258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-405.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 405 Hydraulic and earth engineering. Thu, 16 May 2013 15:03:45 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20130121774/description.html

Application Number:  20130121774

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  DU Technologies, Inc.,

A crib bag is disclosed that includes a one-way fill valve, such as a duck bill valve, and a vent positioned at the top of the crib bag to allow venting of air from the crib bag when the bag is filled with cement compound and as the cement compound solidifies. When the mining crib bag is filled with cement compound, the one-way fill valve and the top vent prevent spillovers and associated ...
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Application Number:  20130121773

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  Gilmour, Roydon John

In an anchoring device, a drill head and expansion element(s) are configured to cooperatively interlock with each other to provide for directed movements of the drill head relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft. Co-operating contact surfaces between the drill head and the expansion element(s) are configured such that relative longitudinal movement of the drill head with respect to the expansion element(s) displace(s) the expansion element(s) outwardly so the expansion element(s) can ...
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Application Number:  20130121772

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  J.F. Karsten Beheer B.V.,

A stabilizing device for a load element of a ground anchor includes two plate members, wherein the plate members have a generally L-shape and are complementary and do form a generally cross shape when coupled together and when coupled together form a feed through sleeve for leading the load element there through. Each plate member includes at least one recess surrounded by plate material, which at least one recess of each plate member receives a central feed through sleeve forming plate member ...
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Application Number:  20130121771

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventors:  Kuivamäki, Pentti; Lindeman, Mikko

Forcing equipment meant for forcing piles, steel profiles and other elongated objects into the ground which forcing equipment comprises a body (1) which can be attached to a working machine, a vibration device (6) attached to the body (1) with the help of damper cushions (9) and moveable grip jaws (10) adjusted to the mentioned vibration device (6) in order to grip the object to be forced at least with a side grip. The body (1) comprises an upper ...
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Application Number:  20130121770

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventors:  Li, Aidong; Ding, Hongyan

The present invention provides a method for installation of an offshore wind turbine, comprising a step for prefabrication of a foundation, a step for installation on the dock, a step for transportation and a step for offshore installation. The foundation provides buoyant force and uprighting force to the entire structure so as to keep it upright without external forces; the step for installation on the dock comprises assembling into the complete set, and finishing the test in a state of ...
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Application Number:  20130121769

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  Gately, Pearse

When placing pipes, such as pipe sections, into a trench it is desirable to obviate the need for human intervention in an attempt to eliminate the potential for injury to operatives working in a trench caused by trench collapse. Disclosed herein is an automated device (101) having a retractable side boom (104,106) and an associated retractable descendent/downwardly extending boom. The device may further comprise a gripping assembly (108) which is capable of setting a pipe ...
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Application Number:  20130121768

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  NEW PIG CORPORATION,

Berms for use with protective liners are disclosed. The berms may be configured to allow vehicular traffic to pass over the berms without causing damage. Such drive-over berms may be rigid and shaped to allow vehicle tires to pass over them, or may be resilient and collapsible such that they collapse when subjected to the weight of a vehicle tire, and then spring back to shape after the vehicle passes. Also disclosed are berms that may be stacked for storage and transportation purposes, and ...
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Application Number:  20130121767

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY,

A methodology for storing compressed air in porous subterranean formations for subsequent production and use in generating ...
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Application Number:  20130121766

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  Birger, Zeev

A floating device is disclosed. The device comprises a first cup member and a second cup member, each having a base and an open end, the first cup member being formed with an opening at a center of a respective base. In some embodiments of the present invention the device comprises a connector member having a peripheral wall fittingly connected to the open ends and enclosing a barrier. The peripheral wall is preferably formed with openings arranged between the barrier and the first cup member ...
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Application Number:  20130118625

Publication Date:  2013-05-16

Inventor:  Bell, Robert Benjamin

A low profile downspout extension is formed in multiple segments including a flexible conduit, a splash block and an extension. The splash block transitions from a circular inlet into a low profile pentagon configuration with a central bead along the top surface of the low profile body portion to define an apex of the pentagon shape. The body portion is wider than the diameter of the circular inlet but has a height at the central bead that is more than half the diameter of the circular inlet. ...
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Application Number:  20130116060

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Allen, Richard Alec

A golf course bunker (10) comprising a plurality of substantially horizontal and staggered layers (11)of artificial grass turf is disclosed. The layers (11) may each be pre-impregnated with sand. The layers of artificial grass define an exterior surface of the bunker and the interior (5) of the bunker may be formed of different material. A method of construction is also disclosed which may include steps of excavating a bunker and laying artificial grass in horizontal ...
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Application Number:  20130115015

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  FUJII, Tomohiro; NOMURA, Toshimitsu

To provide rock fall prevention structure and rock fall prevention method capable of preventing the collapse of surface layer and preventing the falling of identified rock masses. Slope 1 is covered with a net assembly 2 constructed of rope materials 3 and 4 combined in intersectional directions and a wire net connected thereto. The rope materials 3 and 4 of the net assembly 2 are anchored into slope 1 using anchors 6. The anchors ...
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Application Number:  20130115014

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  Torkelson, Andrew R.; Olson, Thomas J.

A hydrostatic drive including a hydrostatic pump configured to supply a transmission fluid. The hydrostatic drive further includes an axle motor and a drum motor. The axle motor is configured to drive a set of traction wheels and the drum motor is configured to drive a drum. The hydrostatic drive also includes an axle drive line and a drum drive line. The axle drive line and the drum drive line are connected to the axle motor and the drum motor respectively to supply the transmission fluid. A ...
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Application Number:  20130115013

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  He, Manchao

A constant-resistance large-deformation anchor rod includes a rod body (6), a tray (3), a nut (2), and a constant-resistance device (4). The constant-resistance device (4) is formed into a cylindrical structure, and the inner surface of the constant-resistance device (4) and the outer surface of the rod body (6) are both formed with thread structures. The constant-resistance device (4) is sleeved at the tail of the rod body (6), and ...
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Application Number:  20130115012

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  Wong, Steven Matthew; Potter, Philip John; Lin, Chijie; Pallini, JR., Joseph William; Aksel, Bulent

A coupler having two degrees of axial freedom couples a hydro-pneumatic cylinder to a tensioner ring of a riser tensioner mounted to a platform. A post extends along an axis of the cylinder and an intermediate sleeve is disposed around the post to form a post annulus. An outer sleeve is secured to the tensioner ring and defines a cavity into which the post and intermediate sleeve are inserted so that an annulus is formed between the sleeve and the outer sleeve. The Outer sleeve is coupled to ...
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Application Number:  20130115011

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Johnson, Andrew

A submersible offshore jack-up frame comprises a base and at least four legs, wherein said base is positionable along said legs, so that said base may be moved from a first position wherein said base is transportable on the deck of a surface vessel such as a barge, to a second position wherein said base is above a water surface when supported by said legs. The base may be elevated above the deck of the barge when supported by said legs. The base is also positionable on said legs so as to be ...
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Application Number:  20130115010

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  Connors, Geoff Weyman; Blokker, James Andrew

A pipe support has an outer tubular support wall, an inner tubular support wall, spaced inwardly from the outer tubular support wall, and a connecting portion for maintaining the outer tubular support wall and the inner tubular support wall in a fixed, spaced apart relationship. The pipe support is intended for use in-trench and out-of-trench for supporting a pipeline during assembly, installation, testing and ...
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Application Number:  20130115009

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  Critsinelis, Antonio C.F.; Drew, Dane; Quinney, Michael J.; Wang, Lynn; Mebarkia, Sid A.

Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling lateral deformation and reducing axial displacement, also referred to as walking, of a subsea conduit such as a pipeline for conveying produced hydrocarbon fluids. The systems and methods include the installation of rolling assemblies on the conduit at predetermined locations. The rolling assemblies include elements for forming rolling modules rotatable with respect to the conduit. Also disclosed is a system for monitoring displacement of the ...
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Application Number:  20130115008

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Lazzarin, Diego

A vessel for laying a pipeline includes a plurality of ramps in the region of the first end of the vessel. The plurality of ramps includes a first ramp which is disposed along the pipelaying path, whose inclination is adjustable and which has a first upstream end and a second downstream end, and a second ramp which is disposed along the pipelaying path downstream of the first ramp, whose inclination is adjustable and which has a first upstream end and a second downstream end. The downstream end ...
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Application Number:  20130115007

