
It is supported by the third support portion 233 of the corner support structure 23 for the building template 900 for being located at downside；At D in Fig. 3, it is located at
Second support portion 232 of the corner support structure 23 of the building template 900 of upside is located at the corner of the building template 900 of downside
First support portion 231 of support construction 23 is supported.Diagonal angle in Fig. 3 at C, positioned at turn of the building template 900 of upside
The third support portion 233 of angle support construction 23 is located at the first support of the corner support structure 23 of the building template 900 of downside
Portion 231, the second support portion 232 and interconnecting piece 230 are supported, so that being located at four angles of the building template 900 of upside all
It can be supported.
As shown in figure 3, offering connection through-hole 2a on the first side plate 21 and the second side plate 22, it is located at two building templates
Two connection through-hole 2a on 900 corresponding positions by the same fastener for being passed through, so that two building templates 900 splice.
In manufacturing process, substrate 1 and frame structure 2 are integrally formed by Shooting Technique.
Although the present invention is disclosed as above with preferred embodiment, it is not for limiting the present invention, any this field skill
Art personnel without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can make possible variation and modification, all without departing from this hair
The content of bright technical solution, according to the technical essence of the invention any modification to the above embodiments, equivalent variations and repair
Decorations, each fall within the protection scope that the claims in the present invention are defined.
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1. a kind of building template, including substrate (1) and frame structure (2), the substrate (1) has the first face (1a) and the second face
(1b), first face (1a) and second face (1b) are located at the two sides of the substrate (1), wherein first face
(1a) for contacting with concrete, the frame structure (2) is fixed on second face (1b)；
It is characterized in that, the frame structure (2) includes the first side plate (21), the second side plate (22) and corner support structure
(23)；The corner support structure (23) has the first support portion (231) and the second support portion (232)；First support portion
(231) one end is connect with one end of first side plate (21), one end of second support portion (232) and described second side
One end of plate (22) connects；
On the substrate (1), the height (h1) of first support portion (231) is lower than the height of first side plate (21)
(H1) and/or the height (h2) of second support portion (232) be lower than second side plate (22) height (H2)；
For stacking the two pieces of building templates (900) placed, first side of one of building template (900)
First side plate (21) of plate (21) and second side plate (22) and other one piece building template (900) and described the
Two side plates (22) shift to install respectively, so that the corner support structure (23) of one of building template (900)
Described the of the corner support structure (23) of first support portion (231) and the other one piece building template (900)
Two support portions (232) offset along the short transverse of the building template (900), to reduce the two pieces of buildings for stacking and placing
Template (900) occupied height.
2. building template as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the quantity of first side plate (21) is for two and opposite
Setting, the quantity of second side plate (22) are two and are oppositely arranged；Two first side plates (21) and two described
Two side plates (22) limit a quadrangle；The quantity at least two of the corner support structure (23), two corners
Support construction (23) is separately positioned on a cornerwise both ends of the quadrangle.
3. building template as claimed in claim 2, which is characterized in that the quadrangle is rectangle.
4. building template as claimed in claim 2, which is characterized in that the quantity of the corner support structure (23) is four,
Four corner support structures (23) are separately positioned on two respective both ends of diagonal line of the quadrangle.
5. building template as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the corner support structure (23) also has interconnecting piece
(230), the intersection that interconnecting piece (230) setting extends in first side plate (21) and second side plate (22)；
The other end of first support portion (231) is connect with the interconnecting piece (230), second support portion (232) it is another
One end is connect with the interconnecting piece (230).
6. building template as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that on the substrate (1), first support portion
(231) height (h1) is equal to the height (h2) of second support portion (232), and the height of first side plate (21)
(H1) it is equal to the height (H2) of second side plate (22).
7. building template as claimed in claim 5, which is characterized in that on the substrate (1), the interconnecting piece (230)
The highly height (h1) of (h0) equal to first support portion (231), the height of also equal to described second support portion (232)
(h2)。
8. building template as claimed in claim 7, which is characterized in that the corner support structure (23) also has third support
Portion (233)；
The third support portion (233) is connected to the inside of first support portion (231) and second support portion (232),
And protrude from the inner wall of first side plate (21) and second side plate (22)；On the substrate (1), the third branch
The height of support part (233) is equal to the height (h0) of the interconnecting piece (230)；
For stacking the two pieces of building templates (900) placed, the corner branch of one of building template (900)
The third support portion (233) of support structure (23) and the corner support structure of the other one piece building template (900)
(23) first support portion (231), second support portion (232) and the interconnecting piece (230) is along the building template
(900) short transverse offsets.
9. building template as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the frame structure (2) further includes floor (24)；
For stacking the two pieces of building templates (900) placed, the floor of one of building template (900)
(24) floor (24) with the other one piece building template (900) shifts to install.
10. building template as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the substrate (1) and the frame structure (2) pass through
Shooting Technique is integrally formed.
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