Foundation pile installation device
AssigneeTechnische Universiteit Delft
InventorsBernardus Johannes Maria Arntz, Nicolaas Michiel Noordam
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Abstract
A foundation pile end piece is provided that includes a ring-shape connection housing, where a proximal end of the ring-shape connection housing is configured to secure to a bottom end of a foundation pile, a moveable tip, where a distal end of the ring-shape connection housing is configured to fixedly hold the moveable tip, where the moveable tip is disposed to oscillate transversely with respect to a central axis of the ring-shape connection housing, where the moveable tip is configured to displace soil from the bottom end of the foundation pile according to actuation of the oscillation.
Claims21
1) A foundation pile end piece, comprising:
- a) a ring-shape connection housing, wherein a proximal end of the ring-shape connection housing is configured to secure to a bottom end of a foundation pile;
- b) a moveable tip, wherein a distal end of said ring-shape connection housing is configured to fixedly hold said moveable tip, wherein said moveable tip is disposed to oscillate transversely with respect to a central axis of said ring-shape connection housing, wherein said moveable tip is configured to displace soil from the bottom end of said foundation pile according to actuation of said oscillation.
21) (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.