US1448965A - Silt accumulator - Google Patents

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Maiz 20,

H. F. KELLNER.

SILT ACCUMULATOH.

FIL'ED AUGx 8,1921;

Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

.stair HENRY F. KELLNER, OF SILVER LAKE, KANSAS.

SILT ACCMULATOR.

Application led .August 8, 1921.

State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Silt Accumulators, of which the following is a speciica tion.

This invention relates to a. silt accumulaio tor of the class adapted for use in protecting the banks or changing the direction or" currents of silt-bearing streams, and has for its object, broadly, to providesuch a construction for the silt accumulator that it may be manufactured conveniently and economically, and will be eii'ective in use. One of the specific objects in view is to provide a base which `will become covered with silt, to prevent overturning or displacement.

ln the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the silt accumulators in a stream. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the silt accumulator. Fig. is an end view and Fig. 4 is a side view of the silt accumulator, the inclined strands at the front of the standards being omitted.

Referring now particularly to the drawing, I* provide a rectangular, horizontal toraminous base' 5 consisting, in part, of approximately rectilinear supports or strips 6 disposed side-by-side in spaced relation and approximately parallel, strips 7 being employed and disposed in engagement with and asapproximately at right-angles to the strips 6, and having end portions a which extends outwardly from or beyond the sides of the strips 6, said strips 6 having end-portions I) which extend outwardly from or beyond the 4.0 sides of the strips 7, the intersecting parts of said strips 6 and 7 being suitably secured together as indicated at 8. The remaining part of the base consists of wire mesh 9 which is secured to the strips mentioned. However any suitable material through which water may readily pass may be substituted for the wire mesh 9.

Numeral 10 indicates standards or upright strips which are secured at their lower ends to the horizontal strips 6 and 7 at their intersections, some of the standards being disposed at the edges of the wire mesh. Said standards may be of any suitable height, de-

pending upon the depth of the water in 55 which'the silt .accumulatore are to be used.

the reniainingparte ot the slit acertar Serial No. 490,566.

lator consists of certain strands which operate to` deflect a current ot water and to maintain the standards at approximately right-angles to the strips 6 and 7.

The standards 10 are connected at their upper ends, strands 11 and `12 being embetween their ends, strands 16 being dis? posed below and in the plane of the strands 11, and strands 15 being disposed below and in the plane oi' strands 12; and the standards Vat the ends ot the silt accumulator are connected midway between their ends with eX- tensions Z) of the strips 6 by strandsl? and strands 18 connect the extensions a of strips 7 with the standards at the sides of the base 5, midway between the ends of the standards.

Since the strands 13, 1li, 17 and 18 are disposed inclinedly, they aid materially in resisting stresses directed to the standards by swift moving waters, as well as operating to, deflect water currents.

ln operation, the silt accumulator may be placed in a stream to cause sand deposits in the bed down stream7 therefrom, and they may be connected end-to-end as shown in Fig. 1 and connected with the bank by a cable c or other suitable means for protecting the banks ot streams, or for controlling the direction ot water currents.

Among some of the advantages to be da rived by use of the herein described silt cumulator, it may be stated that the parte are few and simple and may be convement-litv produced. The standards 10 may be maintained. in an upright position and. together with the strands mentioned will operate to delect'the water to advantage, the wire mesh 9 being covered with silt tending to prevent displacement.

lt will be understood that changes in size, proportion and minor details may be made, said changes being within the scope ci the invention as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a silt accumulator, a rectangular, iEoraminous Sheet, o plurality of strips disposed at right anglesi in engagement With each other and connected with the sheet, each strip 'having end portions projecting outwardly oi the edges oit the sheet7 aplu relity of stunde-rds securedfto the intersecting parte of the strips, strands connecting the upper end of each Standard with the upper end of each standard adjacent thereto, a plurality of strands each connecting an end portion of a strip With the top of :t stand ard, und a plurality of Strundseuch con-. necting an end portion of zi. strip with the middle part of n standard.

27A silt accumulator, comprising a reotang'ular, foraminous Sheet, strips disposed at right angles to and in engagement With each other and Connected with the sheet, each strip having end portions projecting out- Wardly Jfrom the edgee oi' they sheet, standards Secured to the intersecting parte of the strips, strands connecting the upper end of each standard with `the upper end of each standard adjacent thereto, strands connecting' eue-h standard midway between its ends with the middle oi' eac-h standard adjacent thereto, e plurality of strands each connecting an end portion ol a strip with the top of a, stundard, and L plurality of strands each connecting an end portion of a strip with the middle part of n` standard.

ln testimony whereof, l have aiixcd my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY l". KELLNEB..

TWitnesses z HIRAM S'rUnGns,

ARTHUR H. STURGES.

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