US PATENT SUBCLASS 405 / 232
.~.~ Process or apparatus for installing

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405 /   HD   HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING

229  DF  FOUNDATION {2}
231  DF  .~ Columnar structure (e.g., pier, pile) {7}
232.~.~ Process or apparatus for installing {5}
233  DF  .~.~.~> Casting in situ hardenable fluent material {7}
244  DF  .~.~.~> With anchoring of structure
245  DF  .~.~.~> Driving removable wall supporting core {1}
248  DF  .~.~.~> With subsurfacr fluid discharge
249  DF  .~.~.~> Caisson or hollow shaft

DEFINITION

Classification: 405/232

Process or apparatus for installing:

(under subclass 231) Method or apparatus including a step or means for positioning or forming the elongated member in the earth in the position in which it is to be used.

(1) Note. The means for constructing or placing a pile is a device which is not a part of the completed pile.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

166, Wells, appropriate subclasses for processes and means for installing casing and other well structure.

173, Tool Driving or Impacting, appropriate subclasses for means to impact an earth penetrating means which may be broadly claimed as a pile. Class 405 provides for a method of driving a pile.

175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, appropriate subclasses for forming a hole for the reception of a pile.