PILE DRIVER

• US 20110100659A1
• Filed: 01/07/2008
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Sharyo Limited (Central Japan Railway Company)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Sharyo Limited (Central Japan Railway Company)
• Inventors: Tomida, Nobuyuki, Murate, Tokuo
• Application Number:
  US12/735,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20110100659A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 173/104
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 7/16 Scaffolds or supports for drivers guide frames for the elements to be driven per se E02D13/04; supports of the artificial island type E02B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 7/20 Placing by pressure or pulling power

Abstract

A pile driver enables angle adjustment and pile core adjustment of a leader to be performed easily, by minimizing an angle change of the leader when the pile core adjustment is performed. In the pile driver, an upper part of the leader is supported by a leader erect cylinder from behind, and a lower part of the leader is supported by a forward and backward adjustment means that includes a leader arm having a rotation base rotatably attached to a base machine and a rotation end rotatably attached to the lower part of the leader. A first arc traced by the rotation end when the leader arm is rotated to adjust the lower part of the leader forward and backward and a second arc traced by a connection part between the leader and a tip of the leader erect cylinder when the lower part of the leader is adjusted are both convex upward. The first arc has a smaller radius than the second arc. An end of the first arc and an end of the second arc when the lower part of the leader is adjusted farthest backward are each at a highest position. In addition, a straight line passing through both end points of the second arc is parallel to a tangent line at a center part of the first arc.

Claims

1. A pile driver in which an upper part of a leader that is stood on a front part of a base machine is supported by a leader erect cylinder from behind and a lower part of the leader is supported by a forward and backward adjustment means,

wherein the forward and backward adjustment means comprises:

a leader arm having a rotation base rotatably attached to the base machine and a rotation end rotatably attached to the lower part of the leader; and

an arm driving means for rotating the leader arm about the rotation base,

a first arc traced by the rotation end when the leader arm is rotated to adjust the lower part of the leader forward and backward and a second arc traced by a connection part between the leader and a tip of the leader erect cylinder which moves as the lower part of the leader moves forward and backward along the first arc both being convex upward,

the first arc having a smaller radius than the second arc,

an end of the first arc and an end of the second arc when the lower part of the leader is adjusted farthest backward each being at a highest position, and

a straight line passing through both end points of the second arc being parallel to a tangent line at a center part of the first arc.

2. The pile driver according to claim 1, wherein the leader is in a vertical state at each of a front end position where the lower part of the leader is adjusted farthest forward and a back end position where the lower part of the leader is adjusted farthest backward.