Easy inter equipment
Devices by which certain types of units, such as posts, poles, pilings, anchors, caskets, burial containers, stanchions and the like may be picked up, gripped, maneuvered into a desired position and, pressed, rotated and agitated for the purpose of installing such units at nearly any angle, into earth, sand, snow or other receiving material on dry land, wet land or under water.
Division of Easy Inter Burial Container, PPA No. 60/715,767 of 18 Sep. 2005; RPA 11/477,236 of 28 Jun. 2006.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCHNot Applicable
SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAMNot Applicable
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to equipment with which to ease the installation of vertically and angularly installed anchors, burial containers, caskets, posts, pilings, stanchions and the like, which can be pressed, agitated, screwed, self bored or by other means set into earth, sand, snow, mud, or other receiving materials, especially in high water table areas and do not require the use of concrete or cement or a large pre-dug hole.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONA common practice for installing current types of burial containers is to dig a hole approximately seven foot deep, by four feet wide by eight feet long and storing the removed receiving material for later filling of the hole and the covering of the burial container. The burial container is then lowered into the large hole and the removed material is placed and tamped around and on the burial container. Grass and other such covering is then placed over the top, to restore the original appearance of the area, and the surplus receiving material is removed. Common current practice for installing items such as building anchors, posts, pilings, poles, stanchions and the like, is to auger or dig a large hole, often adding shoring to the walls of the hole. Once a satisfactory hole is dug, forms are installed for concrete or cement, along with any required reinforcing, such as re-bar or steel mesh. The building anchor, post, piling, pole, stanchion or similar unit is then set in place and braced. Once the unit is in position, concrete or cement is poured between the form and the unit. After the concrete or cement has cured, the forms are removed. All of which is time consuming and expensive.
A major problem usually occurs when the installation of any such unit is in an area of high water table. If a hole is dug in a low lying area where water is just below the ground surface, the hole soon fills with water. In cases involving burial containers, a high water table presents a near impossible problem in digging a proper grave site. Building anchors, posts, pilings, poles, stanchions and burial containers, having screw-in threads solve the problem by using Easy Inter Equipment. Such installations do not require large pre-dug holes, but the units can be simply screwed into the damp receiving material.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTIONIt is a main object of this invention to provide devices with which to easily install certain types of building anchors, burial containers, caskets, posts, pilings, stanchions and the like, into a receiving material.
It is an object of this invention to reduce the time and cost of installing certain types of building anchors, burial containers, caskets, posts, poles, pilings, stanchions and the like, by providing for the elimination of large pre-dug holes, hole shoring and the use of concrete and cement and to greatly reduce the labor required to complete and clean up such an installation.
It is another object of this invention to solve the problem of water filling an initial hole for building anchors, burial containers, caskets, posts, poles, pilings, stanchions and the like, in high water table areas, by providing a means to screw, agitate or press such items into a receiving material, without digging an initial hole.
It is yet another object of this invention to make use of ground water by allowing the water to be used as a lubricating medium between the item to be screwed, agitated or pressed into a receiving material and the damp receiving material itself.
OPERATING PRINCIPALS AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENTAn Easy Inter Equipment device is fitted on a vehicle and the vehicle operator sets the Easy Inter Equipment device's gripper arms, over a unit to be interred, with an extend-retract section at the head of the unit to be interred, and then extends the extend-retract section to move a socket or gripper unit onto the head of the unit to be interred. The operator then closes the gripper arms over the unit to be interred, raises the unit to be interred off the ground and rotates it to a vertical position. The operator then maneuvers the unit to be interred over and down onto the spot where it is to be interred and begins rotation of the unit in the correct direction, while pressing the unit downward.
The preferred embodiment of this invention incorporates the use of hydraulic, electric, air or mechanical powered equipment, to install certain types of building anchors, burial containers, caskets, posts, poles, pilings, stanchions and the like. Easy Inter Equipment devices are made using a wide range of materials, such as plastic, rubber, wood and metal. Commonly available backhoes, tractors, cranes, loaders, forklifts and the like are used with Easy Inter Equipment. Easy Inter Equipment devices are composed of fabricated frames, to which are attached gripping, wrenching and rotating sections, along with appropriate motors and power supplies, to handle and maneuver certain types of units into position and then screw, agitate and or press them into a receiving material.
Easy Inter Equipment devices are used to install these certain types of units into water covered, swampy, muddy and high water table areas by using the water as a lubricant.
Easy Inter Equipment devices are also used to quickly and easily place hollow units containing concealed food, water, hardware, information or other materials safely and securely into a receiving material, such as dirt, sand, mud, snow or even under water. Other embodiments, ramifications and combinations of the different designs shown herein for Easy Inter Equipment are equally preferred, usually depending upon local conditions.
DESCRIPTION OF FIGURESClaims
1. A device to be fitted onto a powered machine to manipulate and rotate certain units with the device comprising approximately:
- A. a stationary framework upon which is mounted a first two-direction motor driving a rotatable second framework;
- B. a second two-direction motor mounted on the rotatable second framework;
- C. a gripping device attached to the rotatable second framework;
- D. a power transferring non-rotational to rotational mechanism on the shaft powered by the second two-direction motor;
- E. a gripping device attached to the shaft of and driven by the second two-direction motor;
2. A device as in claim 1, having an extendable and retractable shaft between the second two-direction motor mounted on the rotatable second framework and the gripping device attached to the shaft of the second two-direction motor.
3. A device to be fitted onto a powered machine to manipulate and rotate certain units with the device comprising approximately:
- A. a stationary framework upon which is mounted a first two-direction motor driving a rotatable second framework;
- B. a second two-direction motor mounted on the rotatable second framework;
- C. a gripping device attached to the rotatable second framework;
- D. a power transferring non-rotational to rotational mechanism on the shaft powered by the second two-direction motor;
- E. a socket wrenching device attached to the shaft of and driven by the second two-direction motor;
4. A device as in claim 3, having an extendable and retractable shaft between the second two-direction motor mounted on the rotatable second framework and the socket wrenching device attached to the shaft of the second two-direction motor.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 30, 2009
Publication Date: Feb 18, 2010
Inventor: Donald E. Scruggs (Chino, CA)
Application Number: 12/586,991
International Classification: E02F 3/06 (20060101); E02F 5/16 (20060101);