Pile driver and method of driving a pile into an underwater bed
AssigneeVizionZ Engineering B.V.
InventorZdravko Angelov
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Abstract
A pile driver configured to drive a pile into an underwater bed includes a floatable body with a pile guide configured to guide the pile in a downward direction, and an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body and that is configured to drive the pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed. A method of driving a pile into an underwater bed includes the steps of: positioning a floatable body; arranging a pile in a pile guide configured to guide said pile in a downward direction; and driving the pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed by an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body.
Claims20
A pile driver, configured to drive a pile into an underwater bed, comprising:
- a floatable body with a pile guide configured to guide said pile in a downward direction;
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- an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body and that is configured to drive the pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed;
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- a pile booster assembly that comprises at least one of:
- a substantially fluid tight seal on said pile;
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- a compressor configured to pressurize a fluid contained in an inner space of said pile.
A pile driver, configured to drive a pile into an underwater bed, comprising:
- a floatable body with a pile guide configured to guide said pile in a downward direction;
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- an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body and that is configured to drive the pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed;
- wherein the actuator comprises a pulley assembly:
- wherein the pulley assembly comprises a first set of pulleys arranged on said floatable body and a second set of pulleys arranged on said pile;
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- wherein the pulley assembly comprises a single tensioner.
A method of driving a pile into an underwater bed, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a floatable body;
- arranging a pile in a pile guide configured to guide said pile in a downward direction;
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- driving said pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed by an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body;
- wherein the step of driving said pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed comprises displacing said pile relative to the floatable body and using at least the weight of said floatable body to drive said pile into the underwater bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.