System for Tracking and Identifying Cast-In Place Anchors

Abstract

An anchor system is disclosed for anchoring objects to a concrete structure after concrete setting. The assembly includes an anchor body, an anchor housing and at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces. The at least two elongate tubular nose-pieces have a visibly different colour pattern or have a visibly different structure from each other. The visible difference allowing a worker to easily and readily identify a particular subset of installed anchors.

1 . A cast-in-place anchor system including an anchor assembly for anchoring objects to a concrete structure after concrete is poured and set against a form, the objects secured to an elongated load bearing member which elongate load bearing member is restrained relative to the concrete structure via the cast-in-place anchor system, the cast-in-place anchor system comprising:
 an anchor assembly including an anchor body and an anchor housing,   at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces alternately and selectively connectable to the anchor assembly,   the anchor body including an opening therein extending along a central longitudinal axis thereof for receiving the elongate load bearing member, the opening including a threaded jaw assembly for lockingly engaging and axially securing the elongate load bearing member relative to the anchor body,   the anchor housing for fastening to the form before concrete pouring, the anchor housing axially receiving the anchor body and supporting and positioning the anchor body relative to the form before concrete pouring so that a load bearing portion of the anchor body is encapsulated by concrete after concrete pouring,   wherein the at least two elongate tubular nose-pieces have a visibly different color pattern or have a visibly different structure from each other.   
     
     
         2 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 1 , wherein the anchor assembly further includes a nose-piece connector for connecting one of the at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces to the anchor assembly. 
     
     
         3 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least two elongate tubular nose-pieces are a first elongate, tubular nose-piece having a first end and a second end, the first end including an anchor connector for connecting to the nose-piece connector and a second elongate, tubular nose-piece having a first end and a second end, the first end including an anchor connector for connecting to the nose-piece connector. 
     
     
         4 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 3 , wherein the second end of each of the at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces include a nose-piece connector for connection to the anchor connector at the first end of another elongate tubular nose-piece. 
     
     
         5 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 4 , wherein multiple, elongate tubular nose-pieces are stackably connected to each other. 
     
     
         6 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 5 , wherein multiple, elongate tubular nose-pieces are stackably connected to each other and then to the anchor housing. 
     
     
         7 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 5 , wherein multiple, elongate tubular nose-pieces are stackably connected to each other and then to the anchor body. 
     
     
         8 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 3 , wherein the anchor connector and the nose-piece connector engage with each other as a bayonet connection. 
     
     
         9 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 3 , wherein the anchor connector and the nose-piece connector engage with each other as a threaded connection or rotational connection. 
     
     
         10 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 3 , wherein the anchor connector and the nose-piece connector engage with each other as a tapered friction connection. 
     
     
         11 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces are connectable to the nose-piece connector which includes nose projections and/or recesses and the anchor connector includes anchor projections and/or recesses and wherein the anchor projections and/or recesses and nose projections and/or recesses engage each other to connect the nose-piece to the anchor body or anchor housing and the nose-piece is selectively removeable from the anchor body or anchor housing. 
     
     
         12 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces have similar connectors of the same dimension, but noticeably different colourful or structural visual appearances. 
     
     
         13 . A method of identifying a cast-in-place anchor assembly that is set in concrete, the anchor assembly for anchoring objects to a concrete structure after concrete is poured and set against a form, the objects secured to an elongated load bearing member which elongate load bearing member is restrained relative to the concrete structure via the cast-in-place anchor system, the cast-in-place anchor system comprising the steps of:
 providing an anchor assembly including an anchor body, an anchor housing and at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces,   the anchor body including an opening therein extending along a central longitudinal axis thereof for receiving the elongate load bearing member, the opening including a threaded jaw assembly for lockingly engaging and axially securing the elongate load bearing member relative to the anchor body,   the anchor housing for fastening to the form before concrete pouring, the anchor housing axially receiving the anchor body and supporting and positioning the anchor body relative to the form before concrete pouring so that a load bearing portion of the anchor body is encapsulated by concrete after concrete pouring,   wherein the at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces have a visibly different colour pattern or have a visibly different structure from each other,   use one of the at least two elongate, tubular nose-pieces by connecting it to the anchor body or to the anchor housing,   associating the one used elongate, tubular nose-piece with a particular subset of installed fasteners.   
     
     
         14 . A method of identifying a cast-in-place anchor assembly that is set in concrete comprising the steps of:
 providing the system of  claim 1 ,   providing a set of drawing sheets for a building construction plan,   identifying a set of anchors on a drawing sheet of the building construction plans related to a particular building system,   choosing a nose-piece of a first particular colour or structure and installing nose-pieces of that colour or structure on the set of identified anchors.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further including the step of connecting an additional nose-piece to the nose-piece of a first particular colour or structure. 
     
     
         16 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least two elongate tubular nose-pieces each include a hollow through passage. 
     
     
         17 . The cast-in-place anchor system of  claim 16 , wherein when at least one of the at least two elongate tubular nose-pieces are connected to the anchor assembly, the hollow through passage is co-axial with anchor body opening.