Patent ID: 6182772
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A portable apparatus for driving a post into the ground, the post having a top, the apparatus comprising:a base, removably attachable to the post, wherein the base has a body and an arm;a hammer module, coupled to the base, so as to permit vertically reciprocating motion of the hammer module relative to the base, and having a face for transmitting force to the top of the post and wherein the hammer module, in operation, is elongate along a generally horizontal long axis so that the hammer module has two opposed ends, a working end and a pivoting end, through which the long axis passes, the face proximate the working end and the arm pivotally attachable to the pivoting end, so that the working end reciprocates vertically;the base and the hammer module constituting an assembly, the assembly including:a drive arrangement, so as to cause the hammer module to reciprocate vertically and to impart a hammering force from the face to the top of the post.