Method and apparatus for installation of leachate containment system
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1. A trenching mechanism comprising:
- a trenching tool for digging a trench,drive means for conveying and powering said trenching tool,a soil retainment device mounted on said trenching tool for maintaining a trench dug by said trenching tool, andfeed means for releasing a single impermeable liner from a liner carrying case into a vertically oriented position within a trench dug by said trenching tool with said liner carrying case being retained at a bottom of the trench.
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Abstract
A trenching tool which digs a trench to depths of six to thirty feet. A liner carrier case is conveyed to the trench bottom from which is withdrawn an impermeable barrier liner; extended from the bottom to the top of the excavated trench. The liner casing is positioned at the trench bottom and forms a bottom seal for a vertical liner. The impermeable liner is deployed simultaneously with the trenching operation. The trenching, liner and bottom seal positioning of the liner casing, and backfilling, is all part of a coordinated operation.
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16 Claims
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1. A trenching mechanism comprising:
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a trenching tool for digging a trench, drive means for conveying and powering said trenching tool, a soil retainment device mounted on said trenching tool for maintaining a trench dug by said trenching tool, and feed means for releasing a single impermeable liner from a liner carrying case into a vertically oriented position within a trench dug by said trenching tool with said liner carrying case being retained at a bottom of the trench. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for establishing a containment system, said apparatus comprising:
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a trenching tool mechanism including a trenching tool for digging a trench, drive means for conveying and powering said trenching tool, a soil retainment device mounted on said trenching tool for maintaining a trench dug by said trenching tool, and feed means for releasing an impermeable liner into a vertically oriented position within a trench dug by said trenching tool, and a liner carrying case containing a single, folded impermeable barrier liner, said feed means conveying said liner carrying case from on said trenching tool mechanism to below ground at a bottom of the trench and positioning said barrier liner to extend into a vertically extending position with said liner extending from above ground to said liner carrying case located at the bottom of the trench. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. In combination, an impermeable liner and an elongated carrying case adapted to be buried around a leachate containment site, said carrying case including a bottom wall, side walls extending from said bottom wall, a top wall extending from said side walls and including a slot, said impermeable liner being located within said carrying case and preventing migration of leachate from a leachate containment site, a terminal portion of said liner being secured to said bottom wall, an opposite terminal portion of said liner being secured to a bar located outside of said carrying case, said bar having a width greater than a width of said slot, and said bar extending longitudinally along said opposite terminal portion of said liner.
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15. A leachate containment system comprising:
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a contaminated site, a liner carrying case located at a bottom of a trench surrounding the contaminated site, a vertically extending impermeable liner extending from said liner carrying case to above ground level, a length of horizontally extending perforated pipe buried below the contaminated site and on a contaminated side of said liner and separated from said liner, vertically extending headers connected to said perforated pipe and extending to above ground level, and pump means for pumping out water collected in said perforated pipe so as to lower a water table below the contaminated site and draw water from a clean side of said liner towards the contaminated side of said liner to ensure against escape of contaminated water from the contaminated side to the clean side of said liner. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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