Method for constructing a soil structure

Claim 2

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles, an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, the frictional forces occurring between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein and composed of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members, injecting a hardener into said flexible tension members to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure in the ground, said flexible tension members constitute flexible pipes connecting said rigid members, and said pipes having holes thereon for injecting the hardener around said pipes.

Claim 3

structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, frictional forces occurring between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein and composed of rigid members and flexible members connecting said rigid members, injecting a hardener into said flexible members to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure in the ground, said flexible members constituting flexible pipes connecting said rigid members, and outer covers surrounding said flexible pipes and connecting said rigid members to one another, and said flexible pipes having holes thereon for injecting the hardener into said outer covers.

Claim 4

structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, frictional forces occurring between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein and composed of rigid members and flexible members connecting said rigid members, injecting a hardener into said flexible members to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure in the ground, said flexible members constituting flexible pipes connecting said rigid members, and outer covers surrounding said flexible pipes and connecting said rigid members to one another, and said flexible pipes having holes thereon for injecting the hardener into said outer covers.

Claim 5

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, the frictional forces developing said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material thereon and composed of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members, injecting a hardener into said flexible tension members to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure in the ground, said reinforcements further being composed of outer covers connecting said rigid members, said rigid members having holes thereon for injecting a hardener into said outer covers.

Claim 6

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, the frictional forces developing said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material thereon and composed of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members, injecting a hardener into said flexible tension members to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure in the ground, said reinforcements further being composed of outer covers connecting said rigid members, said rigid members having holes thereon for injecting a hardener into said outer covers.

Claim 7

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at the time of at least the disposition of said reinforcements, the frictional forces developing between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, said method comprising the steps of, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein and composed of flexible members, and injecting a hardener into said flexible members to harden said flexible members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure into the ground, said reinforcements constituting flexible tension members and injecting means, said flexible tension members and said injecting means being disposed such that said injecting means are located within said flexible tension members, respectively.

Claim 8

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at the time of at least the disposition of said reinforcements, the frictional forces developing between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure, said method comprising the steps of, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein and composed of flexible members, and injecting a hardener into said flexible members to harden said flexible members, thereby providing the reinforcements with rigid structure into the ground, said reinforcements constituting flexible tension members and injecting means, said flexible tension members and said injecting means being disposed such that said injecting means are located within said flexible tension members, respectively.

Claim 9

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements consisting of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members to each other, with the frictional forces occurring between said rigid members and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure and to accommodate any displacements of the ground, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein, injecting a hardener into said flexible tension members to completely fill inside of the latter members, to completely solidify said inside and to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with complete rigid structure in the ground.

Claim 10

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements consisting of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members to each other, with the frictional forces occurring between said rigid members and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure and to accommodate any displacements of the ground, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soil on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein, injecting a hardener into said flexible tension members to completely fill inside of the latter members, to completely solidify said inside and to harden the latter members, thereby providing the reinforcements with complete rigid structure in the ground.

Claim 11

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements comprising flexible members, thereby to accomodate any displacements of the ground, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soils on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein, injecting a hardener into said flexible members to completely fill inside of the latter members, to completely solidify said inside and to harden said flexible members, thereby providing the reinforcements with a rigid structure in the ground, the frictional forces occurring between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure.

Claim 12

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements comprising flexible members, thereby to accomodate any displacements of the ground, laying the reinforcements down on the ground and banking soils on the reinforcements, said reinforcements being adapted for injection of material therein, injecting a hardener into said flexible members to completely fill inside of the latter members, to completely solidify said inside and to harden said flexible members, thereby providing the reinforcements with a rigid structure in the ground, the frictional forces occurring between said rigid structure and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure.

Claim 13

In the method claimed in claim 6, wherein said reinforcements constitute flexible tension members and injecting means extending partially through and terminating in said flexible tension members for injecting material into said flexible tension members.

Claim 14

In the method claimed in claim 7, wherein said flexible tension members and said injecting means are disposed in parallel to each other.

Claim 15

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements consisting of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members to each other, with the frictional forces occurring between said rigid members and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure and to accommodate any displacements of the ground, said rigid members constitute a coplanarly aligned plurality of sets of two parallel spaced slabs each, said flexible tension members extend between said two parallel spaced slabs along the length of said plurality of sets, wedges are connected to ends of said flexible tension members and are wedged between said two parallel spaced slabs at ends of said plurality of sets, and retaining rings are disposed between side surfaces of adjacent coplanarly aligned of said plurality of sets.

Claim 16

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements consisting of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members to each other, with the frictional forces occurring between said rigid members and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure and to accommodate any displacements of the ground, said rigid members constitute a coplanarly aligned plurality of sets of two parallel spaced slabs each, said flexible tension members extend between said two parallel spaced slabs along the length of said plurality of sets, wedges are connected to ends of said flexible tension members and are wedged between said two parallel spaced slabs at ends of said plurality of sets, and retaining rings are disposed between side surfaces of adjacent coplanarly aligned of said plurality of sets.

Claim 17

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements consisting of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members to each other, with the frictional forces occurring between said rigid members and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure and to accommodate any displacements of the ground, said reinforcements each further include a single rigid tubular outer cover extending through said rigid members, a plurality of said flexible tension members are circumferentially and uniformly spaced from each other and longitudinally extend inside of said tubular outer cover, a plurality of wedge means disposed at ends of said tubular outer cover are connected to ends of said flexible tension members for tightening said flexible tension members, said wedge means each constitutes a cone wedged between two adjacent said flexible tension members, and an injection tube extends coaxially into said tubular outer cover centrally inside of said flexible tension members through an end of said outer cover for a length substantially equal to one of said rigid members adjacent thereto, said injection tube having an end defining an opening terminating substantially longitudinally centrally in said tubular outer cover at a point adjacent an end of said one rigid member.

Claim 18

In a method for constructing a soil structure comprising the step of disposing reinforcements into the ground to thereby reinforce the soil structure by frictional forces between the reinforcements and the soil particles an improvement wherein the reinforcements are of rigid structure which possess a property of flexibility at least at the time of the disposition of said reinforcements, said reinforcements consisting of rigid members and flexible tension members connecting said rigid members to each other, with the frictional forces occurring between said rigid members and soil particles, to thereby reinforce the soil structure and to accommodate any displacements of the ground, said reinforcements each further include a single rigid tubular outer cover extending through said rigid members, a plurality of said flexible tension members are circumferentially and uniformly spaced from each other and longitudinally extend inside of said tubular outer cover, a plurality of wedge means disposed at ends of said tubular outer cover are connected to ends of said flexible tension members for tightening said flexible tension members, said wedge means each constitutes a cone wedged between two adjacent said flexible tension members, and an injection tube extends coaxially into said tubular outer cover centrally inside of said flexible tension members through an end of said outer cover for a length substantially equal to one of said rigid members adjacent thereto, said injection tube having an end defining an opening terminating substantially longitudinally centrally in said tubular outer cover at a point adjacent an end of said one rigid member.