MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617009848 A) filed by Carpi Tech B. V., Etten-Leur, Netherlands, on Jan. 30, for 'method and device for impermeabilizing the bottom of a water basin.'
Inventor(s) include Scuero, Alberto, Maria.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for impermeabilizing the bottom (3) of a water basin (1) provided with banks (2) made of concrete or natural soil, comprising spreading a substrate (4) of inert mineral materials on the bottom (3) of the water basin (1) comprising the following steps: - making respective grooves (6) in respective interface zones (11) between the substrate (4) and the banks (2) of the water basin (1), wherein each groove extends longitudinally along a respective bank (2); - spreading an impermeable covering element (5) on the substrate (4) and inserting the impermeable covering element (5) in said respective grooves (6), forming a respective bend (7) in each groove (6); - fixing the impermeable covering element (5) to the banks (2) of the water basin (1) using fixing elements (16). An impermeabilization device for impermeabilizing a bottom (3) of a body of water (1) comprising an impermeable covering element (5), configured to be spread on a substrate (4) made of inert mineral materials spread on the bottom (3) of a water basin (1), comprising at least one support layer (13) and an impermeable layer made of composite material (14), characterised in that a portion of said impermeable covering element is folded in order to form a bend (7), which can be inserted into a groove (6) which extends into an interface zone between the bottom (3) and banks (2) of the water basin (1)."
The patent application was internationally filed on July 03, 2024, under International application No.PCT/IB2024/056482.
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