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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841802 | Strand-like material laying device for cutting the ground and inserting strand-like material into the ground A strand-like material laying device for an appliance for laying any kind of strand-like material into the ground is disclosed. The strand-like material laying device is designed to lay a more rigid strand-like material such as steel pipes into the ground, and assur... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7637697 | Trencher boot and methods of laying underground cable A trencher boot includes a boxlike structure formed with a compartment extending from an inlet formed in an upper end of the trencher boot to an outlet formed in a lower end of the trencher boot. A cable-orienting structure is formed within the compartment between t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7625154 | Plow blade with water passageway and method of constructing same A plow blade having a fluid passageway and points of fluid ejection is produced with basic manufacturing processes allowing for efficient production. The blade construction has a multiple component assembly for providing the ability to rebuild a blade and replacing ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7470089 | Plow blade with water passageway and method of constructing same A plow blade having a fluid passageway and points of fluid ejection is produced with basic manufacturing processes allowing for efficient production. The blade construction has a multiple component assembly for providing the ability to rebuild a blade and replacing ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7384213 | Apparatus and method for constructing a curvilinear structure in an excavation A slit trench-excavating plough has an elongate frame supporting components of the plough, a number of side wall-supporters movable longitudinally, about and laterally relative to the frame, a number of wedge-shaped cutters pivoted laterally relative to the supporte... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7351009 | Fiber optic installation structures in a paved surface, ducts, and methods therefor A fiber optic installation structure and method therefor includes a duct having an inner tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a jacket and is disposed within a channel of a paved surface. The jacket generally surrounds the inner tube. When the duct is disposed ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7310896 | Mechanized unit for protectively encasing a utility in a trench with processed excavated trench material A mechanized unit that is moved through a trench in the ground for the purpose of placing a length or lengths of a utility or utilities by a guide device on the bottom of the trench, and then encasing the placed utility or utilities. The unit has at least one plow t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7267141 | Method of on-site production of novel textile reinforced thermoplastic or thermoset pipes Novel thermoplastic pipes which can withstand extremely high internally generated and/or applied pressures for utilization within, primarily, high pressure underground liquid and gas transport systems are provided. Such pipes are improvements over standard metal (i.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261493 | Device and method for laying and joining pipe A pipe installation device and a method for laying consecutive lengths of bell and spigot pipe. The pipe installation device installs sequential pipe lengths. The pipe installation device includes a pipe supply system and a pipe alignment system attached to a carria... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237982 | Agricultural implement for installing an irrigation system The present invention is an agricultural implement for installing an irrigation system. The implement is made up of a frame structure having front and rear ends including a hitch for attaching the frame structure to a tow vehicle. An earth-excavating chute is attach... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7104341 | Low disturbance deep tillage point Ripper point structure includes a nose with a tapered top that initiates lift and fracture of compacted soil layers. The tapered top with an included angle of about 100 degrees just forward of the parting wear shin creates a parting stress which increases until the ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7044684 | Plow blade with water passageway A plow blade having a fluid passageway and points of fluid ejection is produced with basic manufacturing processes allowing for efficient production. The blade construction has a multiple component assembly for providing the ability to rebuild a blade and replacing ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037042 | Device and method for laying and joining pipe An auto-advancing pipe installation device and a method for laying consecutive lengths of bell and spigot pipe. The auto-advancing pipe installation device installs sequential lengths of pipe in a trench. The auto-advancing pipe installation device includes a locomo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7010412 | Method for calculating parameters in road design of S-type clothoid, complex clothoid and egg type clothoid The present invention relates to a method for calculating parameters in a road design of a S type, a complex type and an egg type clothoid, and in particular to a method for calculating a parameter value capable of determining the size of a clothoid that is inserted... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997121 | Minimum tillage agricultural implement having furrow opening shank assemblies An agricultural implement for forming a furrow in a soil, is described and which includes a rotatable shank; a resilient, movement limiting member disposed in force transmitting relation relative to the rotatable shank; and a pair of wheels mounted for earth engagin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997667 | Material handling apparatus and method for operating A material handling apparatus is described including a vehicle having a front end, a rear end, a left side, a right side, a chassis, and a ground engagement device attached to the chassis for providing movement of the vehicle across ground; an engine constructed for... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981342 | Screening laying box A mechanized unit that is moved through a trench in the ground for the purpose of placing a length or lengths of a utility or utilities by a guide device on the bottom of the trench, and then encasing the placed utility or utilities. The unit has at least one plow t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6922886 | APT-1 (anode placement tool-model 1) An apparatus designed for installing anode bracelets upon pipes used in cathodic protection systems. The apparatus includes a pair of grasp booms which hold the anode bracelet during installation of the bracelet around the pipe to be cathodically protected. The gras... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6830412 | Device for digging narrow trenches and laying prefabricated tongued and grooved components A trencher comprising a cutting disc (2) with a prefabricated tongued and grooved element feeder comprising a sweeper box (32) with a U-shaped transverse cross section closed at the front by a rake (34), in such a way that earth cannot fall insi... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6698979 | Wire and cable installation tool A hand tool for subsurface placement of wires, cables and other elongated strand-like elements into soil and like materials wherein the tool includes a body having a front tapered penetration end. The tool is generally hollow having a channel which extend... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6637978 | Method and a working machine for the laying cable, pipes or the like A method and a working machine (1) for the laying of wires (2) and/or infrastructures, wherein the steps of excavation (S) to execute an excavation (S) having a depth and width in accordance with the type of wire (2), of laying the wire (2) inside said ex... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6511260 | Plow for installing utility lines A utility line guide chute disposed behind a plow for installing multiple utility lines. Divider members disposed between guide chute-side walls are provided for guiding the multiple utility lines in the top of the guide and out a lower rearward portion o... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6474909 | Fluid assisted ground wedging device A fluid assisted wedging and compacting device for the installation of underground cable that includes a blade with a cutting edge, two cutting faces a toe, a shoe, a cable feed tube, a pair of deflectors, a pair of grooves and a plurality of high pressur... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6435772 | Submarine plough A submarine plough is disclosed comprising a plough share 216 having a cutting edge 207. A heel 220 is arranged rearwardly of the cutting edge 207, and a plough beam 205 has an attachment portion for enabling a towing means 209 to tow the plough to cut a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6254313 | Turnable tractor vehicle having fixed axle A turnable self-propelled, walk-along tractor vehicle, such as a plow for burying tubing is provided. The tractor vehicle has a pair of drive wheels rotatably mounted on a fixed axle in the front of the vehicle, a back support means, a U-shaped turning br... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6238140 | Method for laying tile or pipe underground A method for burying pipe or tile and, especially, double walled drainage tile. The method comprises the steps of digging a relatively wide trench having a bottom with a desired grade and loosening the soil in a central portion of the trench bottom by pul... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6158925 | Apparatus for installing pipeline fill An apparatus for depositing fill material over a pipeline. A wide-track carriage is provided for straddling the pipeline trench, and this includes a shaker screen mechanism for screening aggregate fill material, such as excavated native spoils. The screen... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6095721 | Method and device for burying a conduit under water A method for the penetration of a body (8), having a leading edge (21) and an inclined ground contacting surface (C, D, E) extending upwardly therefrom, into a porous ground material, the pores of the ground material being at least partially filled with w... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6076288 | Method and apparatus for burying cable in a railway bed A rubber tired railway plow (100) has a plow unit (102) mounted to a plate (111) which extends across the forward end of the rubber tired vehicle (100). The plow unit (102) is attached so as to be movable on the plate (111). Wedges (122, 123) are used to ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6036403 | Cable burial system A cable burial system includes a cable burial tool having a base frame, a blade extending downwardly from the base frame and having a vertically oriented internal slot therein with a slot width, and a feed shoe with an arcuate feed shoe periphery and a fe... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5993115 | Pipeline trenching and laying device A pipeline trenching and laying device is disclosed, having a tractor supported portion, a ripper and a pipe feed chute. The tractor supported portion supports the pipe as it passes over the tractor. A plurality of rollers are spaced and elevated in a man... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5975804 | Tile plow A tile plow includes a horizontal beam and a shoe extending downwardly from the beam. The beam and shoe are supported on a rear wheel assembly, and a front linkage assembly. The beam and shoe are movable between a raised transport position and a lowered p... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5934833 | Vibratory pipe and cable laying plow A self-propelled, and winch assisted, steerable vibratory plow for laying underground pipe or cable, having a V-shaped blade connected to an oscillator which provides both elliptical and horizontal plow blade motion as needed, and with auxiliary straight ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5934834 | Machine for making grooves in the ground According to the invention: said machine comprises: a base plate (8) through which a segment of a disk (4) can pass, said base plate preventing matter from the grooves from being thrown outward; means firmly pressing said base plate and said disk against the ground... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5913638 | Sand channel trenching and pipe laying apparatus A sand channel trenching and pipe laying apparatus for attachment to a tractor or other motor driven vehicle has an elongated frame with a turf precutter assembly which includes both a pair of vertical cutting blades and horizontal blades for removing a s... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5827013 | Underground cable anode installment system An anode cable installment system in which the apparatus may comprise a plow for creating a tunnel; a conduit for delivering a linear anode to the tunnel; and a chute disposed proximate the conduit, the chute having a non-metallic inner surface, preferabl... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5765966 | Sub-surface trenching and backfill apparatus A soil sub-surface trenching apparatus adapted to deliver a ribbon deposit of an aggregate material to form a downwardly extending curtain thereof below the soil surface level and thereby provide a soil conditioning method for accomplishing a wide range o... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5755530 | Underwater cable burial machine having improved cable laying apparatus The cable laying apparatus, which solves many of the problems heretofore associated with existing cable laying mechanisms for underwater burial machines, uses a pivotally liftable depressor wheel, located within a feed shoe which tracks the groove cut by ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5743675 | Underground cable anode installment system An anode cable installment system in which the apparatus may comprise a plow for creating a tunnel; a conduit for delivering a linear anode to the tunnel; and a chute disposed proximate the conduit, the chute having a non-metallic inner surface, preferabl... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5707175 | Excavating and pipe laying machines A pipe laying machine comprises a vehicle carrying a trench excavator followed by a pipe laying box running in the trench. Pipe lengths are stored in the pipe laying box one above another and the lowermost pipe length is periodically released by movement ... | 01/13/1998 |
