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Building raising and underpinning system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-07-13
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Granted: 1974-12-10
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Expires: 1993-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A building raising and underpinning system wherein plates or brackets are attached to the building walls or foundation spaced generally equidistant about the perimeter of the building and hydraulic rams are operatively engaged with the wall plates to drive a plurality piles into supporting ground simultaneously. The hydraulic rams are controlled first not to exceed pressures that would develop forces that would raise the building until all of the piles attain a point of stability in the supporting ground and thereby provide uniform support at all of the piles for subsequent raising of the building under pressures then developed simultaneously in the hydraulic rams to provide the force represented by the total weight of the building structure which may be supplemented by temporarily added weight, is utilized for the initial driving of the piles by the hydraulic rams. Hydraulic power apparatus and controls are provided which require minimum labor and which incorporates equipment to perform all of the functions of driving the piles without raising the building and then simultaneously actuate all of the hydraulic rams to raise the building uniformly.
Inventors
- 👤 P Cassidy
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 01:49
CPC Classifications
E; E02; E02D; E02D35/00; E02D27/00; E02D27/32; E02D27/48; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/55
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of attaching wall plates secured to a wall about the perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and respectively engaged one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, and a hydraulic pressure relief valve controlling a preset maximum pressure developed in each of said hydraulic rams whereby all of said piles are driven into the supporting ground to a point of stability to provide uniform support at all pile locations around the entire perimeter of said building structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of attaching wall plates secured to a wall about the perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and respectively engaged one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, and a hydraulic pressure relief valve controlling a preset maximum pressure developed in each of said hydraulic rams whereby all of said piles are driven into the supporting ground to a point of stability to provide uniform support at all pile locations around the entire perimeter of said building structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein additional weight transfer onto said piles is obtained by the application of removable weight means on said building structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said wall plates, pile brackets, and piles are located about the inside perimeter of said building structure and the wall plates are secured to the inside face of said wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The building raising or underpinning structure, as set forth in claim 1 wherein said wall plates, pile brackets, and piles are located about the outside perimeter of said build-structure and the wall plates are secured to the outside face of said wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said wall plates, pile brackets, and piles are located about the perimeter of said building structure inside and outside of said wall and the wall plates are secured to the inside and outside faces of the wall.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 4 wherein a reinforced base floor is secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall and raised with the wall structure by said hydraulic rams.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
143 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of elongated wall plates secured to the face of a wall about the inside perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and respectively engaged one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, a reinforced base floor structure secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall and raised with the wall structure by said hydraulic rams, and a hanger plate having a horizontal shelf portion secured to said wall and said reinforced base floor is supported on said horizontal shelf portions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
143 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of elongated wall plates secured to the face of a wall about the inside perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and respectively engaged one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, a reinforced base floor structure secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall and raised with the wall structure by said hydraulic rams, and a hanger plate having a horizontal shelf portion secured to said wall and said reinforced base floor is supported on said horizontal shelf portions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
168 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of elongated wall plates secured to the inside face of a wall about the inside perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and engaged at least one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, a reinforced base floor structure secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall and raised with the wall structure by said hydraulic rams, a hanger plate having a horizontal shelf portion secured to said wall, and one or more horizontal beams extending between opposite inside faces of said wall beneath said base floor and supported on said horizontal shelf portion of said hanger plate to support and reinforce said base floor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
168 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of elongated wall plates secured to the inside face of a wall about the inside perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and engaged at least one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, a reinforced base floor structure secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall and raised with the wall structure by said hydraulic rams, a hanger plate having a horizontal shelf portion secured to said wall, and one or more horizontal beams extending between opposite inside faces of said wall beneath said base floor and supported on said horizontal shelf portion of said hanger plate to support and reinforce said base floor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 6 wherein said piles are driven through holes provided in said reinforced base floor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
