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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5733066 | Apparatus and method for disposal of nuclear and other hazardous wastes A hazardous waste containment vessel, and a method for its use, for safe, permanent disposal of hazardous waste in deep ocean pelagic sediment. The hazardous waste containment vessel is dropped into deep ocean water, descends through the water and penetra... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5568694 | Behind the bumper, quick attachment system and mechanism for truck mounted snow plows A quick hitch-unhitch attachment for mounting a snow working implement on a vehicle, comprising a vehicle mount attachment (VMA) frame secured to the vehicle, has a pair of spaced sockets which are positioned below and behind the vehicle bumper when mount... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5516233 | Water safety and survival system A water safety and survival system that provides a multi-chambered personal flotation device that operates on minimal volume to create a single heads up righting moment that reliably stabilizes an unconscious victim with his airway out of the water. This ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5512702 | Method for in-situ immobilization of lead in contaminated soils, wastes, and sediments using solid calcium phosphate materials Solid calcium phosphate materials are used for in-situ immobilization of lead contaminated soils, wastes, and sediments by mixing the solid calcium phosphate material with the lead contaminated material and leaving the mixture in place. The solid calcium ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5507599 | Modular block retaining wall construction and components A modular block wall includes dry cast, unreinforced modular wall blocks with anchor type, or frictional type or composite type soil stabilizing elements recessed therein and attached thereto by vertical rods which also connect the blocks together. The so... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505563 | Cellular structures for sustaining walls A cellular structure for sustaining an embankment is comprised of a vertical facing structure including generally a lattice (1) connected to an embedding structure (2, 3). The embedding structure (2, 3) is extended from the facing structure (1) into the e... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5503090 | Dry granular fertilizer root feeder A portable fertilizer root feeder for fertilizing plants which fertilizer root feeder operates on the principle of gravity and positioning of an applicator tube in order to regulate the flow of the fertilizer. The fertilizer root feeder includes a portabl... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5498108 | Anchoring device An anchoring device comprises an elongated element (1) introduceable into a hole (10) and means for securing the element against withdrawal from the hole. The securing means comprise at least one part (5, 13, 16) movably connected to the elongated element... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5487623 | Modular block retaining wall construction and components A modular block wall includes dry cast, unreinforced modular wall blocks with anchor type, or frictional type or composite type soil stabilizing elements recessed therein and attached thereto by vertical rods which also connect the blocks together. The so... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5486070 | Method for conducting offshore well operations A method for conducting offshore well operations is disclosed in which a compliant platform is restrained out of its normal position substantially over a well pattern by adjusting a first lateral mooring system connecting the compliant platform to a first... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5482403 | Sewer construction and pipe encasement therefor Prefabricated concrete pipe encasements are disclosed for stabilizing underground conduit systems from movement caused by flotation, back filling or settling. In one embodiment, a sewer chimney includes a plastic riser connected between a tee-fitting in a... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482405 | Counterbalancing device for divers A counterbalancing device and method for a diver for automatically diving, surfacing or floating at a predetermined water depth including a control element for setting the predetermined water depth, a pressure sensor for measuring a water depth of the div... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5482408 | Embankment formed by preformed collaborating assemblable elements, in particular for road or railway constructions, and process Prefabricated concrete assemblable elements are fastened together so as to form a light cellular leading structure with high resistance. The elements can be three-dimensional, box-shaped or angle-shaped, or they can be of a two-dimensional board type, pro... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5479728 | Apparatus for backfilling and tamping a trench A backfiller and tamper unit (10) is disclosed which is a self contained unit that acts to both backfill and compact soil into a trench for complete restoration. The unit includes a tractor (12) which mounts a vibrator and tamping wheel assembly (14) and ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5479726 | Compact padding machine A padding machine attachment for a vehicle is provided. When padding of a ditch for a pipeline or cable is required, the padding machine is removably attached in a position at one end of a conventional bucket loader, bulldozer, or other base machine or ve... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5480260 | Ground water collection method and apparatus A method and system for collecting ground water segregated from storm water are provided in which an existing storm sewer pipe may be retrofitted by forming a ground water channel and a storm water channel therein. The two channels may be formed by dispos... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5480266 | Tensioned riser compliant tower A tensioned riser deepwater platform suitable for offshore oil and gas applications is disclosed having a foundation secured to the ocean floor, a topside facility above the ocean surface, and a vertically extending tower jacket secured to the foundation ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5478166 | Boat lift A boat lift having opposite sides with a pair of air bladders secured to the sides, respectively. An air bladder enclosure surrounding each air bladder. The enclosures defining the size and shape of the bladders when the bladders are inflated. The lift is... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5478167 | Buoyant matter diverting system A streamwise-vortex generating diverter is placed upstream from a structure to protect the structure. The diverter is positioned to induce a vortex, or rotation, in the current flow whose axis is essentially parallel to the streamwise flow. This rotating ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5478168 | Pollutant containment boom An arrangement for containing oil spillage comprises an inflatable boom and suspended in the water therefrom an anti-pollution skirt and/or a deformable tube, cables and a generally horizontal membrane to restrict movement of the boom. The boom may be dep... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5476344 | Injection means A device for injecting concrete, plastic or the like into cracks in a concrete structure, a rock face or the like comprises an elastic, radially expandable and substantially tubular body adapted to be securely and sealingly engaged within a bore hole in c... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5476345 | Shoring system: a ledger frame shoring system A shoring system consists of a number of vertical legs, with a ledger frame between each pair of adjacent legs. The ledger frame comprises an upper horizontally extending member and a lower horizontally extending member. There are vertical side members ad... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5476343 | Offshore pipeline insulated with a cementitious coating An improved thermally insulated, impact and abrasion resistant pipeline and an impact resistant, flexible, cementitious material which maintains low thermal conductivity when submerged and which is suitable for insulating underwater pipelines, said materi... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5474405 | Low elevation wall construction A retaining wall construction comprises modular facing blocks connected by fasteners to anchoring blocks positioned behind the facing blocks. The facing blocks are arranged in courses which overlap one another. The facing blocks, as well as the anchor blo... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474399 | Open cutting by floor slab braced retaining wall An open cutting to construct a raft foundation right after the first excavation, and to use the raft foundation as a work stage for constructing ground and basement floor slabs by fixing floor-forms to the top-slab thereof. As the raft foundation is lower... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474400 | Radon remediation in form-drain apparatus A permanent form-drain network adapted for radon remediation. A permanently installed form-drain system is partially piecewise modified and adapted to collect and remove radon gas from sub-slab, as well as basement and similar near-subterranean, portions ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5471770 | Rubberized wear pad assembly and method of making same A wear pad assembly for the bottom of a large machine operated device has a number of wear pads, each of which has a number of sections which are compressed and sandwiched together. The sections have an inclined front surface to assist in scooping debris ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5472297 | Building and shoring blocks The invention provides that wire mesh cage structures (22) are used to provide structural blocks usable in building, shoring walls and the like. The cage is lined with a geotextile fibrous material (24) which allows the passage therethrough of water, but ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5470177 | Hydro wall A barrier wall for containment of flood waters composed of multiples of modules which are easily transported to the site and erected without tools, by only a few persons with no special skills or training. Flexible coversheets, having foam seals which con... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5470179 | Widened-base structure for supporting an offshore platform A widened base, latticed frame work structure for supporting an offshore platform includes four main legs slanting in a lower region and a transition region of the structure and extending parallel in pairs in the front and rear faces in the upper region. ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5469646 | Fine operation mode changeover device for hydraulic excavator A hydraulic excavator adapted to be changed over simply to a fine operation mode so as to control the capacity of a hydraulic pump through load-sensing control to thereby make it possible to perform accurate work when the machine needs to be finely operat... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5467542 | Coupling assembly and actuating mechanism therefor An assembly for coupling a maneuvering member to a working implement generally consisting of a first coupling component mountable on the working tool, a second coupling component mountable on the maneuvering member and cooperative with the first coupling ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468088 | Feedback control of groundwater remediation The present invention features a differential dynamic programming (DDP) method for computing optimal, time-varying pumping policies utilized in groundwater remediation. The strategy for treating the groundwater can use a feedback law generated by a constr... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468097 | Method of circulating ground water in ground regions with a fall of ground water level A method of circulating ground water in a ground region with a fall of a ground water level, comprises the steps of forming a first well shaft with a water permeable shaft wall in a ground region through which ground water flows, forming at least one seco... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467830 | Weeding device A weeding device includes an elongated shaft, a ground-penetrating tool on one end of the shaft, a pad on the shaft adjacent the tool, and a handle on the other end of the shaft. The user pushes the tool into the ground adjacent a weed and kicks the pad w... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468089 | Buried storage tank with a single fluid-tight vessel for the confinement of a liquefied gas for example and arrangement of such storage tanks A buried fluid storage tank with a single fluid-tight enclosure which comprises an external concrete enclosure buried into the ground, a rigid structure with a bottom slab and possibly a covering dome as well as a fluid-tight heat-insulating envelope whic... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468096 | Means for securing a cover over a drainage channel A means for securing a cover to a drainage channel body defining a drainage channel and wherein said channel body defines at least two cutouts located substantially opposite one another in inner side walls defining said channel comprises at least one cros... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467828 | Hydraulically powered stalk and root shredder A stalk and root shredder that is provided with rollers which grasp and move stalks and roots upwardly into the path of rotation of blades which shred the stalks and roots and deposits them back onto the ground surface. The stalk and root shredder is hydr... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468091 | Inserting linings into pipes A method of lining an old pipe (1) with a plastics liner (20) avoids the need to excavate a hole at the underground connection (2) between the pipe and a main (3). This is achieved by injecting a flowable sealant material into the annular space between th... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5466095 | Underground support system and method of support A cable truss system for providing support for underground drifts in geologic structure in a first stage from anchor members secured in the geologic structure for leaving end portions in the drift to which a first system of supports are secured to engage ... | 11/14/1995 |
