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US 9,790,655 B1Granted
System and method of stabilizing soil
AssigneePolymer Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
InventorYamil Dominguez
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AssigneePolymer Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
InventorYamil Dominguez
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The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for injecting a composition into soil. The composition is passed under pressure into a filler tube housed within an expandable element situated in a first hole. When the composition is pumped, therein the filler tube is raised and, the expandable element expands when the composition fills the expandable element, thereby solidifying the adjacent soil. Further, due to expansion, the structure above the ground is lifted. The rate of pumping the composition into the filler tube is determined by pressure of the composition, the type of soil, or by the chemical reaction detected by a first sensor and/or a second sensor present in a second or third hole. The material injected into the ground improves the soils beneath a structure, such as a house to create a resistance once the material permeates the soil and expands.
A non-encapsulating system to stabilize soil including a first tube having a bottom distal end and drilled into the soil under a given structure, a removable cap located at said bottom distal end, at least one sensor inserted into the soil adjacent to said first tube, a filler tube inserted into said first tube, at least one hose housed within said filler tube, a composition pumped into said at least one hose, said first tube being raised from its position and leaving said cap in the ground, said composition including at least one composition component that is released into said soil through the bottom of said filler tube as it is raised, a Y-mixer used to receive said at least one composition component from said at least one hose as they exit said filler tube;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.