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Floating device connected to a ship, for towing a submerged member with a lateral shift thereof with respect to the ship route

US4130078A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1977
Grant dateDec 19, 1978
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Expiry dateSep 9, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63B21/66
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device for towing a submerged member from a ship, along a direction parallel to the ship route, and laterally shifted with respect thereto, comprising a submerged deflector, including a series of parallel paddles inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device and whose generatrices are perpendicular to the plane of flotation, the deflector being solid with a floating element on the water surface.

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