Floating apparatus for weeding and dredging waterways

• US 4,070,978 A
• Filed: 07/01/1976
• Issued: 01/31/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Del P. Virgilio
• Original Assignee: Del P. Virgilio
• Inventors: Virgilio, Del P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blix, Trygve M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Keen, D. W.
• Application Number:
  US05/701,758
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• Field of Search: 114/.5 RC, 114/.5 D, 114/16 R, 114/26, 37/54, 37/71, 37/103, 37/183 R, 37/142.5, 37/182, 115/1 R, 115/1 A, 9/1.2, 56/8, 56/9
• US Class Current: 114/26
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 44/00 Harvesting of underwater plants, e.g. harvesting of seaweed
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 21/50 Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
• CPC Class Codes: B63C 13/00 Equipment forming part of or attachable to vessels facilitating transport over land amphibious craft, land vehicles convertible for use on water B60F; land vehicles for carrying boats B60P; hand carts for transporting boats B62B; harnesses attachable to vessels for personal carrying A45F
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/30 with a dipper-arm pivoted on a cantilever beam , i.e. boom
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/32 working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 5/285 with drag buckets or scraper plates
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/06 Floating substructures as supports floating installations with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect E02F3/8833
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/085 Ground-engaging fitting for supporting the machines while working, e.g. outriggers, legs for vehicles in general B60S9/00, for cranes B66C23/78
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 37/908 Canal cleaners

Abstract

A floating apparatus including a barge having a plurality of hydraulically actuated stabilizers for positioning the barge at a location. An hydraulically actuated, articulated boom is rotatably mounted on the barge and provided with any of a plurality of instrumentalities at the free end thereof for weeding, dredging or cleaning waterways.

Claims

1. A floatable device for cleaning waterways comprising, in combination,

a. a barge membersaid barge member having a container portion for receiving debris cleaned from a waterway,

b. an articulated boom member rotatably mounted on said barge member,

c. control means mounted on said barge for articulating and rotating said boom member,

d. an instrumentality mounted on the free end of said boom member for cleaning waterways,

3. A floatable device as claimed in claim 1 in which motor means are provided for moving said barge along a waterway.

2. said instrumentality moved with said boom member by said control means and also separately actuated by said control means,

e. stabilizer means mounted on said barge and movable to engage the bed of a waterway to prevent tipping of said barge when said boom member and said instrumentality are actuated to clean the waterway, and

f. said barge member in the form of a trailer movable from waterway to waterway.