Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Flow control
Patent
1979-07-25
1981-02-24
Corbin, David H.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Flow control
405 64, 405 91, E02B 720
Patent
active
042524610
ABSTRACT:
A dam for a waterway comprises a plurality of panels of flexible and inextensible sheet material such as rubberized fabric extending vertically from the bottom to adjacent the surface of a waterway. The edges of the panels overlap and are removably fastened together to provide a series of attached panels which extends across the waterway. Each sheet is attached to a separate concrete base on the bottom of the waterway and to a separate floating cylindrical member ajdacent the surface of the water. Each panel can be repaired or replaced independently of the other panels.
REFERENCES:
patent: 495788 (1893-04-01), Debarle
patent: 3355896 (1967-12-01), Price
patent: 3974655 (1976-08-01), Halpern et al.
Colamussi Arturo
Merli Vittorio
Corbin David H.
Pirelli Furlanis Applicazioni Idrauliche
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