Bucket column base and installation support
US7131240B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE02D27/42
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A building foundation anchoring and interface system for receiving supporting the base of an upright structural column. This system and interface includes an open-topped bucket-well structure which is embedded in a foundation, and which is sized so as to permit the received base of an inserted column to be adjusted laterally, in a multidirectional sense, vertically angularly, and axially rotationally, and with substantial clearance, so as to enable easy correct positioning of a column. Poured into the bucket-well structure after the same has received the base of a column is an appropriate fluid-flowable, hardenable, bulk anchoring material, such as conventional building grout material. An opening may be provided in the wall of the base of a column so that such flowable material flows into the interior of a column, as well as into the space between the outside of the column's base and the inside of the receiving bucket-well. The column which has its base received in the bucket-well optionally carries a shoulder-extending foot plate which cooperates with the bulk-anchoring material, and the configuration of the bucket well, to inhibit vertical lifting of a column out of the bucket-we…
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