Abstract:
A form-coded collar assembly that is configured to be attached around a filling pipe extending into an underground fuel storage tank and comprises a radial lip defining an opening at its open end, and a system having a plurality of such form-coded collar assemblies. The collar assembly has a base plate with a hollow center comprising a greater footprint than the filling pipe; a form-coded collar that corresponds to a substance contained within the underground storage tank; and a sidewall extending between a user-facing surfaces of said base plate and said form-coded collar.
Abstract:
A septic tank for storing and treating wastewater may be provided. In one implementation, a septic tank, having a first lengthwise end, an opposing second lengthwise end, a top, a bottom, a horizontal centerplane, and a vertical lengthwise centerplane, and a basic wall thickness T may be provided. The septic tank may include corrugated walls and an oblong flange lying nominally in the horizontal centerplane. The tank may further include opposing endwalls, each endwall integrally connecting an end of a first sidewall to an end of a second sidewall. The endwalls may include an endwall top, an endwall side running from the upper half tank flange to the endwall top along an inward slant, and the endwall side may along a curve which is a semicircle or a portion of a curve.
Abstract:
A holding container includes a plurality of pre-formed, releasably interlocking, load-bearing panels configured to form an at least partially curved, load-bearing wall extending around the perimeter of at least one storage area capable of containing at least 100,000 gallons of liquids, solids or a combination thereof. At least one among the width and length of each panel is less than 102 inches in a non-load-bearing state.
Abstract:
A subgrade vault system and method of forming the same is provided. Specifically, a subgrade vault suitable for housing utility and similar equipment is provided, the vault comprising a main body portion, a cap, and a lid that may be selectively secured to prevent or deter unauthorized access to vault contents.
Abstract:
An underground water-storage system that includes a sump having a base and sidewalls that cooperate to define an open-topped box that defines a reservoir, a plurality of plastic water matrices each defining a void space for receiving water, and a lid. The sump and lid are formed of a reinforced geomembrane material and include welds and are prefabricated in a location remote from an installation site of the underground water-storage vault more than two days prior to installation.
Abstract:
Support structures for electrohydraulic apparatuses in particular of electrical and hydraulic apparatuses of irrigation systems are disclosed. The support structure is configured to be applied to a buriable well for housing and protecting such electrohydraulic apparatuses. On predetermined portions of the support structure a plurality of holes are formed, and are adapted for receiving a corresponding plurality of support means configured to hold, preferably in a releasable manner, one or more electrohydraulic apparatuses. Also described is a buriable well for housing and protecting electrohydraulic apparatuses comprising at least one such support structure of electrohydraulic apparatuses.
Abstract:
A fiber reinforced polymer material lid or cover for a utility vault made from an unsaturated polyester thermosetting resin matrix, glass fiber reinforcement, an inorganic filler and an ultraviolet inhibitor. The lid or cover has a flat textured upper surface having a plurality of bosses having different heights extending above the upper surface and a bottom surface having an outer perimeter rim with a recessed interior cavity having a number of continuous support ribs extending through the recessed interior cavity from opposite sides of the outer perimeter of the rim to transfer load placed on the lid or cover and minimize deflection under the load to the outer perimeter rim.
Abstract:
A septic tank is provided and includes a tank top, a tank bottom and a tank side wall which define a tank interior. The septic tank further includes a top channel structure that defines a top channel on an interior surface of the tank top, wherein the top channel structure includes a top channel latch that defines a top brace pocket and a bottom channel structure that defines a bottom channel on an interior surface of the tank bottom, wherein the bottom channel structure includes a bottom channel latch that defines a bottom brace pocket. The septic tank includes a supporting brace having a first brace end and a second brace end, wherein the first brace end is configured to be located within the top brace pocket and the second brace end is configured to be located within the bottom brace pocket.
Abstract:
An underground water-storage system that includes a sump having a base and sidewalls that cooperate to define an open-topped box that defines a reservoir, a plurality of plastic water matrices each defining a void space for receiving water, and a lid. The sump and lid are formed of a reinforced geomembrane material and include welds and are prefabricated in a location remote from an installation site of the underground water-storage vault more than two days prior to installation.
Abstract:
A liner, a double-walled tank including such a liner, and a method for retrofitting or creating such a liner wherein the liner is designed to be self-supporting. Specifically, the liner is formed by adding structures to the inner surface of an existing single-walled or double walled tank which project from the inner surface of the tank into the internal volume. The combination of the surfaces of the structures and the remaining inner surfaces of the tank form a modified inner surface which then has a liner placed adjacent thereto. The liner is hardened or other fixed in form to provide for an internal liner which retains negatives of the shapes of the structures and is capable of resisting deformation should the original tank be removed and the liner be filled with material that originally would occupy the tank.