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Cruickshank, John Duncan

An elongate sling section is disclosed. The elongate sling is cooperable with like sling sections to form a sling for use in abandonment or recovery of a pipeline. The sling section includes end-pieces at five opposite ends and complementary connector formations associated with each respective end-piece. Each connector formation is cooperable, in use when forming a sling, with a complementary connector formation of a neighbouring sling section in the sling. The sling section further includes a ...
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Application Number:  20130115006

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Oldervoll, Magne

The present invention relates to a system for subsea installation of elongate flexible element, comprising a container for allocating/storing/accommodating an elongate flexible element intended to be installed, said container being positioned on a trenching vehicle arranged to trench said elongate flexible element into the seabed, which container comprises a guide system arranged to control the release of the flexible element, and which trenching vehicle is further linked to a surface vessel ...
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Application Number:  20130115005

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Syngenta Participations AG,

An extractor for removing agricultural tubing from soil of a field and related methods are provided. The extractor includes a frame and a pivot frame disposed on the frame. The pivot frame can have a pivot axis around which at least a portion of the pivot frame is pivotal. The extractor can include a first roller secured to the frame and a second roller secured to the pivot frame that is moveable by the pivot frame with the first roller being positioned closer to the soil than the second roller ...
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Application Number:  20130115004

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  Yoshi, Shunsuke; Tomoguchi, Masaru

The present invention provides a soil cleaning method. The soil cleaning method is characterized in that after a pre-treatment step of mixing a dehydrating agent in soil to reduce a water content of the soil to 10 mass % or less is performed, a magnetic separation step of feeding the soil whose water content is reduced to 10 mass % or less in the pre-treatment step, to a dry magnetic separator to separate and remove a contaminant in coarse soil as magnetically attracted matter is performed. By ...
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Application Number:  20130115003

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventors:  Burkhart, SR., Kurt A.; Burkhart, SR., Ronald E.

Modular storage and controlled outflow systems for controlling a flow of water and methods of assembly of modular storage and controlled outflow systems having indirect flow of water through the system. Modular systems for controlling a flow of water having beams extending across the modules to direct the flow of water in an indirect manner or a serpentine or semi-serpentine manner. Modular storage and controlled outflow systems for treatment and filtration of ...
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Application Number:  20130115002

Publication Date:  2013-05-09

Inventor:  Kirkby, Alan Dennis

A device for collection of oil and gas from an underwater source comprising a balloon-like structure (1) defined by an envelope having an opening (18), which, in operation, is on the underside of the balloon- like structure, which balloon-like structure includes: a vent (23) adapted to vent gas in the envelope, and control means (2) for controlling the oil upper level having a closure valve (3) adapted to control flow of gas in the envelope through the vent, ...
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Application Number:  20130109902

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Seibu Newsaper Company,

By fibrillated cellulose fibrillated in fiber form and humidified as a water permeable polymeric substance of botanical origin and a radioactive-substance-absorbent obtained by mixing with zeolite as a granulated inorganic porous crystal, radioactive substances released and spilled in a accident etc. in a nuclear facility etc. may be efficiently and easily collected and removed at a low ...
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Application Number:  20130108377

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  STEFFENINO, John E.

A roll of grid material for mine roof support, and a mining machine in combination with such a roll, in which the roll has bands of adhering material injected or otherwise forced into the roll in spaced locations along the roll's width. The adhering material interconnects the overlapped layers within the roll and is sufficiently strong to hold the grid material in the rolled configuration for transport and storage, and yet is readily pulled apart in response to sufficient manual or mechanical ...
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Application Number:  20130108376

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventors:  McCartney, Clifford A.; O'Donnell, Thomas P.

A yield support prop for a mine includes a first metal tube extending from the mine floor having a first portion having a first outside diameter and a second portion having a second outside diameter. The prop includes a second metal tube that is disposed about the first portion and extends toward the mine roof, when the second tube receives a load from the mine roof, the second portion deforms the second tube and expands the second tube creating resistance against the load from the mine roof. A ...
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Application Number:  20130108375

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventors:  Taylor, Andrew; Murphy, Thomas

A shoring box having frame supports coupled to lateral spreader bars. The shoring box is configured to accept exterior panels in a manner capable of providing vertical translation about an exterior surface of the shoring box. The shoring box is further configured to accept a plurality of interior panels in a manner capable of providing customizable shoring above and below utility lines, pipes, duct banks, and the like. In this regard, the shoring box is adapted to shore around one or more ...
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Application Number:  20130108374

