Grooved sheet pile and method for production thereof

• US 7,175,369 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2002
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sheet Pile, LLC
• Original Assignee: Aleksandr Alekseevich Fomenkov, Aleksandr Julievich Lakotkin, Vladimir Vasilievich Poterba
• Inventors: Lakotkin, Aleksandr Julievich, Fomenkov, Aleksandr Alekseevich, Poterba, Vladimir Vasilievich
• Primary Examiner(s): Lagman; Frederick L.
• Application Number:
  US10/475,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20040120775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,756 Days
• Field of Search: 405/274, 405/276, 405277-279
• US Class Current: 405/281
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 2200/12 corrugated
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 2200/1607 round, e.g. circle
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 5/04 made of steel
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 5/08 Locking forms; Edge joints; Pile crossings; Branch pieces

Abstract

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 locking elements (2) and (3) to side edges of the troughlike element. The troughlike element (1) can be reinforced by attaching reinforcing elements (4) thereto and/or providing annular elements (15), (16). The troughlike element (1) has a section made of material of higher strength and/or corrosion-resistant and/or thickened material. The troughlike elements (1) can be arranged in parallel and fixed to each other to make a panel.

Claims

1. A method of producing a grooved sheet pile, comprising the steps of separately fabricating a trough-shaped body and locking elements, wherein said body is produced by cutting a troughlike element from a round tube along the length of the tube, and wherein each of said locking elements is fixed to a side edge of the troughlike element thus cut or in the vicinity of said side edge.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said troughlike element is cut out of said tube together with an annular element thereof, said annular element adjoining said troughlike element or being located in a middle part thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said troughlike element is reinforced by reinforcing elements secured thereto or fit therein.

4. A method of producing a grooved sheet pile, comprising the steps of fabricating a panel and locking elements, wherein said fabricating said panel includes cutting troughlike elements from a round tube along the length of the tube, arranging the troughlike elements thus cut in a row in a parallel position with respect to each other and rigidly fixing adjacent troughlike elements together, each of said locking elements being fixed to a side edge of said panel or in the vicinity of said side edge.