Piping for the completion of a groundwater monitoring site

US5246070A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Preussag Aktiengesellschaft

Inventors

• Horst Greve · Edemissen, DE
• Konrad Gries · Hohenhameln, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 1991
• Grant date: Sep 21, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16L39/00
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

To complete a groundwater monitoring site including several monitoring points disposed at different depths, the piping includes a single multi-conduit pipe (1) having a smooth, tightly packable outer wall and being composed of individual pipe lengths (4) which are coupled to each other in a sealed relationship. The pipe lengths (4) are subdivided in the longitudinal direction into several conduits (6a-6d) by partition walls (5) and are coupled to each other in such a fashion that their conduits (6a-6d) are in relative alignment at the junctures and not reduced in area. For the purpose of providing filter sections for the admission of water, individual pipe lengths are provided in their outer wall with filter slots (9) in the area of one or several conduits.