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| 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 |
| 7360969 | Z-shaped sheet piling A sheet piling (15) comprising a flange (16), a web (19), a junction (20) between the flange and the web, the junction having a substantially concave inner surface (44), the inner surface comprising at least a first concave surface... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7313893 | Panel clip assembly for use with roof or wall panels A clip assembly secures standing seam skylight or roofing panels to substrates and allows for a full range of movements by the panels while eliminating or reducing frictional noises. The clip assembly may also be used with wall panel systems. The clip assembly inclu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7160440 | Storm water separator system A storm water separator system having side walls constructed from sheet piling to enable installation within a small footprint and in poor soil conditions. The separator system has an upper bypass chamber and a lower treatment chamber with a diffuser directing inflo... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150584 | Steel-pipe sheet pile and coupling structure of steel-pipe sheet piles A steel-pipe sheet pile including a steel pipe and joints for coupling the steel pipe to another steel pipe and multiple steel pipes arranged in a building direction of a steel-pipe sheet pile wall, wherein the joints include a male joint and a female joint each mad... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7029203 | Subsurface materials management and containment system, components thereof and methods relating thereto 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... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025540 | Sheet pile An elongated element (1) having a cross-sectional shape permitting the element to be interlocked with adjacent elements, the element having a basic square shape with interlocking members (4,6,8) on at least three sides of the element, wherein the propo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025539 | Sheet pile for forming barrier walls A series of duplicate structural panels form a substantially flat sea wall, barrier wall, and the like, fabricated of synthetic resin material for driving into soils. The structural panel is elongated and of constant size and shape along its length, and is character... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7015813 | Device for controlling the hooking of two sheet pile locks A device for ensuring that two sheet pile locks (10, 12) are hooked correctly, comprising a detector (18) which is arranged in the locking area (14) of the first lock in such a way that a complementary lock part (16) of the second lock cr... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008142 | 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... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6926470 | Metal sheet pile A metal sheet pile has an improved joint strength and is suitable for high productivity manufacturing. Right and left end flanges are formed at opposite sides of the rolled steel sheet pile. Joints are formed at edges of the right and left end flanges. Cross-section... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6427402 | Pile systems and methods A wall system, comprising a plurality of pile members. The pile members are driven next to each other using a conventional pile driving system. An interlock system locks adjacent pile members together. A flowable hardenable material may be introduced into... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6106201 | Z-shaped sheet pile with high section modulus A hot-rolled Z-shaped sheet pile comprises two flanges (12', 12") and a web (10) delimited by two substantially plane faces (18', 18"). This web (10) makes an acute angle 75o with a plane (16) parallel to the outer faces (14', 14") of the flanges (12', 12... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6092346 | Method for connecting a sheet pile to a beam A method for connecting a standard sheet pile equipped with a standard locking element to the flange of a standard girder (31). First the initially flat edge (39) of the flange of the girder (31) is given an undulating profile having of a longitudinal ser... | 07/25/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6033155 | Reinforced structure panel for forming barrier walls Structural panels (12) of extruded PVC and of stretched Z-shaped configuration and which can be driven into the ground include strengthening ribs (36-40) extending from the inner surfaces (34 and 35) of the opposed side sections (26 and 27). The ribs exte... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6000883 | Sheet piling extrusion An extruded sheet piling (20) is disclosed. The sheet piling has a planar body panel (22) with a top end (23) and a spaced bottom end (24). A first continuous side edge (26) and a second spaced parallel continuous side edge (27) extend between the top end... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5967701 | Barrier element, system, method and connector therefor An apparatus and a method for stabilizing sloped embankments is disclosed which utilizes interlocking barrier elements to form a step-like, cascading barrier to erosion and to provide an inexpensive, easy-to-install and aesthetically attractive landscapin... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5782583 | 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 forms (5,6) which inter-engage. Upon inter-engagement, an enclosed cavity (90) is created which... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5584610 | Bulkhead PVC panels for a bulkhead are characterized by an elongated S-shaped cross section and an axial passage extending from top to bottom. The panels are joined by tenon in mortise joints, preferably via a spade shaped tenon. The assembly is capped with a chan... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5458722 | Method and locking device, for connecting in a liquid-tight manner wall sections of a multi-sectioned wall A method for connecting in a liquid-tight manner cooperating lock halves of a locking device of adjacent wall sections of a multi-sectioned wall introduced into a suspension includes providing a first lock half as an inner profiled member and a second loc... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5447393 | Building construction methods and materials A wide sheet pile for the formation of buildings folded or formed from a metal plate or plates or by joining modular panels. The sheet pile is of corrugated form having upper and lower webs and joined by an inclined flange and provided on opposite sides w... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5437520 | Sealing system for in-ground barrier The joints between pile-driven sheet metal barrier elements (12, 14) have edge forms which interlock so as to form cavities (20, 21). The cavities extend from top to bottom of the barrier, and allow a flushing hose to be inserted to the foot of the barrie... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5388931 | Cutoff wall system to isolate contaminated soil Methods and structural configurations of modular barrier systems and cutoff walls used to isolate contaminated soils from the environment in situ. The cutoff walls comprise plastic sheets, preferably of high density polyethylene, inserted in or adjacent t... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5333971 | Interlocking bulkhead A bulkhead member for assembling a bulkhead is disclosed, comprising a body having two opposed faces and first and second substantially parallel edges. The first edge includes an integral split socket and the second edge includes an integral connecting be... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5292208 | Corner adapter for corrugated barriers A corner adapter for use with corrugated barrier sections is disclosed. The corner adapter provides great freedom of movement in the relative angles between adjacent barrier sections. Further, an inventive cross-section for the corrugated section provides... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5199824 | Excavation shoring system An excavation shoring system comprised of a modular support frame having longitudinal and lateral beam members provided with collar sleeve openings adapted to slidably receive vertical support pipes which in turn are provided with regularly spaced vertica... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5145287 | Plastic panel erosion barrier A plastic structural panel and ground erosion barrier made therefrom in which the panel is in strip form relatively narrow compared to its length and which in general is a stretched Z-shaped cross sectional design with opposed male and female interlock ed... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5030036 | Method of isolating contaminated geological formations, soils and aquifers A method of isolating a contaminated geological formation or aquifer is disclosed in which the formation is encapsulated by impermeable barriers. A grid of wells is drilled into the formation. A horizontal barrier is formed below the contaminated formatio... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4917543 | Wall system employing extruded panel sections Wall systems are disclosed which employ a plurality of individual panels formed of extruded polymeric material joined in edge-to-edge relation including wale members which are vertically offset and interlocked at end portions thereof with adjacent wale me... | 04/17/1990 |