194 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of attaching wall plates secured to the inside face of a wall about the inside perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and respectively engaged one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, a reinforced base floor secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall, a hanger plate having a horizontal shelf portion secured to said wall, one or more horizontal beams extending between opposite inside faces of said wall beneath said base floor and supported on said horizontal shelf portion of said hanger plate to support and reinforce said base floor, one or more piles driven into supporting ground adjacent each of said horizontal beams, and hydraulic rams operating between said last-named piles and said beams to raise the beams and base floor simultaneously with said wall and building structure.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
194 words
A building raising or underpinning structure comprising a series of attaching wall plates secured to the inside face of a wall about the inside perimeter of a building structure, a pile bracket secured to each said wall plate, a series of piles driven into supporting ground and respectively engaged one with each said pile brackets, a series of hydraulic rams operable between the several said pile brackets and the respective piles to drive said piles into the supporting ground, said hydraulic rams being operable simultaneously, hydraulic power means actuating said hydraulic rams, a reinforced base floor secured to said wall structure about the inside perimeter of the wall, a hanger plate having a horizontal shelf portion secured to said wall, one or more horizontal beams extending between opposite inside faces of said wall beneath said base floor and supported on said horizontal shelf portion of said hanger plate to support and reinforce said base floor, one or more piles driven into supporting ground adjacent each of said horizontal beams, and hydraulic rams operating between said last-named piles and said beams to raise the beams and base floor simultaneously with said wall and building structure.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
The building raising or underpinning structure As set forth in claim 1 wherein said wall is supported upon a footing and having means for attaching the footing to the wall, and said hydraulic rams raise the wall and building structure and the attached footing.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
90 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein said wall is supported upon a footing and said hydraulic rams raise the wall and building structure off of the footing as the building structure is raised, an upstanding angle plate having a horizontal portion secured to said footing with a vertical portion thereof in engagement with an inside face of said wall, and a bracing pier at the inner side of said footing, said horizontal portion of said upstanding angle plate being secured to said pier.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
83 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said piles comprise hollow pipe sections in end abutting relationship, a coupling inside said pipe sections bridging the joint between abutting ends of the pipe sections, said coupling comprising a pipe section of less outside diameter than the inside diameter of either of said pile pipe sections at said joint, and stud fastenings extending through the pile pipe sections into said coupling pipe section at both sides of said joint.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
59 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 13 wherein said hollow pipe section piles have squared ends and the bottommost pile section has a base closure member secured in the bottom end thereof, and all of said hollow pipe sections having substantially the same outside diameter and free of projections extending outwardly such outside diameter.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
66 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said piles comprise hollow pipe sections in end to end relationship, a coupling inside said pipe sections bridging the joint between the ends of the pipe sections, and a base closure member secured in the bottom end of the bottommost pile section, said base closure member having a generally horizontal flat bottom face.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
44 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 2 wherein certain of said wall plates comprise corner plates having portions extending respectively generally at an angle to each other and secured respectively to portions of said wall disposed at similar angles.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
53 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 16 wherein said corner plates include one or more pile brackets secured to one of said portions whereby one or more hydraulic rams raise both said plate portions and the respectively associated wall portions simultaneously with the raising of said building structure.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
54 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 3 wherein said elongated wall plates are secured to said wall by bolts extending through the plates and into the wall, said bolts being arranged in spaced groups and said groups being disposed at respectively opposite sides of said piles and hydraulic rams.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
65 words
The building raising or underpinning structure as set forth in claim 8 wherein said wall plates are spaced apart substantially equidistant about said inside or outside perimeter and where a crack defines a weak point in said wall said spaced groups of bolts in a wall plate are disposed upon opposite sides of said point to brace the wall on both sides of such weakness.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
130 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building which comprises attaching a series of pile brackets about the perimeter of a building wall structure in substantially equidistant spaced relation, driving a pile section from each of the pile brackets into supporting ground by means of a hydraulic ram disposed between each such bracket and the associated pile, controlling the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams not to exceed a force necessary to raise the building until all of the piles are driven to a point of stability in the supporting ground, then adjusting the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams to develop the force necessAry for raising the building structure, and then actuating all of said hydraulic rams simultaneously to raise the building structure uniformly about the entire perimeter thereof.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
