US1852983A

US1852983A - Soil saver

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Publication number: US1852983A
Application number: US531605A
Authority: US
Inventors: Scott Martin Luther
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-04-20
Filing date: 1931-04-20
Publication date: 1932-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 1949-04-05

Description

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'SOIL SAVER Filed April 20 1931,

Patentedv Apr. 1932- MARTIN LUTHER sco'rr, or. coorn .V'IEXAS son, SAVER. v

Application filed April 20,

This invention relates to soil saving ap aratus and it consists in the novel features lereinafter described and claimed.

The object of theinvention is to provide a a soil saver. adapted to be placed in ditches which have become washed outv in fields, at terrace outlets and along roadsides and the like. The soil saver is placed inithe bottom of the ditch and is covered over with earth it thus forminga levee which maybe used as a road orbridge over the ditch. r

The soil saver includes a conduit provided at its upper or forward end with an elbow extension and this conduit is placed in the ditch .so that the inlet'end of the elbow is upwardly disposed, A plate is applied to the rear side of the elbow andis provided at its edges with wings hingedly attached thereto.

The said wings are adapted to extend com- ;c pletely across the ditch fromv the sides of the therein. 1 1

upper or forward end of the conduit of the soil saver showing the'elevatedrings applied elbow to the opposite banks of the ditch; Additional rings may be applied inthe receiving end of the elbowin order to elevate the upper edge thereof, if desired. A'flood .1 dam is mounted at the lower end of the conduit and is adapted to hold the soil or earth in position above the conduit and the said flood dam is provided with a spillway opening adapted to permit overflow Water topass H from the levee and back into the ditch with-' out washing the levee. Suitable extension pipes may be connected withtheoutlet end of the conduit if desired, for the purpose of directing the flow of water from the conduit into the lower portion of the ditch.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a ditch showing the soil saver in position Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the soil saver. p 1 a I Figure 4 is a rearelevation-thereof.

Figure 5 is a detailed sectional view of the thereto. 7 Figure 6 is a fragmentary top plan view of the lower portionv of the conduit showing theflood dam applied theretoand means for 1931. Serial No. 531,605.

diverting .the flow of water from the discharged end of the conduit.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan view of a modified form of the soil saver;

Asillustrated inthe accompanying drawings thefditch to which the soil saver is applied is indicated in general at 1. The soil;

saver consists of aconduit pipe 2 which is placed in an inclined position upon the bottomof theditcli thesaid conduit pipe 2, having'at its forward end an upstanding elbow 3. A plate 4 is applied to the rear side of the elbow 3 and wings 5 are hingedly coni.

. nected with the edges of the plate 4:. The .wings 5 are adapted to extend completely across the ditch from the opposite side of the elbow 3 to the opposite bank of the ditch as best indicated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The body of the conduit 2 is covered by a volume of earth 6 which is filled into the ditch thus forming a levee or bridge A flood dam 7 is attached to the lower end of the conduit 2 and extends completely across the ditch.

The said dam 7 is provided at a point above the conduitQ with a lip 8 cut from thematerial of the fiood dam and disposed rearwardly 1 and the opening made in the dam by the re moval of the lip 8 therefrom may serve as a spill way for permitting flood water which passes over the levee to flow back into the ditch 1 without damaging thebanks of the ditch or the levee. If desired an extension pipe 9 may be applied to the outlet end of the conduit 2 for the purpose of directing the flow of water from the conduit into the lower portion of the ditch. I

Ring sections 10 (see Figure 5) may be applied to the receivingedge of the elbow'3 for the purpose of raising the entrance edge so that the apparatus may be applied to a ditch without regard to the depth thereof.

In the form of the soil saver as shown in v Figure 7 the same general arrangement of the parts and features is the same as that 7 shown. and described in the form illustrated y in Figure 1' with the exception'that the conduit and elbow are rectangular in cross sec tion instead of being circular. Othervariations falling within the terms may be resorted to.

of the claims Having described the invention What is claimed is 1. A soil saver adapted to be used in a ditch comprising a conduit pipe provided at its upper end with an upstanding elbow, a plate applied to the rear side of the elbow and wings carried at the edges of the plate and adapted to extend from the sides of the elbow across the ditch and a filling applied upon the body of the conduit and located behind said plate and a darn plate attached to the lower end of the conduit and having at its upper edge a lip disposed above the outlet end of the conduit.

2. Soil saving apparatus comprising a conduit adapted to be used in a ditch and rovided at its upper end with an upstanding elbow, a plate applied to the rear side of the elbow, wings hingedly connected with the edges of the plate and adapted to extend from the elbow to the banks of the ditch and a filling applied to the conduit and located behind said plate and extending across the ditch.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MARTIN LUTHER SCOTT.

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