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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8029208 | Apparatus and method for covering a surface of a body of water to inhibit evaporation A cover structure for covering a portion of a surface of a body of water includes a first plate having a brim, a second plate having a brim, the second plate overlying and spaced apart from the first plate, a support structure coupling the first plate to the second ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007202 | Protective marine barrier system A system to protect structures in a marine environment from the effects of an impact force. The system includes a plurality of floatable devices (panels) and a plurality of fibrous networks. The fibrous networks include high tenacity fibers which extend at least in ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7785036 | Installation method for a preventative booming for oil containment boom with a spiral configuration The present invention refers to an installation method for a preventive booming for pollution containment in aquatic environments, such as rivers, lakes, lagoons, bays, or ocean, more specifically for the pollution caused by oil spills. It comprises a plurality of c... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7637693 | Boom support arm and use thereof A boom support arm that includes: a frame having a coupling positioned above a high water level; a support arm having a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally coupled to the coupling on the frame for pivotal movement of the second end of the suppo... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7618214 | Containment boom guide system and method A containment boom guide system for guiding and containing a floating containment boom to a fixed structure such as a pier, ship, column, dock, sea wall, or other like structure. The guide system is made up of one or more boom guide(s) and allows lateral and vertica... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7407341 | Floating barrier wall A floating barrier wall includes a number of individual barrier units each comprising a housing formed in the general shape of a highway barrier having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls, and, opposed side walls interconnected to form a hollow interior whi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7338607 | Filter canister, system containing filter canister, and their use A filter canister including a frame; a sheet of flexible fabric material that allows the flow of water therethrough, the sheet of flexible fabric material being connected to the frame in a manner defining an internal zone whereby substantially all fluid entering the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329360 | Oil recovery and environmental cleanup compositions comprising a polyethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer This invention relates to improvements in products and processes for cleaning up oil, chemical, or other hydrocarbon spills, and cleaning up the environment where such spills have occurred. In one aspect of the invention, there is provided an adsorbent polymeric com... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326354 | Active barrier for polluted waters and method for its installation The invention relates to an active barrier (1) and a method for its use. The active barrier (1) is used to contain and to collect polluting material floating over bodies of water, such as river, lakes, lagoons, bays or open oceans. More specifically, t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322306 | Apparatus for providing resistance to cargo spills A means for transportation is disclosed, where the means includes a ballistic protection structures associated with a flexible bladder cargo isolation system. A ballistic protection system for protecting means of transportation from ballistic attacks is also disclos... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7229560 | Sack-based processes for recovering oil floating on water One or more water- and oil-porous containers or sacks are made of a pair of mesh sheets affixed together and stiffened around their perimeter. The sacks can be partially filled with a multitude of tubular bodies made of an oil-entrapping polymer, which have their lo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222520 | Fitness for use of fiberglass insulation A method for determining the water resistance of glass fiber based insulation to wetting by water is disclosed. The method generally comprise the steps of placing a sample of insulation into contact with a source of water for a defined period of time; removing the i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214905 | Cover for a welding-type power source A welding system comprising a welding-type power source and a protective cover for the welding-type power source. The protective cover may be comprised of a synthetic fabric and a polymeric fluid barrier. The protective cover may have a member secured to the synthet... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172367 | Inflatable hose system An inflatable hose system which may act as a boom for rescue purposes or for controlling the flow of surface borne contaminants of rivers, lakes and seas and comprising first and second hose lengths each having one en flattened and sealed to be chiselshaped and the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157010 | Polymeric flocculant infused silt fence A polymeric flocculant infused silt fence assembly comprising two opposing and attached geo-textile sheets, each adapted to filter entrained non-colloidal particles and together encasing a layer of polymeric flocculant material. In a preferred embodiment the polymer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140599 | Coupling systems and methods for marine barriers A marine barrier system comprising first and second barrier sections and a coupler system. The first and second barrier sections comprise first and second main flotation members, respectively, and each main flotation member contains buoyant material. The coupler sys... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134807 | Submersible boom gate A submersible boom that includes: a support system containing a substantially horizontal support member; a boom curtain formed of a flexible fabric material, the boom curtain being suspended from the substantially horizontal member; and means for raising and lowerin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131787 | Drain inlet cover A drain inlet cover for a drain in a road which is bordered by a sidewalk and separated from the sidewalk by a curb, with access to the drain through an opening in the curb. The cover includes a horizontal section which lies on the road and a vertical section which ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128498 | Method of containing and at least partially remediating contaminants in soils, including sediments In one application for containing and remediating contaminants in sediments, employing a geocomposite eliminates the need for a thick cap or removal and subsequent ex situ treatment of the sediment. A geocomposite with at least one layer of reactive material is plac... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097767 | Method of controlling contaminant flow into water reservoir The present invention relates to methods of controlling contaminant flow into a water reservoir, reducing bacterial counts in a water reservoir, and reducing a count of dissolved constituents in a water reservoir, which methods include installing within a reservoir,... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094338 | Method of making and using a filter in the form of a block of agglomerated copolymer fragments One of the exemplary filter systems described includes a bracket and a filter module that can be suspended from the bracket by a plurality of flexible supports. The bracket can support the filter system beneath the grate of a storm drain without the need for the fil... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090432 | Spill response system A spill containment and remediation system. A reel for a boom is mounted in the upper part of a weatherproof housing. The lower region of the housing is leakproof and can store recovered liquid spill. A boom or dike is mounted on the reel. The housing has an opening... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7056059 | Boom with ramped or horizontal skirt structure for slowing the flow speed of buoyant fluids on moving water for fluid, containment, fluid containment system and method A flow slowing boom for slowing the speed of a buoyant fluid floating on moving water having a direction of water movement and a water surface includes a support structure for positioning at the surface of a body of water across the direction of water movement; an a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048878 | Process of forming oil-absorbent bodies A process for forming an oil-sorbent composition of matter with bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) utilizes a low-temperature extrusion process. The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitud... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7008144 | Sediment control A sediment control roll includes a threshold member having large apertures therethrough, a hollow sediment collection chamber, and an outflow filter having small apertures therethrough. The sediment control roll can be used to collect sediment in runoff from a const... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008139 | Oil boom and use thereof A boom (1A) is described, especially for containing oil spills and/or other similar pollution at sea, in rivers or on water surfaces, comprising an elongate body consisting of an element having positive buoyancy relative to the surrounding medium, so that a f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994048 | Floating low density concrete barrier A barrier for small boats has a plurality of flotation modules on lines extending across a waterway. The flotation modules are cast from a buoyant concrete mixture of cement, water, beaded forms of expanded polystyrene, and polypropylene fibers that is non-water-abs... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959817 | Cooling makeup water intake cartridge filter for industry An industrial, e.g. power plant cooling, water extraction framed cartridge filter system is disclosed with a holed fabric type medium to filter debris from the power plant cooling water. The fabric type filter medium is comprised a one or more strength meshes of nyl... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6942422 | Multi-chamber oil boom valve A multi-chamber oil boom includes a first bladder and a second bladder, each having an inflatable interior. A valve includes an air passage that communicates between the interior of the first bladder and the interior of the second bladder. The valve further includes... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932540 | Permeable water reservoir covers Potable and process water reservoir covers are provided that exhibit an advantageous balance of rainwater drainage and light transmittance properties. The reservoir covers generally include one or more floatation panels formed from bonded foam particles that are adh... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922922 | Amphibious dredging vehicle and method for restoring wetlands using same An amphibious dredging vehicle includes a base including a pair of floatable pontoons linked together in essentially parallel relation; a cutterhead dredge system that is mounted on the base and that includes a cutterhead mounted on the front end portion of the base... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6860677 | Floating river debris skimmer A skimmer for removing debris off the surface of a river includes a float line installed across the river at an angle with respect to the river current, and a collecting net installed at the downstream end of the float line. The ends of the line are slidable upwards... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6854927 | Containment boom In order to provide a containment boom capable of functioning as a barrier for certainly preventing the containment of oil spill in no concern to momentary violent movements of waves and currents, the containment boom comprises a plurality of float units and a coupl... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6848861 | Y-panel anchoring system for boom installation The present invention relates to an anchoring system for a containment/exclusion boom, the anchoring system including: a Y-panel member which is adapted to be connected to a curtain of a containment/exclusion boom, said Y-panel member comprising a first skirt panel ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827618 | Safety boom A buoyant boom having: an elongate band extending across a water surface; floats rotatably mounted to the band with rotary bearings between each float and the band; and anchors securing the band at its ends or middle portion to a support, such as a river bed or a ri... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827525 | Method and system for building up land in a water-covered or water-surrounded area A system for building up land in a water-covered or water-surrounded area has a plurality of floating boom segments connected end-to-end in an essentially closed shape, each boom segment having a sieve panel with a height approximately equal to the depth of the wate... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6743367 | Boom curtain with expandable pleated panels, containment boom containing the same, and use thereof A boom curtain includes: an upper portion that is adapted and configured for connection to a support system and a main portion formed of a sheet of flexible material that allows the flow of water therethrough, the main portion including a plurality of pleats that ef... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739801 | Boom curtain with zipper connections and method of assembling boom Modular boom curtain sections are disclosed, including zipper elements for connection of adjacent modular boom curtain sections. Boom curtains assembled from the boom curtain sections, boom systems containing those boom curtains, and methods of assembling the boom s... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729798 | Flow diverter system and method A flow-diverter apparatus includes two hull and foil assemblies pivotally connected by rigid members and attached to control lines. Several flow-diverter apparatus may be joined by lines, cables or rigid links to form a flow-diverter system. The apparatus may also i... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6695535 | Fluid cooled high temperature resistant floating barrier A float boom for confining material floatable on a liquid surface during high temperature conditions, comprising: an elongated floatable tube formed of fluid impervious material; a source of fluid under pressure for cooling the boom during high temperatur... | 02/24/2004 |
