Pipe tamping vibratory compacting device
AssigneeSchmidt Construction Company, Inc.
InventorRyan McMillan
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Abstract
The present invention provides a compacting shoe manufacture for attachment to the vibration system and assembly of a vibratory compacting machine, the compacting shoe including a contact plate with an arched contact surface sized and shaped to fit reasonably snugly around a portion of a pipe intended for underground installation, the compacting shoe also including at least two foot portions with a flat central section and first and second end sections provided at an angle relative thereto, the foot portions further including a durability sleeve preferably composed of an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene material.
Claims19
A compactor shoe for use with a vibratory compacting machine, comprising:
- a connection portion comprising one or more apertures sized to receive one or more bolts;
- a contact plate affixed to the connection portion, the contact plate comprising an arched contact surface sized and shaped to fit reasonably snugly around at least a portion of a pipe having a substantially cylindrical shape and a substantially circular cross-section;
- two or more foot portions affixed to the contact plate, each of the two or more foot portions comprising a flat central section and first and second end sections provided at an angle relative to the flat central section;
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- the contact plate further comprising two or more bridge structures extending between the two or more foot portions, each of the two or more bridge structures comprising an arched lower edge forming at least a portion of the arched contact surface;
- the compactor shoe being removably attachable to a vibration system of the vibratory compacting machine.
A vibratory compacting machine comprising:
- a drive engine;
- an encapsulated vibration system mechanically connected to the drive engine;
- one or more compacting shoes removably attachable to the encapsulated vibration system, each of the one or more compacting shoes comprising:
- a connection portion comprising one or more apertures sized to receive one or more bolts to attach the compacting shoe with the encapsulated vibration system;
- a contact plate affixed to the connection plate, the contact plate comprising an arched contact surface sized and shaped to fit reasonably snugly around at least a portion of a pipe having a substantially cylindrical shape and a substantially circular cross-section;
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- two or more foot portions affixed to the contact plate, each of the two or more foot portions comprising a flat central section and first and second end sections provided at an angle relative to the flat central section;
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- a first handle composition and a second handle composition, the first handle composition being located and oriented to facilitate operation of the vibratory compacting machine in a first direction, the second handle composition being located and oriented to facilitate operation of the vibratory compacting machine in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.