IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0902935
(2001-07-10)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Forsman, Barley A.
- Miros, Robert
- Choi, Robert
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
49 인용 특허 :
75 |
초록
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A hydration system with an improved fluid reservoir. A drinking tube extends from an outlet port of the reservoir and includes a distal end upon which a mouthpiece may be mounted. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a relatively large-diameter fill port. In some embodiments, the reservoir in
A hydration system with an improved fluid reservoir. A drinking tube extends from an outlet port of the reservoir and includes a distal end upon which a mouthpiece may be mounted. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a relatively large-diameter fill port. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a closure member with a handle for selectively sealing the input port. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a wrench assembly that enables the user to more easily open and close the input port and/or to position the reservoir for filling. In some embodiments, the hydration system includes a pack into which the reservoir is received, and in some embodiments, the pack includes a hanger assembly adapted to support the reservoir within the pack.
대표청구항
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A hydration system with an improved fluid reservoir. A drinking tube extends from an outlet port of the reservoir and includes a distal end upon which a mouthpiece may be mounted. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a relatively large-diameter fill port. In some embodiments, the reservoir in
A hydration system with an improved fluid reservoir. A drinking tube extends from an outlet port of the reservoir and includes a distal end upon which a mouthpiece may be mounted. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a relatively large-diameter fill port. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a closure member with a handle for selectively sealing the input port. In some embodiments, the reservoir includes a wrench assembly that enables the user to more easily open and close the input port and/or to position the reservoir for filling. In some embodiments, the hydration system includes a pack into which the reservoir is received, and in some embodiments, the pack includes a hanger assembly adapted to support the reservoir within the pack. mferential bands; and said earth formation displacing structure compresses said earthen formation away from said each said outer surface and said inner surface for enabling enhanced penetration of said tubular into said earthen formation. 9. An apparatus for pile driving surface conductor tubulars into an earthen formation so said surface conductor tubulars are permanently positioned in said earthen formations, comprising: a drive shoe having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end suitable for attachment to a surface conductor tubular so as to be permanently implanted within said earthen formation, and a second end; said inner surface being smaller in diameter than an inner surface diameter of said surface conductor tubular to which said drive shoe is attached, said inner surface having a first inner portion thereof being continuous so as to be of a constant inner diameter around a circumference thereof without protrusions or grooves on said first inner portion of said inner surface; and said outer surface being larger in diameter than said surface conductor tubular to which said drive shoe is attached, said outer surface having a first outer portion thereof being continuous so as to be of a constant outer diameter around a circumference thereof without protrusions or grooves on said first outer portion of said outer surface. 10. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9 wherein an earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation is affixed to at least one of said inner surface or said outer surface such that said earth formation displacing structure is disposed adjacent of said first inner portion and said first outer portion. 11. The apparatus as set forth in claim 10 wherein said earth formation displacing structure includes at least one circumferential band. 12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11 wherein said at least one circumferential band is fixedly attached to said inner surface of said drive shoe. 13. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11 wherein said at least one circumferential band is welded to said outer surface of said drive shoe. 14. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a beveled surface disposed at said second end such that said beveled surface extends from said inner surface to said outer surface. 15. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9 wherein an earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation is affixed to at each of said inner surface and said outer surface such that said earth formation displacing structures are disposed adjacent of said first inner portion and said first outer portion. 16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 15 wherein said earth formation displacing structures include at least one circumferential band. 17. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9 wherein an earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation is affixed to at each of said inner surface and said outer surface such that said earth formation displacing structures are disposed adjacent of said first inner portion and said first outer portion; and said earth formation displacing structures include at least two circumferential bands. 18. A drive shoe assembly for the advancing end of pile-driven tubular pilings, said pile-driven tubular pilings having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, said drive shoe assembly comprising; a tubular body with first and second ends, said tubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface, said first end being connectable with said pile-driven tubular pilings; a first conical portion of said inner surface of said tubular body, said first conical portion having a first sloping surface with at least one angular slope greater than zero degrees with respect to an axis through said tubular body; and a second conical portion of said inner surface having a second sloping surface with at least one angular slope greater than zero degrees with respect to an axis through said tub ular body, said at least one angular slope of said second sloping surface being different than said at least one angular slope of said first sloping surface. 19. The drive shoe assembly of claim 18, further comprising: said second conical portion being adjacent said second end, and a plurality of teeth disposed about said second end, said plurality of teeth intersecting said second sloping surface. 20. The drive shoe assembly as set forth in claim 18, further comprising: a plurality of teeth forming cutting surface formed on said second end, said cutting surface being blunted by a radial dimension ranging from one-eighth to one-quarter inches. 