US151858A - Improvement in floating breakwaters - Google Patents
Improvement in floating breakwaters Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US151858A US151858A US151858DA US151858A US 151858 A US151858 A US 151858A US 151858D A US151858D A US 151858DA US 151858 A US151858 A US 151858A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- dykes
- improvement
- breakwaters
- floating
- floating breakwaters
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
- 238000007667 floating Methods 0.000 title description 6
- NRUQNUIWEUZVLI-UHFFFAOYSA-O diethanolammonium nitrate Chemical compound [O-][N+]([O-])=O.OCC[NH2+]CCO NRUQNUIWEUZVLI-UHFFFAOYSA-O 0.000 description 3
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 241000156978 Erebia Species 0.000 description 1
- 210000000481 breast Anatomy 0.000 description 1
- 239000012141 concentrate Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000004576 sand Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000002459 sustained effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000005406 washing Methods 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
- E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
- E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
- E02B3/06—Moles; Piers; Quays; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters ; Wave dissipating walls; Quay equipment
- E02B3/062—Constructions floating in operational condition, e.g. breakwaters or wave dissipating walls
Definitions
- My instrumentalities for these purposes consist primarily in long frame-works, which are adapted to float and to be moved or anchored in positions where they will be effective to divert and deflect more or less of the impinging water, so as to concentrate the same and create a washing current whenever it is desired to deepen the river-bed.
- Figure 1 represents a form of frame for a iloating dyke or breakwater such as is employed by me.
- Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.
- Fig. 3 is a plan representingmy arrangement of instrumentalities for creating and maintaining a navigable pass or channel at a river-mouth.
- My breakwater consists of two scows or' barges, D D', connected immovably parallel to one another by means of transoms E, and from the lower sides of which extend triangular projections, which may be rigidly fastened t0 the transoms, as at F, or may depend freely therefrom.
- One of these scows being loaded with sand or other heavy material, may be Caused to sink sutlciently to cant the pendent frame F toward the current, as in Fig. 2.
- Longitudinal openings G and H,'in the upper and lower portions of my crib and lioat, respectively, are designed to receive sheet piles I, which are driven tightly down so as to close more or less completely the passage of water laterally through these structures.
- the dotted line Y represents the breast of shoal or sunken bluff or bar, and Z represents deep water.
- J represents sunken dykes, which border and confine the'inain channel.
- S and M represent, respectively, silnilar dykes, which confine the passes N O I.
- Q are floating gates or breakwaters, by means lof which one or more of the passes may be closed. This closure may be made more or less complete, whether as to the sides or entrances of the channels by the closeness of the sheet piles on the one hand, or the width of their interstices on the other hand.
- R represents piling, to sustain the sunken dykes at the junctions of the passes and the stress of the closed gates Q.
- S are ioating dykes or breakwaters moored to the lower ends of the sunken dykes, and
- the floating dykes will, in most cases, be only required at deep places, as at S, or to close the inlets of side passes, as at Q, or where the channels of rivers are obstructed by sand-bars the impediments may be speedily removed witbout the use of slinken dykes by the temporary application of such float-ing dykes, which, having accomplished their purpose, maybe shifted to another locality where.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
- Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Civil Engineering (AREA)
- Structural Engineering (AREA)
- Revetment (AREA)
Description
2 Sheets--Shee l. .A. DEAN.
Floating Breakwaters.
NO.|5|, 858. PatentedJune9,1874.
ha l
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARGUS DEAN, OF OTTO, INDIANA.
IMPROVEMENT IN FLOATING BREAKWATERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,858, dated June 9, 1874; application filed March 18, 1874.
To all whom it may concern:
Beit known that I, ARGUS DEAN, of Otto, Clarke county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Arrangement of Dykes and Breakwaters, for deepening and maintainingA riverchannels, of which the followin gis a specification:
My instrumentalities for these purposes consist primarily in long frame-works, which are adapted to float and to be moved or anchored in positions where they will be effective to divert and deflect more or less of the impinging water, so as to concentrate the same and create a washing current whenever it is desired to deepen the river-bed.
Figure 1 represents a form of frame for a iloating dyke or breakwater such as is employed by me. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan representingmy arrangement of instrumentalities for creating and maintaining a navigable pass or channel at a river-mouth.
