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7547032 |
Trailer capable of towing multiple vehicles
A combined boat and jet ski towing trailer includes a jet ski support ramp on the arm that connects a trailer body to the towing vehicle. The jet ski supporting ramp is inclined and oriented at an...
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7484467 |
Deep water lift system remote pendant
A control pendant for raising and lowering an object in water by hoist machinery allows control by a diver viewing the submerged object. The pendant has an elongate sheath defining an elongate...
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7481173 |
Floating lowering and lifting device
The invention relates to a floating lowering and lifting device having a floating structure and a lifting unit lowerable from the floating structure towards the sea bed, the lifting unit having a...
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7296530 |
Unmanned system for underwater object inspection, identification and/or neutralization
An unmanned system performs inspection, identification and/or neutralization of underwater objects. An unmanned vehicle that operates at a water's surface stows underwater crawling and/or swimming...
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7040680 |
Load handling device
In a load handling device for use with a load having a lifting attachment, the lifting attachment being so attached to the load that, when the load is suspended by the lifting attachment, the load...
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7028627 |
Submersible vehicle launch and recovery system
A submersible vehicle launch and recovery system comprises a grab comprising at least two arms capable of moving relative to each other, the arms being rotatable between an open position and a...
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7000560 |
Unmanned underwater vehicle docking station coupling system and method
A docking station for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) includes a tether control system to minimize movement of the docking station when the UUV is docking therein. The docking station is a...
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6904857 |
Boat lift securing device
A device secured to a submersible portion of a boat lift to stabilize the submersible portion of the boat lift from unwanted lateral movement. Elongated pipe-like devices are attached to a...
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6904856 |
Method and apparatus for accessing underwater cable or pipes
A method and apparatus are provided for accessing a cable or pipe ( 9 ) buried underwater in a layer of material ( 10 ). The method comprises urging a tool ( 1 ) through the layer of material ( 10...
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6843191 |
Device and method for raising sunken objects
A device and method for raising sunken objects such as crates, small boats, vessels and ships including a platform equipped with winches to lower down a basket net and a frame supporting a...
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6767004 |
Replacement motorized drive unit for boat lifts
A drive motor arrangement for replacing manual drives on an existing boat lift winch shaft comprises a worm gear box with a worm driven by an integrally mounted motor on the worm gear box. A worm...
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6698376 |
Device for launching and recovering an underwater vehicle and implementation method
A device for launching and recovering an underwater vehicle comprises a submersible assembly comprising a lower chassis and an upper chassis, which are connected by a flexible connection so that...
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6511261 |
Method of removing or positioning a substructure of an offshore platform
The method for removing or positioning a structure ( 103 ) which is erected on either an underwater bed or anchored to the underwater bed entails the use of a hoisting mechanism. When the structure...
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6443660 |
Method and system for manipulating an object located underwater
An apparatus for manipulating an object located proximate an underwater floor is disclosed, in a preferred embodiment comprising a foundation implantable in the underwater floor; a lifting frame...
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6390012 |
Apparatus and method for deploying, recovering, servicing, and operating an autonomous underwater vehicle
An apparatus and methods for deploying, recovering, and servicing an AUV are disclosed. The apparatus includes a linelatch system that is made up of a tether management system connected to a flying...
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6223681 |
REMUS positive lock securing apparatus
The present invention is an apparatus for launching or retrieving a vessel. This apparatus includes a first vertical member having a top and a bottom end. A lower vessel engagement hook is...
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6217053 |
Recreational vehicle support apparatus
An apparatus which is transformable from a boat lift to a trailer. The apparatus is movable on skids in a boat lift mode and on wheels in a trailer mode. A pair of posts on a main frame supports a...
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6152065 |
Apparatus for launching and recovery of boats
A dock, for launching and recovery of a lifeboat, rescue boat or like small boat on a vessel, a floating platform or a fixed installation. The boat (14) is normally stored on the dock. The dock is...
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5970813 |
Drive system
A flat plate drive system for controlling the axial rotational motion of a drive shaft for raising and lowering a load, that optimizes frictional engagement while maximizing heat dissipation away...
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5800093 |
Method and apparatus for the offshore installation of multi-ton packages such as deck packages, jackets, and sunken vessels
A method and apparatus for the installation or removal of large multi-ton prefabricated deck packages includes the use of usually two barges defining a base that can support a large multi-ton load....
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5666898 |
Equipment for raising sunken vessels
Equipment for the raising, sunken vessels, specifically small to medium sized ships which are submerged in depths to which human descent for purposes of rigging retrieval gear to the ship is...
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5378851 |
System for handling a remotely operated vessel
A system for handling a remote vessel from a mother vessel comprising: a messenger/manipulating line intercepting member extending upwardly from the remote vessel; a line capturing device...
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5253606 |
Machine for gripping, securing and handling underwater vehicles and the like
A machine for gripping and handling underwater vehicles and the like includes a gripping device provided with a guiding member made integral at its upper end, an articulated member connected with a...
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5083953 |
Transferrable and reusable marker and retrieval system for water transport objects subject to possible sinking
An improved apparatus for use in association with a vessel to facilitate raising the vessel and/or cargo carried thereby should it become sunken. The apparatus is readily attachable to or mountable...
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4986203 |
Method for raising any object lying on the bottom of the sea, a river or basin, and apparatus used thereby
Method and apparatus for raising an object from a sea, river or basin bottom. A lifting platform is arranged adjacent the object to be raised, from the platform supporting tubes are arranged at an...