21. The drive shoe assembly as set forth in claim 18 wherein said inner surface of said tubular body has at least a portion thereof with an inner diameter smaller than said inner diameter of said pile-driven tubular pilings. 22. The drive shoe assembly of claim 18 wherein said first conical portion intersects said second conical portion. 23. The drive shoe assembly of claim 18 further comprising at least one continuous band disposed about said tubular body or about said pile-driven tubular pilings. 24. The drive shoe assembly of claim 18 further comprising at least one continuous band disposed about said inner surface and said outer surface of said tubular body or about said outer surface of said pile-driven tubular pilings. 25. A drive shoe assembly for pile driving surface conductor tubulars into an earthen formation so said surface conductor tubulars are permanently positioned in said earthen formations, comprising: a drive shoe having a first end suitable for attachment to a tubular, and a second end, said drive shoe and said surface conductor tubulars in combination defining an inner surface and an outer surface; and at least one earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation, said at least one earth formation displacing structure disposed proximate at least one of said outer surface or said inner surface, said at least one earth formation displacing structure being continuous around a respective circumference of said outer surface or said inner surface. 26. The assembly as set forth in claim 25, wherein said at least one earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation is integral with said outer surface. 27. The assembly as set forth in claim 25, wherein said at least one earth formation displacing structure includes at least one circumferential band. 28. The assembly as set forth in claim 27, wherein said at least one circumferential band is fixedly attached to said outer surface of said drive shoe. 29. The assembly as set forth in claim 27, whrein said at least one circumferential band is fixedly attached to said inner surface. 30. The assembly as set forth in claim 25, further comprising a plurality of teeth machined into said second end so as to be integral therewith. 31. The assembly as set forth in claim 25, wherein said second end is beveled at an angle projecting inwardly from said outer surface to said inner surface. 32. The assembly as set forth in claim 31, wherein said angle is between twenty degrees and eighty degrees. 33. The assembly as set forth in claim 32, wherein said angle is forty five degrees. 34. The assembly of claim 25, further comprising a plurality of castellated teeth disposed about said second end. 35. The assembly of claim 25, further comprising a plurality of pointed teeth disposed about said second end. 36. The assembly of claim 25, further comprising a plurality of pointed teeth disposed about said second end wherein each tooth is triangular with straight edges. 37. The assembly of claim 25, wherein an outer diameter of said at least one earth formation displacing structure id larger then an outer diameter of said tubular to which said drive shoe is attached at said first end. 38. The drive shoe of claim 25, wherein an inner diameter of said first end is larger than an inner diameter of said tubular to which said drive shoe is attached at said first end. 39. The drive shoe of claim 25, wherein said tubular to which said drive shoe is attached is a conductor pipe. 40. The assembly as set forth in claim 25, further comprising more than one earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation, said more than one earth formation displacing structure disposed proximate each of said outer surface and said inner surface, said more than earth formation displacing structure being continuous around a respective circumference of said outer surface and said inner surface. 41. The assembly as set forth in claim 40, wherein said more than one earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation is integral with said outer surface and/or said inner surface. 42. The assembly as set forth in claim 40, wherein said more than one earth formation displacing structure includes more than one circumferential band. 43. The assembly as set forth in claim 42, wherein said at more than one circumferential band is fixedly attached to said inner surface and the outer surface. 44. A piling to be pile driven into the surface of an earthen formation prior to drilling operations, said piling to be permanently installed within said earthen formation during said drilling operations, said piling comprising: a plurality of surface conductors; a drive shoe having a first end attached to said plurality of surface conductors, said drive shoe having a second end for engaging said earthen formation, said drive shoe and said plurality of surface conductors comprising an inner surface and an outer surface; and a circumferential band affixed to at least one of said inner surface or said outer surface. 45. The piling of claim 44 wherein the second end further comprises a plurality of teeth, the teeth substantially reducing resistance of the drive shoe penetrating the earthen formation, the teeth comprising a bevel from the outer surface to the inner surface. 46. The piling of claim 45 wherein the bevel has an angle from the outer surface to the inner surface. 47. The piling of claim 46 wherein the angle is between twenty degrees and eighty degrees. 48. The piling of claim 44 wherein the circumferential band affixed to each one of said inner surface and said outer surface. 49. A piling assembly to facilitate pile driving a piling into the surface of an earthen formations, said piling assembly comprising: a plurality of surface conductors, said plurality of surface conductors comprising an inner conductor surface and an outer conductor surface; a drive shoe having a first end attachment to said plurality of surface conductors, said drive shoe having a second end for engaging said earthen formation; and at least one conductor earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation, said at least one conductor earth formation displacing structure being mounted to at least one of said inner conductor surface or said outer conductor surface, said earth formation displacing structure being operable for compressing said earthen formation away from said at least one of said conductor outer surface or said conductor inner surface for enabling enhanced penetration of said plurality of surface conductors into said earthen formation. 50. The piling assembly of claim 49, wherein said at least one conductor earth formation displacing structure further comprises: a collar mountable to said outer conductor surface. 51. The piling assembly of claim 50, wherein said collar further comprises: a first connecting end for connecting to a first of said plurality of surface conductors, and a second connecting end for connecting to a second of said plurality of surface conductors. 