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US 4,365,577 AGranted
Float module combination
OwnerEdgar W. Heinrichinventor
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Abstract
A dock float construction for supporting dock planks, floating platforms, piers, dredge pipes and the like which is constructed of high strength plastic and buoyant foam material with or without a hollow center and having a sealing skin, each float module having a top edge recess or bench for vertical structural elements with transverse fastening rods anchored in the modules to join modules to functional units.
Claims2
A float module for construction of pier assemblies, floating platforms and the like which comprises:
- (a) a structure having high buoyancy, weather-resistant, and waterproof characteristics,
- (b) a structural recess formed along parallel edges of said structure open at the top and ends to provide a bench extending along the sides of said structure parallel to and spaced downwardly from the top,
- (c) fastening means embedded in said structure having portions extending into said recess above said bench, and adapted to transfix and lock to a structural element lying in said recess,
- (d) a structural element in the form of a flanged metal plate having a first portion lying against the back of said recess and a flanged portion lying against said bench, said first portion being transfixed by said fastening means, and
- (e) a vertical supporting gusset secured to said first portion of said structural element having a saddle recess on the top portion thereof for receiving and securing a dredge pipe.
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A float module for construction of pier assemblies, floating platforms and the like which comprises:
- (a) a block-like floating cell defining a sealed, buoyant housing having end walls, a top wall, a bottom wall and side walls formed from a high density molded plastic material, said cell having a relatively deep narrow recess formed along the top of the side walls to provide a bench extending along the sides of the cell parallel to and spaced downwardly from the top wall and shaped to receive an elongate structural element rectangular in cross-section positioned vertically on edge in said recess,
- (b) an elongate, relatively rigid structural element rectangular in cross-section positioned on edge in each said recess formed of material to which other elements may be secured,
- (c) fastening means anchored in said cell extending into said recesses above said bench and transfixing said structural elements to secure said elements in said recess against said cell, and
- (d) a metallic structural element in the form of a flanged metal plate having a first portion lying against the back of said recess and a flanged portion lying against said bench, said first portion being transfixed by said fastening means, said portions of said metallic structural element each having a reinforcing flange extending respectively over the top and side of said structure adjacent said recess.
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