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4984527 |
Device for the remote assembly of two members
A device for the remote assembly of two members using at least one oblong assembly element, comprising an anchoring arrangement for anchoring its assembly element on one of said members, or first...
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4843995 |
Automatic boat bottom cleaner
A mechanical device for cleaning the bottom of a boat moored in a body of water includes a line with a central scrubber section, ends affixed above the boat's water line and means for urging the...
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4746157 |
Lifting device for setting floating objects afloat in the water and raising them, particularly boats
A lifting device is provided for rapidly coupling and uncoupling a floating load, such as a boat, when it is set afloat or raised from the water. It includes essentially a hook secured to the load...
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4729503 |
Method and equipment for underwater attachment
An attachment device adapted to be fused to an underwater object which includes a housing having a fuel chamber in generally surrounding relationship to an ignition chamber, a closure normally...
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4686920 |
Cradle type boat lifts
A boat lift for a berth having permanently positioned piles in pairs spaced apart a distance sufficient to permit the boat to be berthed thereat to move between the paired piles while in the water...
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4516517 |
Float recovery system
A method and apparatus are provided for recovering a towed body to onboard a towing ship while the towing ship is underway. A saddle is employed in cooperation with a rudder to engage one end of...
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4499840 |
Method for the salvage of a sunken vessel
This invention discloses a method for the salvage of a sunken vessel able to be carried out either in deep or shallow sea area by utilizing electromagnets to direct a conventional clamping...
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4280430 |
Linked-spar motion-compensated lifting system
A system for operating a lifting cable over the side of a ship at sea in ch a spar buoy having an adjustable lifting capacity is coupled to the ship by a rigid linkage which is free to pivot on an...
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4245578 |
Process and apparatus for handling a diving machine
Apparatus for handling a submersible device, such as a diving bell, includes a winch mounted on a support structure and having a suspension cable with a free end at which the submersible device is...
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4100871 |
Rescue apparatus for submerged vessels
Apparatus for raising submerged vessels including a ship having a dual hull section. A winch attached to cables threaded through support structures are provided on the dual hull section. Vessel...
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4062485 |
Exothermic welding device
Exothermic welding device for welding to a surface underwater includes a Thermit charge surrounded by a movable inner casing abutting a plate. The plate includes magnetic or other means for...
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4051797 |
Steel boat hull salvaging assembly
An assembly of components that may be used in combination with a salvage vessel to raise a sunken vessel that has a steel hull from the floor of the ocean or other body of water. The sunken vessel...
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4031840 |
Process and apparatus for recovering sunken wrecks
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for recovering sunken wrecks. More particularly, the present invention concerns a method and apparatus for recovering sunken wrecks wherein...
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4006929 |
Vacuum pad
A vacuum pad comprising a body having an opening therethrough. One end of the opening is adapted to be attached to a source of vacuum. A water trap chamber is provided on the body communicating...
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3987741 |
Remote unmanned work system (RUWS) mating latch
A remote interconnection of a first undersea vehicle tethered to a second dersea vehicle is assured by mating assemblies carried on both vehicles. The tethering cable extends through a prod...
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3937163 |
Launch and recovery vessel
An apparatus for and method of docking and recovering a submersible by a surface vessel reduces the possibility of damaging the submersible and injuring the crewmen. The submersible approaches its...
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3874013 |
BUOY DEVICE FOR LOCATING AND RETRIEVING SUNKEN VESSELS
A dual buoy rescue device is provided for locating and retrieving sunken vessels. An essentially cylindrical anchor buoy having a tapered end is secured to the vessel by buoy orientation device...
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3871315 |
Device for salvaging metal objects and salvaging method
A submersible device for use in salvaging metal objects comprises a magnetized metallic housing containing compressed thermit suitably sealed from the water. The housing in lowered on cables until...
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3853082 |
MECHANICAL RETRIEVER
An apparatus for attaching a hoisting cable to a sunken vessel is configu to be pulled-down onto a cone-shaped line anchor. The device is pulled down onto the line anchor when the hoisting cable...
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3845634 |
DUAL HYDRO WINCH LIFT MECHANISM
A pair of compartmented cylinders provide buoyant support for a huge, hea undersea structure. After the compartmented cylinders and structure have been towed to the work site, flooding and...
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3844237 |
APPARATUS FOR RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS
A lifting or raising assembly primarily designed for the raising of sunken vessels including two ships arranged on the surface of a body of water and substantially relative to one another wherein a...
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3813887 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING LIQUID CONTAMINANTS FROM A SUBMERGED TANK
A method and apparatus for forming holes in the wall of a submerged tank and removing liquid material therefrom. First and second holes are first formed in the wall of the tank wherein the first...
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3807336 |
STRUCTURE FOR SALVAGING SUNKEN SHIPS
An improved apparatus for salvaging sunken vessels in the form of an arrangement is shown in which a pair of support vessels mount a plurality of pivotally connected transoms with grappling...
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3779195 |
LIFT CABLE TRANSFER APPARATUS
A lift cable transfer apparatus for retrieving a submerged object includi a strongback; a reel mounted on the strongback for reeling in and storage of a messenger line from the submerged object;...
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3765355 |
SALVAGE SYSTEM
A marine salvage system is disclosed as including a carrier vehicle having controllable manipulator arm to which is attached a carriage frame for carrying a plurality of unique self-striking,...
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