Method for hiding from sight and protecting a dumping site

• US 5,259,698 A
• Filed: 01/10/1992
• Issued: 11/09/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maurice Garzon
• Original Assignee: Maurice Garzon
• Inventors: Garzon, Maurice
• Primary Examiner(s): Reese, Randolph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RICCI, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US07/818,857
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 405/19, 405/128, 405/129, 405/52, 405/66, 52/3, 428/271
• US Class Current: 405/129.9
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 1/004 Covering of dumping sites
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/30 Landfill technologies aiming to mitigate methane emissions

Abstract

A method for hiding from sight and protecting a dumping site containing inflammable and/or bad-looking waste, such as, for example, used tires. The method comprises spreading a covering membrane capable of covering the solid wastes and the gaps existing therebetween over the site or part of it, and subsequently spraying onto covering membrane, from a given distance away from the site, a thin layer of cementitious product or granular soil material to cover the some, the projected or blown product or material being subsequently used, if desired, as a support to convert the site into a landscape. The method can be used in the case of a fire, to cover the site and thus allow the fire to be choked down.

Claims

1. A method for hiding from sight and protecting a dumping site containing inflammable and/or bad looking solid waste, said method comprising the steps of:

a) spreading a covering membrane capable of covering the solid waste and the gaps existing therebetween over the site or part of it; and

b) spraying onto said covering membrane from a given distance away from the site, a layer of cementitious product, of a granular soil material or of both a cementitious product and a granular soil material, in order to fully cover said membrane,

wherein, in step (b), any part of said covering membrane that forms a slope, is sprayed with a cementitious product, exclusively.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the membrane is a geotextile membrane.

3. The method of claim 1, specially designed for protecting a dumping site filled up with inflammable solid waste, wherein the membrane is a thermotextile membrane.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

using the cementitious product or granular soil material sprayed onto the membrane as a support to convert the site to a landscape.

5. A method for hiding from sight and protecting a dumping site containing inflammable and/or bad looking solid waste, said method comprising the steps of:

a) spreading a covering membrane capable of covering the solid waste and the gaps existing therebetween over the site or part of it; and

b) spraying onto said covering membrane from a given distance away from the site, a layer of cementitious product in order to fully cover said membrane

wherein, in step (a), use is made of a covering membrane having an upper surface with binding means projecting therefrom so that, in step (b), the cementitious material that is sprayed, can embed and adhere to said binding means to avoid sliding, scaling and popping of said covering layer.

6. A method for quickly and economically limiting the damages caused by a fire disaster in a waste dumping site, comprising the steps of:

spreading a covering membrane capable of covering the solid waste and the gaps existing therebetween over the site or part of it; and

spraying onto said covering membrane from a given distance away from the site, a layer of a cementitious product, of a granular soil material or of both a cementitious product and a granular soil material, in order to fully cover said membrane

wherein the covering membrane is spreaded onto the wastes by means of helicopters.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the covering layer is sprayed onto the covering membrane from said helicopters.

8. A method for quickly and economically limiting the damages caused by a fire disaster in a waste dumping site, comprising the steps of:

spreading a covering membrane capable of covering the solid waste and the gaps existing therebetween over the site or part of it; and

spraying onto said covering membrane from a given distance away from the site, a layer of cementitious product, of a granular soil material or of both a cementitious product and a granular soil material, in order to fully cover said membrane

wherein the covering membrane is provided with earth or concrete binding means consisting of loops upwardly projecting therefrom.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the covering membrane is spreaded onto the wastes by means of telescopic or articulated arms.