Anchor driving device

An anchor driving device, comprising:

• an anchor;
• a driving member removably coupled to the anchor, the driving member having a slide stop spaced apart from and disposed above the anchor;
• a computer system with a display directed to proper alignment and location of the driving member;
• an anchor loading stand located on an earth floor, the anchor loading stand having an anchor drive hole formed therethrough;
• a global positioning system utilized to line up the anchor over the anchor loading stand and through the anchor drive hole;
• an anchor rod permanently coupled to the anchor;
• a slide collar disposed on the driving member, the slide collar selectively affixed to the driving member with a release mechanism, the release mechanism utilized to free the slide collar into a rest position on the slide stop, wherein the driving member is selectively engageable and releasable with the anchor rod;
• and
• a load cell permanently coupled to the slide collar and selectively coupled to the anchor rod, wherein the load cell is configured to measure a load through the anchor rod during a setting operation of the anchor.

A method of setting an anchor into an earth floor, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an anchor driving device, including the anchor, a driving member, an anchor rod, a slide collar, and a load cell, the driving member removably coupled to the anchor, the driving member having a slide stop spaced apart from and disposed above the anchor, the anchor rod permanently coupled to the anchor, the slide collar disposed on the driving member, the slide collar selectively affixed to the driving member with a release mechanism, and the load cell permanently coupled to the slide collar and selectively coupled to the anchor rod, wherein the load cell is configured to measure a load through the anchor rod;
• lowering the driving member with the anchor to the earth floor;
• applying a dynamic force to the anchor through the driving member, thereby lowering the anchor to a required elevation below the earth floor;
• actuating the release mechanism to free the slide collar to rest on the slide stop of the driving member;
• raising the driving member to engage the anchor rod, thereby causing the anchor to be set;
• monitoring the load readings on the anchor to determine if a maximum predetermined load exists on the anchor to ascertain that the anchor has moved from an insertion position to a set position within the earth floor;
• disconnecting the anchor rod from the driving member;
• and
• raising the driving member up and out of the earth floor.