Patent ID: 7935406

Claim:
A sheet pile wall assembly comprising (a) a plurality of supporting, elongate beam piles with their longitudinal axes arranged substantially in parallel and disposed along a common horizontal line, and (b) a plurality of elongate connecting elements arranged parallel to, and welded to, said beam piles, said connecting elements formed of two connecting profiles with a substantially constant cross section viewed longitudinally, wherein a first of the two connecting profiles in the assembly is an integrally formed element having a base, adapted to be welded to a respective beam pile, a neck strip projecting from the base along a predetermined main assembly direction (X), and a head strip of greater cross section than the neck strip provided on the free end of the neck strip for engagement with a claw strip partially surrounding the head strip, and wherein the second of the two connecting profiles is an integrally formed element having a base, adapted to be welded to a respective beam pile, and a claw strip designed to secure a head strip; wherein the head strip of the first connecting profile serves both to secure a claw strip of a sheet pile as a sheet pile wall component and to secure the claw strip of the second connecting profile; wherein the claw strip of the second connecting profile serves both to secure a head strip of a sheet pile as a sheet pile wall and to secure the head strip of the first connecting profile strip; wherein the head strip of the first connecting profile possesses an oval or round cross section; wherein the claw strip of the second connecting profile forms a lock chamber to receive the head strip; and wherein the jaw of the lock chamber and the lock chamber itself are of such dimensions that, when the head strip is engaged with the claw strip, the head strip and the claw strip may be pivoted through an angle α between a range of ±15° to ±25°, about the main assembly direction (X).