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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clive Jones, Dorchester Dorset, GB;
Assignee:
Fast Frames U.K. Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 7/02 ;
Abstract
A pile guide ( ) has an open-ended tubular guide member ( ), supported on base frame ( ), which is adapted slidingly to receive a pile ( ) to be driven into the seabed ( ) by a hammer ( ). The tubular guide member ( ) comprises two parts ( ) which are held together in the operative position by a latch ( ). As the pile ( ) is driven into the seabed ( ), latch trigger ( ) disengages the latch ( ) causing the parts ( ) to rotate under gravity about points ( ) away from the pile ( ). As soon as the parts ( ) are remote from the pile ( ), the pile ( ) may be driven fully into the seabed without the hammer fouling the guide member ( ).