IP Library Granted Patent US 10,357,897
Granted Patent B2
US 10,357,897 · App. 15/554,919 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Concrete-reinforcing shaped body, method of manufacturing the same, structure of packaging concrete-reinforcing shaped body, and method of mixing fiber-reinforced concrete

Inventors: Masato Yamada (Itami, JP); Yoshiyuki Matsubara (Itami, JP); Kiminori Matsushita (Itami, JP); Shuichi Tanaka (Itami, JP); Masashi Oikawa (Itami, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
B28C5/402B28B1/523B28C7/06C04B14/48C04B20/00E04C5/012E04C5/073E04C5/076
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Patent No.
US 10,357,897
App. No.
15/554,919
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a concrete-reinforcing shaped body containing concrete-reinforcing fibers and having a plate-like shape. The concrete-reinforcing fibers each preferably have a diameter of 0.3 mm or smaller and a length of 5 mm or larger and 25 mm or smaller.

Claims (11)

1. A fiber shaped body for reinforcing concrete comprising concrete-reinforcing fibers and having a planar shape,

wherein the concrete-reinforcing fibers are made of steel,

wherein the concrete-reinforcing fibers each have a diameter of 0.3 mm or smaller and a length of 5 mm or larger and 25 mm or smaller,

wherein the fiber shaped body has a thickness of 3 mm or larger and 45 mm or smaller, and

wherein the fiber shaped body has a first end face continuous with a first major face and with a second major face that is opposite the first major face, and a second end face continuous with the first major face and with the second major face and that is opposite the first end, and wherein the second end face is thinner than the first end face.

2. The fiber shaped body according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber shaped body has a density of 300 g/cm 3 or higher and 1000 g/cm 3 or lower.

3. The fiber shaped body according to claim 1 , wherein the second end face has a thickness that is 5% to 50%, inclusive, of a thickness of the first end face.

4. The fiber shaped body according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber shaped body has a rectangular shape in plan-view.

5. A method of manufacturing a fiber shaped body, the method comprising forming the fiber shaped body according to claim 1 by dropping the concrete-reinforcing fibers into a flat box through a sieve such that the concrete-reinforcing fibers are piled.

6. A structure of packaging a fiber shaped body, wherein the fiber shaped body according to claim 1 is packed in a flat box.

7. A method of mixing fiber-reinforced concrete, the method comprising feeding the fiber shaped body according to claim 1 into a mixing machine.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 24, 2019
From: SUMITOMO (SEI) STEEL WIRE CORP.
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2017
From: YAMADA, MASATO; MATSUBARA, YOSHIYUKI; MATSUSHITA, KIMINORI; TANAKA, SHUICHI; OIKAWA, MASASHI
To: SUMITOMO (SEI) STEEL WIRE CORP.
Reel/Frame 043464/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-074795 · Apr 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180036910A1 · Feb 8, 2018