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Okobi, Anthony Obiesie

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for the rapid and precise removable installation of a substrate-penetrating device that facilitates underground delivery of various utilities to and/or from devices mounted ...
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Application Number:  20130108373

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventors:  Alakukku, Laura; Sarkia, Martti; Hartikainen, Helinä; Teirfolk, Jan-Erik; Laukkanen, Antti

The invention relates to a method for treating soil material. According to the invention, the soil material is treated by a mixture composition containing at least microfibrillated cellulose and ...
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Application Number:  20130108372

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Abeles, Gary E.

A portable, water-filled barrier emulates a sandbag dike or wall without requiring sand or intensive labor to install. The barrier is made of a light, flexible material that can include nanofiber. Some embodiments are formed from a plurality of interlocked water-filled cells, with a forward-facing water barrier sheet. Other embodiments are unitary shells that are internally divided into cells, with internal openings that permit water to flow between cells. Automatic valves can seal the filled ...
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Application Number:  20130108371

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Marshall, Aaron D.

A modular dike or barrier assembly includes straight and curved members that may be interconnected to form a barrier or dike wall surrounding a primary container. The members are hollow and include opposed side walls having integrally formed reinforcing ribs. The side walls extend at an acute angle relative to the base of the barrier to contain and redirect a surge flow directed toward the dike or barrier assembly. The interior surfaces of the side walls are closely spaced at locations spaced ...
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Application Number:  20130108370

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Hanna, Matthew

A gate assembly for controlling runoff. In one embodiment the gate assembly comprises an opening disposed in a front wall and a cover sized for sealing said opening. The gate is moveable between an open and a closed position. The gate may further comprise a latch for retaining the gate in a closed position. The gate assembly can be installed within a berm to control collected runoff. Thus, the runoff can be contained within a berm, for example, until the operator is ready to dispose of the ...
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Application Number:  20130108369

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Splittstoesser, Wulf

The invention relates to a protective device for preventing fluids, either gaseous or liquid, from escaping into a body of water in an unforeseen or uncontrolled manner, e.g. from a fault 14 in the bottom 15 of the body of water or from the defective riser 16 of a wellbore. The protective device has a dome-shaped membrane 12 that is impervious to the fluid. Further, it has individually navigable flotation devices 17 that are attached to the membrane 12 ...
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Application Number:  20130108368

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  BISHOP, Justin

A marine barrier gate includes a pleated row of buoyant panels movable between an expanded position and a retracted position, where the panels are substantially parallel. A first buoy is attached to a first end of the panel row, and a second buoy is remote from the panels when the panels are in the retracted position. The second buoy has a tow winch and cable attached to a second end opposite the first end, for moving the panels from the retracted position to the expanded position. The first ...
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Application Number:  20130106117

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  Sites, Omar Angus

A method for in situ heating of a subsurface formation is provided. The method includes receiving hydrocarbon fluids produced from the subsurface formation as a result of heating. The method also includes processing the produced fluids to generate a hydrocarbon stream. A portion of the hydrocarbon stream is then delivered to a combustor along with an oxygen-containing stream as a combustion mixture. A diluent gas stream may also be provided for cooling. The mixture is then combusted to generate ...
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Application Number:  20130105380

Publication Date:  2013-05-02

Inventor:  FERRAIOLO, Francesco

A lightweight protection element and filter of the mattress type comprises an external containment structure (10, 20), a three-dimensional internal structure (30) with a high cavity index and a granular filler material which is inserted inside the containment structure. Engagement means (50, 52) of the mechanical type are distributed over the external containment structure in order to engage predetermined portions of those structure with each ...
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Application Number:  20130101360

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventors:  LUTENEGGER, Alan J.; SEIDER, Gary L.

