CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR INSTALLING UNDERGROUND PIPES FOR HIGH-TENSION CABLES BY USING TROUGH

• US 20100098501A1
• Filed: 10/20/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Young-Hwan Jang
• Original Assignee: Young-Hwan Jang
• Inventors: JANG, Young-Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 7,740,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 405/267
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 27/46 Foundations for supply conduits or other canals bridges for supporting conduits E01D18/00; elevated canals E02B5/005; penstocks E02B9/06

Abstract

A construction method for installing underground pipes for high-tension cables uses a trough. The method includes the steps of forming an excavation trench by excavating the ground, installing the trough on the bottom of the excavation trench, pouring sand into the space section, placing the underground pipes on the sand, pouring again the sand onto the underground pipes, filling a gap formed between the trough and the excavation trench using sand and gravel, forming an upper protecting member on the trough, and performing surface treatment by using road pavement materials.

Claims

1. A construction method for installing underground pipes for high-tension cables by using a trough having a U shape and including a space section and a coupling groove formed at one side end of the trough, the method comprising the steps of:

forming an excavation trench by excavating a ground to install the trough in the excavation trench, in which inclined surfaces are formed at both sides of the excavation trench at a predetermined inclination angle and a width of a bottom of the excavation trench is identical to a width of the trough;

installing the trough on the bottom of the excavation trench by coupling a plurality of troughs through the coupling groove;

pouring a predetermined amount of sand into the space section formed in the trough, placing the underground pipes, which receive the high-tension cables therein, on the sand at a predetermined interval, and pouring again the sand onto the underground pipes while flattening a top of the sand, thereby burying the underground pipes in the sand;

filling a gap formed between an outer surface of the trough and a sidewall of the excavation trench using a mixture of sand and gravel until a height of the mixture is level with a height of the trough;

forming an upper protecting member on a top of the trough by using concrete;

filling a mixing layer over the upper protecting member, wherein the mixing layer comprises a material that is different from (a) the sand within the space section of the trough, and (b) the mixture of sand and gravel within the gap; and

performing surface treatment by coating road pavement materials over the mixing layer.

2. The construction method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a thickness of the trough is variable depending on a size and a number of the underground pipes installed in the space section of the trough.

3. The construction method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the sand is poured onto the underground pipes until a height of the sand is level with a height of the trough when the sand is poured onto final underground pipes.

4. The construction method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper protecting member is formed through concrete casting.

5. The construction method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the upper protecting member contacts the trough and the sides of the excavation trench.

6. The construction method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper protecting member is previously fabricated by using concrete and is placed on a top of the trough.

7. A method comprising:

forming an excavation trench having a floor and an inclined side surface;

positioning a trough on the floor of the excavation trench, the trough having a base portion and a side portion that extends from the base portion to a top;

positioning a pipe within the trough;

pulling sand into the trough, such that an upper sand surface is substantially level with the top of the trough side portion;

filling a gap portion with a mixture of sand and gravel, wherein the gap portion is located between the trough side portion and the inclined side surface of the excavation trench;

positioning an upper protecting member on the top of the trough side portion, wherein the upper protecting member extends over the gap portion and contacts the inclined side surface of the excavation trench; and

forming road pavement materials over the upper protecting member.