Patent ID: 6357213
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A water vegetation collection and disposal system for the collection and disposal of noxious weeds and aquatic vegetation from streams and bodies of water, the system comprising:a) a stationary barge apparatus; b) a dredge pump having an intake port and a discharge port, the pump being mounted on said barge apparatus; c) a suction pipe attached to the pump intake port of said dredge pump, the suction pipe having an open end, a suction draw being produced at the open end when said dredge pump is activated; d) a flexible discharge hose connected to the discharge port of said dredge pump; e) at least one motorboat having vegetation collection means for collecting aquatic vegetation and moving the vegetation into the suction draw produced by said dredge pump; and f) wherein aquatic vegetation is drawn into the suction pipe, macerated and chopped by said dredge pump, and discharged.