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Machine and method for laying film on face of landfill

  • US 5,620,281 A
  • Filed: 02/16/1996
  • Issued: 04/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a daily cover for a working face of a landfill which comprises:

  • dumping trash into a landfill during a period of operation, creating an open face of trash;

    at the end of a working day, using mechanical means to unroll a first strip of degradable polyolefin film having a top and edges over a portion of said open face;

    concurrently depositing mechanically-fed anchoring material onto said top and inside said edges of said first strip of film;

    cutting said first strip of film;

    unrolling a second strip of degradable polyolefin film adjacent and parallel to said first strip of film, while depositing more of said anchoring material onto said second strip;

    cutting said second strip of film;

    repeating the above-described steps of unrolling, depositing, and cutting strips of film a plurality of times until said open face is completely covered.

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