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Method for thawing out road culverts choked with ice

US4770211A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 1986
Grant dateSep 13, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 24, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01F5/005
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method for clearing a road culvert or the like which is choked with ice, wherein a substantially homogeneous rope of a material having at least a certain reversible extensibility is extended through the culvert from its inlet side to its outlet side and wherein the rope in its unloaded condition is clamped in connection with the outlet side and the inlet side respectively of the culvert so that the rope extends through the culvert.

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