US 2019/0169814 A1 · CELLULAR AND BALLASTED UNIVERSAL POLE FOUNDATION

Abstract

A volumetric enclosure or enclosures and/or a cellular structure pole foundation is provided. The volumetric enclosure/s or cellular structure pole foundation may employ several embodiments: (1) a single or a plurality of volumetric enclosures at the vertical center of the foundation below the foundation's pole cavity; (2) a single or a plurality of volumetric enclosures at the vertical center of the foundation below the foundation's pole cavity and a cellular structure within the foundation walls and base; (3) a cellular structure throughout the entire body of the foundation; (4) a cellular structure within the foundation walls; (5) the above embodiments with fill material consisting of gas or fluid or solids retained inside the foundation walls; and (6) the above embodiments with solid fill material that can reach the foundation core through the pole cavity.

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Dependent claims

A system for producing a pole foundation, the system comprising:

a server having a memory and a processor storing and operating a software program for generating a pole foundation design;
a user computing device coupled to the server for providing data input to the server, wherein server, in response to receiving data input from the user computing device, is programmed through the software program to:
automatically produce pole foundation drawings in two-dimensional formats, three-dimensional formats, or two-dimensional formats and three-dimensional formats;
automatically perform structural analysis calculations;
automatically generate product specifications;
automatically generate fabrication drawings in response to processing the pole foundation drawings, the structural analysis calculations and the product specifications;
and
automatically generate a pole foundation fabrication file for fabricating the pole foundation, wherein the pole foundation fabrication file comprises instructions for fabricating a cellular pole foundation, a volumetric pole foundation or a cellular and volumetric pole foundation without human interaction.

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Cellular and ballasted universal pole foundation

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Cellular and ballasted universal pole foundation

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Abstract

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