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System for driving anchors in the ground

US5104264A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 20, 1990
Grant dateApr 14, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 20, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S173/02
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Apparatus for driving anchors in the ground by gas pressure which includes on a frame to be maintained stationary relative to the ground, a mechanism for firing and combustion of a pyrotechnical composition, and for launching an anchor. The apparatus including an acoustic shield for gas expansion which is slidingly mounted on a recoil ramp so as to balance the impulse transmitted to the anchor by the force of gravity.

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