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Pin 40 may be moved to another set of aligned holes to enable the belling tool to cut to a greater diameter. In the example I am using, pin 40 would now be moved to the second set of aligned holes 38 in plates 36 and the belling tool would be lowered into the hole until it reached the bottom.

With the belling tool positioned in the bottom of the hole, the kelly is again rotated in the appropriate direction to first cause blades 60 to open to the extent predetermined by the positionment of pin 4t. After the blades have opened to this extent, kelly 76 continues to rotate the entire belling tool and the blades cause earth to be dug away and moved by the blades into the housing of the belling tool. As this rotation is continued, the kelly is slowly raised to thereby raise the belling tool away from the bottom of the hole.

With this action, the area indicated by dotted lines in FIG. In this second step, the belling tool will not be raised the same distance from the bottom of the hole as it was with the initial cut. As previously explained, the belled out portion of the hole is to assume a shape somewhat like a cone and, therefore, the height of each successive wider cut will be less than the height of the previous cut.

Most caissons are provided with bells having sides forming a 60 angle with the horizontal bottom. In such 60 bells, it is quite easy to determine the height of each cut since the distance d shown in FIG. After the second cut is completed or whenever the belling tool is full, rotation and vertical lift of the kelly will be stopped. The kelly is then rotated in a reverse direction to close the cutting blades as previously described and trap and hold the loosened earth within the belling tool.

The kelly may then be raised and the belling tool emptied in the manner previously described. It should be understood that some of the earth locsened by the first cut fell to the bottom of the hole. When the tool is lowered into the hole for the second cut, the blades will first sweep all of this loosened earth into the housing.

In some cases, the loosened earth may prevent my belling tool from initially reaching the bottom and, in this case, the rotation is started to remove this loosened earth and lower the tool to the bottom. To make the third cut, pin 40 will be moved to the next series of holes 38 in plates 36 and the same series of operations followed, which will cause the area indicated by dotted lines in FIG.

In the next sequence of operation, the area indicated by dotted lines in FIG. After the last cut, the bottom of the hole is completely cleaned by rotation of the tool in the bottom of the hole with the blades fully opened. During this clean-up operation, as well as during all digging operations, the scoops 54 continually clean all earth from the bottom of the hole beneath the housing of the belling tool.

One of the greatest difficulties with prior art belling tools is the fact that these tools would not properly shape and clean out the hole. For obvious reasons, loose earth cannot be left in the bottom and, therefore, with these prior art tools it was necessary to send men down into the hole for a final cleaning and shaping operation. This is extremely expensive, not only because of the hand labor but because of the time and expense expended in inserting a steel tubing into the hole so it is safe for the men to be lowered into and work in the hole.

With the belling tool of my invention, I have found in actual practice that my belling tool will completely clean and shape the hole without any need for lowering men into the hole. This is due to the unique construction and arrangement of my belling tool and niakesit far less expensive'to use than prior art belling tools.

In FIGS. In addition, the adjustment mechanism for controlling the expansion of the belling tool is somewhat different than that shown in the other embodiment. An adjusting arm 34 is secured to the upper end of hub 30 and extends diametrically across the belling tool, spaced above top plate As best seen in FIGS. Plates 36 have aligned openings 38 extending throughout the length thereof which are adapted to receive pins 40'. The ends of adjusting arm 34 are disposed between parallel plates Thus when kelly 76 is rotated, hub 30 and adjusting bar 34 will be rotated until such time as the ends of adjusting bar 34' strike the pin or pins 40' to'stop rotation of the hub relative to the belling tool.

A dump bottom 42' is provided on the belling tool and the same latch mechanism as shown in the other drawings is used for releasably locking dump bottom 42 in closed position. This mechanism comprises latch ear 46', lock rod 48' and latch Dump bottom 42 is also provided with scoops 54' and hinge 44'. The blades 60 of the belling tool shown in FIGS. The outer part is designated 82 and the inner part designated 84 and they are interconnected at pivot The inner end of inner part 84 is secured to vertically arranged sleeve 66'.

Sleeve 66' is mounted over shaft 68' and free to rotate thereon. A crank 70' is secured to sleeve 66 and extends outwardly therefrom. A cross arm 72' is secured to the lower end of hub 30' and rotates with the hub. It also allowed our guys to work smarter and safer than before when we had to dig 36" diameter post holes for large footers and work in and over these large holes to set the poles.

We were impressed by the ease with which the auger cut through the hard clay we were into as well as how efficiently it emptied between each run in the hole. We are delighted that we made the investment for this very effective piece of equipment.