Office Action 1: Notice of Allowance (2024-06-17)

CLAIMS:
AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS:

Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.121(c), this listing of the claims, including the text of the claims, will serve to replace all prior versions of the claims, in the application.

Listing of Claims:

Docket No: S31324ER01

Claim 1 (currently amended): A provisional facility for retaining earth using a guide bracket and a ground anchor for stepwise retention during deep excavation, the provisional facility comprising:
multiple thumb piles disposed vertically at predetermined intervals;
a wale disposed across the multiple thumb piles ;
a guide bracket installed at a predetermined position of the wale; and
a ground anchor having the other side anchored to a ground while a tensile member is wound around the guide bracket wherein each of the multiple thumb piles is provided as any one of a section steel and a steel pipe, the wale is provided as any one of a section steel and a steel pipe, and
the guide bracket comprises:
a support plate having a certain thickness and width;
a vertical plate extending at a right angle from each of both ends of the support plate;
a horizontal plate extending at a right angle to the vertical plate;
a semicircular fixed pulley coupled between the vertical plates,
wherein the tensile member exposed on a rear surface of the wale is wound around the semicircular fixed pulley and then guided to a groove between the vertical plates so as to be anchored to the support plate on a front surface of the wale.

Claim 2 (canceled)

Claim 3 (canceled)

Claim 4 (canceled)

Claim 5 (currently amended): The provisional facility of claim 1, wherein the ground anchor comprises:
an anchor body aving a certain weight, which is disposed at a lower end thereof;
and a tensile member having one side embedded into the anchor body and the other side drawn to a certain length.

Claim 6 (currently amended): The provisional facility of claim 5, wherein an upper free length portion of the tensile member to be fixed to the guide bracket is configured to define a bored position accurately when boring vertically an initial ground anchor so that an upper portion of the tensile member is exposed when excavated at an installation height of the wale by using excavation equipment, and the tensile member to be fixed to the guide bracket for each stage of excavation is divided to be installed in form of a colored unboard for easy identification so as to be fixed to the wale and the guide bracket for each stage of excavation, thereby providing a retention construction during the deep excavation.

Claim 7 (currently amended): A method for constructing a provisional facility for retaining earth by using a ground anchor and a guide bracket for stepwise retention during deep excavation, which is constituted by: multiple thumb piles disposed vertically at predetermined intervals;
a wale disposed across the multiple thumb piles ; a guide bracket installed at a predetermined position of the wale; and a ground anchor having the other side anchored to a ground while a tensile member is wound around the guide bracket , wherein each of the multiple thumb piles is provided as any one of a section steel and a steel pipe, the wale is provided as any one of a section steel and a steel pipe, and the guide bracket comprises: a support plate having a certain thickness and width; a vertical plate extending at a right angle from each of both ends of the support plate; a horizontal plate extending at a right angle to the vertical plate; a semicircular fixed pulley coupled between the vertical plates, wherein the tensile member exposed on a rear surface of the wale is wound around the semicircular fixed pulley and then guided to a

groove between the vertical plates so as to be anchored to the support plate on a front surface of the wale,the method comprising:forming multiple bored holes by excavating the ground at a predetermined diameter and a predetermined depth;
installing the thumb piles in the bored holes;
installing multiple vertical ground anchors on a rear surface of the wale between the installed thumb piles ;
installing the wale to which the guide bracket is attached, across the thumb piles , on the thumb piles ;
fixing the tensile member installed on the ground anchor to the guide brackets ;
tensioning the tensile member at a predetermined tension to apply a load to a rear- side ground to a middle portion of the wale ; and
installing the wale , to which the guide bracket is attached for the stepwise retention during the deep excavation, fixing the tensile member installed on the multiple ground anchors o the guide bracket , and tensioning the tensile member at certain tensile force to transfer a load transferred to the wale to the multiple thumb piles .

Claim 8 (currently amended): The method of claim 7, wherein the ground anchor is installed vertically in the same direction as the thumb piles .

Claim 9 (currently amended): The method of claim 8,wherein the ground anchor is installed at a position deeper than a ground action line of the rear-side ground of the thumb piles .

