Grout injecting/structure anchoring system

Abstract

A grout injecting/structure anchoring has an auger pipe with a closed lower end and an open top end with male threads formed along the length with apertures extending there through. A lower end of an initial sleeve is adapted to couple with the top end of the auger pipe. A slide bracket assembly has a horizontal plate and a bracket pipe with male screw threads thereon slidably received on a guide sleeve. Hollow interior and exterior caps removably couple with respect to the bracket pipe. A lower end of a hydraulic cylinder couples with the locking assembly. A locking assembly has an upper collar removably positionable between the cylinder and the exterior collar and locking arms with upper ends pivotably coupled to the upper collar and lower ends with mating semicircular segments to receive a lower end of the bracket pipe.

1 . A grout injecting/structure anchoring apparatus comprising: 
 an auger having a hollow interior and a closed lower end and an open upper end, said auger having a plurality of apertures; said apparatus being adapted for dispensing grout through the apertures of said auger.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the lower end of the auger pipe has a cone-shaped configuration-with rigid bit components to facilitate drilling.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein the initial sleeve is adapted to removably couple with the top end of the auger after insertion into the ground and an upper end for forming a bore coaxial with, and an extension of, a bore of the auger for the passage of grout.  
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein the guide sleeve has an upper end with a collar extending radially outwardly.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the slide bracket includes intermediate brackets coupling the guide sleeve and the plate whereby vertical movement of the bracket pipe with respect to the auger and initial sleeve and bedrock will raise the plate and structure supported thereon, the upper end of the bracket pipe adapted to support the collar of the initial sleeve.  
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the hollow interior cap has a short axial length with a lower end adapted to removably set upon the upper end of the initial sleeve and wherein the hollow exterior cap has a long axial length with a lower end adapted to removably couple with the bracket pipe.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the hydraulic cylinder has a lower end adapted to removably couple with the upper end of the locking assembly and an upper end adapted to couple with a source of grout for injecting grout to and through the auger for filling any subterranean voids which would otherwise cause structural instability.  
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the locking assembly has an upper collar removably positionable between the cylinder and the exterior collar and the locking arms have upper ends pivotably coupled to the upper collar and lower ends formed as mating semicircular segments to receive the lower end of the bracket pipe whereby activation of the hydraulic cylinder will raise the initial sleeve and exterior cap and bracket assembly as well as the structure and, where after, the exterior cap is adapted to be secured so that with the locking bracket removed, grout from the source may fill any adjacent subterranean void.  
   
   
       9 . A grout injecting/structure anchoring system for solidifying a structure by supporting it from bedrock and filling any subterranean voids which would otherwise cause structural instability comprising, in combination: 
 (a) an auger pipe in a generally cylindrical configuration with a closed lower end in a cone-shaped configuration with rigid bit components to facilitate drilling and an open top end with male screw thread adapted to be removably coupled to a rotatable power source for insertion of the auger pipe into the ground to bedrock and a hollow intermediate section forming a bore between the upper and lower ends, male threads formed along the majority of the length of the intermediate section with apertures extending through the intermediate section for the passage of grout to exterior of the auger pipe;    (b) an initial sleeve in a hollow cylindrical configuration with a lower end formed with female threads adapted to removably couple with the upper end of the auger pipe after insertion into the ground and an upper end with an intermediate section between the upper and lower ends forming a bore coaxial with, and an extension of, the bore of the auger pipe for the passage of grout;    (c) a guide sleeve in a hollow cylindrical configuration with a lower end and an upper end and a collar extending radially outwardly from the upper end;    (d) a slide bracket assembly having a horizontal plate positional beneath a structure such as a house to be lifted and supported, the slide bracket assembly also having a bracket pipe slidably received on the guide sleeve and vertically movable with respect thereto, the slide bracket assembly also having intermediate brackets between the guide sleeve and the plate whereby vertical movement of the bracket pipe with respect to the auger pipe and initial sleeve and bedrock will raise the plate and structure supported thereon, the upper end of the bracket pipe adapted to support the collar of the initial sleeve and with male screw threads formed on the bracket pipe adjacent to the upper end;    (e) a hollow interior cap having a short axial length with a lower end adapted to removably set upon the upper end of the initial;    (f) a hollow exterior cap having a long axial length with a lower end formed with female screw threads adapted to removably couple with the screw threads of the bracket pipe;    (g) a hydraulic cylinder with a lower end adapted to couple with the upper end of the locking assembly and an upper end adapted to couple with a source of hydraulic fluid to raise the slide bracket assembly bracket; and    (h) a locking assembly having an upper collar removably positionable between the cylinder and the exterior collar and locking arms having upper ends pivotably coupled to the upper collar and lower ends formed as mating semicircular segments to receive the lower end of the bracket pipe whereby activation of the hydraulic cylinder will raise the initial sleeve and exterior cap and bracket assembly as well as the structure and, where after, the exterior cap is adapted to be tightened down so that with the locking bracket removed, grout from the source may fill any adjacent subterranean void to secure and support the structure in a stable and level orientation.    
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , said apparatus adapted for supporting a structure, and further comprising a slide bracket assembly having a horizontal plate adapted to support the foundation of the structure.  
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 (a) an initial sleeve having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end adapted to couple with the upper end of the auger;    (b) a guide sleeve with a lower end and an upper end; and    (c) where the slide bracket assembly further comprises a bracket pipe slidably received on the guide sleeve.    
   
   
       12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 (a) a hollow interior cap and a hollow exterior cap adapted to removably couple with respect to the bracket pipe;    (b) a hydraulic cylinder with a lower end adapted to couple with the locking assembly; and    (c) a locking assembly having an upper collar removably positionable between the cylinder and the exterior collar and locking arms having upper ends pivotably coupled to the upper collar and lower ends to receive a lower end of the bracket pipe.    
   
   
       13 - 14 . (canceled)