Hydraulic and earth engineering – Bank – shore – or bed protection – Revetment
Patent
1997-02-27
1999-07-13
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Bank, shore, or bed protection
Revetment
404 35, 404 40, 404 41, 405 16, 405 19, 52608, 52609, E02B 312
Patent
active
059217103
ABSTRACT:
The revetment mat comprises at least two webs joined together at aligned perimeter edges. Each web comprises a plurality of (a) interior blocks disposed side-by-side in rows and (b) a plurality of edge blocks defining a pair of perimeter edge rows of the web. The interior and edge blocks are interlinked together by threading a revetment cable through tunnels defined in the blocks. Each of the edge blocks defines a recess in one end thereof and further defines a pair of coaxial bores which extend from a first side to an interior face in the recess and from an opposing face in the recess to a second side of the edge block. An elongated rod is received in the bores and thereby extends across a gap in the recess between the opposing interior faces. A plurality of couplers are used to join a first web to a second web, which webs are positioned side-by-side. Each coupler is disposed within one of the recesses. The couplers are received on the elongated rods in recesses of the respective aligned edge blocks of the webs. Each of the couplers joins at least a portion of the first and second webs together along the aligned edges.
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