Pile driving system and pile for engagement with said system
AssigneeFast Frames (UK) Limited
InventorClive Jones
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Abstract
A system for controlling pile orientation comprises a pile (14) and a pile guide (20) for supporting the pile as it is driven into a substrate, the pile guide comprising a base frame (10) and a pile guide member (22) mounted on the base frame. The pile (14) and the pile guide member (22) have slidaby interengaging profiles (30, 40) comprising first and second parts (32, 42), which are configured to axially rotate the pile to correct any misorientation relative to the pile guide as the parts slide past each other, and third and fourth parts (34, 44), which are configured to maintain a predetermined orientation of the pile relative to the pile guide once any misorientation has been corrected by interengagement of the first and second parts.
Claims16
A system for controlling pile orientation comprising:
- a pile;
- and a pile guide for supporting the pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprising a base frame and a pile guide member mounted on the base frame, the pile and pile guide member having slidably interengagable profiles comprising first and second parts which are configured to axially rotate the pile to correct any mis-orientation relative to the pile guide as the parts slide past each other;
- characterized in that the interengaging profiles further comprise third and fourth parts which are configured to maintain a predetermined orientation of the pile relative to the pile guide once any mis-orientation has been corrected by interengagement of the first and second parts.
A pile for driving into a substrate, the pile comprising:
- an elongate body with a leading end and a trailing end;
- a coupling for receiving a tether, the coupling being located towards the trailing end;
- a first member projecting radially outwardly from the body, the first member being located towards the leading end;
- and
- a second member projecting radially outwardly from the body, with the second member being axially spaced towards the trailing end from the first member, and with the first and second members being configured to engage a pile guide and to orientate the pile in dependence on engagement with the pile guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.