Serpent sediment-sluicing system
OwnerHaakon Stoleinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing sedimented particles from a fluid stream in a settlement basin. In the bottom of the basis there is a sluice which may include a sluice gate. The basin includes a longitudinal, flexible pipe unit which is shaped such that it can seal the edges of the sluice. The pipe unit can move up and down within the basin by filling the pipe with a fluid, i.e. water or air. Depending on the initial position of the pipe, upward or downward movement causes the pipe to seal against the edges of the sluice. By adjusting the amount of water and air in the pipe, it is possible to adjust the extent to which the sluice is sealed.
Claims9
A method for removing sedimented particles from a settlement basis comprising a bottom portion having a longitudinally extending sluice therein having longitudinal side edges, comprising providing a flexible, longitudinal tube means in said basin or sluice, changing the buoyancy of said tube means by introduction of a fluid to or removal of a fluid from said tube means, thereby causing said tube means to seal at least a portion of said side edges, and changing the buoyancy of said tube means by introduction of a fluid to or removal of a fluid from said tube means, thereby causing the tube means to unseal at least a portion of said side edges.
In a settlement basin comprising a bottom portion having a longitudinally extending sluice therein having longitudinal side edges, an apparatus for sealing the sluice from the settlement basin comprising a longitudinally extending flexible tube means of a size sufficient to seal the side edges, and means for changing the buoyancy of said tube means causing vertical movement of at least a portion of said tube means, the vertical movement causing the tube means to seal or unseal at least a portion of the side edges.
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