Multifunctional wall clamping device of static piling machine

Abstract

A multifunctional wall clamping device includes a wall-clamping platform, a main body, and a wall-pressing device, wherein the main body has a center hole. The wall-pressing device includes a wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder disposed on an upper support, and a jacking cylinder disposed on a lower support. The wall-clamping platform includes two U-shape pincer boxes with a same geometry and a U-shaped horizontal cross section. The U-shape pincer boxes are arranged with openings facing each other on the same axis to form a combination with a rectangular cross section. A piston rod of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder is connected to a top of the wall-clamping platform such that the wall-clamping platform is vertically suspended in the center hole. Outside walls of the wall-clamping platform include roller wheels, which can roll on inner walls of the center hole and inner walls of rectangular columns of the upper support and the lower support.

Claims

1. A multifunctional wall-clamping device for a static pile driver, comprising: A wall-clamping platform (1), a main body (31), and a wall-pressing device, wherein the main body (31) has a center hole (6), wherein the wall-pressing device, disposed on the main body (31), comprises a wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7) disposed on an upper support (25), a jacking cylinder (27) disposed on a lower support (26), wherein the wall-clamping platform (1) comprises two U-shape pincer boxes (2) with a same geometry and a U-shaped horizontal cross section, the two U-shape pincer boxes are arranged with openings facing each other on the same axis to form a combination with a rectangular cross section, wherein a piston rod (8) of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7) is hingedly connected to a top of the wall-clamping platform (1) such that the wall-clamping platform (1) is vertically suspended in the center hole (6), wherein outside walls of the wall-clamping platform (1) comprise roller wheels (9), which can roll on inner walls of the center hole (6) and inner walls of rectangular columns (30) of the upper support and the lower support, when the wall-clamping platform (1) moves up and down by action of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7).

2. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 1, wherein two arms of the U in each of the U-shape pincer boxes (2) of the wall-clamping platform (1) are referred to as clamp arms (3), and that at bottom of the U is referred to as a clamp bottom (4), front ends of the clamp arms (3) are referred to as clamp ends (5), thereby the clamp ends (5), the clamp arms (3), and the clamp bottom (4) constitute one of the U-shape pincer boxes (2), wherein the clamp arms are 500 mm 2500 mm long, the clamp bottom (4) is 450 mm-2000 mm wide, and a vertical height of each of the U-shape pincer boxes (2) is 800 mm-4500 mm, wherein the U-shape pincer boxes (2) are made of steel plates to form a rectangular steel structure and force-bearing points therein are reinforced by welding a web of support ribs (10).

3. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 2, wherein the roller wheels (9) are arranged, in rows and columns with a fixed spacing, on four walls of the wall-clamping platform (1) in areas contacting the inner walls of the center hole (6), wherein the roller wheels (9) are column shaped and each has a roller axle (11) such that the roller wheels (9) can freely rotate around the roller axle (11) under an external force, the roller axle (11) is disposed in a roller seat (12) on external walls of the wall-clamping platform (1), the surfaces of the roller wheels (9) contact the inner walls of the center hole (6), the roller axle (11) can make adjustment within a limit to compensate for gaps, due to wear, between the roller wheels (9) and the inner walls of the center hole (6), the roller wheels are also provided on faces of the clamp ends (5) to convert surface friction into rolling friction.

4. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 2, wherein a horizontal jacking cylinder (13) is disposed on an inner wall of one of the clamp arms (3) of the U-shape pincer boxes (2), a front end of a piston (14) of the horizontal jacking cylinder is a piston ball head (15), which is hingedly connected with a hemispherical indent (17) on the back surface of an active clamping plate (16), wherein the hinge connection of the piston ball head (15) is accomplished using two hemispherical cover plates (18) that form a center passage with a diameter larger than a diameter of the piston (14) but smaller than a diameter of the piston ball head (15) such that the piston ball head (15) cannot fall off, but can rotate, wherein the hemispherical cover plates (18) are fixed using bolts (19) on the back surface of the active clamping plate (16), wherein a passive clamping plate (16) is arranged on the other clamp arm (3), by having a horizontal trapezoidal track (20) fit into a trapezoidal groove (20) on the other clamp arm (3) and fixed with bolts (19) to prevent movement, the active clamping plate (16) and the passive clamping plate (16) have the same number, correspond to the same location, and have the same dimensions and profiles, wherein the horizontal jacking cylinders (13) are arranged on the inner side of clamp arm (3) in at least two rows, with each row having at least one, within an effective area of the active clamping plate (16) there can be a single horizontal jacking cylinder (13), double horizontal jacking cylinders (13), three horizontal jacking cylinders (13), and multiple horizontal jacking cylinders (13).

5. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 4, wherein clamping surfaces of the active clamping plate (16) and the passive clamping plate (16) have a shape corresponding to that of an article to be clamped, the shape includes an arc shape (21), a rectangular shape (22), a wavy shape (23), a trapezoidal shape (24), or a special shape, wherein the arc shape (21) is for clamping a round cylinder pile, the rectangular shape (22) is for clamping a rectangular pile or a rectangular wall-forming device, the wavy shape (23) and the trapezoidal shape (24) are for clamping a corresponding wavy or trapezoidal wall-forming device component, the special shape is designed for an object having the special shape, the active and passive clamping plates are made in several thicknesses so that they can be replaced to fit the dimensions of a clamped object.

6. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 1, wherein the wall-pressing device includes the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7), the upper support (25), the lower support (26), and a jacking cylinder (27), wherein a bottom of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7) is fixed, via a flange (28), on a cross beam (29) of the upper support (25), wherein the two U-shape pincer boxes (2) are divided into two groups, each having at least one wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder, a piston rod ball head (15) of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder is hingedly connected at a concave hemispherical hole (17) on a top face of one of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2), the connection mode is the same as that connecting the piston rod ball (15) of the horizontal jacking cylinder (13) and the hemispherical (17) on the back of the active clamping plate (16), wherein each of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2) is vertically suspended in the center hole (6) via the piston rod (8) of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7), by controlling the piston rod (8), the two U-shape pincer boxes (2) can move up and down individually or in combination, wherein one of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2) can be driven by the corresponding wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7) to move up and down in the center hole (6) by having the roller wheels (9) roll on the inner walls of the center hole (6) and the inner walls of rectangle columns (30), while the other of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2) remains stationary, whereas when both of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2,2) are driven by the corresponding wall-pressing hydraulic cylinders (7,7) at the same time, the horizontal jacking cylinders (13) can be used to clamp a pile or two piles or two wall-forming devices, the clamp ends (5) of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2,2) can be driven to move in synchronous or asynchronous manner and in the same or opposite directions to achieve multiple functions of the wall-forming platform.

7. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 6, wherein the upper support (25) comprises two cross beams (29) arranged in parallel along a direction of the clamp arms (3) of the two U-shape pincer boxes (2), a span of the longitudinal beams is greater than a sum of lengths of the two clamp arms (3), a parallel spacing between the two cross beams (29) is slightly larger than a width of the clamp bottom (4), the ends of the two cross beams (29) are fixed on top of the rectangular columns (30), bottoms of the rectangular columns (30) are fixed with flanges (28) at locations proximate an edge of the center hole (6) of the main body (31), forming the upper support (25) that comprises two parallel structures having an identical size and shape, the span and the parallel spacing of the two cross beams (29) of the upper support (25) can accommodate a maximum cross section of a selected object to allow the selected object to freely move up and down or move horizontally in the axial direction; a total height of the upper support (25) is larger than a sum of a length of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder (7) and a distance for a full stroke of the piston rod (8).

8. The multifunctional wall-clamping device according to claim 7, wherein the lower support (26) is disposed at the edge of the center hole (6) at a position corresponding to the position of the upper support (25), the lower support (26) is fixed, via a flange (28) thereof, to a lower cross beam (29), and the bottom end of a lower rectangular column (30) using bolts (19), and the upper end of the lower rectangular column (30) is bolted, via a flange (28) thereof, to the bottom end surface of the main body (31) to form an inverted door structure, the bottom of the jacking cylinder (27) having a ground clearance to allow the static pile driver required to travel on the ground, the jacking cylinder (27), via a flange thereof, is fixed, using bolts, to the bottom of the lower cross beam (29) at a location corresponding to the clamp arms (3), a piston rod (8) of the jacking cylinder (27) faces upward and can move vertically through a precut hole in the lower cross beam (29), when the piston rod (8) of the jacking cylinder is extended, the piston rod (8) pushes a rectangular spacer (32) against the bottom surface of the clamping arm (3) to produce an upward thrust mediated by the lower support (26), and the cross beams (29) on the upper support (25), the upper rectangular columns (30), the cross beams (29) on the lower support (26), and the lower rectangular columns (30) have the same cross-section, but the upper rectangular columns (30) and the lower rectangular columns (30) have different lengths.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a front sectional view of a multifunctional wall-clamping equipment;

