US 12,066,366 B2
Time-varying detecting device and method for concrete rheological parameters
Jian Gong, Shanghai (CN); Jun Xu, Shanghai (CN); Yonghe Xu, Shanghai (CN); Shengyi Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Xiaowan Shi, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Appl. No. 17/420,942
Filed by SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/092621
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/140404, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910004032.1 (CN), filed on Jan. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091005 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 11/02 (2006.01); B01F 33/35 (2022.01); B01F 33/501 (2022.01); B01F 101/28 (2022.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/38 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 11/02 (2013.01) [B01F 33/35 (2022.01); B01F 33/5011 (2022.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 33/383 (2013.01); B01F 2101/28 (2022.01); B01F 2215/0422 (2013.01); G01N 2001/386 (2013.01); G01N 2011/0033 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A time-varying detecting method for concrete rheological parameters, comprising the steps of:
Step 1, providing a double-covered cylindrical container which has top and bottom covers that are allowed to be freely opened and closed, and a lifting frame including a pair of vertical supports each of which is rotatably connected by a connecting member to a side wall of the double-covered cylindrical container, wherein left bracket-shaped slots are formed in central portions of the vertical supports, and wherein each connecting member has an end received in a recess formed in an outer wall of the double-covered cylindrical container and tightly locked by an associated fastener, and a further end inserted in a respective one of the slots; wherein the left bracket-shaped slots each comprise a upper horizontal sub-slot, a lower horizontal sub-slot and a vertical sub-slot connecting an end of the upper horizontal sub-slot with an end of the lower horizontal sub-slot;
Step 2, opening the top cover of the double-covered cylindrical container to form an opening, and filling a prepared concrete mix into the double-covered cylindrical container through the opening;
Step 3, setting operating parameters for a concrete rheometer and activating the concrete rheometer to detect current static and dynamic rheological parameters of the concrete mix, and then deactivating the concrete rheometer;
Step 4, tightly closing the top cover of the double-covered cylindrical container and leaving the double-covered cylindrical container until a predetermined period of time expires;
Step 5, inserting and fixing opposing end portions of the connecting members respectively in the vertical supports and the recesses formed in the outer surface of the double-covered cylindrical container, lifting the double-covered cylindrical container to a predetermined height by raising the connecting members, flipping the double-covered cylindrical container 180°, and lowering the double-covered cylindrical container onto the floor;
Step 6, opening the bottom cover and re-mixing the concrete mix in the double-covered cylindrical container using a portable vane-type mixer until the concrete mix becomes homogeneous;
Step 7, repeating step 3 to detect time-varying rheological parameters of the concrete mix; and
Step 8, deactivating the concrete rheometer and ending the process.