US3579936A - Pole base providing adjustability for angular axial alignment of the pole - Google Patents

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US3579936A
US3579936A US827416A US3579936DA US3579936A US 3579936 A US3579936 A US 3579936A US 827416 A US827416 A US 827416A US 3579936D A US3579936D A US 3579936DA US 3579936 A US3579936 A US 3579936A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/22—Sockets or holders for poles or posts
    • E04H12/2284—Means for adjusting the orientation of the post or pole
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7047—Radially interposed shim or bushing
    • Y10T403/7051—Wedging or camming
    • Y10T403/7052—Engaged by axial movement
    • Y10T403/7054—Plural, circumferentially related shims between members
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members
    • Y10T403/7047—Radially interposed shim or bushing
    • Y10T403/7051—Wedging or camming
    • Y10T403/7052—Engaged by axial movement
    • Y10T403/7056—Threaded actuator

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement for adjusting the vertical alignment of a lamp post or the like which is guided in a hole disposed in a concrete foundation block, the post having a guiding retaining means mounted at the upper end of the foundation block which suitably comprises an annular wedge member capable of being driven in between the post and the block and the inside of which member facing the post is suitably convex in axial section, and wherein the lower end of the post can be positioned laterally by means of jaws capable of being moved vertically by means of rods actuatable from the top of the concrete foundation block.
  • This arrangement can cause certain disadvantages, partly because relatively large vertical movement of the post' can occur when the post is to be adjusted from a relatively'pronounced tilted position to a vertical position, this movement causing difficulties with regard to the guiding and retaining means positioned at the upper end of the post, and partly because thelower portion of the post is not fixed in position and may tend to turn about its longitudinal axis without meeting any form of resistance at the lower end thereof, wherewith the tende'ricy-of the post to turn about its long axis is counteracted solely by the upper guide means in the foundation blocleand then only to an unsatisfactory extent.
  • the aforementioned disadvantages areeliminated by means of the present invention in that the jaws are adapted to bear against the side surface of the post, and are guided at their radially outer side by an obliquely downwardly and outwardly directed guide surface in the foundation block.
  • the lower edge of the post can be permitted to rest against a fixed support surface in the. block and the post becomes positively locked against rotation about its longitudinal axis. in the case of lamp posts for example, such rotation can give rise to serious disadvantages.
  • Such posts which are often metres high, are provided at the top thereof with a radially outwardly'projcting arm which is exposed to the effects of the windand carries the light fittings, which are provided with precise reflection surfaces. The exactness to which the road etc.
  • the jaw guide'surface suitably comprises a conical metal ring cast in the concrete and connected with a bottom plate, against which the loweiendof the post may support. This enables the guide surfaces tol precision made, and affords certain advantages with regard to the work of casting.
  • FIG. 1 is a cutaway sectioned view of a concrete post foundation block providedwith arrangements according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan View of thejaws.
  • a foundation block I made for instance ofreinforced concrete and which may be sunk into the ground to the level indicated at A.
  • the reference numeral 2 in the drawing indentifies the lower portion of a post made of tubular steel.
  • a vertical hole 3 at the-upper end of which is arranged an annular metallicflining o'rfbushing 4, said lining or bushing being cast in the block and suitably aiso connected with the reinforcing means thereof.
  • a wedge body which is suitably made of steel.
  • the wedge body which is suitably slotted'in a vertical directiompresents to the post an inner surface 6 which in axial section is convex in shape so that the wedge body bears against the post in substantially line contact in the direction of the periphery.
  • the wedge body is throughpassed by a number of holes, e.g. three, which accommodate throughpassing rods 7 which are threaded at the top thereof to receive nuts 8.
  • Each rod is connected at its bottom with a jaw 9 presenting a radially outer abutment surface 10 which cooperates with a guide surface 11 disposed in the foundation block and inclined downwardly and outwardly.
  • This surface is suitably formed of a conical metal ring cast in the block and connected at its bottom with a plate 12 which forms a support for the lower end of the post 2.
  • the radial inner surface of the jaws is essentially cylindrical in shape so that it conforms to the side surface of the post.
  • the post When aligning the post, it can be adjusted in a vertical line which may optionally build an angle to the long means line of the block buried in the ground by longitudinally moving the different rods 7 with associated jaws vertically and in relation to each other, this being achieved by varying the force applied by the nuts 8 against the upper sur face of the wedge body.
  • the relatively small distance, in relation to the height of the post, between the jaws and the wedge body 5 means that the post moves only slightly in the wedge body, even when appreciable lateral adjustment is made to the lower portion of the post, and because the wedge body bears against the post in a circular contact line, movement between post and wedge body is the least conceivable. Tightening of the nuts, i.e. vertical movement of the rods 7 and the jaws 9, causes the lower portion of the post to be moved laterally simultaneously as the jaws are moved to grip said bottom portion of the post.
  • the radial outer surface of the. jaws is inclined in the same manner as the guide surface 11 in the foundation block and thus bears thereagainst along a wide surface. It is, however, possible while obtaining the same effect to use only an approximate line contact between the guide surface and the jaw, which need not then have a tapering outer surface.
  • Therods 7 can be moved in a manner different to that described. They can, for instance, be threaded at the bottom thereof and screwed into respective jaws 9 which are then moved vertically by turning the rods which can be effected at ground level, while supported against the upper surface of the wedge body.
  • rod 7 may be suitable to pass the rod 7 through a hole disposed in the jaw with a diameter larger than that of the rod and to provide the rod with a shoulder which carries the jaw when the rod is moved upwards. This is equivalent to a pivotal connection between rod and jaw.
  • the wedge body bears directly against the post with an inwardly curved surface.
  • The. invention is not restricted hereto, but that the wedge body may be adapted to bear against the post with a cylindrical surface and the curvature which causes the line contact may instead be arranged on the outside of the wedge body and/or on the cooperating lining 4.
  • An arrangement for adjusting vertical alignment of a lamp post or the like comprising the combination of:
  • a foundation block having a' vertically disposed opening formed therein for receiving an end of said post, saidopening being of a larger diameter than the diameter of the portion of the post which is received within said block,
  • a guiding retaining means mounted at the upper end of said block, said guiding retaining means being in the form of an annular wedge block capable of being driven in between the post and the block when the end of the post is received into the block, said annular wedge block having an inner circumferential surface which is generally convex in axial section so that said annular wedge block.
  • a plurality of jaw means for adjusting the lateral positioning of the lower end of said post to effect a change in vertical alignment of the post, said jaw means being positioned within the opening formed in said foundation block so as to bear against the outside surface of said lower end of the post, and including separate rod means actuatable from the top of said foundation block to vertically adjust the positions of each of said jaw means within the foundation block, said jaw means being guided at their radially outer sides by a guide surface formed in said foundation block on an incline which is directed obliquely downwardly and outwardly to thereby cause a lateral movement of a jaw means when said jaw means is vertically adjusted by its associated rod means.

