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Drainage channel with means for maintaining proper slope during installation

US4498807A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1983
Grant dateFeb 12, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A30/60
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An anchor 20 is disclosed for supporting an open top drainage channel 40 within a trench. Anchor 20 permits accurate placement and easy adjustment of channel 40 and thereafter permits the entire channel 40 to be embedded in concrete in a single pour. The anchor 20 is embedded within the earth defining the trench and counteracts the natural buoyancy so that channel 40 does not float upwardly in the unhardened concrete.

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