Patent
Foundation vent structure
John H. Koester
- 01 Dec 1980
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TL;DR: In this article, a foundation vent structure is positioned upon the footing of a building below the lowermost row of concrete blocks of the basement wall and extends below the concrete floor of the basements.
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Abstract: A foundation vent structure is positioned upon the footing of a building below the lowermost row of concrete blocks of the basement wall and extends below the concrete floor of the basement. The vent structure is formed of a plastic material, preferably in strips, and is shaped to define alternate tunnels and channels having openings therein. The vent structure intercommunicates the openings in the hollow, concrete blocks with the drain area located along the marginal area below the basement wall to permit moisture to be vented into this drain area.
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Foundation wall protective sheet
Jon Bergsland
- 11 Apr 1973
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a regular courses of protrusions for spacing the sheet from the founddation wall and a porous backing for drainage outwardly of the sheet for thermal insulation and for facilitating drying of the foundation wall.
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Seepage control device
Paul R. Beechen
- 18 May 1979
TL;DR: In this paper, an arrangement for preventing seepage through a wall from running onto the poured concrete floor of a basement or the like, comprises a vertical channel member positioned between the wall and the floor and having spaced flat surfaces spaced from the wall, and a water impermeable facing strip abutting the flat surfaces which are spaced from wall and against which the concrete floor is poured.
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Expansion joint and drain conduit for foundation walls
R Guzzo
- 09 Oct 1973
TL;DR: In this paper, a combination drain conduit and expansion joint for foundation walls is presented, which conduit is of stepped formation with the respective end flanges resting against a footer and a first course of concrete or cinder blocks, an integral upstanding flange is in spaced parallel relationship to that resting against the concrete block course to support an expansion strip to take up for expansion of the concrete floor under which said conduit is embedded.
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