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Apparatus and method for lining landfills, reservoirs, hazardous waste disposal sites and the like

US5139853A · kind A · utility

25Cited by
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42Claims
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Filing dateApr 23, 1991
Grant dateAug 18, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31913
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved method and a product for waterproofing soil utilizing a flexible plastic sheet for providing a water barrier and for providing a means of reflecting light sufficient to prevent damage to the sheet and the underlying soil from direct sunlight comprising a uniform density or multiple-density plastic sheet material which has been manufactured to a desired thickness to contain an upper surface cpable of reflecting light.

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