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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Michel Moulin, Saint-Julien-lès-Metz, FR;
André Rix, Messancy, BE;
Assignee:
International Sheet Piling Company Sarl, Esch sur Alzette, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 5/02 ; E02D 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 5/02 ; E02D 5/14 ;
Abstract
A method for driving a sheet pile wall into the ground includes providing a sheet pile with at least one sheet pile interlock having a longitudinal opening giving access to an interlock chamber in the sheet pile interlock. The method further includes inserting an inflatable tube device in the interlock chamber, inflating the inflatable tube so that the inflatable tube closes the longitudinal opening, driving the sheet pile into the ground, deflating the inflatable tube and withdrawing the inflatable tube from the interlock device.