My invention relates to earth anchors, particularly to devices which may be screwed into the earth so as to form a solid grip for anchoring plastic or paper between rows in gardens to minimize the growth of weeds and to prevent evaporation of moisture. The device may also be used to anchor covering for trees and plants to prevent damage from frost, as well as to anchor ornamental lawn fence edging and the like. My improved earth anchor comprises an elongated rod which has auger-type screw thread...

Device for tamping the earth including two vibration systems each consisting of a pair of upper and lower driving rods and a spring mounted between the rods. Each of said upper driving rods is driven by the engine through a crank means so that they reciprocate alternately with each other. The movement of each of the upper driving rods is transmitted to the corresponding lower driving rod through said spring so that foot plates installed respectively at the lower end of each of the lower driving ...

A device for anchoring a structure, e. g., a mobile home or the like, to the ground so that the structure has at least equal ability to withstand high winds as do conventional residential structures. The device is intended to be received in a prepared hole in the ground and includes a rod having an eye or the like at the one end for attachment of typical cable structure thereto. The opposite end of the rod has fixedly attached thereto a platelike member which freely pivotally supports a pair of ...

An earth anchor for insertion into a prepared hole in the ground. The anchor includes a rod having the first of two substantially identical disks perpendicularly disposed and fixedly attached to the lower end thereof. The rod is freely received in an aperture provided in the second disk. The second disk contiguously engages the first disk. The aperture in the second disk is positioned a predetermined distance from the center thereof and the predetermined distance corresponds to the location to w...

Apparatus for forming an earth anchor includes a rod having a pointed tip with a tapered shoulder connected at an end of the rod, the tip facilitating the driving of the rod into the earth. Overfitting the rod to bear against the tapered shoulder is a sleeve having pre-defined division lines longitudinally from an end thereof. A driving tube is fitted over the rod within the earth to drive the sleeve into engagement with the shoulder, thereby flaring the ends of the sleeve along the division lin...

This invention relates to the anchoring of a tension member into the earth. Two packing members are positioned in a hole in the earth about a quantity of packing material. The packing members are then forced toward one another which compresses the packing material and forces it into the surrounding earth. The earth surrounding the packing material is also compressed and thereby strengthened. The packing members are then locked in this compressed mode about a structural tension member. The streng...

Apparatus for forming an earth anchor includes a rod having a pointed tip with a tapered shoulder connected at an end of the rod, the tip facilitating the driving of the rod into the earth. Overfitting the rod to bear against the tapered shoulder is a sleeve having pre-defined division lines longitudinally from an end thereof. A driving tube is fitted over the rod within the earth to drive the sleeve into engagement with the shoulder, thereby flaring the ends of the sleeve along the division lin...

An earth auger having an integral or one piece cutting blade and pilot element so arranged that the pilot element is spaced downwardly from the shaft of the auger; the cutting blade also having a curved edge swept back from the axis of the auger to provide a slicing action as well as "threading" action to facilitate penetration of the auger into the ground.

An earth auger arrangement wherein a power source is mounted on wheels for moving the power source over the earth's surface with means connected to the power source for relaying power to a transmission with which an auger is connected. Handle means are connected to the transmission for manually positioning the auger in relation to the earth's surface to penetrate it at a desired angle with throttle means on the handle means to control the power source. Shaft means are pivotally connected to and ...

An elongated tubular ground anchor having a leading driving end with an internal impact receiving abutment and a tapered out-turned trailing end has an external cable swingably secured thereto about midway between said ends but rearwardly of the center of mass of the anchor, is guided and driven lengthwise into the ground to a desired depth by a ram entering the trailing end and impacting the abutment with the cable extending above ground from the hole in the ground formed by the anchor and driv...