← Back to Patent Explorer
US3222842A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for installing cemented anchors

Assignee: Harvey Aluminum Inc
•
Filing: 1963-01-15
•
Granted: 1965-12-14
•
Expires: 1983-01-15
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Vernon W Luedloff
  • 👤 Albert F Joneikis

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 09:27
CPC Classifications
E; E02; E02D; E02D5/00; E02D5/22; E02D5/34; E02D5/38; E02D5/44; E02D5/445; E02D5/54; E02D5/74; E02D5/80; E02D5/806

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 239 words
METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SUBTERRANEAN ANCHOR AND GROUND LEVEL TIE-DOWN COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DRIVING AN ELONGATED METALLIC TUBULAR STAKE BELOW GROUND LEVEL, THE TUBULAR STAKE INCLUDING A GROUNDPIERCING HEAD AT ONE END AND A DRIVING HEAT AT THE OPPOSITE END WITH AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE AND DETONATING MEANS LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE AND CONFINED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PIERCING HEAD WITHIN A PORTION OF THE TUBULAR STAKE WHICH HAS BEEN WEAKENED WITH A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WALL SURFACE DEMARCATIONS, THE PIERCING HEAD AND WEAKENED PORTION OF THE TUBULAR STAKE BEING DRIVEN A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BELOW GROUND LEVEL, THEN DETONATING THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE LOCATED WITHIN THE DRIVEN TUBULAR STAKE TO EXPAND THE WEAKENED PORTION OF THE TUBULAR STAKE SO THAT THE PLURALITY OF STAKE WALL SECTIONS BETWEEN WALL SURFACE DEMARCATIONS EXTEND RADIALLY FROM THE TUBULAR STAKE IN ANGLED RELATIONSHIP TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE INTO A HOLLOW SUBSURFACE CHAMBER FORMED BY THE EXPLOSION, THE PIERCING HEAD BEING SEPARATED FROM THE TUBULAR STAKE OPENING A PASSAGEWAY AT THAT END OF THE TUBULAR STAKE, MOVING THE RADIALLY EXTENDED SECTIONS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE DOWNWARDLY INTO THE HOLLOW SUBSURFACE CHAMBER FORMED BY THE EXPLOSION, DELIVERING A SEMI-FLUID, SETTABLE MATERIAL THROUGH THE TUBULAR BODY INTO THE HOLLOW SUBSURFACE CHAMBER IN SURROUNDING AND COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO THE RADIALLY EXTENDED SECTIONS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE, AND SECURING TIE-DOWN MEANS TO THE TUBULAR STAKE CONTIGUOUS WITH GROUND LEVEL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 239 words
METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SUBTERRANEAN ANCHOR AND GROUND LEVEL TIE-DOWN COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DRIVING AN ELONGATED METALLIC TUBULAR STAKE BELOW GROUND LEVEL, THE TUBULAR STAKE INCLUDING A GROUNDPIERCING HEAD AT ONE END AND A DRIVING HEAT AT THE OPPOSITE END WITH AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE AND DETONATING MEANS LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE AND CONFINED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PIERCING HEAD WITHIN A PORTION OF THE TUBULAR STAKE WHICH HAS BEEN WEAKENED WITH A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WALL SURFACE DEMARCATIONS, THE PIERCING HEAD AND WEAKENED PORTION OF THE TUBULAR STAKE BEING DRIVEN A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BELOW GROUND LEVEL, THEN DETONATING THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE LOCATED WITHIN THE DRIVEN TUBULAR STAKE TO EXPAND THE WEAKENED PORTION OF THE TUBULAR STAKE SO THAT THE PLURALITY OF STAKE WALL SECTIONS BETWEEN WALL SURFACE DEMARCATIONS EXTEND RADIALLY FROM THE TUBULAR STAKE IN ANGLED RELATIONSHIP TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE INTO A HOLLOW SUBSURFACE CHAMBER FORMED BY THE EXPLOSION, THE PIERCING HEAD BEING SEPARATED FROM THE TUBULAR STAKE OPENING A PASSAGEWAY AT THAT END OF THE TUBULAR STAKE, MOVING THE RADIALLY EXTENDED SECTIONS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE DOWNWARDLY INTO THE HOLLOW SUBSURFACE CHAMBER FORMED BY THE EXPLOSION, DELIVERING A SEMI-FLUID, SETTABLE MATERIAL THROUGH THE TUBULAR BODY INTO THE HOLLOW SUBSURFACE CHAMBER IN SURROUNDING AND COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO THE RADIALLY EXTENDED SECTIONS OF THE TUBULAR STAKE, AND SECURING TIE-DOWN MEANS TO THE TUBULAR STAKE CONTIGUOUS WITH GROUND LEVEL.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US1106606A Cited
US1249200A Cited
US1273890A Cited
US1461451A Cited
US1449236A Cited
US1746848A Cited
US2269646A Cited
US3115226A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-12-13 1969-06-14 1969-12-14 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-12-13 1973-06-14 1973-12-14 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-12-13 1977-06-14 1977-12-14 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag