Patent ID: 7073980
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A pile comprising a hollow uniformly tapered steel body, said tapered body having a cross-section, taken perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, which is a convex polygon having 8 to 24 sides, said sides being substantially equal in length, said body being at least about 3 meters long, having a lower diameter which is about 200 mm to 400 mm and a larger upper diameter and being of steel about 5 to 13 mm thick formed from sheet steel folded into the tapered shape of said convex polygon and having its longitudinally extending free edges welded together, said body having at its bottom a closure constructed and arranged to substantially prevent ingress of the soil into said body during the driving of the pile, the construction and arrangement of said hollow body being such that said hollow body can be driven into the ground by hammer blows transmitted to the hollow unfilled top of said body and be filled with concrete thereafter.