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6824181 |
Retractile grab device for the recovery of blocks submerged in a marine environment
A retractile grab device, suitable for extracting and recovering submerged concrete blocks which form part of the protective structure at harbours and marine docks. The device of the present...
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6752569 |
Underwater tool
To obviate the need for hydraulic lines, from the surface, external water pressure is used to compress a seal member and form a seal with a surrounding pip. Valve is opened at depth to allow water...
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6726265 |
Golf disc retriever
A disc retriever for disc golf is attached to a rope or cord which can be thrown varying distances to enable retrieval of a golf disc from variously sized water hazards or other difficult to access...
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6428068 |
Golf ball retriever
A ball retrieving body has a first extent defined by sidewalls which terminate in an open ball retrieving end. The open ball retrieving end has an inside area sized to be greater than the outside...
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6379202 |
Underwater clamp-type release apparatus
An underwater clamp-type release apparatus has a main body and a release mechanism. The main body includes a housing, a motor stand, and a speed reducing gear motor while the release mechanism...
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6361094 |
Object retrieval apparatus
An object retrieval apparatus including a base plate having an opening disposed therethrough at a predetermined location. At least two jaws are pivotally attached to the base plate. An actuator is...
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6312031 |
Device for retrieving an object in a fluid and method therefor
A device for retrieving an object that is submerged in a fluid. A first member, preferably formed in the shape of a cylinder, has an open top end and a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a hole...
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6305119 |
Fishing lure retriever
A fishing lure retriever is provided that utilizes a ring member to selectively encircle the fishing line of a snagged lure and is caused to track along the line until the ring member contacts the...
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6267424 |
Compact grappling hook particularly adapted for military/tactical entry/exit operations in urban terrain
A light weight compact grappling hook which finds use in at least urban terrain comprising a small head member provided with a plurality of arms or blades which are serrated and/or provided with...
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6250054 |
Device for removal of aquatic vegetation
A device for removing aquatic vegetation including a substantially planar member defining a plurality of elongated constricted slots communicating with a marginal edge of the planar member to form...
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6131974 |
Roller grapnel
The present invention provides an improved grapnel which permits towed ars to be retrieved more easily and with less chance of damaging the array. The invention includes a pair of U-shaped members...
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6079761 |
Retractable grappling hook
A retractable grappling hook generally comprising a shaft having a longitnal extending axis and a plurality of hooks pivotally attached to the shaft. Each hook has a longitudinally extending axis...
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6059334 |
Golf ball retriever and method
A golf ball retriever is provided which has a sinuous rigid frame and a flexible gate formed from chain links. As the ball catcher is placed over a selected ball, the gate slides over the ball...
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6036246 |
Device for manipulating submerged-operating units
A device (10) for manipulating submerged-operating units (11), such as submersible motor-driven pumps, submersible motor-driven stirrers and the like, has a hoist, by means of which the unit (11)...
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6030014 |
Alignment lifting fixture
An aligning and lifting device is disclosed. The invention may be for use th an underwater cage including a top portion and a bottom portion. The aligning and lifting device includes a male member...
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5954376 |
Golf ball retriever
An improved multiple purpose golf ball retriever for retrieving golf balls from water hazards. The device comprises an elongated head which has a forward frame, rear frame, upper frame and side...
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5890841 |
Subsea cable installation
The present invention relates to a method and means for transferring a construction--consisting of an elongated article (2,21) provided with at least one termination (3,20,40)--between a vertical...
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5823591 |
Golf-ball retriever
A golf ball retriever having a dual entry for receiving a golf ball. In an exemplary embodiment, the golf ball retriever includes a substantially rectangular open wire frame head having a plurality...
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5735561 |
Lift device for small watercraft
A lift device for use in raising and lowering personal watercraft, often known as jet-skis, and small boats having a weight of up to about 2000 pounds. The lift device, which is portable and weighs...
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5707174 |
Underwater cable burial machine using a single cable for towing and lifting
The underwater cable burial machine uses a single cable for both towing and lifting. The machine includes a retractable cable, which is connected between a retraction mechanism and the towing...
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5683130 |
Underwater vehicle recovery method
Disclosed is an improved method for the recovery of motor vehicles submerged in bodies of water. The method comprises the steps of providing a noose comprising a length of material having a first...
