Patent · US Expired

Method of lining a waterway or reservoir

US4065924A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1975
Grant dateJan 3, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/60
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of preventing water from escaping through cracks in a waterway or reservoir includes the steps of forming a membrane of a laminate of butyl sheet with a layer of synthetic fibres bonded thereto, lining the waterway or reservoir with sheets of this membrane, sealing the joins between adjacent sheets and spraying high density concrete onto the exposed fibre layer.

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