US3733830A - Tidal flow system and method for causing water to flow through waterways - Google Patents

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US3733830A
US3733830A US00150286A US15028671A US3733830A US 3733830 A US3733830 A US 3733830A US 00150286 A US00150286 A US 00150286A US 15028671 A US15028671 A US 15028671A US 3733830 A US3733830 A US 3733830A
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A tidal flow system and method for causing flow of water through waterways to flush said waterways and prevent stagnation of water and accumulation of debris therein, wherein a one-way valve means is in said waterway between the ends thereof, said valve means being closed when the depth of water on the discharge side of the valve is greater than on the inlet side of the valve and said valve means being opened when the depth of water on the discharge side of the valve is less than on the inlet side thereof, the depth of water at least on the discharge side of the valve being controlled by tidal action.

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1. A tidal flow system for causing flow of water through a waterway in one direction to flush said waterway and prevent stagnation of water and accumulation of debris and pollutants or the like therein and to create a food and water condition for marine life growth superior to that naturally obtained, comprising a pair of laterally spaced waterways extending inland from a body of water subject to tidal action, said waterways connected at one of their ends to said body of water and receiving water therefrom, said waterways connected with each other inland from said body of water to define a closed waterway loop for the flow of water subject to tidal action from said body of water, water operated, one-way valve means in said waterway loop between the ends thereof dividing the waterway loop into a relatively short end on one side of the valve and a relatively long end on the other side thereof so that the level of water rises on said one side of the valve before it rises on the other side thereof due to tidal action and falls on said one side of the valve before it falls on the other side thereof due to tidal action to obtain water flow through the waterway from the cleanest source, said valve being opened to discharge water from one of said ends into the other of said ends of the waterway loop, and closed to prevent the reverse flow, responsive to the difference in water level on opposite sides of the valve, thus causing a flow of water through said waterway in one direction with each change in tide to prevent stagnation of water and accumulation of debris and the like therein and to improve the marine environment in said waterway.
2. A tidal flow system as in claim 1, wherein said waterway comprises a first man-made waterway connected at one end thereof with a body of water subject to tital action and extending inland at the other end thereof, a second man-made waterway connected at one end thereof with said body of water and extending inland at the other end thereof, and said other ends of said waterways connected together to define said waterway loop.
3. A tidal flow system as in claim 1, wherein said waterway comprises a pair of natural waterways extending inland from a body of water subject to tidal action, a first man-made waterway connected at one end thereof to one of said natural waterways, a second man-made waterway connected at one end thereof to the other of said natural waterways, said first and second man-made waterways extending inland at their other ends and connected together at their other ends to define said closed waterway loop.
4. A tidal flow system as in claim 1, wherein said valve opens toward the short end of the waterway to obtain flow from the long end to the short end.
5. A tidal pump system as in claim 1, wherein said valve means comprises a flap-type gate valve.
6. A tidal pump system as in claim 5, wherein said flap-type gate valve is freely pivotally supported from its upper edge thereof.
7. A tidal pump system as in claim 6, wherein said valve is mounted at the end of a culvert.
8. A tidal pump system as in claim 6, wherein said valve is mounted at the end of a spillway.
9. A tidal pump system as in claim 1, wherein at least a part of said waterway system comprises a natural waterway.
10. A tidal pump system as in claim 9, wherein a part of said waterway system comprises a man-made canal.
11. A tidal pump system as in claim 1, wherein the long side of said waterway system is approximately one-third longer than the short side thereof.
12. A tidal pump system as in claim 1, wherein said waterway system comprises a man-made canal connected at its opposite ends with a river subject to tidal action.
13. A tidal pump system as in claim 1, wherein said valve means is in a man-made canal, the opposite ends of said canal being connected to a pair of natural waterways subject to tidal action.
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US4146346A (en) * 1977-06-22 1979-03-27 Salo Eric A Apparatus and method for controlling tide waters
US4162864A (en) * 1976-10-16 1979-07-31 Chikako Maeda System for and method of moving sea water by utilizing tidal flow and ebb
US5336018A (en) * 1990-03-22 1994-08-09 Inge Maudal Tidal system and method for cleansing a harbor
US6575662B2 (en) 2000-07-21 2003-06-10 Gannett Fleming, Inc. Water quality management system and method
US20040133530A1 (en) * 2003-01-06 2004-07-08 Weatherdata, Inc. Normalized and animated inundation maps
US6779947B1 (en) * 2003-08-21 2004-08-24 Kevin Buchanan Gate systems and methods for regulating tidal flows
US6988853B1 (en) * 2004-11-04 2006-01-24 Nehalem Marine Manufacturing Muted tidal regulator
US20100143039A1 (en) * 2008-12-05 2010-06-10 Zheng Xingyu Sand disturbance system and method thereof
FR2995506A1 (en) * 2012-09-19 2014-03-21 Hydrosphere Water level control structure for pike spawning ground, has compartmentalized concrete structure resting on concrete slab of diving wall, where dividing wall includes pivoting valve formed in sealing plate with hinges on support
US8985899B2 (en) * 2012-11-27 2015-03-24 William Charles McIntyre System and method of water flow quantity equalization
US20210262185A1 (en) * 2019-10-07 2021-08-26 Rsa Protective Technologies, Llc Surface water management system including weir wall and detention pond

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US4162864A (en) * 1976-10-16 1979-07-31 Chikako Maeda System for and method of moving sea water by utilizing tidal flow and ebb
US4146346A (en) * 1977-06-22 1979-03-27 Salo Eric A Apparatus and method for controlling tide waters
US5336018A (en) * 1990-03-22 1994-08-09 Inge Maudal Tidal system and method for cleansing a harbor
US5829917A (en) * 1990-03-22 1998-11-03 Maudal; Inge Tidal system and method for cleansing a harbor
US6575662B2 (en) 2000-07-21 2003-06-10 Gannett Fleming, Inc. Water quality management system and method
US6947842B2 (en) * 2003-01-06 2005-09-20 User-Centric Enterprises, Inc. Normalized and animated inundation maps
US20040133530A1 (en) * 2003-01-06 2004-07-08 Weatherdata, Inc. Normalized and animated inundation maps
US6779947B1 (en) * 2003-08-21 2004-08-24 Kevin Buchanan Gate systems and methods for regulating tidal flows
US6988853B1 (en) * 2004-11-04 2006-01-24 Nehalem Marine Manufacturing Muted tidal regulator
US20100143039A1 (en) * 2008-12-05 2010-06-10 Zheng Xingyu Sand disturbance system and method thereof
FR2995506A1 (en) * 2012-09-19 2014-03-21 Hydrosphere Water level control structure for pike spawning ground, has compartmentalized concrete structure resting on concrete slab of diving wall, where dividing wall includes pivoting valve formed in sealing plate with hinges on support
US8985899B2 (en) * 2012-11-27 2015-03-24 William Charles McIntyre System and method of water flow quantity equalization
US20210262185A1 (en) * 2019-10-07 2021-08-26 Rsa Protective Technologies, Llc Surface water management system including weir wall and detention pond
US11898317B2 (en) * 2019-10-07 2024-02-13 Rsa Protective Technologies, Llc Surface water management system including weir wall and detention pond

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