Patents by Inventor Victor Joseph Buhr

Victor Joseph Buhr has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fine sediment removal attachment for a dredge
    Patent number: 7721472
    Abstract: Contaminated fine sediment is removed from surfaces beneath a body of water by a shrouded, self-cleaning, wheel-guided, open suction attachment for a swinging ladder suction dredge with articulating capabilities. The attachment comprises a wheel-guided, suction assembly in which the slurry is contained in a shroud. The shroud is attached to a head plate, and is designed to both enclose the solid particles suspended as a result of the removal operation, and to direct the suspended material to the mouth of the suction pipe. Inside the area surrounded by the shroud is a gatling plate rotated by a hydraulic motor mounted just above the shroud and head plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: J.F. Brennan Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Joseph Buhr, Mark Anthony Binsfeld
  • Method and system for broadcast sediment capping
    Patent number: 7695215
    Abstract: Sub-aquatic sediment is covered with capping material by a capping system comprising a template barge and a spreader barge. While the spreader barge is distributing capping material, the template barge guides the spreader barge as it systematically moves over a pre-defined sediment capping region. The spreader barge comprises a spreader pool in which a broadcast spreader accurately and evenly distributes capping material within the pool, which then sinks to the sediment. The capping material is distributed with minimal disturbance to the sediment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: J.F. Brennan Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Joseph Buhr, Greg Smith, Dennis Rosendale, Tyler Lee, Kevin Zenke
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST SEDIMENT CAPPING
    Publication number: 20090304447
    Abstract: Sub-aquatic sediment is covered with capping material by a capping system comprising a template barge and a spreader barge. While the spreader barge is distributing capping material, the template barge guides the spreader barge as it systematically moves over a pre-defined sediment capping region. The spreader barge comprises a spreader pool in which a broadcast spreader accurately and evenly distributes capping material within the pool, which then sinks to the sediment. The capping material is distributed with minimal disturbance to the sediment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: J. F. Brennan Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Joseph Buhr, Greg Smith, Dennis Rosendale, Tyler Lee, Kevin Zenke
  • Fine Sediment Removal Attachment for a Dredge
    Publication number: 20080172911
    Abstract: Contaminated fine sediment is removed from surfaces beneath a body of water by a shrouded, self-cleaning, wheel-guided, open suction attachment for a swinging ladder suction dredge with articulating capabilities. The attachment comprises a wheel-guided, suction assembly in which the slurry is contained in a shroud. The shroud is attached to a head plate, and is designed to both enclose the solid particles suspended as a result of the removal operation, and to direct the suspended material to the mouth of the suction pipe. Inside the area surrounded by the shroud is a gatling plate rotated by a hydraulic motor mounted just above the shroud and head plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Victor Joseph Buhr, Mark Anthony Binsfeld