Method and apparatus for forming piles in-situ
CA 2241150 C · Owner: Toebosch, Gary · Inventors: Vickars, Jeremiah Charles Tilney; Toebosch, Gary; Vickars, Robert Alfred
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A method for making piles and apparatus for practising the method of the invention are disclosed. The invention may be used to support the foundation of a structure, such as a building. The method draws soil displacing means (60) on a shaft (39) down through a body of soil (46) by turning a screw (34) at the lower end of the shaft. The soil displacing means forces soil out of a cylindrical region (74) around the shaft. The cylindrical region is filled with grout (70) which encapsulates and strengthens the shaft. The grout may be fed by gravity from a bath of grout around the shaft. The soil displacement means has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the screw and may be a disk …
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- Filed December 20, 1996 and granted October 29, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2016.
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