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7537417 Corner connection for temporary shoring  
A connection arrangement for temporary shoring in an excavation site is used to secure I-beams together at corners within the excavation site. Typically, four I-beams are connected together to form...
7530767 Trench box safety ladder  
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to trench box safety ladders and methods of constructing trench boxes with safety ladders. In one embodiment, a trench box comprises two side...
7402003 Trench box moving apparatus and method  
There is disclosed an apparatus and method for moving with an excavator arm a trench box having a pair of adjacent spreader bars at a forward end. The apparatus has a bracket end for connecting to...
7258511 Shoring system  
Improved shoring systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a shoring system includes first and second opposing side walls. A manifold is pivotally connected to the first side wall and...
7140808 Catwalk device and method  
A catwalk is provided for use in trenching operations that provides increased safety and improves efficiency. Methods are also provided that save time over the prior process of building multiple...
7128500 Corner connection for temporary shoring  
A connection arrangement for temporary shoring in an excavation site is used to secure I-beams together at corners within the excavation site. Typically, four I-beams are connected together to form...
7021868 Lightweight shoring system for accommodating crossing utilities  
An excavation shoring system having four vertical, cylindrical poles, each connected to a base element, arranged to constitute corners of a rectangle. At least one vertically oriented shoring panel...
6907957 Trench shield ladder  
A trench shield ladder that hangs on the wall of the trench shield to provide workmen safe access to a trench. The ladder is provided with a top platform and hand rails that extend over the...
6554544 Method to build a water seal, creep-line increasing cutoff  
A method for building a continuous water seal, creep line increasing cutoff includes the steps of forming spaced borings into the soil in the presence of slurry; developing narrow slots between the...
6474911 Trench sheeting device  
A trench sheeting device consists of trench sheeting boxes which are each made up of two trench plates supported against each other, the width of the trench apart, and at least one shaft sheeting...
6443665 Trench shielding and shoring device  
A portable shoring device for securing the sidewalls of an excavation having a pair of walls or panels mutually facing each other and being held in spaced apart relationship by at least one support...
6267538 Beam joining cap for trench shield  
An apparatus for joining at least two or more wales of a shoring system including a first substantially rigid end-cap adapted to enclose an end of a first horizontally disposed wale, the first...
6224296 Sliding double panel type trench shoring system  
A trench shoring system using panels as shoring walls to prevent possible collapse of natural ground walls of trenches in trenches such as for burying pipes underground, having a sliding panels...
6164875 Trench shield directly ridable and movable on a constructing pipe  
A trench shield includes a pair of shielding panels for protecting opposite side walls of a trench excavation, two side frames are provided for restively adjustably securing the two shielding...
6164874 Sheeting device  
A sheeting device includes a column with two supporting surfaces in one guide channel. The second supporting surface is provided with an offset relative to the first supporting surface. The offset...
6155750 Trench shield having wheels simultaneously provided for protection and rolling purposes  
A trench shield includes: a pair of shielding wheels rotatably mounted on a pair of retaining plates; a plurality of brace members passing through two retaining plates for retaining the two...
5931608 Trench shoring transport device  
An trench shoring transport device having a trench box depending from a frame, the frame including a pair of side frame subassemblies which are slideably and adjustably engaged to each other...
5902075 Trench falsework system  
Proposed is a trench falsework which includes a base box (3) made up of lining panels (5) held apart by braces (8). The panels making up the box have a flat edge (7) along the top and a cutting...
5876153 Trench falsework panel  
A lining plate intended for employment in connection with trench lining in below-grade construction becomes assembly- and removal-friendly and simultaneously resistant to flexural buckling even...
5868526 Trench shield  
A trench shield or manhole shield which has tapered side shields. The walls of each side shield are tapered. The outer walls are tapered inwardly from front to rear (in the case of the trench...
5865567 Movable trench shoring device  
An improved movable trench shoring device having a trench box depending from a frame, the frame including a pair of end frame members, a pair of side frame members and a pair of cross frame...
5741091 Shoring device with load optional enhancing spreaders  
A shoring device for supporting trench side walls during construction. The shoring device has opposite shoring shields having conventionally located spreaders adjacent the upper edge of the shields...
5725330 Joining arrangement  
Joining arrangements (7) capable of swivelling around an axis bolt (6) are limited in their swivelling by one of the springs of a pair of springs (12, 13) welded together into a unit to make it...
5720580 Apparatus for and method of shoring a trench  
An apparatus for and a method of shoring a trench. The apparatus includes two vertical posts which are adapted to be disposed at the borders of the trench in an opposite relation and a rigid frame...
5669738 Modular trench box sheeting  
Modular trench box sheeting panels for use in wall supporting during the excavation of trenches or the like. A rectangular support frame is formed by a pair of sheeting support members secured to...
