Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Material handling systems and methods
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Application No.: US17996999Application Date: 2021-05-17
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Publication No.: US11828042B2Publication Date: 2023-11-28
- Inventor: John Crowson , Mel Friedman , Douglas W. Thompson , Peter Crossland
- Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Montgomery
- Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
- Current Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Montgomery
- Agency: THE WENDT FIRM, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey L. Wendt
- International Application: PCT/US2021/032797 2021.05.17
- International Announcement: WO2021/242554A 2021.12.02
- Date entered country: 2022-10-24
- Main IPC: E02F5/28
- IPC: E02F5/28 ; E02F5/12 ; E02F3/90 ; E02F5/10 ; E02F7/06

Abstract:
Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230193589A1 MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2023-06-22
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