My breakwater consists of two scows or' barges, D D', connected immovably parallel to one another by means of transoms E, and from the lower sides of which extend triangular projections, which may be rigidly fastened t0 the transoms, as at F, or may depend freely therefrom. One of these scows, being loaded with sand or other heavy material, may be Caused to sink sutlciently to cant the pendent frame F toward the current, as in Fig. 2. Longitudinal openings G and H,'in the upper and lower portions of my crib and lioat, respectively, are designed to receive sheet piles I, which are driven tightly down so as to close more or less completely the passage of water laterally through these structures. In Fig. 3 the dotted line Y represents the breast of shoal or sunken bluff or bar, and Z represents deep water. J represents sunken dykes, which border and confine the'inain channel. K, L,
and M represent, respectively, silnilar dykes, which confine the passes N O I. Q are floating gates or breakwaters, by means lof which one or more of the passes may be closed. This closure may be made more or less complete, whether as to the sides or entrances of the channels by the closeness of the sheet piles on the one hand, or the width of their interstices on the other hand. R represents piling, to sustain the sunken dykes at the junctions of the passes and the stress of the closed gates Q. S are ioating dykes or breakwaters moored to the lower ends of the sunken dykes, and
'sustained at their lower ends by piles T or other means.
The floating dykes will, in most cases, be only required at deep places, as at S, or to close the inlets of side passes, as at Q, or where the channels of rivers are obstructed by sand-bars the impediments may be speedily removed witbout the use of slinken dykes by the temporary application of such float-ing dykes, which, having accomplished their purpose, maybe shifted to another locality where.
Ansus DEAN.
Attest:
GEO. H. KNIGHT, J AMEs H. LAYMAN.
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US151858A true US151858A (en) | 1874-06-09 |
Family
ID=2221270
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US151858D Expired - Lifetime US151858A (en) | Improvement in floating breakwaters |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US151858A (en) |
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US5242243A (en) * | 1993-02-19 | 1993-09-07 | Bachelier Franklin E | Floating breakwater device |
US5827011A (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1998-10-27 | Kann; Dirk C. | Wave suppression system |
US20100178109A1 (en) * | 2009-01-09 | 2010-07-15 | Dave David Matthew Wilson | Self-adjusting wave break |
KR20180072740A (en) | 2015-12-02 | 2018-06-29 | 미쓰비시덴키 가부시키가이샤 | Air conditioner |
US11085157B2 (en) * | 2020-10-10 | 2021-08-10 | Jiangsu University Of Science And Technology | Floatable flow-resisting and sand-resisting multi-functional device |
-
0
- US US151858D patent/US151858A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US5242243A (en) * | 1993-02-19 | 1993-09-07 | Bachelier Franklin E | Floating breakwater device |
US5827011A (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1998-10-27 | Kann; Dirk C. | Wave suppression system |
US20100178109A1 (en) * | 2009-01-09 | 2010-07-15 | Dave David Matthew Wilson | Self-adjusting wave break |
KR20180072740A (en) | 2015-12-02 | 2018-06-29 | 미쓰비시덴키 가부시키가이샤 | Air conditioner |
US11085157B2 (en) * | 2020-10-10 | 2021-08-10 | Jiangsu University Of Science And Technology | Floatable flow-resisting and sand-resisting multi-functional device |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US151858A (en) | Improvement in floating breakwaters | |
US2068537A (en) | Current deflector | |
Nielsen et al. | Long term impacts of jetties and training walls on estuarine hydraulics and ecologies | |
US902372A (en) | Movable dike. | |
US604810A (en) | Automatic jetty for deepening tidal ways | |
US752781A (en) | Gabion | |
US618319A (en) | Means for producing sand beaches | |
US1080049A (en) | Stream-deflector. | |
US769968A (en) | Head-gate for irrigating-ditches. | |
US1005113A (en) | Means for protecting river-banks. | |
US857506A (en) | Breakwater. | |
US14602A (en) | Flood-gate | |
US152092A (en) | Improvement in portable wing-dams | |
US60864A (en) | Improved method op removing bars from rivers and harbors | |
US10147A (en) | Self-acting bar-excavator | |
US1166580A (en) | Groin. | |
US392709A (en) | Elijah bruce atkinson | |
US24271A (en) | hillen armour | |
US590473A (en) | Means for preventing floating masses of plants moving upstream in rivers | |
US408046A (en) | Log-boom | |
US461935A (en) | Channel-scouring device | |
KR20090099146A (en) | Block for prevention digging | |
US384173A (en) | Thomas o cornell | |
US780437A (en) | Art of making staggered dikes. | |
US175682A (en) | Improvement in jetties for deepening river - channels |