52. The piling assembly of claim 50, wherein each of said plurality of surface conductors has a conductor first end and a conductor second end, said collar further comprising: an inner surface of s aid collar being mountable between said conductor first end and said conductor second end. 53. The piling assembly of claim 49 further comprising more than one conductor earth formation displacing structure for compressing said earthen formation wherein: said more than one conductor earth formation displacing structure being mounted to each one of said inner conductor surface and said outer conductor surface; said earth formation displacing structures being operable for compressing said earthen formation away from each said at least one of said conductor outer surface and said conductor inner surface for enabling enhanced penetration of said plurality of surface conductors into said earthen formation. 54. An apparatus to facilitate pile driving a piling into the surface of an earthen formations, said piling comprising a plurality of piling sections connectable together, each piling section having an outer surface, a drive shoe connected to an end of said plurality of piling sections, said apparatus comprising: at least one piling earth formation displacing structure mountable to said outer surface, said at least one piling earth formation displacing structure extending radially outwardly for compressing said earthen formation during said pile driving, said at least one piling earth formation displacing structure being operable for compressing said earthen formation away from said outer surface for enabling enhanced penetration of said plurality of surface conductors into said earthen formation. 55. The apparatus of claim 54, wherein said at least one piling earth formation displacing structure comprises a collar for mounting to said outer surface. 56. A drive shoe assembly for facilitating pile driving of tubular pilings into an earthen formation, said drive shoe assembly comprising: a tubular body, with first and second ends, having an inside diameter smaller and an outside diameter larger than those dimensions for the piling to be driven into said earthen formation; a first conical surface inside said tubular body, opening toward said first end and intersecting an outside surface of said tubular body to define said first end; and a plurality of grooves having a beginning at an axial position along said tubular body outside of an axial span of said first conical surface and cutting into said tubular body, said plurality of grooves extending toward said first end to cut into said first conical surface to form a cutting edge at said first end for cutting into said earthen formation. 57. The drive shoe assembly of claim 56, further comprising: said grooves being cut such that surface lines produced are at least forty-five degrees with respect to a flat plane orthogonal to a centerline of said tubular body. 58. The drive shoe assembly of claim 56, further comprising: said cutting edge being blunted in a radial dimension thereof ranging in width from one-eighth inch to one-quarter inch. 59. The drive shoe assembly of claim 56, further comprising: a plurality of collars with a diameter approximately the same as said outer diameter of said tubular body, said plurality of collars being provided at respective joints of said tubular pilings. 60. The drive shoe assembly of claim 56, further comprising: a second conical surface with an increasing diameter toward said first end. e projects above the level of the conveyor to substantially block lumber from passing between the lower end of the downstream bin wall and the conveyor and a lowered position wherein the first gate is below the level of the conveyor. 2. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first gate is pivotally mounted to a support for rotation about a pivot axis below the level of the conveyor. 3. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 2 wherein the first gate comprises an actuator coupled to the first gate, the actuator operative to move the first gate from the upright position to the lowered position by swinging the first gate about pivot axis so that a top end of the first gate travels generally in the downstream direction. 4. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 3 wherein the first gate comprises a plurality of transversely spaced apart bin arms connected by a transversely extending torque member. 5. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 3 wherein, when the first gate is in the upright position, the upper end of the first gate extends upwardly at least to a level of the lower end of the downstream bin wall. 6. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 3 comprising a plurality of bins, wherein adjacent pairs of the plurality of bins share a common bin wall, the common bin wall constituting the upstream bin wall of a downstream one of the bins and the downstream bin wall of an upstream one of the bins. 7. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 6 comprising a plurality of gates including the first gate, one of the plurality of gates mounted below a downstream bin wall of each of the bins. 8. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 3 comprising a second gate, the second gate movable between an upright position wherein the second gate projects above the level of the conveyor to substantially block lumber from passing between the lower end of the upstream bin wall and the conveyor and a lowered position wherein the second gate is below the level of the conveyor. 9. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 8 wherein, when the second gate is in the upright position, the upper end of the second gate is spaced below the lower end of the upstream wall by a gap and the apparatus comprises a bridging member disposed to bridge the gap. 10. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 9 wherein the bridging member is pivotally mounted to the upstream bin wall. 11. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 10 wherein, wherein the bridging member is located in a position such that, upon descending, the lumber support mechanically displaces the bridging member into a position wherein the bridging member projects downwardly past the lower end of the upstream bin wall. 12. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 9 wherein the bridging member is movably attached to the upstream bin wall. 13. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 9 wherein the bridging member is movably attached to the second gate. 14. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 1 wherein the conveyor comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending, transversely spaced apart conveyor elements and the first gate comprises a plurality of transversely spaced apart, parallel, bin arms separated by the conveyor elements. 15. The lumber handling apparatus of claim 14 wherein the plurality of bin arms are connected by a transversely extending torque member. 16. A method for operating a lumber handling apparatus comprising a bin comprising upstream and downstream bin walls, the method comprising: placing a quantity of lumber on a downwardly movable lumber support surface in the bin between the bin walls; moving a gate to an upright position wherein the gate substantially blocks a gap between a conveyor and a lower edge of the downstream bin wall; lowering the lumber support to a discharge position; moving the gate downwardly to a lowered position below a level of the conveyor; and, carrying the lumber on the conveyor downstream from the lumber support and over the gate.
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