US1803089A - Driving means for guy anchors - Google Patents

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April 28, 1931. T. B. BASH 3,

DRIVING MEANS FOR-GUY ANCHORS Filed July 27, 1 928 INVENTOR 7710M/75 5. 5/75/ 1 ATTORNEY$ Patented Apr. 28,1931

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS B. BASH, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNoR r0 JAMES R. xEAIuvEYcon- PORATION, on ST. Louis, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION on MISSOURI DRIVING MEANS son GUY Auctions Application filed July 27,

angle to the vertical, and this practice involves a difliculty when the anchor is nearing its final position, in that the turnlng of the driving wrench is interfered with by the surface of the earth. An object of my in-' vention is to obviate this'difliculty, and to provide a driving tool or wrench which w1l1 enable the driving or setting of an anchor with greater ease, and in less time, than has heretofore been accomplished.

A further object is to provide an improved instrument or tool which conforms to, and is adapted for use with certain an-' chors of the prevailing types: 7

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following detailed description of parts and the accompanying drawings, in

which Fig. 1 is a partial, sectional elevation," showing an anchor of the auger type, with which a preferred embodiment of this in- I p 1 be apparent from the preceding. description vention is illustrated; Fig. 2 is a section along the line 22 in Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a section along the line 33 of Fig.1 and includes a plan of the wrench body, suitably positioned for turning the wrench.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, the screw anchor 4L, of prevailing form, has a recess 5 adapted to receive and serve as a seat for one end of a wrench tube 6. The recess in the anchor, is polygonal in cross Section, and preferably square, as shown. The recess 5 and the wrench tube 6 are so proportioned that the wrench member may be readily inserted into the recess, but cannot turn, without imparting its movement to the anchor body. Centrally located in the anchor body, preferably justbelow and opening into the recess 5, is a. tapped opening 7, to receive a threaded portion ofthe anchor rod 8, which is adapted to extend through the wrench tube. he upper end of the anchor rod is threaded t9 lt ceive n .1928. SerialNo. 295,793.

*anchor eye 9. The anchor eye is preferably provided with a shoulder '10 which. is adapted'to serve'as an abutmentfor the outer end of-the wrenchtube, and insure its remaining in the recess 5, while the anchor. is being'driven. I V

The" essential feature of the present inventi'on is a wrench body 12, provided'with in outline and of a shape and size to allow free :longitudinal movement therethrough of the wrench tube, :but which prevents the where iti s held in detachable engagement with the tube by means of a set screw 14,

or the equivalent. At *each end of thewrench body, and preferably perpendicular to its-longitudinal axis, are the apertures 15, which receive the handles 16, and are of a sizeto permit free movement of the handles therein. Cotter keys 17 or their equivalents, are provided at the ends of the handles and prevent the casual or accidentalremoval of the handles from their aperturesa The assembly and use of the wrench will of its parts, but nay briefly be described ias followszrAfter the anchor rod 8 hasbeen -screwed into the tapped opening? in the anchor body, the wrench tube, with ,the wrench body attached, is positionedover the I anchorrod and one end-seated in the recess 5-. The I eye .9 is then threaded ontothe 'an' 'opening'such as the hole 13, polygonal IThe wrench body may be moved toa height turning of the wrench body withoutcorrepp nd 'ofj'the anchor rod, and'the I anchor is ready to be driven into the ground byturning the handles 16 about the axis of the anchor body. It may be noted that; in setting the anchor,.the torque incident to turning the wrench, is transmitted to the anchor, solely throughthe tube; the purpose of the present use of the anchor rod in the particular example shown, being to,

preclude the casual slipping of the tubular member out of the recess or seat in the anchor body, and to occupy the tapped hole 7, so that it will not be filled with earth during the setti g 9, d g peration. m

r If the particular installation, as usual, requires that the anchor be driven out of plumb With the horizontal, the handles may be used in their outermost positions until the earth surface interferes With their turning. The obstructed handle-is then moved across .the Wrench body vsufliciently to .clear the earths surface.

When the anchor reaches its final posi- "tion, the anchor eye is unsc'rewech the tube and wrench'body removed, and the eye replaced, after which the anchor may be.

put into service. 7

By my provlsion of a Wrencl1.vvh1cl 1- 1 s socketed to receive the Wrench tube, and I i equipped with the movable handles described, I am enabled: to dispense with the use of the ordinary wrenches, which are not suited for this class of Work, and I eliminate, entirely,the.labor, delay and inconvenience Which are incident to the removal of the Wrench,,each timevthe tube has :completed only a part of agrevolution.

It will be understood that the described example constitutes onlya single, practical embodiment of ;the present invention, and "that obvious changes may be made; .for 'instance, inithe sectional shape of the tubular p-member, in the shape of the 'Wrench body and ihandles,:in the manner of securing toigetherthe component parts of the assembly,

land :in;othergdetails of construction, without (departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

Iclaim as my invention: r c *Inxa Wrench for driving ascrevv type ground anchor having an anchor rodand an .eye, a Wrench assembly comprising a wrench :tube of polygonal section adapted to be inserted in the anchor 'in driving relation -.thereWith, a wrench body having a polygonal opening therethrough for "reception. of

' :the Wrench :tube, .said body being. adjustable along said tube and held in adjusted posi- --slida'ble handlezin each of said circular openings and :handleretaining means locatedat :tionzby a .set screvv, said body having-apair vof parallel circular openingsutherethrough IribI'ELIlSVGI'SGlIO the said tube-openlng and arranged one on each ofzthe opposite sides thereofand parallel to opposite'faces of the polygon and closely adjacent thereto, a

' the ends of said "handles.

THOMAS B. BASH.

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