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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4465398 | Revetment for protecting the inclined surfaces of beaches, shores, rivers or channels, and of structures such as moles, dikes or channel walls, located in these places, against erosion by waves and flowing water A revetment protecting coasts and structures thereon against erosion from waves and flowing water. The revetment comprises a plurality of heavy and thick plate bodies (1a-1d) located side by side and directly on the inclined surfaces of the coast. Each pl... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4436447 | Erosion control blocks Interlocking concrete blocks for controlling erosion of banks of bodies of water are provided with improved wave resistance by providing pairs of spigots on one side of the block and a slot or slots on the other side of the block so as to allow longitudin... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4421439 | Supporting fabric for bearing bulk material and a method of building a road, dike or dam embankment The invention relates to a supporting fabric having a width of at least 30 cm, and preferably more than 2-5 m, and containing warp and weft yarns of a synthetic material, for bearing one or more layers of sand, gravel, stones, clay, loam or similar bulk o... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4407606 | Method and apparatus for producing and laying a ballasted mat for ground stabilization The disclosure relates to a method of producing and laying on the ground a ballasted mat defined by two layers of sheet material joined together along parallel lines and enclosing particulate ballast material by providing two sources of sheet material and... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4394924 | Process for making gabions provided with inner partitions According to the invention, the articulated connection of a "diaphragm" to the "base panel" of a gabion is carried out by bending divergent portions of pairs of wires twisted together along common sides of the diaphragm's hexagonal meshes in the marginal ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4372705 | Articulated erosion control system An articulated erosion control system provides a flexing articulated mat comprising a plurality of blocks which interlock in a three dimensional fashion allowing a mat formed of the blocks to conform to changes in terrain. In the preferred embodiment ther... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4329392 | Matting for hydraulic engineering end-uses Matting for hydraulic engineering consisting of a gripper layer of melt-spun filaments fused with each other and having a diameter of 0.2 to 1.5 mm and a filter layer of fine fibers, where a layer of grain rearrangement inhibiting material runs through th... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4297052 | Bank erosion control units Erosion control units comprising a retaining wall means, sand-gravel collecting means and breaker means are installed substantially parallel to the bank to withstand the water's forces. The erosion control units protect the bank-hillside from erosion, aid... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4286895 | Underwater paving machine and concrete blocks therefor An underwater paving machine for making fillings on the river beds is provided comprising a boat having a platform carrying a working structure comprising a pair of uprights supporting a horizontal shaft driven by a motor and carrying a number of spools o... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4196694 | Artificial reef elements and method of deploying same A method of construction of an artificial reef with individual reef elements manufactured from recycled or new materials. Each reef element is constructed, for example, from used tire casings which are cut in one of several different ways. One type of ree... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4172680 | Armour unit for wave energy absorption A breakwater, or similar structure, comprising a core of rubble, and an armouring layer overlying said core, said armouring layer being composed of individual armour units of hexagonal outer cross-section arranged in a honeycomb array, each of said armour... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4168335 | Underwater terrain reinforcement matting A matting is disclosed for reinforcing underwater terrains. The matting is made of sections of looped intersecting synthetic polymer filaments bonded to one another at their points of intersection, at least one section being temporarily buoyant in water. ... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4142821 | Ground stabilization arrangement for dam embankments and other terrain slopes and the like The present invention relates to a ground stabilization arrangement a structure for dam embankments and other terrain slopes and the like, consisting of interconnected elements of old automobile tires.... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4139319 | Motor vehicle rubber tires and concrete revetment A monolithical revetment made of motor vehicle rubber tires and concrete.... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4118937 | Method and means for beach restoration A method and means are provided for stopping erosion of beach areas and restoring the same by wave and wind activated formation of new dunes, by erecting on the beach area an elongate frame and screen structure of lightweight materials and anchoring said ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4077222 | System for depositing and protecting sand on the floor of a sea, or other body of water This invention relates to a system for depositing and protecting sediments on the floor of a body of water by utilizing an arch-shaped rigid cast sheet of heavy material with the weight thereof being utilized to maintain the sheet in bridging relationship... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4067196 | Decorative stone A decorative stone or tile, preferably for the fortification of sloping surfaces such as embankments, banks, or the like, which consists of parallel ribs and crosspieces extending at right angles to the ribs with several of the ribs projecting beyond the ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4000619 | Means and method for controlling beach and sandbar erosion A means and method utilizing porous collector bags open at their upper ends and secured successively along a feeder line, one end of the feeder line being anchored in a wave area, and the other end extending onto a shore area; the collector bags being urg... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3990247 | System of structures to resist hydrodynamic forces A protective armor layer for revetments which includes a plurality of components arranged in a close-fitting substantially uniformly patterned single layer for placement on an embankment with the axes of the components substantially perpendicular to the e... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3934421 | Ground stabilization matting A matting comprised of a plurality of continuous amorphous synthetic thermoplastic filaments having an equivalent diameter of about 0.1 to 2.0 millimeters is disclosed to be used for the ground stabilization of road beds. The filaments comprising the matt... | 01/27/1976 |
