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Device for providing columns of material in the ground

US5980161A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1998
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02D7/14
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Device for production of material columns in the ground, in particular of compact columns or drains, with a apparatus carrier (10), a sled (14) movably guided upon a Makler (12) for manipulation of a conveyor system, comprising at least of a deep jolt ramming machine (16) with forward thrust head and material conveyance conduit, and a cantilever beam (20) held by the Makler (12) with a rope winch (22) for manipulating a container (26), with which material can be charge wise supplied to a charge lock (18), wherein the container (26) is synchronized with and is moveable relative to the sled (14). The material flows from the charge lock (18) through a lock door (21) into the material conveyance conduit (17) and from there finally into the ground (100).

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