Preloading apparatus for adjusting load and method of reinforcing foundation using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10947694-B2
Application number	US-201916615824-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	Jul 4, 2019
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a preloading apparatus and a method of reinforcing a foundation using the same, wherein, in a preloading method used for remodeling construction in which an extension of a building, such as an apartment, is required, the preloading apparatus allows adjustment of a preloading load, such as addition of a preloading load, to be performed when loss of the preloading load occurs and allows the new pile to effectively share a load applied before and after an extension of a building so that reinforcement efficiency is increased, and thus a load is adjustable economically.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A preloading apparatus for adjusting a load, comprising:
a new footing which is separate from and not in contact with an existing footing and constructed in the ground;
an upper supporting plate which is integrated with an existing slab and an existing vertical part, which are formed on the existing footing, and formed above the new footing; and
a loading unit installed between the new footing and the upper supporting plate,
wherein, when the loading unit is operated, the upper supporting plate connected with the existing vertical part and the existing slab is used as a reaction bed so that a preloading load is applied to a new pile of the new footing, and thus the new pile shares an existing load and an extension load applied before and after an extension of a building through the existing vertical part and the existing slab so as to adjust the preload, and
the loading unit is installed between the new footing and the upper supporting plate to serve to apply a preloading load to the new pile and adjusts the preloading load by repeatedly adding a preloading load at different times.

2. The preloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the new pile is constructed in a manner in which the new pile is rotatably pressed-fitted into the ground next to the existing footing or is inserted into an excavation hole and the excavation hole is filled with a filling material, wherein a head part of the new pile is integrally buried in the new footing, and the new pile is provided as a plurality of new piles formed to be separate from each other in a longitudinal direction.

3. The preloading apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the new footing is provided as a plurality of new footings each formed in the ground as a single footing to be separate from each other in a longitudinal direction, or the new footings are each formed in the ground as a strip footing continuously extending in a longitudinal direction.

4. The preloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the loading unit is adjusted in a manual or automatic manner and a wired or wireless manner using a mechanical device or a hydraulic jack and a control system.

5. The preloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the upper supporting plate, an upper support is integrated with the existing vertical part and the existing slab of an existing structure, and an upper footing is integrally formed with a lower portion of the upper supporting plate so that a lower surface of the upper footing is in contact with an upper surface of the loading unit.

6. The preloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the upper supporting plate, an upper footing is integrated with the existing vertical part and the existing slab of an existing structure, and an upper support is integrally formed with a lower portion of the upper footing so that a lower surface of the upper support is in contact with an upper surface of the loading unit.

7. The preloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper supporting plate is formed in a vertical wall in which an upper footing is formed as a block extending by a predetermined length to correspond to a new lower support and is integrally formed with a lower portion of an upper support, and the upper support is integrated with the existing vertical part and the existing slab.

8. The preloading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper supporting plate comprises an upper footing having a horizontal plate form and an upper supports, which are formed on an upper surface of the upper footing in a vertical wall form and spaced apart from each other and are formed as a wall member having a U-shaped cross-section, wherein the upper footing is formed as an extending horizontal plate to correspond to a new lower support, and the upper supports having a vertical wall form are integrated with the existing vertical part and the existing slab.

9. A method of reinforcing a foundation using a preloading apparatus, comprising:
(a) constructing a new pile in the ground to be separate from and not in contact with an existing footing and integrating the new pile with a new footing;
(b) integrating an upper supporting plate with an existing slab and an existing vertical part, which are formed in the existing footing, to be positioned above the new footing; and
(c) installing a loading unit between the new footing and the upper supporting plate and operating the loading unit to apply a preloading load to the new pile of the new footing by using the upper supporting plate, which is connected with the existing vertical part and the existing slab, as a reaction bed,
wherein, in operation (c), since the loading unit is installed between the new footing and the upper supporting plate, the loading unit allows the preloading load to be adjusted by repeatedly adding a preloading load at different times.

10. The method of reinforcing a foundation using a preloading apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the new pile in operation (a) is constructed in a manner in which a micro-pile is directly rotatably pressed-fitted into the ground under a portion at which the new footing is formed, or in a manner in which an excavation hole is made, the micro-pile is inserted into the excavation hole, and the excavation hole is finished with a filling material, wherein the new pile is provided as a plurality of new piles installed to be separate from each other.

11. The method of reinforcing a foundation using a preloading apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, in operation (c), when a mechanical device that vertically extends or a hydraulic jack and a control system are used as the loading unit, the loading unit is controlled in a manual or automatic manner and a wired or wireless manner so as to allow the new pile to share an existing load and an extension load applied through the existing vertical part and the existing slab before and after an extension is built.

12. The method of reinforcing a foundation using a preloading apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, in the upper supporting plate in operation (b), an upper support is integrated with the existing vertical part and the existing slab of an existing structure, and an upper footing is integrally formed with a lower portion of the upper supporting plate so that a lower surface of the upper footing is in contact with an upper surface of the loading unit.

13. The method of reinforcing a foundation using a preloading apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, in the upper supporting plate in operation (b), an upper support is integrated with the existing vertical part and the existing slab of an existing structure and is integrally formed with a lower portion of an upper footing so that a lower surface of the upper footing is in contact with an upper surface of the loading unit.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Civil Eng & Building Tech

Inventors

• You Young Chan
• Choi Ki Sun
• Lee Hyun Jee

Classifications

• E02D5/56

  Screw piles {(placing piles by screwing down E02D7/22)} · CPC title

• E02D27/28

  Stressing the soil or the foundation structure while forming foundations · CPC title

• E02D35/005

  Lowering or lifting of foundation structures · CPC title

• E02D35/00 Primary

  Straightening, lifting, or lowering of foundation structures or of constructions erected on foundations {(foundations for sinking territories with incorporated means for remedying settlement E02D27/34; lifting or moving buildings E04G23/06)} · CPC title

• E02D27/48

  Foundations inserted underneath existing buildings or constructions {(making a new substructure subsequent to lifting or moving of buildings E04G23/06)} · CPC title