Patent ID: 9493917
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: E01C,E02D

Claim Text:
1. A slide hammer tamper comprising: a tamper head having a tamper base, a shaft upwardly extending from the base, the shaft comprising an integral tamper sleeve support extending outwardly from and circumscribing the surface of the shaft; a tamper sleeve positioned around the shaft of the tamper head tool, said sleeve having upper and lower ends, a through channel extending the full length of the sleeve, and a sleeve bushing attached solely by means of a connector within the channel at the lower end of the sleeve, said bushing resting on the sleeve support such that the connector provides the only means for restricting rotational movement between the shaft and the tamper sleeve; and an elongated slide hammer and a tamper tip connected to one end of the slide hammer, the slide hammer being positioned within the tamper sleeve whereby the slide hammer is vertically slideable within the tamper sleeve between an upward position in which the slide hammer is substantially out of the tamper sleeve with only the tip remaining in the tamper sleeve, to a downward position in which the tip contacts the shaft of the tamper head and the bushing contacts the tamper sleeve support.