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(11) EP 0 367 171 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/19

(21) Application number: 89120079.2

(22) Date of filing: 30.10.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: E02D 5/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE ES FR GR IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 04.11.1988 GB 8825888

(71) Applicants:
  • British Steel plc
    London SE1 7SN (GB)
  • THE STEEL CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE
    Ascot Berks SL5 7QN (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Dier, Adrian Fielden
    London N2 9DA (GB)
  • Owens, Graham Wynford
    Maidenhead Berks SL6 4LW (GB)

(74) Representative: Broughton, Clifford David (GB) 
British Steel Corporation Head Office 9 Albert Embankment
GB-London SE1 7SN
GB-London SE1 7SN (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Piling


    (57) This invention relates to the provision of piles (1) the lengthwise edges of which are formed to define a trough and in which the piles are so disposed that the troughs interlock, the inner faces thereof in adjoining piles being clamped tightly together by wedges (2) sited at intervals along the length of the piles between the outer face of the trough on one said pile and the adjacent surface of the adjoining pile. The piles may be of commonly known Larssen section, the interlock or 'clutch' between them then lying on the centreline of the piling structure.







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