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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047745 | Connection element and a sheet pile wall having such a connection element A connection element for light profiles in a sheet pile wall has a base strip (12) for attaching to a component of the sheet pile wall and a hook strip (14) provided at the flat side of the base strip (12) for engaging the interlock (32) ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7997830 | Barrier wall made of sheet-pile components Free standing above-ground barrier wall 10 that includes a plurality of sheet-pile planks 16, and optionally one or more support elements 12 that are interconnected together using one or more interlocking connectors 22, 24. The sheet-pile... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7857551 | Connection element for connecting sheet piles to carrier elements as well as a combination sheet pile wall with such connection elements A connection element for connecting a sheet pile to a carrier element, with a base strip (16) to be fastened to a carrier element (14), is provided with an interlock profile (20) for engaging the sheet pile (14). The interlock profile ( | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857550 | Profiled connecting element and combination sheet pile wall with a profiled connecting element of this type The invention relates to a connection profile (10) with a constant cross-sectional shape for joining bulkheads to beam elements. The connection profile (10) comprises a center strip (12), on which a receiving profile (16) for connecting t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7753623 | Connecting profile for interconnecting three sheet pile wall components and an arrangement of sheet pile wall components comprising such a connecting profile A connecting profile is disclosed for interconnecting three sheet-pile wall components. The connecting profile has a basic body from which three identical lock profiles project in predetermined coupling directions. Each lock profile comprises a thumb strip with a ce... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7566190 | Connecting profile for connecting sheet piles to carrier elements and combined sheet pile wall comprising such a connecting profile A connecting profile of constant cross section that couples sheet piles to carrier elements. The connecting profile exhibits a center strip, on which a coupling profile, which is to be connected to the carrier element, and an interlock profile for hooking an interlo... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7527456 | Connecting profiled element for connecting sheet piles to carrier elements A rod-type connecting profiled element (10) for connecting sheet piles to carrier elements comprises a central strip (12) that separates two opposing connecting profiled elements (16, 18), each of which respectively forms a saw (24, 42). ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7488140 | Earth retaining system such as a sheet pile wall with integral soil anchors A soil retaining system combining flat sheet pile walls in an open cell configuration includes integral soil anchors providing an improved earth retaining system. Another aspect of the invention is a method of designing and installing a soil retaining system with an... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7413386 | Continuous connecting profile for attachment of sheet piles to supporting elements A continuous connecting profile (10) for attachment of sheet piles to supporting elements has a central rib bar (16) that separates from each other two oppositely-placed attachment profiles, each having a jaw, and is a part of both attachment profiles.... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390145 | Connection element for sheet piles The connection element according to the present invention includes a central strip and two hook strips issuing from it that together form a claw strip with C-shaped cross section. The ends of the hook strips point toward each other, and with their ends, define an op... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387471 | Combination pile wall A combination pile wall is formed of beam elements (12), particularly T-beams and double-T-beams (I-beams), and shaped connection strips (16) directly or indirectly connecting the beam elements (12), whereby each shaped connection strip (16 | 06/17/2008 |
| 7354224 | Adjustable pile splicing apparatus, system, method, and product-by-process Piles are spliced using a first splicer element comprising a first splicer face and a cross-section sized and contoured to mate with and press firmly against first faces of a pair of piles to be spliced; together with a second splicer element comprising a second spl... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7311470 | Wale and retaining wall system A wale for use in bracing a retaining wall. The wale is comprise of a back wall, a front wall having a channel formed therein, and a plurality connecting walls connecting the back and front walls to form at least one chamber between the back and front walls. In one ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7278803 | Corrugated asymmetrical retaining wall panel The present invention relates to a corrugated asymmetrical sheet pile panel. The sheet pile panel is an asymmetrical about the Y-axis. The central section has a channel disposed therein for receiving a stiffening strip. The central section has two extensions, one jo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7182551 | Re-enforced composite sheet piling segments A re-enforced composite sheet piling segment is disclosed. The segment of sheet piling includes multiple panels. The panels of the segment come together at an angle to form a corner. A re-enforcement is placed in the corner of the segment. The re-enforcement has a c... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175369 | Grooved sheet pile and method for production thereof To simplify the production and expand the variability of structures to use, a grooved sheet pile having a trough-type body is produced by cutting a cylindrical segment (referred to as a troughlike element) (1) from a round tube along its length and fixing loc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172371 | Method of sealing casings of subsurface materials management system Systems, components, and methods relating to subterranean containment barriers. Laterally adjacent tubular casings having male interlock structures and multiple female interlock structures defining recesses for receiving a male interlock structure are used to create... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172288 | Display device including a spatial light modulator with plural image regions A display device includes a spatial light modulator and a light generator. The spatial light modulator may have an array of modulating elements with a plurality of image regions. The light generator may be configured to direct a different one of a plurality of subst... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168214 | Two-piece joining device for sheet pile retaining walls The joining device serves for connecting two adjacent individual elements (5, 11) of a sheet pile retaining wall which are to be pile-driven in each case, e.g. for connecting two adjacent pipes of a sheet piling. The first joining element comprises a button s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168891 | Z-shaped sheet piling A sheet piling (15) comprising a first flange (16), a second flange (18), a web (19), a junction (20) between the first flange and the web, the junction having a substantially concave inner surface (44), the inner surface co... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160061 | Subterranean barriers including at least one weld A subterranean barrier and method for forming same are disclosed, the barrier including a plurality of casing strings wherein at least one casing string of the plurality of casing strings may be affixed to at least another adjacent casing string of the plurality of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7059807 | Elongated structural members for use in forming barrier walls Briefly described, the present invention relates to a wale for use in forming a driven wall structure including a plurality of elongated structural panels. The wale includes a base wall, a top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The base wall and the to... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056066 | Apparatus and method for inserting sheet piles into a soil formation Yet another embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sheet pile installation apparatus for inserting a sheet pile vertically into a soil formation, the installation apparatus including an elongated body configured to releasably receive the sheet pile, the b... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018140 | Z-shaped sheet piling An improved Z-shaped sheet piling (15) comprising a first flange (16), a second flange (18), a web (19), a junction (20) between the first flange and the web, the junction having an inner surface (44), the inner surface defi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018141 | Earth retaining system such as a sheet pile wall with integral soil anchors A soil retaining system combining flat sheet pile walls in an open cell configuration includes integral soil anchors to provide an earth retaining system. A method of designing and installing a soil retaining system with an open sheet pile cell structure having inte... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6939086 | Metal sheet pile In a metal sheet pile, an effective width B [mm], a flange width Bf [mm], a height H [mm] and a geometrical moment of inertia I [cm4/m] meet the inequalities 700≦B≦1,200; 280≦Bf≦0.0005×B2−0.05×B; and −0.073×B+0.0043×I+230≦H≦... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6769841 | Method for driving sheet piles A method for driving a sheet pile wall into the ground includes providing a sheet pile with at least one sheet pile interlock having a longitudinal opening giving access to an interlock chamber in the sheet pile interlock. The method further includes inserting an in... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6758634 | Subsurface materials management and containment system Systems, components, and methods relating to subterranean containment barriers. Laterally adjacent tubular casings having male interlock structures and multiple female interlock structures defining recesses for receiving a male interlock structure are used to create... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6715964 | Earth retaining system such as a sheet pile wall with integral soil anchors A soil retaining system combining flat sheet pile walls in an open cell configuration includes integral soil anchors to provide an earth retaining system. A method of designing and installing a soil retaining system with an open sheet pile cell structure having inte... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6640470 | Contaminated sediment remediation vessel A method is described for containing dispersed particulate or soluble matter during contaminated sediment remediation operations in the marine environment. The preferred method comprises the use of a specially designed marine vessel that establishes a neg... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6443664 | Metal sheet piling A metal sheet pile comprises a cold formed wall section to the longitudinally extending side edges of which are secured hot formed clutch sections (12). The clutch sections (12) may be produced by hot rolling, extrusion or other hot forming process and ar... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6428244 | Connecting element for sheet piles A connecting element for sheet piles, particularly to join two sheet piles at an angle to each other, which includes hook strips (2, 3), whereby the one hook strip (2) is shaped as a knob section that consists of a head (4) and a basically straight neck (... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6357969 | Method of fabricating a groundwater monitoring system and a monitoring system formed using said method A method of fabricating a groundwater monitoring system and a monitoring system formed using said method wherein a housing containing a groundwater monitoring well is slidably attached to a sheet piling section. After the sheet piling section is inserted ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6231271 | Apparatus and method for lifting piles A lifting apparatus for non-metallic piles (10) including a pair of lifting devices (26, 28) which grip opposed faces (22, 24) of the pile (10). A sling (36) supported from an overhead crane (44) is connected to the lifting arms or handles (30) of the lif... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6053666 | Containment barrier panel and method of forming a containment barrier wall An extruded containment barrier panel (5) for use in forming a containment barrier wall about a waste material storage or disposal site is disclosed. The containment barrier panel has an elongate body panel (10) with a top end (11), a spaced bottom end (1... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6042306 | Connecting lock and sheet pile wall A connecting lock and a sheet pile wall, wherein the connecting lock has a straight end and a curved end which are arranged on one side of a center piece, and a hook-shaped end which is arranged on the other side of the center piece. The hook-like end may... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5957625 | In-ground barrier The barrier is waterproof, and is used to contain contaminated groundwater within an enclosure. Steel elements are pile driven, the elements having rolled-over edge forms (5,6) which interengage. Upon interengagement, an enclosed hole (90) is created whic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5938375 | Method of sealing joints between adjacent sheet piling sections to form a continuous barrier and barriers formed using said method A method and device for sealing the joint formed by the connection of adjacent sheet piling sections. Prior to installation in the ground, a housing having an open side is attached near the edge of a sheet piling section. A barrier is inserted between the... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5921717 | Structure having deformable flanged member and method of forming the same A method of forming a structure comprising at least one locking bar and at least one structural member, at least one flange of the structural member being formed with alternating first and second flange portions. The first flange portions are deformed out... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5911546 | In-ground barrier The barrier is waterproof, and is used to contain contaminated groundwater within an enclosure. Steel elements, are pile driven, the elements having rolled-over edge forms (5,6) which interengage. Upon interengagement, an enclosed hole (90) is created whi... | 06/15/1999 |
