Insulating concrete form buck
View Patent ↗An insulated concrete form buck has a plurality of generally rectangular buck sections. Each buck section has an inner core surrounded by a layer of foam insulation. The outer surface of the core is pre-treated with an adhesive to adhere the core to the foam insulation. Fasteners hold the buck sections together in the assembled buck. Concrete anchors threaded into the core have looped openings for receiving reinforcing bars in an insulating form concrete wall construction.
1 . An insulating concrete form buck for an insulated concrete form wall comprising:
a top buck section,
a bottom buck section,
side buck sections joined to the top buck section and the bottom buck section to define an opening,
each of the top buck section, the bottom buck section and the side buck sections having an inner core, an outer layer of insulation material surrounding the inner core and opposite sides,
the outer layer of insulation material having an exposed section face and an internal section face adjacent the opening,
the exposed section face having a raised central section for self draining of water toward each of the opposite sides, and
a plurality of concrete anchors attached to the inner core and extending outwardly through the raised central section.
2 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 wherein:
the raised central section is peaked and outwardly tapered toward each of the opposite sides.
3 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 wherein:
each of the plurality of concrete anchors has an outer end with a looped opening.
4 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 including:
an intermediate layer of adhesive surrounding the inner core and located between the outer layer of insulation material and the inner core to hold the outer layer of insulation material on the inner core.
5 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 wherein:
the inner core is a solid wood plank core.
6 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 wherein:
the inner core is a hollow extruded one-piece plastic plank core.
7 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 wherein:
the inner core is a formed metal member.
8 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 wherein:
the outer layer is a polystyrene foam layer.
9 . The insulating concrete form buck of claim 1 including:
fasteners located at adjacent corners of the top buck section, the bottom buck section and the side buck sections to fasten the top buck section and the bottom buck section to the side buck sections.
10 . A method of making an insulating concrete form buck section for an insulated concrete form buck comprising:
providing an inner core,
providing the inner core with an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and opposite ends,
providing a plurality of elongated elements extending longitudinally between the opposite ends of the inner core,
providing the inner core with a first thickness,
providing each of the plurality of elongated elements with a second thickness greater than the first thickness of the inner core,
applying adhesive to the outer surface and the inner surface of the inner core,
molding an outer layer of insulating foam material to the adhesive whereby the outer layer of insulating foam material surrounds the inner core and adheres to the inner core,
providing the outer layer of insulating foam material with an exposed section face, and
raising a central section of the exposed section face for self-draining of water away from the inner core.
11 . The method of claim 10 including:
pre-applying the adhesive to the outer surface and the inner surface of the inner core to form an intermediate adhesive layer surrounding the inner core.
12 . The method of claim 10 wherein:
providing the outer layer of insulating foam material with an exposed section face and opposite sides, and
outwardly tapering and peaking a central section of the exposed section face whereby the central section tapers toward each of the opposite sides.
13 . The method of claim 10 including:
attaching at least one concrete anchor to the inner core, and
extending the at least one concrete anchor outwardly through the outer layer of insulating foam material.
14 . The method of claim 13 including:
the at least one concrete anchor has an outer end, and
looping the outer end to form a looped opening.