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Beam joining cap for trench shield

US6267538A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 6, 2000
Grant dateJul 31, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 6, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02D17/08
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for joining at least two or more wales of a shoring system including a first substantially rigid end-cap adapted to enclose an end of a first horizontally disposed wale, the first end-cap having a horizontally extending flange with a first vertically disposed aperture cut there through, a second substantially rigid end-cap adapted to enclose an end of a second horizontally disposed wale, the second end-cap having a horizontally extending flange with a second vertically disposed aperture cut there through of substantially the same diameter of the first vertically disposed aperture, a locking pin dimensioned to be slideably received by the first and second vertically disposed apertures when the first and second vertically disposed apertures are in substantial alignment with one another wherein a leading end of the first horizontally disposed wale and a leading end of the second horizontally disposed wale are oriented in substantially perpendicular fashion to one another and in relative proximity so that the horizontally extending flange of the first end-cap and the horizontally extending flange of the second end-cap overlap when the first and second vertically disposed a…

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