A helical screw pile includes a longitudinal shaft having a top end and a bottom end with a plurality of helical plates arranged on the shaft in increasing diameter from the top to the bottom. The first helical plate is located toward the bottom of the shaft and has the largest diameter. The second helical plate is located above the first helical plate and has a diameter smaller than that of the first plate. The third helical plate is located above the second helical plate and has a diameter ...
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Application Number:  20130101359

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  Maier, Wolfgang

The invention relates to an anchoring element for a hydraulic engineering installation having at least one ballast weight for weighting purposes and is characterized in that the anchoring element comprises a plurality of shear-protection elements which are arranged movably on lateral guides in the anchoring element such that, when the anchoring element is deposited on the bottom of a body of water, the shear-protection elements bear down on the bottom of the body of water under their own weight ...
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Application Number:  20130101358

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  Johnson, Richard S.

A dock and dock kit suitable for shipping from a manufacturing site to an erection site where a dock can be erected having elongated dock beams with a length that is greater than the length of any of the beams in the dock kit and the mateable beams have surfaces that are mateable and securable to each other through fasteners to form elongated dock beams with each of the mateable beams having supports thereon for receiving and holding a plurality of dock planks ...
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Application Number:  20130101357

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventors:  BERTA, Dominique P.; CHOW, Yew Yuen; CHEUNG, Tak On; WANG, Cynthia; FOO, Kok Seng; QUAH, Chin Kau; NOBLE, Peter G.; SHAFER, Randall S.

The invention relates to an ice worthy jack-up rig that may extend the drilling season in shallow water off shore Arctic or ice prone locations. The inventive rig would work like a conventional jack-up rig while in open water with the hull jacked up out of the water. However, in the event of ice conditions, the hull is lowered into the water into an ice defensive configuration. The hull is specifically shaped with a lower portion that is an ice-bending surface to bend and break up ice that ...
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Application Number:  20130101356

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  Newcomer, Fred Michael

These Ocean rafts for mining hydrogen consist of a variety of structurally connected modules that form seaworthy powered maneuverable floating ocean platforms for an on-board hydrogen mining and storage facility, as well as an oxygen, distillation, and mineral recovery operation. These operations shall be powered by synergistic clean energy systems consisting of: a photogalvanic solar array; wind turbines; perimeter wave action devices; and mechanisms that derive electrical energy from the ...
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Application Number:  20130101355

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  FAIRFIELD INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED,

A method and apparatus for deploying a plurality of seismic sensor units into a water column is provided. In one embodiment, a marine vessel is provided. The vessel includes a cable storage device disposed on the vessel, a workstation disposed on a deck of the vessel, a ramp at least partially disposed on the deck, and a node storage and handling system disposed on the vessel. The node storage and handling system comprises a cable handler disposed between the cable storage device and the ramp, ...
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Application Number:  20130101354

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  SNF SAS,

Process for the temporary covering of contaminated soils, includes applying, to the soil, a leakproof layer based on a water-soluble polymer, and then subsequently a stabilizing layer based on plant ...
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Application Number:  20130101353

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventors:  Bousquet, Guy; Lacazedieu, Marc; Stubler, Jérôme

Isolation and decontamination of a block of soil (1) containing at least one pollutant, a first array of drains (11) being placed substantially vertically in the block of soil, a first array of connectors (13) being connected to the drains of the first array of drains. The first array of connectors is selectively connected to a gas and/or fluid extraction system (10) or to an unpolluted-fluid injection system ...
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Application Number:  20130101352

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  VIANELLO, MARC

The present invention is directed to a method for sequestration of carbon dioxide, said method comprising the steps of injecting a waste gas into a subsurface containment region, providing a filter associated with a separation well for separating a constituent gas from the waste gas, the separation well being in communication with the subsurface containment region and evacuating at least a portion of the waste gas through the separation well for filtered separation of the constituent gas from ...
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Application Number:  20130101351

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  Brock International,

An underlayment layer is configured to support an artificial turf assembly. The underlayment layer comprises a core with a top side and a bottom side. The top side has a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly oriented projections that define channels suitable for water flow along the top side of the core when the underlayment layer is positioned beneath an overlying artificial turf ...
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Application Number:  20130099496

Publication Date:  2013-04-25

Inventor:  Solheim, Geir Arne

An ocean wave energy system for generating power from ocean waves includes a platform supporting an array of hollow columns whose respective lower ends are in fluidic communication with ocean waves and whose respective upper ends are in air communication with a turbine arrangement such that wave motion occurring at the lower ends is operable to cause air movement within the columns for propelling the turbine arrangement to generate power output. The system further includes one or more ...
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