Floating concrete dock
US4318362A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 1980 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE02B3/064
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A floating concrete dock comprised of floating units such as headers and fingers with the fingers depending outwardly from headers and connected to one another by continuous hinges. Each floating unit includes a deck portion and a pair of stem portions depending downwardly from the lower surface and spaced inwardly from the side edges of the deck portion and defining a double-T (channel beam) section with a channel between the stem portions, and buoyancy material disposed in the channel. The deck portion and the stem portions have longitudinal tension rods for maintaining the entire floating unit under longitudinal compression.
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