Patent ID: 6092346
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: E02D,Y10T

Abstract:
Method for assembling a sheet pile and a beam, comprising following steps:providing the sheet pile having a standard hook-type interlocking element;providing the beam having a beam flange with an initially flat edge;providing on said initially flat flange edge a longitudinal succession of bulges protruding with respect to said beam flange, so as to transform said initially flat flange edge in an undulating flange edge;providing an asymmetric connection section incorporating on one side a groove which widens from outside to inside, and on a side opposite to the groove a standard hook-type interlocking element complementary to said standard hook-type interlocking element of said sheet pile;sliding said connection section over said undulating flange edge, so that said protruding bulges are received in said groove with ability to lock the connection section laterally onto the undulating flange edge; andlocking said standard hook-type interlocking element of said sheet pile with said hook-type interlocking element of said connection section to form a standard hook-type sheet pile joint.