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FR2870918A1 (fr) * 2004-05-26 2005-12-02 Jean Pierre Gainche Dispositif de socle pour le maintien d'un element dans une position determinee
US20070187568A1 (en) * 2006-02-10 2007-08-16 Titus Jack S Support post for a flexible substrate
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US3894375A (en) * 1974-01-22 1975-07-15 Jr Albert W Lindberg Pole base
US4057294A (en) * 1975-08-01 1977-11-08 The Cincinnati Mine Machinery Company Wedge arrangement for removably affixing a work tool or work tool holder to a base member on mining, road working or earth moving machinery, and the like
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US4133154A (en) * 1977-10-03 1979-01-09 Ruzicka Otto J System for supporting removable posts
US4793110A (en) * 1987-03-30 1988-12-27 Tucker Joe W Foundation and building structure support system apparatus and method
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US4819916A (en) * 1988-01-27 1989-04-11 Wun Chung Kwou System of replaceable road railing
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US5029820A (en) * 1989-08-04 1991-07-09 Robern, Inc. Wedge-adjustable base for rail posts and the like
US5516237A (en) * 1993-04-28 1996-05-14 Spie Fondations Process to anchor a post or a string of posts in the ground, and anchoring pier of a post or a string of posts produced by the practice of this process
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US6202369B1 (en) 1996-08-21 2001-03-20 Stanley E. Partee Universal anchor system
US5819487A (en) * 1997-03-13 1998-10-13 Ameron International Corporation Prestressed concrete poles with internal bolting and leveling structures
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US10914094B2 (en) * 2019-04-14 2021-02-09 Christian Charrin Slide lock post assembly
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