Sluiceway for barge
AssigneeCashman Dredging and Marine Contracting, Co., LLC
InventorsFrank Belesimo, Jay Cashman
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Abstract
A sluiceway device for a hopper barge has an elongate main body defining a discharge channel. The elongate main body has a plurality of openings. The elongate main body may be configured to be disposed atop a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge. The sluiceway device may also have a discharge pump. The discharge pump may be in communication with the discharge channel. The discharge pump may be further configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge.
Claims20
A sluiceway device for a hopper barge, comprising:
- an elongate main body defining a discharge channel, the elongate main body configured to be disposed atop an inner surface of a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge, the main body having a plurality of openings formed therein;
- a plurality of doors disposed adjacent the openings and configured to selectively seal and unseal the openings;
- and
- a discharge pump in communication with the discharge channel and configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge.
The sluiceway device of claim 4, wherein the openings are evenly spaced apart along a length of the upper major surface of the elongate main body.
A hopper barge assembly, comprising:
- a hopper barge having a hull with an inner surface;
- an elongate main body defining a discharge channel, the elongate main body disposed atop an inner surface of a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge, the main body having a plurality of openings formed therein;
- a plurality of doors disposed adjacent the openings and configured to selectively seal and unseal the openings;
- and
- a discharge pump in communication with the discharge channel and configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.