Patent ID: 8088469
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: E02D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Weld-on profile connector forming part of an elongate sheet pile connecting element for use in a sheet pile wall assembly comprising (a) a plurality of supporting, elongate sheet pile wall members with their longitudinal axes arranged substantially in parallel and disposed along a common horizontal line, and (b) a plurality of sheet pile connecting elements arranged in parallel with, and welded to, said sheet pile wall members, said weld-on profile connector comprising an elongate connecting member having (1) a base end configured to be welded to a sheet pile wall member, (2) an elongate neck strip having a length, extending from the base end along a predetermined main assembly direction (X) to an opposite end, which is greater than its width, and (3) a claw strip provided at an opposite end having two claw strip members that form a lock chamber for partially surrounding a head strip and whose free ends facing each other form a jaw, wherein the connector is a mirror-image about the main assembly direction (X).