Claim 10 (currently amended): The method of claim 7, wherein the wale is provided in several stages as an excavation depth increases, and as the number of stages of the wale increases, a diameter and length of an anchorage of the ground anchor ecome larger and longer.

OFFICE ACTION:
DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA  or AIA  Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1 and 5-10 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:  Motoi (JP 2013136921 A) discloses the closest prior art.  Specifically, Motoi discloses a thumb pile having a pulley disposed behind it, atop the earth to be stabilized, wherein the pulley is attached to a vertical ground anchor such that tightening of the pulley resists overtopping forces acting against the pile.  Park et al (KR 101036173 B1) discloses piles having a waler therebetween wherein the whaler ties off a ground anchor disposed in the earth to be retained behind the piles.  Jin (KR 20180060852 A), Lee et al. (KR 20150088406 A) and Choi (KR 102315422 B1) disclose thumb piles secured with ground anchors wherein the anchor-pile connection includes a direction changing bracket to install vertical anchors behind the wall.  However, the prior art of record fails to disclose, teach or suggest – either alone or in combination – a thumb pile having a pulley disposed in between guide bracket plates on waler such that the pulley creates a 90 degree bend in a ground anchor such that it can be installed and tightened vertically as explicitly recited in the instant claims.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee.  Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Conclusion



