Patent · US Expired

Tender for submarine cable

US4324195A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1980
Grant dateApr 13, 1982
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63G2008/007
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for underwater taking in and paying out of a submarine cable or tether feeding a remote controlled submarine. A stationary guide tube has a funnel above and below it for guiding a tether therethrough. The tether is moved by a power driven wheel projecting into the guide tube. A dome spaced above the guide tube is shaped to deflect the tether into an annular storage chamber around the tube.

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