Claims
- 1. An assembly for casting concrete pipe comprising:
- a generally cylindrical reinforcing wire cage, said cage including generally circumferentially oriented wire reinforcement and generally longitudinally oriented wire reinforcement;
- a generally cylindrical concrete pipe form spaced outwardly from said cage;
- a plurality of spacer bars, each having a tie rod and a plurality of links joined to and spaced along the length of said tie rod generally parallel to one another;
- said spacer bars being secured to said cage at spaced points around the entire circumference thereof with said links projecting generally radially therefrom and contacting the inside surface of said form to hold said cage in properly spaced relationship with respect to said pipe form.
- 2. The casting assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said links includes a plastic tip on that end thereof which engages a pipe form.
- 3. The cage assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said spacer bars is oriented with said links projecting through said cage assembly.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 56,602, filed July 11, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,295,501.
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Divisions (1)
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