US4144762A
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Analyzing plastic concrete
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-06-13
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Granted: 1979-03-20
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Expires: 1997-06-13
Abstract
Abstract A method of analyzing plastic concrete comprising the steps of measuring a known amount of a plastic concrete sample into an elutriator, removing cement from the sample by passing a known weight of water through the sample, weighing the water and cement and determining the weight of cement in the sample. The method can be extended to determine, inter alia, the weight of cement per unit volume of concrete, the weight of water per unit volume of concrete, the ratio of water to cement in the samples. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 William G. Duxbury
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 05:51
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N5/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
65 words
A method of analyzing plastic concrete comprising the steps of: measuring a known amount of plastic concrete sample into a container, passing a known weight of liquid upwardly through said sample to remove cement and cement-fine material therefrom, weighing the liquid with the cement and cement-fine material and determining from the known and measured parameters the weight of cement and cement-fine material in the sample.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
65 words
A method of analyzing plastic concrete comprising the steps of: measuring a known amount of plastic concrete sample into a container, passing a known weight of liquid upwardly through said sample to remove cement and cement-fine material therefrom, weighing the liquid with the cement and cement-fine material and determining from the known and measured parameters the weight of cement and cement-fine material in the sample.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, in which the container is an elutriator and the liquid is water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 1, in which the sample is a known weight of concrete and the method further comprises the step of measuring the volume of the sample and determining the weight of cement and cement-fine material per unit volume of concrete.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 1, in which the sample is a known weight of concrete and the method further comprises the steps of measuring the volume of the sample and determining the weight of water in the sample from the said known and measured parameters and the weight of cement and cement-fine material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 4, including the steps of determining the ratio of water to cement and cement-fine material of the concrete.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method according to claim 4, including the step of determining the weight of the aggregate in the sample by substracting the sum of the weights of the cement and the cement-fine material and the water from the weight of the sample.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 6, comprising the step of obtaining the ratio of the weight of the aggregate to the weight of the cement-fine material in the sample.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 3, comprising the step of determining the plastic density of the concrete from the weight and the volume of the sample.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
Apparatus for analyzing plastic concrete comprising an elutriator for containing a measured amount of a plastic concrete sample, means for passing a known weight of water through a sample in the container to remove cement and cement-fine material therefrom and means for weighing the water with the cement-fine material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
Apparatus for analyzing plastic concrete comprising an elutriator for containing a measured amount of a plastic concrete sample, means for passing a known weight of water through a sample in the container to remove cement and cement-fine material therefrom and means for weighing the water with the cement-fine material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus according to claim 9, comprising means for measuring the volume of the sample and for determining the weight of cement and cement-fine material per unit volume of concrete.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising means for measuring the volume of the sample and for determining the weight of water in the sample from the said known and measured parameters and the weight of cement-fine material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 11, comprising means for determining the weight of the agregate and the weight of the cement-fine material in the sample.
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