(2) FIG. 2 shows a top view of a multifunctional wall-clamping equipment;

(3) FIG. 3 shows a left-side view of the equipment in FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 4 shows a sectional view along C-C line in FIG. 3;

(5) FIG. 5 shows a front view {circle around (1)} of a rectangular active clamping plate;

(6) FIG. 6 shows a sectional view along the B-B line in FIG. 5;

(7) FIG. 7 shows a sectional view of a trapezoidal passive clamping plate;

(8) FIG. 8 shows a sectional view of a wave-shaped active clamping plate;

(9) FIG. 9 shows an enlarged partial view {circle around (2)} of a passive clamping plate;

(10) FIG. 10 shows a sectional view {circle around (3)} of an arch active clamping plate;

(11) FIG. 11 shows an enlarged partial sectional view {circle around (4)} of a rolling wheel.

(12) In figures: 1 wall-clamping platform/rig; 2 pincer-like box/casing; 3 clamp arm; 4 clamp body; 5 clamp end; 6 main body hole; 7 wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder; 8 piston rod; 8 piston rod of the jacking cylinder; 9 rolling wheel (roller); 10 support rib; 11 roller axle; 12 bearing seat; 13 horizontal jacking cylinder; 13 double horizontal jacking cylinders; 13 three horizontal jacking cylinders; 13 multiple horizontal jacking cylinders; 14 piston rod of a horizontal jacking cylinder; 15 piston rod ball head; 15 piston rod ball head of wall-pressing cylinder; 16 active clamping plate; 16 passive clamping plate; 17/17 hemispherical concave; 18 hemispherical cover; 19 bolt; 20 Trapezoidal ridge; 20 Trapezoidal groove; 21 arc-shaped clamping plate; 22 rectangular clamping plate; 23 wave-shaped clamping plate; 24 trapezoidal clamping plate; 25 upper support; 26 lower support; 27 jacking cylinder; 28 flange; 29/29 longitudinal beam; 30 rectangular column; 31 machine body (main body of static pile machine); 32 rectangular pad/block.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(13) Embodiments of the present invention will be further described with the aid of the following drawings and examples.

(14) As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, a multifunctional wall-clamping device of a static pile machine (i.e., static pile driver) includes a wall-clamping rig (wall-clamping platform) 1, a machine main body 31, and a wall-pressing device. The machine body (main body) 31 has a center vertical through hole 6 (main body hole). The wall-pressing device comprises a wall pressing hydraulic cylinder 7, an upper support 25, and a lower support 26. The wall-pressing device is arranged on the main body 31. As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 4, the wall-clamping rig 1 comprises two pincer-like boxes 2 of the same dimensions, and each having a concave or U-shaped horizontal cross section. The openings of the U-shaped concaves are arranged to face each other coaxially to form a rectangular shaped cross section. Rollers or rolling wheels 9 are provided on the outside walls of the U-shaped pincer-like boxes 2. The top of the wall-clamping rig 1 is hingedly connected with the piston rod 8 of the wall-pressing cylinder 7, thereby the wall-clamping rig 1 is vertically suspended in the main body hole 6 of the machine body. The wall-clamping rig 1, aided by the roller (or rolling wheel) 9 and the wall-pressing device, can move up and down in the main body hole 6 along the inner sides of the rectangular pillar 30 of the upper support.

(15) As shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 4, the U-shaped pincer-like box (clamp) 2 of the wall-clamping rig 1 has two clamp arms 3 (i.e., the two sides of the U) and one bottom end 4 (i.e., the bottom portion of U). The end of the clamp arm 3 at the opening end (i.e., the opening of the U) is a clamp end 5. The clamp end 5, the clamp arm 3, and the bottom end 4 constitute a single U-shaped clamp 2. The dimensions of the U-shaped clamp are: arm (i.e., two sides of the U) length 500 mm-2500 mm, clamp body (i.e., bottom portion of the U) width 450 mm-2000 mm, and vertical height of the U-shaped clamp 800-4500 mm. The wall-clamping rig 1 has a four-side outer wall conforming to the inner walls of the main body hole 6. The U-shaped clamp 2 is made of a combination of steel plates, and the internal force-bearing locations are welded to supporting ribs 10 to form a lattice of the rectangular rigid structure.

