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EP 0149716 A3 19860625 - METHOD OF SECURING AN ANCHOR

Title (en)

METHOD OF SECURING AN ANCHOR

Publication

EP 0149716 A3 19860625 (DE)

Application

EP 84110701 A 19840907

Priority

DE 3335511 A 19830930

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0149716A2] A method of securing an anchor in the ground by means of ground freezing. So that an anchor can be safely secured in the ground in a simple and cost-effective manner, it is proposed, after the anchor is passed into the ground, to bring via the anchor a low-temperature fluid into heat exchange with the ground surrounding the anchor.

IPC 1-7

E02D 5/80

IPC 8 full level

E02D 5/80 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E02D 5/80 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] FR 2062017 A5 19710625 - AIR LIQUIDE, et al
[Y] DE 1708531 B1 19711202 - DYCKERHOFF & WIDMANN AG

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 3335511 A1 19850418; EP 0149716 A2 19850731; EP 0149716 A3 19860625

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 3335511 A 19830930; EP 84110701 A 19840907