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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication: |
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05.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/14 |
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Date of filing: 08.08.2005 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Priority: |
10.08.2004 PT 10318304
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Applicant: Fanha Nunes Ferreira Rebelo, Rosa Maria |
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2400-077 Leiria (PT) |
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- Fanha Nunes Ferreira Rebelo, Rosa Maria
2400-077 Leiria (PT)
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Protector capsule for reinforcing rods |
(57) Multidimensional and regulable protector capsule for civil construction iron rods,
made from any polymer, used to cover iron rods in order to protect workers from body
injuries, in accordance with international rules.
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[0001] The iron rods components should, in accordance to the international rules, be maintained
protected during all the period of construction against workers corporal injuries
until the iron remains covered by the concrete.
[0002] That's why the most important international safety rules recommend and impose a protection
which can, efficiently cover the iron rod.
[0003] To assure that protection it's usually to use protectors which are adaptable for
no more that 3 or 4 diameters. When plastic parts are used they, are not universal
and they don't respect all diameters measure.
[0004] With this invention we can use any kind of material (most plastic or recycled plastic)
giving it the possibility of joining the parts(Fig 3 -4 -5) one to other with a single
and light finger pressure giving to the parts joined the diameter we want adjustable
to the iron rod( Fig 2). From those two pieces one is composed by a capsule with a
cover form, and the other is only an involvement piece to fix the final capsule( Fig
1-3).
[0005] That way we can get with this invention a universal protection piece which can involve
all the used iron diameters.
[0006] The dismantling and recuperation of this capsule (formed by the assembling of two
pieces) is made pulling it by the top and afterwards the two pieces are pulled in
opposite directions (Fig 6) in order to separate and recuperate them like is possible
to check in the figure where the parts (after the first picture) are shown, for convenience,
without the up round protection.
Index
[0007]
Fig 1 - Protector capsule in assembling phase
Fig 2 -Cut
Fig 3 - Protector capsule in assembling phase with two different pieces.
Fig 4 -Adjust phase
Fig 5 -Compressing phase
Fig 6 -Disassembling
Fig 7 -Aerial view
1. In the state of art, protector capsule for iron civil construction rods are used to
maintain covered the iron and, simultaneously, protect the workers from corporal injuries
caused by the angles of cut in the top of the iron rods. The above mentioned iron
rods must be protected to avoid possible worker injuries or corporal perforations.
All the protector capsules known are limited to a few iron diameters and we need different
pieces for different diameters. This invention is characterised in that because they are formed from two pieces (Fig 1) which allow, because of his indented
configuration (Fig 5 and 2), that only one capsule protector can be used for all rod
iron diameters; because they are assembled from two pieces and because of his design
they can be assembled and compressed in order to guarantee multidimensional keeping
the iron rod protected, fixed and involving it to avoid injuries
2. Protector capsule for iron civil construction characterized to be made of two different pieces which can be assembled one to the other by a finger
compression (Fig 4) and because of his indented configuration to assume different
diameters.
3. Protector capsule for iron civil construction characterized to be made in any plastic material - recycled or not- or in another appropriate material.
4. Protector capsule for iron civil construction characterized because it can be adapted to all iron rod diameters in consequence of his indented
configuration and assembling ( Fig 4) in such a way that it is fixed and cant oscillate
( Fig 5) or extricate from the iron.
5. Protector capsule for iron civil construction characterized because it can be produced to have an interior design that allows an interior face
to fix strongly and perfectly the capsule to the iron rod. (Fig 7)
6. Protector capsule for iron civil construction characterized to be disassembled (Fig 6) and reusable pulling it in opposite direction and separating
the indented two parts.

