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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421960 | Machine for bedding out seed or plant tapes A machine for bedding out seed or plant tapes includes a frame and a carrying pole to be connected to a front of a tractor frame. At least one bedding out unit is provided with a plough member mounted on the frame. The plough member is associated with a conveyor inc... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7144202 | Silt fence installation apparatus A machine to install the lower edge of silt fence fabric in a seam in the soil includes a frame with a plow member attached. The frame can be mounted to the three point hitch of a tractor so that the machine can be raised, lowered, and tilted while being supported b... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090433 | Underground cable laying apparatus Presented is an underground cable laying apparatus that leaves virtually no visible scar in the turf under which cable, wire, line, hose, etc. is laid. The apparatus utilizes a pair of angularly displaced turf slicing wheels to slice and separate the turf forming a ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7018136 | Method installing a duct, device for carrying out said method, and a tape-shape element for use with said method Method for installing a duct where an existing longitudinal member is present along a section over which the duct is to be installed. The longitudinal member is utilized as a guide for the duct. The tape-shaped element is closed around the longitudinal element throu... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6796747 | Apparatus for installing a silt fence and support posts A tractor carries a vertically adjustable frame supporting a horizontal shaft for a supply roll of silt fence fabric. A vertical plow blade is mounted on the frame, and a vertical fin is supported directly behind the plow blade by a horizontal fabric guide bar attac... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6371692 | Device for early detection of underground utilities during excavation and method of using the same A device for ground burial with an underground utility line or element and useful for early detection of the underground utility line or element during the excavation. The device has at least one sheet of non-conductive material, indicia on the sheet form... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5701692 | Containment wall installation process and apparatus A method of installing a groundwater containment system is provided utilizing a powered trenching apparatus. The apparatus includes a boom at an end thereof; a trenching tool coupled to the boom; and frame structure mounted with respect to the boom. The f... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5685668 | Barrier wall installation system An apparatus for delivering liner material into a trench prevents sidewall collapse in a subsurface water saturated zone, provides for inspection of vertical joints, avoids the necessity for dewatering of an area to be trenched, and provides continuous ro... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5526759 | Method and apparatus for laying chick feed support paper A method and apparatus for forming a shallow ditch in wood shavings on the floor of a chicken house and laying a web of paper over the ditch while forcibly pushing the central portion of the web into the ditch with the remainder of the paper disposed at t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5246312 | System and method for producing a composite cutoff wall A slurry wall lining system comprises a liner and a liner dispenser having a guide, an anchor, a support line, weights and fasteners. The liner dispenser preferably holds a liner in a rolled up position above the trench on rollers for insertion into the t... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5106235 | Watering system A conduit and method of installing water conduits, electrical conduits or drainage conduits in soil. The conduit has a hollow body with a flat top, an integral upper flange and a wedge-shaped integral lower flange, adapted to be received or forced into th... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5082397 | Method of and apparatus for controlling fluid leakage through soil Fluid leakage through soil in a region thereof is controlled by sequentially passing over the region to dig a plurality of parallel, laterally displaced grooves in the surface. Soil dug from each groove is temporarily stored, and a strip of sheet material... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4838734 | Method and device for forming a fluid permeation control layer of the ground There is provided a method for forming a subterranean fluid permeation control layer in an area of ground. The method comprises the steps of forming a first portion of a trench of a predetermined depth from the surface of the ground and sequentially widen... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4832531 | Apparatus for laying subterranean plastic tape and pipe Apparatus for simultaneously laying plastic tape and plastic pipe in an underground widened slit, wherein an earth slitting tool and wing type hollow laying head are attached to a frame for providing and underground widening a slit in the ground, means fo... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4829915 | Apparatus for transplanting tapes containing plants An apparatus for transplanting the tape comprises a share (1) for providing a slot opening in the soil, a holding device (24, 25) for one or several packages (26) of tape (27), and elevationally adjusting members, leading members and guide members (33, 34... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4806043 | Method and device for drainage of borders of all stabilized civil engineering areas or of adjacent borders of a structure A vertical drainage element is constructed and laid in position while at the same time forming a narrow vertical channel in the ground by means of an excavating machine or trencher by performing the following successive operations: a strip of filtering ma... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4786208 | Method of and apparatus for controlling fluid leakage through soil Fluid leakage through soil in a region thereof is controlled by sequentially passing over the region to dig a plurality of parallel, laterally displaced grooves in the surface. Soil dug from each groove is temporarily stored, and a strip of sheet material... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4720212 | Method and appliance for laying a sheet of material in the ground A sheet of material is laid in the ground by digging a trench in the ground by means of a trench digger and unwinding the sheet of material from a stock roll above ground level, passing it into the trench in a downward direction and diverting it in a dire... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4666337 | Method and device for insulation of the ground There is provided a method for subterranean insulation of an area of the ground against water seepage therethrough. The method comprises the steps of forming a first trench of a predetermined depth from the surface of the ground and widening the trench by... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4636112 | Method of and apparatus for controlling fluid leakage through soil Fluid leakage through soil in a region thereof is controlled by sequentially passing over the region to dig a plurality of parallel, laterally displaced grooves in the surface. Soil dug from each groove is temporarily stored, and a strip of sheet material... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4623280 | Pavement marker applicator In the illustrated applicators, one of a series of pavement markers is individually dispensed from a carrier web by stripping the web back from the marker while moving the marker into wedging contact between a spring-loaded roller and the pavement. While ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4597693 | Method and apparatus for installing highway drainage mat Method and apparatus for inserting an elongated bendable drainage mat having a rectangular cross section below the surface of the ground in a vertical orientation in an advancing trench segment.... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4527321 | Ribbon joint installer A manually operable device which is for forming contraction joints in wet concrete and which includes a quantity of ribbon held within an enclosed housing. The ribbon is fed through a channel part in the device housing and into the wet concrete.... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4379655 | Process and apparatus for laying a subterranean film Improved method and means for laying a strip of film beneath the surface of the soil can include any one or more of the following: (1) method and means for starting the film; (2) method and means for centering the film in a film inlet of a plow; (4) metho... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4337006 | Device for preparing and cleaning trench for an aquifer recharging system A device for preparing a trench or dam for the recharging of an aquifer or similar use and for cleaning the recharging means. The aquifer recharging means is shown in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,199,272. The trench preparing device includes a protective frame surr... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4092936 | Method and apparatus for seed tape planting A method and apparatus for planting seed tape wherein a seed tape planter is pulled through the field during a planting operation, and planting seed tape is accomplished by forming a seed bed, dispensing seed tape onto or into the formed seed bed, opening... | 06/06/1978 |