(16) As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4, and FIG. 11, a set of rollers (or rolling wheels) 9 are evenly arranged at a select distance along the horizontal and vertical directions on the four sides of the wall-clamping platform/rig 1 that contact the side walls of the through hole 6. The rolling wheel (roller) 9 is of a cylinder shape, the axis of which is provided with a roller axle 11 such that the rolling wheel 9 is free to rotate around the roller axle 11 under an external force. Both ends of the roller axle 11 are arranged in an outer wall bearing seat 12 on the outside of the wall clamping rig 1. The surface of the rolling wheel 9 protrudes sideways and abuts the inner wall of the main body hole 6. The roller axle 11 can be finely adjusted horizontally in a certain range within the bearing seat 12 to compensate for excessive gap, between the rolling wheels and the inners walls of the main body hole 6 and the upper bracket, due to progressive wear of the rolling wheel surface, thereby preventing excessive deviations when the wall-clamping rig 1 moves up and down. The opposing faces of the two pairs of clamp end 5 are provided with equally spaced rolling wheels 9, thereby converting the gliding friction into rolling friction on the clamp ends 5.

(17) As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, or FIG. 9, a horizontal jacking cylinder 13 is arranged on the inner side of a clamp arm 3 of the U-shaped clamp 2. The front end of a horizontal jacking cylinder piston 14 is a piston rod ball head 15. The piston rod ball head 15 is hingedly attached to the back of an active clamp plate 16 at the corresponding location such that the piston rod ball 15 is inserted in a concave hemispherical hole 17 provided on the back of the active clamp plate 16, and the other half of the piston rod ball head 15 is in a hemispheric chamber formed with two hemispherical cover plates 18 that has a certain thickness and are fixed on the neck of the piston rod ball head 15 using bolts 19 fixing the hemispherical cover plates 18 on the back of the active clamp plate 16. A center hole formed by the two hemispherical cover plates 18 have a diameter larger than that of the horizontal jacking cylinder piston 14 but smaller than the diameter of the piston rod ball head 15 such that the piston rod ball head 15 cannot slip out but can rotate in all directions. As shown in FIG. 9, a corresponding inner wall of the other clamp arm 3 is provided with a passive clamp plate 16 having trapezoidal ridge 20 on its back in horizontal direction. The ridge 20 corresponds to (i.e., match) the trapezoidal convex grooves 20 on the inner side wall of the clamp arm 3. The number of the active clamp plate 16 and passive clamp plate 16 are the same number, and they have the same sizes and also have the same dimensions and profiles. The horizontal jacking cylinders 13 are provided along the inner side wall of the clamp arm 3, with at least two rows vertically and each row having at least one horizontally. In an effective area corresponding to an active clamp plate 16, there may be a single horizontal jacking cylinder 13, two horizontal jacking cylinders 13, three horizontal jacking cylinders 13, and many horizontal jacking cylinders 13. More than one set of multiple horizontal jacking cylinders 13 can evenly distribute the reaction forces on the active clamp plate 16, and on-site installation and maintenance would be easy and convenient.

(18) When the piston 14 of the horizontal jacking cylinder is extended, the active clamp plate 16 is pushed horizontally towards the passive clamp plate 16 so that the horizontal distance between the two clamp plates is gradually reduced, thereby gradually tightening the grip on the object between the two clamp plates. When piston 14 of the horizontal jacking cylinder retracts, the horizontal movement of the active clamp plate 16 moves it away from the passive plate 16 leading to an increase in the distance between the two clamp plates and loosening on the grip on the object held therebetween.

(19) The clamping surfaces of the active clamp plate 16 and passive clamp plate 16 have a shape that corresponds to a profile of a clamped object. The clamping plates may include arc-shaped clamping plate 21, rectangle clamping plate 22, wave-shape clamping plate 23, trapezoidal clamping plate 24, or any other unique shaped clamping plate. Arc-shaped clamping plates 21 are used to clamp cylindrical piles. Rectangular clamping plates 22 are used to clamp rectangular pile or rectangular wall-forming device. Wave-shaped clamping plate 23 and trapezoidal clamping plate 24 are respectively used to clamp wave-shaped or trapezoidal wall-forming device or other objects. Unique shaped clamping plates are mainly designed for those with unique profiles. The active and passive clamping plates may be of different thicknesses, such that they can be interchanged to fit the clamping objects with different geometric sizes.

