DEVICE FOR PROTECTING TRENCH SLOPES FROM SOIL SHEDDING Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC E02D17/08 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: device for protecting the trench slopes from soil shedding comprises a cladding fastened to stiffeners. The stiffeners are made in the form of non-closed frames oriented across the trench. The non-closed frames are bound in pairs with each other by longitudinal ribs arranged along the upper trench edge, and are equipped with cladding, with the formation of modules, in which the cladding, the non-closed frames and the longitudinal ribs are moulded as a single unit.

EFFECT: reducing labour costs for preparing the material and manufacturing the structure elements, increasing the installation efficiency while improving the fastening reliability of the trench walls, increasing the service life, improving the productivity while carrying out excavation works, increasing the constructability of the trench equipment.

4 cl, 3 dwg