Devices, systems and methods for controlling erosion
View Patent ↗At least one exemplary device includes a tubular mesh enclosure formed from a mesh material having a nominal opening size of less than 0.5 inches, a ratio of a length of the mesh enclosure to a diameter of the mesh enclosure greater than 40, having an opposing pair of ends, at least one of the ends sealed, the enclosure surrounding a filling.
1. A method for pneumatically forming an erosion control device comprising:
closing a distal end of a mesh tube formed from a mesh material having a opening size of between approximately 0.125 inches and approximately 0.5 inches, a ratio of a length of the mesh tube to a diameter of the mesh tube greater than 40, an external surface of said mesh tube formed by said mesh material;
inserting a pneumatic blower hose into an open proximate end of the mesh tube;
pneumatically discharging a filling from the pneumatic blower hose into the mesh tube;
withdrawing the pneumatic blower hose from the mesh tube; and
closing the open proximate end of the mesh tube.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes mulch.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes wood shavings.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes gravel.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes wood chips.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes bark.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes hay.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes leaves.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes wood pellets.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes bamboo.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes palm wastes.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes palm leaves.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes wool.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes hair.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes sugar cane bagasse.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes jute.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes hulls.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes flocculants.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes chemical binders.
20. The method of claim 1 , wherein said filling includes a water absorbent.
21. A method for pneumatically forming an erosion control device comprising:
pneumatically discharging a filling from a blower hose into a first mesh tube, the first mesh tube formed from a mesh material having a opening size of between approximately 0.125 inches and approximately 0.5 inches, a ratio of a length of the first mesh tube to a diameter of the first mesh tube greater than 40, an external surface of said mesh tube formed by said mesh material.
22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
inserting said blower hose into an open proximate end of the first mesh tube.