CITED REFERENCE SUMMARIES: Ref KR20180060852A: Claims:
Drilling the ground according to the installation position of the earth retaining wall 100 to form a punched hole 10; Forming an anchor-perforation hole (20) deeper than the depth of the pierce hole (10); Inserting an earth anchor (30) into the anchor-perforation hole (20) and exposing a steel wire (31) connected to the earth anchor (30) to the ground; Providing a tension pipe (41) for forming a tension hole in the reinforcing bar assembly (40); Inserting a rebar assembly (40) into the punched-through hole (10); Pouring concrete into the pile-hole 10; And And a step of passing the steel wire (31) through the tension pipe (41) and tightening the steel wire (31) with a support plate (33).
The method according to claim 1, The anchor-perforation hole 20 extends under the ground at the bottom of the punched-through hole 10, The tension pipe (41) is arranged to penetrate in the longitudinal direction of the pile-hole (10) The steel wire (31) is fixed after being tensed by the pressure plate (33) on a file formed by curing concrete through the tension pipe (41). The steel wire (31) Method.
The method of claim 2, The reinforcing bar assembly 40 is laid so as to be exposed to the pile, CAP concrete is laid and cured on the plurality of files to connect the plurality of files to form a CAP finishing portion 60, The tension pipe 41 is arranged to expose a tensile hole on the CAP finish 60, Wherein the steel wire (31) passes through the tension pipe (41) and is tightened on the CAP finishing portion (60) with the pressure plate (33) Method.
The method according to claim 1, The anchor-perforation hole 20 is formed in the ground at the back surface of the punched-through hole 10, The tension pipe (41) is arranged to penetrate laterally from the upper end of the punched-through hole (10) The steel wire (31) is fixed after being tensed by the pressure plate (33) on the side of the pile which is generated by passing concrete through the tension pipe (41), and is fixed to the pile of the underground structure having a narrow edge margin space Wall construction method.
The method of claim 4, The reinforcing bar assembly 40 is laid so as to be exposed to the pile, CAP concrete is laid and cured on the plurality of files to connect the plurality of files to form a CAP finishing portion 60, The tension pipe 41 is disposed to expose a tensile hole at the side of the CAP finishing portion 60, Wherein the steel wire (31) passes through the tension pipe (41) and is fixed to the side of the CAP finishing portion (60) after being tensed by the pressure plate (33) Construction method.
The method according to claim 1, The reinforcing bar assembly 40 is coupled with a bonded steel plate portion 43 corresponding to the inner periphery of the punched hole 10, Characterized in that the joining steel plate portions (43) are bound by joining a steel wale band (70) to the joining steel plate portion (43) exposed while the soil surrounded by the cured retaining wall (100) Construction Method of Retaining Wall for Underground Structures with Free Space.
Drilling the ground according to the installation position of the earth retaining wall 100 to form a punched hole 10; Forming an anchor-perforation hole (20) deeper than the depth of the pierce hole (10); Inserting an earth anchor (30) into the anchor-perforation hole (20) and exposing a steel wire (31) connected to the earth anchor (30) to the ground; Inserting the file into the file-perforation hole (10) with the steel wire (31) passed through the through hole (81) in the PHC file (80) having the through hole (81) in the longitudinal direction; And And fixing the steel wire (31) by tilting the steel wire (31) with the support plate (33) on the file, and fixing the steel wire (31).
The method of claim 7, Mounting a CAP closure part (60) on the plurality of files to connect the plurality of files, Wherein the steel wire (31) is fixed on the CAP finishing part (60) after being tensed by the support plate (33), and then the steel wire (31) is fixed on the CAP finishing part (60).
The method of claim 8, The CAP finisher 60 includes an arc-shaped insertion portion 61 corresponding to a side portion of the plurality of files and a plurality of insertion portions 61 at the upper end of the insertion portion 61, And a CAP plate (63) formed with a tensile hole corresponding to the through hole (81) of the bottom wall.
The method of claim 7, In the file, a bonded steel plate 43 is inserted at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction to be inserted into the punched-through hole 10, Characterized in that the joining steel plate portions (43) are bound by joining a steel wale band (70) to the joining steel plate portion (43) exposed while the soil surrounded by the cured retaining wall (100) Construction Method of Retaining Wall for Underground Structures with Free Space.
The method of claim 10, Wherein the exposed bonded steel plate part (43) is adjusted to match the horizontal height between the adjacent bonded steel plate parts (43), and is fixed to the pile by bolting. The floor panel of an underground structure having a narrow frame clearance space Construction method.
Ref KR102315422B1: Claims:
An anchor installed in the back soil of a pile installed for temporary retaining facilities, one side being fixed in the ground while the other side is fixed to the pile to tension the pile to have resistance to the earth pressure of the back soil; It is fixed to the back surface of the pile and includes a direction change bracket for guiding the tension member of the anchor to be wired up and down in the vertical direction in the back soil, and then change the direction from the ground to the pile, The tension member is a primary tension member installed in the direction changing bracket and a secondary tension member installed in a pile behind the primary tension member. .
The method according to claim 1, Including a direction changing roller installed in the direction changing bracket, the anchor tension member is for a temporary retaining facility using a direction change bracket and upright anchor, characterized in that the direction is changed along the direction change roller pile reinforcement.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a fixed beam fixed to the pile, and the direction change bracket is for retaining temporary facilities using a turning bracket and upright anchor, characterized in that it is installed on the fixed beam so as to be able to move forward and backward. pile reinforcement.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the direction change bracket includes a horizontal portion fixed to the pile and an inclined portion formed to be inclined on an upper portion of the horizontal portion, and the tension member is wired at a right angle or at an angle to at least one side of the horizontal portion and the inclined portion A pile reinforcement device for retaining temporary facilities using a direction change bracket and an upright anchor.