130 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building which comprises attaching a series of pile brackets about the perimeter of a building wall structure in substantially equidistant spaced relation, driving a pile section from each of the pile brackets into supporting ground by means of a hydraulic ram disposed between each such bracket and the associated pile, controlling the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams not to exceed a force necessary to raise the building until all of the piles are driven to a point of stability in the supporting ground, then adjusting the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams to develop the force necessAry for raising the building structure, and then actuating all of said hydraulic rams simultaneously to raise the building structure uniformly about the entire perimeter thereof.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
169 words
The method of raising a building which comprises accurately and exactly determining the force required to raise said building, attaching a series of pile brackets about the perimeter of a building wall structure in substantially equidistant spaced relation, driving pile sections from each of the pile brackets into supporting ground by means of a hydraulic ram disposed between each such bracket and the associated pile, exactly controlling the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams not to exceed the determined force necessary to raise the building until all of the piles are driven to a point of stability in the supporting ground while utilizing the reaction force of the building to drive the piles, then adjusting the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams to develop the force determined to raise the building, actuating all of the hydraulic rams simultaneously to raise the building uniformly about the entire perimeter thereof, and slowly reducing the pressure in the hydraulic rams and making attachment of each pile to the respectively associated pile bracket.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
169 words
The method of raising a building which comprises accurately and exactly determining the force required to raise said building, attaching a series of pile brackets about the perimeter of a building wall structure in substantially equidistant spaced relation, driving pile sections from each of the pile brackets into supporting ground by means of a hydraulic ram disposed between each such bracket and the associated pile, exactly controlling the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams not to exceed the determined force necessary to raise the building until all of the piles are driven to a point of stability in the supporting ground while utilizing the reaction force of the building to drive the piles, then adjusting the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams to develop the force determined to raise the building, actuating all of the hydraulic rams simultaneously to raise the building uniformly about the entire perimeter thereof, and slowly reducing the pressure in the hydraulic rams and making attachment of each pile to the respectively associated pile bracket.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
124 words
The method of underpinning a building which comprises determining the force required that would raise said building, attaching a series of pile brackets about the perimeter of the building wall structure in substantially equidistant spaced relation, simultaneously driving pile sections from each of the pile brackets into supporting ground by means of a hydraulic ram disposed between each such bracket and the respectively associated pile while controlling the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams not to exceed the determined force necessary to raise the building, said piles all being driven into the supporting ground until each pile reaches a point of stability, and then slowly reducing the pressure in the hydraulic rams and making attachment of each pile to the respectively associated pile bracket.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
124 words
The method of underpinning a building which comprises determining the force required that would raise said building, attaching a series of pile brackets about the perimeter of the building wall structure in substantially equidistant spaced relation, simultaneously driving pile sections from each of the pile brackets into supporting ground by means of a hydraulic ram disposed between each such bracket and the respectively associated pile while controlling the pressure developed in the hydraulic rams not to exceed the determined force necessary to raise the building, said piles all being driven into the supporting ground until each pile reaches a point of stability, and then slowly reducing the pressure in the hydraulic rams and making attachment of each pile to the respectively associated pile bracket.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building as set forth in claim 20 wherein wall plates are secured to the building wall structure and said pile brackets are secured to the wall plates.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of raising a building as set forth in claim 21 wherein wall plates are secured to said building wall structure and said pile brackets are secured to the wall plates.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of underpinning a building as set forth in claim 22 wherein wall plates are secured to said building wall structure and said pile brackets are secured to the wall plates.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of raising a building as set forth in claim 21 wherein said rams are permanently disposed between each said pile and the respectively associated pile bracket.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of underpinning a building as set forth in claim 22 wherein said rams are permanently disposed between each said pile and the respectively associated pile bracket.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building as set forth in claim 20 wherein added weight is loaded onto said building before driving said piles and the added weight is removed after driving the piles.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building as set forth in claim 21 wherein added weight is loaded onto said building before driving said piles and the added weight is removed after driving the piles.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building as set forth in claim 22 wherein added weight is loaded onto said building before driving said piles and the added weight is removed after driving the piles.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building as set forth in claim 26 wherein added weight is loaded onto said building before driving said piles and the added weight is removed after driving the piles.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of underpinning and raising a building as set forth in claim 27 wherein added weight is loaded onto said building before driving said piles and the added weight is removed after driving the piles.
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