Cap repair assembly
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsAugust N Johnson, Michael I Hammons, Gary E Johnston, James C Ray
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, a cap repair assembly includes first and second pile brackets for rigid mounting onto first and second piles of a pier; a cap beam for rigid mounting onto super-structure of the pier; first and second cap beam plates for rigid mounting onto the cap beam at different ends of the cap beam; first and second compression arms rotatably connected (i) at first ends to the first and second pile brackets and (ii) at second ends to the first and second cap beam plates. The cap repair assembly restores the load capacity of damaged or degraded piers. The cap repair assembly can further include one or more steel banding straps.
Claims14
A cap repair assembly comprising:
- a first pile bracket configured to be rigidly mounted onto a first pile of a pier;
- a second pile bracket configured to be rigidly mounted onto a second pile of the pier;
- a cap beam configured to be rigidly mounted onto super-structure of the pier;
- a first cap beam plate rigidly mounted onto the cap beam at a first end of the cap beam;
- a second cap beam plate rigidly mounted onto the cap beam at a second end of the cap beam;
- a first compression arm rotatably connected (i) at a first end to the first pile bracket and (ii) at a second end to the first cap beam plate;
- and a second compression arm rotatably connected (i) at a first end to the second pile bracket and (ii) at a second end to the second cap beam plate;
- and at least one tension strap configured to be wrapped around the first and second piles and circumscribe the first and second compression arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.