Soil displacement piles
AssigneeHubbell Power Systems, Inc.
InventorsAlex Joseph Raposo, Matthew Alan Conte, Gary Leonard Seider, Timothy Michael Kemp, Shawn David Downey
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Abstract
Soil displacement piles having a shaft and one or more soil displacement assemblies secured to the shaft are provided. If more than one soil displacement assembly is utilized, each soil displacement assembly is separated by a longitudinal distance. Each soil displacement assembly has an upper helical plate, a lower helical plate and separated from the upper helical plate by a longitudinal plate distance, and at least one soil displacement plate positioned relative to the shaft, the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate.
Claims22
A soil displacement pile for forming a composite pile column, the soil displacement pile comprising:
- a lead comprising:
- a lead shaft;
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- at least one lead soil displacement assembly attached at least partially to the lead shaft, the at least one lead soil displacement assembly including:
- an upper helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion;
- a lower helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, the lower helical plate being independent of the upper helical plate and spaced a predefined distance from the upper helical plate along a longitudinal axis of the soil displacement assembly;
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- a curved soil displacement plate having a first edge portion attached to the upper helical plate and a second edge portion attached to the lower helical plate such that a convex surface of the curved soil displacement plate forming a soil contacting surface extends from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate to the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate, and such that the convex surface is oriented to contact soil when the soil displacement assembly is driven into the soil to displace the soil from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate toward the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate so as to create a cavity in the soil;
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- at least one extension comprising:
- an extension shaft;
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- at least one extension soil displacement assembly attached to the extension shaft.
A soil displacement pile comprising:
- a shaft;
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- a plurality of soil displacement assemblies secured at least partially to the shaft and separated by a longitudinal distance, wherein each soil displacement assembly includes:
- an upper helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion;
- a lower helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, the lower helical plate being independent of the upper helical plate and spaced a predefined distance from the upper helical plate along a longitudinal axis of the soil displacement assembly;
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- a curved soil displacement plate having a first edge portion attached to the upper helical plate and a second edge portion attached to the lower helical plate such that a convex surface of the curved soil displacement plate forming a soil contacting surface extends from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate to the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate, and such that the convex surface is oriented to contact soil when the soil displacement assembly is driven into the soil to displace the soil from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate toward the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate so as to create a cavity in the soil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.