Patent ID: 8112959
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. A device for establishing a connection between two adjacent concrete slabs having an expansion joint between said slabs, said device comprising a first profile and a second profile, to be placed facing each other and extending in the direction of the joint, and anchoring dowels fixed to said first and second profiles, said anchoring dowels extending outward without crossing the joint, wherein parts of the first and second profiles are bent up at discrete places to form bent-up projections, arranged to pass through the joint and the second profile and the first profile, respectively; wherein each of said bent-up projections of said first and second profiles, together with an upstanding portion of the first and second profiles, respectively, forms a substantially square bracket and wherein the upstanding portions of the first and second profiles are connected by vertical portions of said first profile and said second profile, respectively, said vertical portions including openings through which the bent-up projections of respectively, the second profile and the first profile pass.