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US 2024/0229399 A9Published application
Bouyancy-assisted weir
AssigneeVerderg Ltd
InventorsPeter Roberts, Yong Yang
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Abstract
A weir comprising: a water impervious flexible membrane; a buoyancy member; and a tether, wherein, in use, the membrane comprises a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion, the lower edge portion is fixed with respect to a bed of a body of water, the membrane and the buoyancy member are attached to one another in the upper edge portion, and the tether comprises a first end portion, which is attached to the buoyancy member and/or to the membrane in the upper edge portion, and a second end portion that is attached to an anchorage.
Claims22
A weir comprising:
- a water impervious flexible membrane;
- a buoyancy member;
- and
- a tether,
- wherein, in use, the membrane comprises a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion, the lower edge portion is fixed with respect to a bed of a body of water, the membrane and the buoyancy member are attached to one another in the upper edge portion, and the tether comprises a first end portion, which is attached to the buoyancy member and/or to the membrane in the upper edge portion, and a second end portion that is attached to an anchorage, wherein the membrane and the tether are attached to the buoyancy member at a common point on an outer surface of the buoyancy member as viewed in cross-section, and the membrane is wrapped partially around the buoyancy member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.