H-beam pile connectors

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH TWO SUPERIMPOSED METAL HBEAMS IN END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP, A CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN H-SHAPED SLEEVE WITH A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERY, HAVING INTEGRAL BRACED WEB AND FLANGE SECTIONS ENCLOSING THE HBEAM WEBS AND FLANGES OF THE ADJACENT BUTT ENDS OF THE H-BEAMS, SAID SLEEVE HAVING A CONTINUOUS CHANNEL THERETHROUGH WITH THE SLEEVE CONVERGING INWARDLY FROM THE OPPOSITE OUTER ENDS TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE CONNECTOR, FORMING A RESTRICTED SECTION IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SLEEVE, PROVIDING A CLOSE FITTING BETWEEN THE SLEEVE AND THE END PORTIONS OF THE WEBS AND FLANGES OF THE BUTTING H-BEAMS, ONE OF THE FLANGE SECTIONS OF THE CONNECTOR HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING OUTSIDE INTEGRAL EXTENSION, THE OTHER FLANGE SECTION HAVING AN OUTSIDE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING INTEGRAL EXTENSION, SAID EXTENSIONS FOR GUIDING THE BUTT ENDS OF THE PILE SECTIONS INTO THE SLEEVE, MEANS BETWEEN AND INTEGRAL WITH THE WEBS IN THE CHANNEL OF THE CONNECTOR AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE MID-SECTION THEREOF ENGAGEABLE BY THE LOWER H-BEAM TO PREVENT THE CONNECTOR FROM SLIDING DOWN THE LOWER H-BEAM DURING THE DRIVING OPERATION AND TO ENSURE THE H-BEAMS BUTT TOGETHER IN THE RESTRICTED SECTION, THE CONTINUOUS CHANNEL THROUGH THE SLEEVE PROVIDING END-TO-END BEARING OF THE SECTIONS OF THE H-BEAMS, THE ENDS THEREOF BUTTING TOGETHER WITH THE TOP OF ONE H-BEAM CONTIGUOUS WITH THE BOTTOM OF ANOTHER H-BEAM WITHIN THE H-BEAM CONNECTOR, FORMING A CONTINUOUS COLUMN OF THE SAME METAL MATERIAL IN THE RESULTING FOUNDATION PILE.