Anchor pile coupling system

• US 7,854,451 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Issued: 12/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joseph S. Davis II
• Original Assignee: Joseph S. Davis II
• Inventors: Davis, Joseph S. II
• Primary Examiner(s): BOCHNA, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US11/847,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20080157521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,210 Days
• Field of Search: 285/404, 405/233, 405/237, 405/239, 405/244, 405/249, 405/251, 405/253, 405/252, 405/252.1, 405/257
• US Class Current: 285/404
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 21/00 Joints with sleeve or socket F16L13/00, F16L15/00, F16L17/00, F16L19/00, F16L25/0027, F16L27/00, F16L37/00 take precedence ; specially adapted to be made of plastics or to be used with pipes made of plastics F16L47/06; specially adapted for pipes of brittle material F16L49/02
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 25/08 in the form of screws, nails or the like

Abstract

Disclosed is an anchor pile coupling system, consisting of a male and female pile coupling which can be attached to opposite ends of a piling, as well as a top drive which is used to apply rotational force to the piling string in order to guide it into the anchoring surface.

Claims

1. An anchor pile coupling system for driving piles into a surface comprising:

a. a male coupling ring having first and second opposite ends, wherein said first opposite end is shaped as a weld bevel for affixation to an anchor pile pipe section, and wherein said second opposite end has a plurality of threaded holes drilled circumferentially and perpendicular to said male coupling ring;

b. a female coupling ring having first and second opposite ends, wherein said first opposite end is shaped as a weld bevel for affixation to an anchor pile pipe section, and wherein said second opposite end has a plurality of holes drilled circumferentially and perpendicular to said female coupling ring,

c. wherein said female coupling ring'"'"'s second opposite end is operatively configured to engage said second opposite end of said male coupling ring; and

d. a coupling driver having first and second opposite ends, wherein said first opposite end is configured to be attached to a planetary drive, and wherein said second opposite end of said coupling driver has a plurality of threaded holes about its circumference for attachment of said female coupling ring to said second opposite end of said coupling driver.

2. The anchor pile coupling system of claim 1 further comprising a centralizer ring shaped to receive a length of tubing similar in length to said pile, and configured to operatively attach to the inner diameter of said male coupling ring.

3. The anchor pile coupling system of claim 1 further comprising a lead screw having first and second opposite ends and configured to be the initial portion of said pile to be driven, and wherein said first opposite end is configured to pierce said surface, and further comprising a plurality of helical portions affixed to the outer portions of said lead screw to aid in driving said pile.

4. The anchor pile coupling system of claim 1 further comprising a centralizer ring shaped to receive a length of tubing similar in length to said pile, and configured to operatively attach to the inner diameter of said female coupling ring.

5. An anchor pile coupling system for driving piles into a surface comprising:

a. a male coupling ring having first and second opposite ends, wherein said first opposite end is shaped as a weld bevel for affixation to an anchor pile pipe section, and wherein said second opposite end has a plurality of threaded holes drilled circumferentially and perpendicular to said male coupling ring;

b. a female coupling ring having first and second opposite ends, wherein said first opposite end is shaped as a weld bevel for affixation to an anchor pile pipe section, and wherein said second opposite end has a plurality of holes drilled circumferentially and perpendicular to said female coupling ring,

c. wherein said female coupling ring'"'"'s second opposite end is operatively configured to engage said second opposite end of said male coupling ring; and

d. a coupling driver having first and second opposite ends, wherein said first opposite end is configured to be attached to a planetary drive, and wherein said second opposite end of said coupling driver has a plurality of threaded holes about its circumference for attachment of said male coupling ring to said second opposite end of said coupling driver.

6. The anchor pile coupling system of claim 5 further comprising a centralizer ring shaped to receive a length of tubing similar in length to said pile, and configured to operatively attach to the inner diameter of said male coupling ring.

7. The anchor pile coupling system of claim 5 further comprising a lead screw having first and second opposite ends and configured to be the initial portion of said pile to be driven, and wherein said first opposite end is configured to pierce said surface, and further comprising a plurality of helical portions affixed to the outer portions of said lead screw to aid in driving said pile.

8. The anchor pile coupling system of claim 5 further comprising a centralizer ring shaped to receive a length of tubing similar in length to said pile, and configured to operatively attach to the inner diameter of said female coupling ring.