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US 2013/0156508 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for a shielding a pile
OwnerDarla DuBoseinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed including but not limited to a cylindrical sleeve having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein a diameter of a circular interior vacancy formed by the interior surface has a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of a pile; a longitudinal opening along an entire length of the sleeve; and a plurality of elements that emit energy on the exterior surface of the sleeve. A method is also disclosed for using the apparatus.
Claims12
An apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical sleeve having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein a diameter of a cylindrical interior vacancy formed by the interior surface has a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of a pile;
- a longitudinal opening along an entire length of the sleeve;
- and
- a plurality of energy emitting elements that emit energy on the exterior surface of the sleeve.
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A method comprising:
- substantially surrounding a piling with a sleeve having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein a diameter of a circular interior vacancy formed by the interior surface has a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of a pile by widening a longitudinal opening along an entire length of the sleeve sufficiently to slip around a diameter of the piling;
- and
- energizing a plurality of elements that emit energy on the exterior surface of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.