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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6953306 | Method of accurate trenchless installation of underground pipe A method for the trenchless installation of new underground pipe accurately on line and on grade by microtunneling to install a pilot tube, installing a drill string along the pilot pipe line using a directional drilling machine, installing a back reamer to the dril... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6837655 | Submersible canal bypass A submersible canal bypass is used to bypass the flow around a distinct section of an earthen canal for lining. The canal bypass is placed within the canal and uses a plurality of pipelines and a plurality of bulkheads assembled from portable modular sections. The h... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811354 | Saltwater intrusion prevention system A saltwater intrusion prevention system for use at an interface between a fresh water body and a saltwater body includes a water recovery subsystem for recovering fresh water from a fresh water body. A retention reservoir in fluid communication with the water recove... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6692191 | Fender system A lock and dam system for a waterway includes a dam extending across the waterway, a channel having a first entry-exit opening on a first side of the dam and a second entry-exit opening on a second side of the dam. The channel includes a lock. The system ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6652189 | Method for a migratory fish bypass channel with natural features A method and system allowing fish to migrate upstream and downstream, bypassing dams, obstructions, either man-made or natural, safely, freely and in a natural manner. The system consists of a meandering "nature-like" channel constructed of pneumatically ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6543968 | Submersible canal bypass A submersible canal bypass is used to successively bypass the flow around distinct sections of an earthen canal for lining. The canal bypass is placed within the canal and uses a plurality of pipelines and a plurality of bulkheads assembled from portable ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6309140 | Fender system The lock and dam system for waterway includes a dam extending across the waterway, the channel having a first entry-exit opening on a first side of the dam and a second entry-exit opening on the second side of the dam. The channel includes a lock. The sys... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5934027 | Earthquake resistant building structure employing sandbags The method of combining barbed wire and conventional bags to create structures includes the steps of: providing a plurality of bags; filling the bags with a predetermined mixture of organic, manufactured, recycled, particulate, fill material; stacking and... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5678956 | Navigational bypass, gate and pump device for use in water A pump device includes a motor, a pump body having a first body portion and a second body portion, a shaft connected to the motor and extending into the pump body and an impeller mounted on the shaft between the first and second body portions. A four valv... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5642963 | Spillway gate system A spillway gate system for use as a navigation dam in which individual spillway gates may be serviced. The spillway gate system comprising a spillway including abutments at opposite ends thereof; wherein at least one of the abutments includes a cavity the... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5013184 | Lock using air chambers A lock using lock chambers and lock gates capable of reducing the water consumption in the operations of raising or lowering the boat passing through the lock from one level to another. The lock includes flexible air chambers capable of being inflated wit... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4162864 | System for and method of moving sea water by utilizing tidal flow and ebb This invention relates to system for and method of moving sea water by utilizing tidal flow and ebb. This is achieved by the provision of at least one reservoir in the vicinity of the seashore and at least one tidewater channel connecting the reservoir an... | 07/31/1979 |
| 3930450 | Boat ride for amusement park A boat ride system for an amusement park, which includes a main channel and an auxiliary channel extending under the main channel and isolated from it except along a narrow slot. A boat for carrying people includes a hull floating in the main channel, a p... | 01/06/1976 |
