Patent ID: 6651394
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
An apparatus for sealing the peripheral portion of a joint formed between the mating faces of a column and an adjacent beam that comprise components of a moment resisting frame, said apparatus comprising:(a) an elongated, yieldably deformable, generally tubular shaped, inflatable bladder circumflexing the joint and being at least partially received within the peripheral portion of the joint formed between the column and the beam; and (b) inflation means for inflating said inflatable bladder to urge said inflatable bladder into pressural engagement with the mating faces of the column and beam, said inflation means comprising a pump connected to said inflatable bladder; and (c) strap means circumscribing the peripheral portion of the joint for constraining said inflatable bladder within the peripheral portion of the joint.