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US 8,540,461 B2Granted
Circular pile head for underpinning a slab
OwnerChin Chai Onginventor
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Abstract
A circular pile head assembly that can facilitate the driving of the underpinning pile in a slab using a pile driving machine and locking-off the slab load to the underpinning pile is provided. A circular pile head assembly consists of the twin beam, the circular pile head and a section of an underpinning pile that is used in conjunction with a pile driving machine to drive, and lock-off the slab load to the underpinning pile.
Claims11
A circular pile head assembly comprising:
- a twin beam lifting attachment having a pair of beams configured to be placed above a pre-bored hole in a slab, each beam having a first connector;
- a tubular pile head including a pair of partial-cylindrical segments, each segment having a bearing plate extending generally transverse therefrom for engagement with an underside of the slab, each segment further having a second connector configured to connect with the first connector to connect the twin beam lifting attachment to the pile head;
- a rectangular pile configured to be driven between the partial-cylindrical segments of the pile head, wherein a gap is defined between the pile and the partial-cylindrical segments for receiving a poured cement;
- a pile head plate fixedly connecting the pair of partial-cylindrical segments, the pile head plate having a pair of curved edges corresponding to the partial-cylindrical segments and a pair of straight edges corresponding to a rectangular pile to frame the gap between the straight edges of the pile and curved edges of the pile head;
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- a pile driver for driving a rectangular pile into the pile head and toward a surface below the slab for reinforcement;
- wherein lifting of the twin beam lifting attachment causes the tubular pile head to lift and raise the slab to a raised position and cement inserted into the gap secures the slab in the raised position.
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