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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167515 | Hot-rolled straight-web steel sheet pile The hot-rolled straight-web steel sheet pile comprises a straight web delimited on each longitudinal side respectively by an interlock strip. The web has a rolled-in taper which is designed in such a way that, in a tensile test of two samples from this sheet pile wh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7980789 | Combination wall with tube pile connectors A combination wall (10) for supporting the ground comprises at least two tubular piles (12) adapted to be rammed at least part way into the ground and a wall element (14) inserted between two respective adjacent tubular piles (12). The wa... | 07/19/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7309190 | Shoring device with removable swivel side plates containing detente sphere attachments A shoring device is disclosed comprising a piston and a cylinder. The piston is axially expanded by compressed gas, whereby the shoring device engages two opposing surfaces. Removable swivel sideplates comprise détente sphere attachments by which the sideplates rev... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7278800 | Method of installing subsurface barrier 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... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7055286 | Modular post system and method of construction The invention provides a modular post system including a plurality of modular post members 10, 20 which are inter-connectable to form a post structure 30. The modular post members include a plurality of front post members 10 and rear post member... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6964542 | Pin and collar shoring device A shoring device is disclosed comprising a piston and a cylinder. The piston is axially expanded by compressed gas, whereby the shoring device engages two opposing surfaces. An outer cam collar and a concentrically enclosed inner ring are mounted upon the cylinder e... | 11/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6746183 | Shoring device with outer ratcheting collar A shoring device comprises a piston and a cylinder. The piston is axially expanded by compressed gas, whereby the shoring device engages two opposing surfaces. An outer ratcheting collar and a concentrically enclosed inner ratcheting ring are mounted upon the cylind... | 06/08/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6637135 | Contaminated sediment removal vessel A method is described for removing sediments during dredging operations to minimize the release of contaminants at marine locations containing sediments that are deemed contaminated and require removal. The preferred method comprises the use of a speciall... | 10/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6190093 | U-shaped sheet pile with low cut-through resistance A U-shaped sheet pile comprising a flat flange (10), two flat webs (12) connected to the flange (10) so as to be symmetrical with respect to a plane (8) perpendicular to the flange (10), and an interlocking element located at the end of each of the two we... | 02/20/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5921716 | Apparatus and method for forming a barrier wall A method and apparatus forming a subterranean barrier wall that is substantially impervious to liquids. The barrier wall and method of forming the same comprises interlocking a plurality of sheet piles. Each sheet pile has interlocking edges that form a s... | 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 |
| 5520487 | Waterproof clutches for sheet piles A waterproof clutch for sheet piles is presented wherein at least one of a pair of clutches has a groove in which a seal is housed.... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5487622 | System for treating polluted groundwater Contaminated groundwater is treated in-situ, by funnelling the water through a gate or gates (23) in a watertight in-ground wall (18). Treatment material in the gate (23) breaks down the contaminant, or otherwise removes the contaminant from the flowing w... | 01/30/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5360293 | In-ground barrier member interlocking joint and seal system A joint/sealing system for interlocked, in-ground barrier members which form an in-ground containment wall, including a "U" shaped gasket (108) interfacing with a longitudinally extended male member (109) to form oppositely directed, double seals using ou... | 11/01/1994 |
| 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 |