(20) The wall-pressing device comprises a wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder 7, an upper support (bracket) 25, a lower support 26, and a jacking hydraulic cylinder 27. The bottom of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder 7 is fixed on a longitudinal beam 29 of the upper support 25 by flanges 28. The two pincer-like boxes 2 are divided into two groups, each group having at least one wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder. The wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder piston rod ball head 15 and the hemispherical concave ring 17 on the top face of the pincer-like box are hingedly connected. The hinge connection type is the same as that of the hemispherical concave ring 17 on the back of the active clamp plate 16 and the piston rod ball head 15 of the horizontal cylinder 13. Therefore, the wall-clamping rig 1 is hinged vertically in the main body hole 6 by the piston rod 8 of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder 7, which is mounted on the vertical beam 29 of the upper support 25. Thus, by controlling the extension or retraction of the piston rod 8, the pincer-like box 2 can be moved up and down. When a single pincer-like box 2 and the corresponding wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder 7 move, only the single pincer-like casing 2 is moved up and down, via rolling actions of the rolling wheels 9, along the inner walls of the main body hole 6 and the corresponding inner wall of the upper support rectangular column 30, while the other pincer-like box (casing) 2 remains in place. When two pincer-like boxes 2/2 and the corresponding wall-pressing hydraulic cylinders 7/7 move at the same time, if the horizontal hydraulic cylinder 13 extends out to clamp a pile or two piles or two wall-forming devices, then the two pincer-like casings 2/2 can be driven in a manner that the clamp ends 5 can move in synchronous motions in the same direction, or synchronous motions in the reverse directions, or asynchronous motions in the same direction, or asynchronous motions in the reverse directions, to achieve multifunctional missions of the wall-clamping platform.

(21) The upper support 25 comprises two parallel longitudinal beams 29 arranged in the direction of the clamp arm 3 of the pincer-like boxes 2, which are arranged in a coaxial configuration. The longitudinal beam 29 is longer in span than the sum of the lengths of two clamp arms 3 of the two pincer-like casings 2 that are arranged coaxially. The spacing between the two parallel longitudinal beams 29 is slightly larger than the length of the clamp bottom 4. The ends of the longitudinal beams 29 are fixed on the top of the rectangular column 30 by flanges 28. The bottom of the rectangular column 30 is fixed on the main body 31 near the main body hole 6 by flanges 28. This forms two door-shaped upper supports 25 that are arranged in parallel and are of the same dimensions and the same shape. The span and the parallel spacing of the longitudinal beams 29 of the upper bracket 25 are designed such that it can accommodate a member of the maximum cross-section and allow it to move freely up and down or in the axial direction or to move horizontally in the axial direction. The height of the upper support 25 is larger than the length of the wall-pressing cylinder 7 itself plus the piston rod 8 total stroke length.

(22) The lower support 26 is disposed on bottom face of the main body 31 around the edge of the main body hole 6 at a location corresponding to the upper support 25. Using bolts 19 to fix flanges 28 at both ends of a lower longitudinal beam 29 respectively with the lower support 26 and the bottom of the lower rectangular column 30, thereby connecting the lower support 26 with the lower rectangular column 30. The upper end of the lower rectangular column 30 is fixed via flange 28 and bolt 19 at the bottom of main body 31 to form an inverted door-shaped (i.e., U shaped) structure. The spans of the two lower longitudinal beams 29 and the parallel spacing between them match those of the two longitudinal beams 29 of the upper support 25 at the top of the main body 31. The heights of the two lower longitudinal beams 29 should be as follows: the bottom of lifting hydraulic cylinder (jacking cylinder) 27 should have sufficient clearance from the ground such that the static pile driver would have sufficient clearance from the ground when moving. The jacking cylinder 27 is mounted by means of a flange 28 perpendicular to the bottom end of the lower longitudinal beam 29 by means of bolts 19, at a location corresponding to underneath the clamp arm 3, such that the piston rod 8 of the jacking cylinder 27 faces up and can pass through a hole in the lower longitudinal beam 29 in the up and down motion. The piston rod 8 of the jacking cylinder 27 at its front end has a rectangular pad/block 32 that is larger in dimension than the area of the jacking piston rod 8. When the piston rod 8 of the jacking cylinder is extended, the clamp arm 3 of the pincer-like casing 2 is jacked up by the rectangular pad 32, by an upward pushing force through the lower support 26. This can serve as an auxiliary force to assist the wall-pressing cylinder 7 when increased force is needed to pull out the wall-forming device and other components. The longitudinal beam 29 of the upper support 25, the rectangular column 30, and the lower longitudinal beam 29 of the lower support 26, and the lower rectangular column 30 all have the same cross-section areas, but differ in the length of the upper and lower rectangular columns 30/30.