US 11,982,600 B2
Trap for horizontal flow marine sediments
Michele Mossa, Bari (IT); Mouldi Ben Meftah, Bari (IT); Francesca De Serio, Bari (IT); Marco Orsi, Melazzo (IT); Sergio Tucci, Chiavari (IT); Antonio Siccardi, Tiglieto (IT); and Antonio Felice Petrillo, Bari (IT)
Assigned to POLITECNICO DI BARI, Bari (IT)
Appl. No. 17/422,199
Filed by POLITECNICO DI BARI, Bari (IT)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050374
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152553, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000000931 (IT), filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120644 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 1/20 (2006.01); G01N 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/20 (2013.01) [G01N 2001/1025 (2013.01); G01N 2001/1031 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A trap (1) for marine sediments, comprising on two vertical sides, opposite to each other, a first inlet opening (10) and a second outlet opening (11), configured to allow the inlet and the outlet of the marine current,
said trap (1) comprising between said two openings (10, 11):
an inlet area (12), whose section diverges in terms of width between said inlet opening (10) and the end section (122) of said inlet area (12);
a sedimentation area (13) having a section greater than said end section (122) of the inlet area (12), configured to allow the separation by gravity of the particles present in the marine current,
and an outlet area (14) whose section converges in terms of width between the section where said outlet area (14) is connected to said sedimentation area (13) and said second outlet opening (11) and wherein
the section of said inlet area (12) converges in terms of height between said inlet opening (10) and its own end section (122), the bottom of said inlet area (12) being convergent upwards;
and wherein
the section of said outlet area (14) diverges in terms of height between the section in which said outlet area (14) is connected to said sedimentation area (13) and said second outlet opening (11).