Patent ID: 7354224
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A system for splicing piles, comprising: i) a first splicer element comprising: a first splicer face; and a non-planar cross-section sized and contoured to mate with and press firmly against first faces of a pair of piles to be spliced and, via said sizing and contour, to bring said piles into proper longitudinal alignment for subsequent permanent attaching; ii) a second splicer element comprising: a second splicer face; and a non-planar cross-section sized and contoured to mate with and press firmly against second faces of said pair of piles to be spliced and, via said sizing and contour, to bring said piles into proper longitudinal alignment for subsequent permanent attaching; and iii) an inter-facial connection and distance-adjustment apparatus for connecting said detachable and separable first and second splicer faces together firmly about said first and second faces of said pair of piles to be spliced, and for increasing or decreasing an interfacial distance between said first and second splicer faces at will; wherein: said first splicing element is detachable and separable from said second splicer element sized and contoured to mate with and press firmly against second faces of said pair of piles to be spliced; and said inter-facial connection and distance-adjustment apparatus is positioned upon said first and second splicer faces such that when said pair of piles is spliced, it does not pass entirely circumscribed through either pile, but only passes through at least one open notch at the very end of one or both piles.