| US 7,526,884 B2 | ||
| Sediment removal apparatus | ||
| Steven B Taplin, 10050 Taplin La., Plainwell, Mich. 49080 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/340,142. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/647309, filed on Jan. 26, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0084735 A1, Apr. 02, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. E02F 3/88 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 37—321 [37/317; 37/323; 37/344] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A sediment removal system for removing sediment from a body of water, said sediment removal system comprising:
a suction conduit, said suction conduit having an inlet portion and an inlet opening;
at least one retention container, said at least one retention container adapted to retain sediment removed from a body of
water;
a suction pump, said suction pump adapted to draw sediment and water through said suction conduit and into said at least one
retention container;
a support device, said support device adapted to movingly support said suction conduit such that said inlet portion is selectively
positionable within a body of water;
an air supply device;
at least one air nozzle;
a water pump; and
at least one water nozzle;
said at least one air nozzle being located proximate said inlet portion and adapted to inject air from said air supply device
into a flow path of said suction conduit, and wherein said at least one water nozzle is affixed to said inlet portion proximate
said inlet opening, said water pump and said water nozzle being operable to discharge pressurized water directed at a sediment
bed.
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