5527137 Knife structure for shoring assemblies used in excavations  
An improvement for use with protective panels that buttress the walls of an excavation is in the form of a knife structure that is releasably connected to the bottom edge of a protective panel by...
5503504 Sheeting device  
A sheeting device having large-size sheeting panels (2,4) supported against vertical supports (1,3) which are arranged in pairs facing each other and are spaced-apart by at least one spreader frame...
5336023 Self-propelled trench box  
A self-propelled trench box includes a pair of side panel enclosures and respective drive tracks mounted within the enclosures. The drive tracks are powered by a compact hydraulic drive mechanism...
5310290 Protective structure for excavations  
A protective panel may be used alone or paired to form a protective structure to provide a protected space in an excavation by buttressing the upright walls of the excavation. The protective panel...
5310289 Apparatus for sheeting deep trenches  
An apparatus for sheeting a deep trench, including pairs of vertical support rails arranged along the trench so that the support rails of each pair of support rails are opposite each other at an...
5306103 Wheeled carriage assembly for trench shields  
A carriage assembly for suspending and supporting trench shields in an excavated trench has an axle member that spans the trench, a wheel assembly on each end of the axle member, a pair of bracket...
5277522 Trench shield assembly  
A trench shield has a pair of upright shields laterally spaced from each other with spreaders. Each shield has a frame supporting side walls and a horizontal earth penetrating blade. A pounding...
5232313 Shoring guard  
A finger guard for attachment to a shoring device made from a flexible material. The guard has a shield to protect the user's fingers and is held in place by a removable hinge pin which inserts...
5193938 Method and apparatus for laying pipe  
First and second frame assemblies (18, 20) are respectively provided with a pair of plate-like earth retainers (24, 36) and are alternately advanced by propulsion jacks (22). While the first and...
5129763 Trench safety device  
A rotatable cage for protecting a worker in a trench is disclosed. This cage is comprised of two walls which are substantially congruent with each other, at least three cross-members joining said...
5123785 Trench-shoring appartus  
A self-propelled trench-shoring apparatus having a modular panel construction whereby it may be readily adapted for use in lining trenches or open ground cuts of various depths and widths,...
4993880 Trench-box panel  
A trench-box panel (200, 202) comprises an array of horizontal elongate "C-section" members (210) one on top of another and welded together at w continuously along their lengths. The members (210)...
4900197 Process for holding up the lateral walls of deep ditches  
The invention relates to a process for propping or supporting the vertical support walls of deep ditches. After having freely constructed the ditch, to a depth compatible with the resistance of the...
4874271 Self-propelled trench shoring machine  
A main frame carries top and bottom shoring plates, with the top plates supported on pivoted brackets so that they can be tilted for leveling purposes. These brackets also can move transversely on...
4850747 Trench box  
A trench box wherein there are spaced, parallel side wall panels between which there are spacer panels and wherein the upper longitudinal edges of the side wall panels and spacer panels are...
4842774 Pyramiding tumuli waste disposal site and method of construction thereof  
An improved waste disposal site for the above-ground disposal of low-level nuclear waste as disclosed herein. The disposal site is formed from at least three individual waste-containing tumuli,...
4695204 Traveling trench shore  
A trench shore consisting of longitudinal panels which cover the walls of the trench and are supported by movable frames, the panels being moved forward by jacks connecting the panels to the frames...
4682914 Hydraulic trench support  
A hydraulic trench support includes a piston and cylinder head supported within a cylinder such that the cylinder head is fixed at one end of the cylinder and the piston is moveable within the...
4588329 Propulsion method and apparatus for advancing a marine pipeline excavation shield  
One construction method for burying offshore pipelines utilizes a segmented excavation shield for forming a trench in the seafloor. The present invention provides a propulsion method for advancing...
4548528 Trench shoring apparatus  
The invention refers to means of shoring trench excavation. It provides a trench shoring apparatus which supports the walls of the trench and can travel by its own power or be pulled behind an...
4521137 Movable casing for the excavation of trenches  
A trenching casing for the continuous excavation and refilling of trenches for the installation of conduits into the ground has spaced side walls consisting of at least upper and lower sections...
4501517 Self propelled trench shield  
An apparatus and a method for excavating and pile reinforcing trenches is disclosed. A box-like central structure serves as a frame within which excavation by customary means, e.g., externally...
4345857 Construction plate for a ditch construction device  
A construction plate for a ditch construction device consists of profiled steel elements which are rigidly coupled with each other and covered with cover plates. At the small sides of the...
4319791 Protective cage for excavation workers  
A box-like housing has defining sides and a top wall all arranged to provide protection for an excavation worker in the housing from cave-ins of the walls of the excavation. The bottom of the...
4310267 Safety trench box  
Disclosed herein is a safety trench box for use in protecting workmen from cave-ins while operating within an excavated area. The device includes a barrier which surrounds the work area having a...
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