and piles installed at a certain distance from each other; earth plates installed between the piles; An anchor installed in the back soil of the pile and having one side fixed in the ground while the other side is fixed to the pile to tension the pile so as to have resistance to the earth pressure of the back soil; It is fixed to the back surface of the pile and includes a direction change bracket for guiding the tension member of the anchor to be wired up and down in the vertical direction in the back soil, and then change the direction from the ground to the pile, The tension member is a primary tension member fixed to the direction changing bracket and a secondary tension member installed on a pile behind the primary tension member. Temporary earth retaining facility comprising a.
As a construction method of a temporary retaining facility comprising a pile reinforcement device for a retaining temporary facility using the direction change bracket according to claim 6 and an upright anchor, A first step of installing a pile; a second step of installing an anchor in the ground behind the pile; A third step of installing by converting the tension member of the anchor, which is wired along the longitudinal direction in the ground, in the transverse direction toward the pile through a direction change bracket installed on the pile; Including a fourth step of tensioning the tension material to tension the pile with a tension force to resist the earth pressure of the back soil, The third step is to install a primary tension member in the direction change bracket and install a secondary tension member to the pile, and the fourth step is to tension the secondary tension member after first tensioning the primary tension member Temporary retaining facility construction method comprising a pile reinforcement device for retaining temporary facilities using a direction change bracket and an upright anchor.
Ref KR20150088406A: Claims:
(100) which is vertically erected so that one side thereof is in close contact with the side wall (2) of the excavation site (1); A direction changing unit (200) extending in a horizontal direction from one surface of a ground exposed portion of the earth retaining wall body (100); An inflator 310 which is embedded in a ground at a vertically downward point of the end of the direction switching unit 200 and a second inflator 310 which extends over the direction switching unit 200 and whose one side in the longitudinal direction extends vertically downward, A tensioning wire 320 extending in the longitudinal direction on the other side in the longitudinal direction and passing through the securing wall body 100 and a fastening member 320 for fastening the other end of the tensioning wire 320 in the longitudinal direction to the securing wall body 100, (330); Wherein the first and second retaining members are formed of an elastic material.
The method according to claim 1, The reinforcing steel (100) is arranged so that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the width direction of the earth retaining wall body (100), and the reinforcing steel (100) 120, &lt; / RTI &gt; And the other side of the tension wire (320) passing through the securing wall (100) is fastened to the fastening member (330) after passing through the reinforcing steel (120).
The method of claim 2, Further comprising a support bracket (110) coupled to be protruded from the other surface of the earth retaining wall body (100) so that the reinforcing steel (120) is seated on the upper surface.
The method according to claim 1, Wherein the direction switching unit (200) is formed with a curved corner at which the tension wire (320) extends.
The method according to claim 1, Wherein the direction switching unit (200) is a roller that is rotatably mounted on one surface of the earth retaining wall body (100).
A first step of down-excavating the ground to form excavation ground 1; A second step of vertically erecting the earth retaining wall body (100) so that one side of the securing wall body (100) is in close contact with the side wall (2) of the excavation site (1); An expansion body 310 provided at one side of the anchor 300 is buried in a ground at a position spaced a certain distance from the other side of the earth retaining wall 100 and then an expansion material is injected into the interior of the expansion body 310 A third step of expanding the inflator 310; A direction changing unit 200 extending vertically upward from one side of a point exposed to the ground of the earth retaining wall body 100 by extending a tension wire 320 connected to the inflating body 310 on one side in the longitudinal direction, A fourth step of passing through the earth retaining wall body 100 after the extension direction is changed so that the extension direction is directed to the horizontal direction so as to cover the earth retaining wall body 100; A fifth step of coupling the other side of the tension wire 320 penetrating the earth retaining wall body 100 to the earth retaining wall body 100 in a state that the tension wire 320 is pulled; Wherein the retaining structure is formed of a metal.
Ref JP2013136921A: Claims:
A ground anchor is placed on the ground on the back side of the retaining wall, and a guide is installed on the ground on the back side of the retaining wall to change the direction of the tension material of the ground anchor so as to face the head of the retaining wall, A method of supporting a retaining wall, wherein a tension material is fixed to the head of the retaining wall to apply a load to the back side of the head of the retaining wall.
The method for supporting a retaining wall according to claim 1, wherein the ground anchor is placed so as to be inclined with respect to a vertical line.
The method for supporting a mountain retaining wall according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a fixing body for fixing the ground anchor to the ground is provided at a position deeper than a ground slip line on the back side of the mountain retaining wall.
