US 11,719,008 B2
Machine for removing formwork from ceiling structure
Mark A. Pietila, Atlantic Mine, MI (US); Trevor Eenigenburg, Houghton, MI (US); and Ryan Kangas, Calumet, MI (US)
Assigned to Somero Enterprises, Inc., Ft. Myers, FL (US)
Filed by Somero Enterprises, Inc., Ft. Myers, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,129.
Application 17/933,129 is a division of application No. 17/247,371, filed on Dec. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,447,966.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,227, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,839, filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,663, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009876 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. E04G 19/00 (2006.01); E01C 19/00 (2006.01); E04F 21/24 (2006.01); E04G 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC E04G 19/003 (2013.01) [E01C 19/006 (2013.01); E04F 21/244 (2013.01); E04G 21/066 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for removing beams from underneath formwork at an underside of a concrete slab, the machine comprising:
a wheeled base movable on and supported at a support structure;
a raisable and lowerable structure disposed on the wheeled base;
a beam-removal device coupled to the raisable and lowerable structure, wherein the beam-removal device comprises a beam-gripping mechanism;
wherein, with the raisable and lowerable structure raised to position the beam-removal device at a beam that supports the formwork at the underside of the concrete slab, the beam-gripping mechanism operates to grasp the beam; and
wherein, with the beam grasped by the beam-gripping mechanism, the machine is operated to remove the beam from the formwork.