Apparatus and method for producing a high pressure grouted foundation pile

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EP 1 099 799 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/37

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	16.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/20

(21)	Application number: 00870269.8

(22)	Date of filing: 10.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E02D 5/46, E02D 7/24, E02D 7/26, E02D 3/12, E21D 20/02, E02D 31/00, E21B 7/20, E21B 6/00, E02D 19/16, E21B 10/16, E21B 10/60

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

10.11.1999 BE 9900736

(71)	Applicant: Smet-F & C
	2480 Dessel (BE)

(72)	Inventor:
	De Vleeshauwer, Peter 3511 Kuringen (BE)

(74)	Representative: Luys, Marie-José A.H. et al
	Gevers & Vander Haeghen, Livornostraat 7 1060 Brussel 1060 Brussel (BE)

(54)	Apparatus and method for producing a high pressure grouted foundation pile

(57) This invention relates to device for constructing a foundation pile, the device comprising a driving for rotating and displacing a drill head (2) into the ground, the drill head (2) comprising at least one hole (4) for ejecting a liquid into the ground surrounding the drill head (2), the at least one hole (4) being connected to a supply for the liquid, the drill head (2) being connectable to a pipe (3), wherein the drill head (2) comprises at least one high pressure ejection nozzle (4) for ejecting a viscous, settable liquid into the ground surrounding the drill head to cut the ground, the pipe (3) having a hollow inner space connected to a high pressure device for supplying the viscous liquid at a pressure of at least 50 bar towards and through the inner space towards the at least one ejection nozzle (4).

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