A ground anchor is placed on the ground on the back side of the retaining wall, and a guide is installed on the ground on the back side of the retaining wall to change the direction of the tension material of the ground anchor so as to face the head of the retaining wall, Applying a load to the back side of the head of the retaining wall by fixing a tendon to the head of the retaining wall; Drilling a region inside the retaining wall; Building a basement in the excavated area to be a support for the retaining wall; Removing the load from the head of the retaining wall after construction of the underground structure; A construction method of an underground structure characterized by comprising:
A ground anchor placed in the ground on the back side of the retaining wall, A guide that is installed on the ground on the back side of the retaining wall and changes the direction of the tension material of the ground anchor so as to face the head of the retaining wall; A support structure for a retaining wall, wherein the tendon is fixed to the head of the retaining wall.
Ref KR101036173B1: Claims:
An acupressure device that is fastened to an anchor embedded in the ground behind the earth wall to support the earth wall, wherein both ends are opened at the center of the support beam 20 in close contact with the earth wall, and a spherical part 41 is formed therein. 40 is provided, and the support sphere 30 is formed in the spherical portion 41 of the concrete housing 40, the through hole 31 penetrating the center as a sphere whose inner diameter and outer diameter of the spherical portion 41 coincide. In the spherical support acupressure device that is coupled, the fixing head 16 is coupled to the anchor is fastened to the front of the through hole 31 of the support sphere 30, At the end of the support beam 20 side of the concrete housing 40, a housing plate 43 protruding in a direction perpendicular to the central axis of the concrete housing 40 is formed; Between the concrete housing 40 and the support beam 20 is installed a moving plate 45 having an opening 47 in the center; A pair of parallel housing slits 44 are formed in the housing plate 43 to be screwed with the moving plate 45, and the moving plate 45 has a pair of moving plate slits 46 perpendicular to the housing slit 44. ) Is formed and screwed with the support beam 20, the spherical support acupressure apparatus, characterized in that the installation position of the concrete housing 40 is adjusted in the horizontal and vertical directions.
Ref KR101036173: Claims:
At the end of the support beam 20 side of the concrete housing 40, a housing plate 43 protruding in a direction perpendicular to the central axis of the concrete housing 40 is formed; Between the concrete housing 40 and the support beam 20 is installed a moving plate 45 having an opening 47 in the center; A pair of parallel housing slits 44 are formed in the housing plate 43 to be screwed with the moving plate 45, and the moving plate 45 has a pair of moving plate slits 46 perpendicular to the housing slit 44. ) Is formed and screwed with the support beam 20, the spherical support acupressure apparatus, characterized in that the installation position of the concrete housing 40 is adjusted in the horizontal and vertical directions.
Ref KR102315422: Claims:
It is fixed to the back surface of the pile and includes a direction change bracket for guiding the tension member of the anchor to be wired up and down in the vertical direction in the back soil, and then change the direction from the ground to the pile, The tension member is a primary tension member installed in the direction changing bracket and a secondary tension member installed in a pile behind the primary tension member. . earth plates installed between the piles; An anchor installed in the back soil of the pile and having one side fixed in the ground while the other side is fixed to the pile to tension the pile so as to have resistance to the earth pressure of the back soil; It is fixed to the back surface of the pile and includes a direction change bracket for guiding the tension member of the anchor to be wired up and down in the vertical direction in the back soil, and then change the direction from the ground to the pile, The tension member is a primary tension member fixed to the direction changing bracket and a secondary tension member installed on a pile behind the primary tension member. Temporary earth retaining facility comprising a. A first step of installing a pile; a second step of installing an anchor in the ground behind the pile; A third step of installing by converting the tension member of the anchor, which is wired along the longitudinal direction in the ground, in the transverse direction toward the pile through a direction change bracket installed on the pile; Including a fourth step of tensioning the tension material to tension the pile with a tension force to resist the earth pressure of the back soil, The third step is to install a primary tension member in the direction change bracket and install a secondary tension member to the pile, and the fourth step is to tension the secondary tension member after first tensioning the primary tension member Temporary retaining facility construction method comprising a pile reinforcement device for retaining temporary facilities using a direction change bracket and an upright anchor.
It is fixed to the back surface of the pile and includes a direction change bracket for guiding the tension member of the anchor to be wired up and down in the vertical direction in the back soil, and then change the direction from the ground to the pile, The tension member is a primary tension member installed in the direction changing bracket and a secondary tension member installed in a pile behind the primary tension member. .
earth plates installed between the piles; An anchor installed in the back soil of the pile and having one side fixed in the ground while the other side is fixed to the pile to tension the pile so as to have resistance to the earth pressure of the back soil; It is fixed to the back surface of the pile and includes a direction change bracket for guiding the tension member of the anchor to be wired up and down in the vertical direction in the back soil, and then change the direction from the ground to the pile, The tension member is a primary tension member fixed to the direction changing bracket and a secondary tension member installed on a pile behind the primary tension member. Temporary earth retaining facility comprising a.
A first step of installing a pile; a second step of installing an anchor in the ground behind the pile; A third step of installing by converting the tension member of the anchor, which is wired along the longitudinal direction in the ground, in the transverse direction toward the pile through a direction chan
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