Abstract:
An artificial reef structure includes a floating platform formed by a number of buoy units combined together and a large number of vertically extending rows of waste tires secured to an under side of the platform to extend to any desired depth and assume any desired configuration. The resiliency of the tires allows the artificial reef structure to be used as a fender, the ring or donut shape of the tires provides cavities in which fish and other sea creatures may breed and feed, and the bulky volume of the reef structure that is formed by the great number of waste tires serves to break up tides and waves and thus protect the seashore and pier and jetty from being damaged by strong tides and waves.
Abstract:
A low relief artificial reef made of one or more threads of automobile tires partially buried in a sedimentary bottom and partially protruding above it. The artificial reef can be built on land and conveyed floating to the site of installment. It can also be built on a boat and dropped directly onto the water bottom.
Abstract:
Used motor vehicle tires are subjected to a pair of radial severing cuts and thereby a peripheral segment of each tire removed. The tire remainder portions, generally constituting 1/2 to 1/3 of the original tires, are then aligned side by side and connected to form an extended drainage construction which may be utilized in place of conventional larger drains with the effect of ameliorating soil erosion and washaway problems.
Abstract:
A method of forming a continuous structure includes the following steps. A plurality of reactive resin forming materials are preselected. A first of the resin forming materials is applied over a major surface of a porous blanket in a first preselected pattern including a plurality of independent sections. A second of the reactive resin forming materials is applied over a major surface of the porous blanket in a second preselected pattern including a plurality of independent sections spaced from the independent sections of the first pattern. Substantially simultaneously, the reactive resin forming materials in the respective patterns are intermixed. A liquid resin mixture is formed over the porous blanket. The treated blanket is positioned in a preselected configuration while the blanket is deformable and adhesive. The blanket is set in that configuration. Also, the resulting continuous structure.
Abstract:
Stationary zigzag breakwater embedded into the sea bottom or floating breakwater. The determining factor for the wave-reflecting characteristics and the structural stability of the breakwater is the appropriate dimensioning of the zigzag elements. In stationary breakwaters embedded into the sea bottom, the length (1) of the zigazg elements is at least equal to or greater, preferably 5 to 8 times as great or greater, than the depth of water (d). The total height (h) of the wave-reflecting side walls is at least equal to or greater than the depth of water (d), preferably 2 to 2.5 times greater than the depth of water (d). In floating breakwaters, the length (1) of the zigzag elements is at least equal to or greater than half of the maximum foreseeable wave length. The total height (h) of the wave-reflecting side walls (11) is at least equal to or greater than 1 to 1.5 times the maximim foreseeable wave height. The zigzag elements (7, 8) are interconnected by means of oscillation-damping connecting members (9).
Abstract:
A continuous structural laminate includes a plurality of continuous generally parallel spaced integrally bonded porous blankets with a continuous polymeric matrix extending through each porous blanket. The polymeric matrices include solidified polymeric mixtures with each mixture including a polymer forming material, a gas foaming agent, a catalyst and a major portion of a particulate reinforcement. The polymeric matrices include compatible polymer forming materials. At least two of the blankets include polymeric matrices with differing particulate reinforcements. The continuous structural laminate is formed and applied with mobile apparatus including a support portion, a raw material supplying portion, a mixing portion, a matrix forming portion and a control portion. The support portion includes at least two base sections with carriages depending from a first base section including a plurality of spaced transverse axle assemblies and wheels mounted on free ends of each axle assembly. A boom section extends from the first base section with transfer mechanism selectively moving a second base section along the boom section. The raw material supplying portion includes a plurality of reservoirs disposed on the first base section. A blanket support also is disposed on the first base section. A mixing portion, matrix forming portion and blanket combining mechanism are disposed closely adjacent to the second base section and movable therewith.
Abstract:
In a septic system for handling household waste water, used vehicle tires are employed to form the septic tank and the leaching galleries. Vehicle tires sealed to one another and in combination with end caps provide a watertight and lighttight enclosure in the septic tank. An inlet conduit permits the influx of sewage into the enclosure while an outlet conduit allows egress of effluent from the enclosure via hydrostatic pressure. The drain field used with the system and also useful for other purpose has tires axially aligned forming an array with each tire defining an interior hollow chamber. A delivery conduit leading from the outlet conduit of the septic tank introduces effluent into the hollow chambers of the vehicle tires where it is allowed to seep therefrom into the surrounding earth through apertures in the walls of the tires. The tires in the drain field can be horizontally aligned or can be in a vertical stacking arrangement similar to the arrangement found in the septic tank.
Abstract:
An earth engineering device and method for manufacturing same for use in association with an earth-water interface to control and limit the erosion of earth therefrom. Both method and apparatus are disclosed for forming an ordered composite of structurally interconnected vehicular tire casings which are physically attached one to another and operatively disposed in association with the earth-water interface for controlling and limiting the erosion of earth therefrom.
Abstract:
A tire assembly for use in reclaiming land from a marine environment. An anchor having at least one cable connected thereto acts as a base to which tires are connected by threading them down the cable to form a cylindrical tower of tires which can be filled with concrete or filler if desired. A plurality of the tire assemblies can be positioned adjacent to one another and further interconnected for stability purposes and can form the basis for further structural elements.