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5522631 |
Means for, and a method of, handling a submersible equipment which has a lifting bail
A length of non-corroding, filamentary material penetrates a lifting bail of the submersible equipment, and one end of the material is coupled to a hook, while the opposite end is pulled to cause...
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5513886 |
Undersea release apparatus
An undersea release apparatus for positively releasing a connecting link from an underwater device, the apparatus comprising a latching mechanism on the device for latching the connecting link to...
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5511841 |
Golf ball retriever device and method of using same
A golf ball retriever device and method of using same for recovering golf balls from a water hazard. The device comprises an open frame portion having a pair of longitudinal frame members and a...
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5437489 |
Fluid-operated pipe clamp
This invention provides a hydraulically-actuated pipe clamp for sealing leaks in pipe lines located in remote or hazardous places. The pipe clamp consists of a split block having hinged jaws that...
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5370434 |
Retrieval device for floating objects having an extensible line and housing therefor
The invention provides a retrieval device for retrieving floating objects from the surface of a body of water. The device comprises an extensible boom formed by a semi-rigid, non-resilient, buoyant...
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5356188 |
Device for temporarily holding a load on a holding line
A device for temporarily holding a load on a vertical holding line including two articulated elements forming a pincer, each element having a jaw and an arm, one of the two arms including a...
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5356187 |
Recovery and deployment device
A recovery and deployment device consists of a relatively small base and a lurality of cable controlled armatures extending therefrom in substantially the same direction. Drive cables operate on...
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5320394 |
Lift harness for small watercraft deployable by one person
A lift harness for use in winching jet skis, boats and similar craft out from the water is described as including a pair of floatation pipes coupled to an overhead metal ring by a pair of fabric...
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5279482 |
Fingered bola body, bola with same, and methods of use
A bola body, a bola, and methods employing such bola bodies and bolas; in one aspect a bola body having a non-spherical body member from which extend one or more fingers for entanglement with a...
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5234243 |
Tank gauge float retrieval device
Liquid storage tank level sensing gauge floats may be retrieved from within the tank without entry of personnel into the tank by a device comprising spaced apart pairs of pivotally-supported hook...
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5234242 |
Submarine cable grapnel
There is disclosed a submarine cable grapnel which is tied to the two rope of a cable ship and is dragged on the bottom of the sea, one grappling unit and at least one attitude stabilizer is...
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5203599 |
Grapnel for underwater cable
A grapnel for recovering telecommunications cables from deep oceans has special features for treating the cable gently, cutting the cable and holding a predetermined side of it. The grapnel...
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5120099 |
Submersible grappling device
A submersible grappling system is designed for retrieving objects, such as, golf balls from the bottom or floor of a body of water and is made up of a tubular housing, a bladder at one end of the...
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5079905 |
Floating weed rake
A plastic tube serving as a rake head has teeth disposed along its undersurface and a pair of spaced-apart aluminum tubes. The plastic tube is injected with buoyant filler material to make the rake...
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5072899 |
Kite accessory release device with dissolvable member
Release device tied to underside of kite has rubber band-biased, cooperating jaws which releasably hold toy "paratrooper". Liquid-filled gelatin capsule serves as pin to hold jaws in closed...
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5011206 |
Device for extracting foreign pieces or particles from fuel assemblies of a nuclear reactor
The device comprises a vertical pole (11) having a manipulating handle (14) at its upper end and a gripper (22) fastened to one end of a gripper support (20) mounted pivotally about a horizontal...
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4999982 |
Weeder for inland waterways
A weeder capable of removing large and small sized weeds from inland waterways is arranged for towing off the back of a row boat as well as for manual operation. The weeder is in the form of a...
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4984836 |
Remote area golf ball retriever
A rugged self-contained tool for performing golf ball retrieval from remote and otherwise inaccessible areas of a water hazard comprising a plurality of rigidly mounted, ball-pinching, spaced,...
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4848261 |
Anchor
An improved anchor which can be easily separated massive obstacles merely by pulling the anchoring line. The anchor comprises a shank having a crown end and a rotatable shaft attached to the crown...
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4845879 |
Antifriction casting rod
A casting rod combined with an open face reel such that during a cast swing, a main portion of the rod moves in front of the reel to avoid colliding with casting line peeling off at the reel spool....
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4805547 |
Anchor for hooking, severing and holding marine cable
An anchor for hooking and cutting a submarine cable comprises an anchor body part, a cable-hooking part and a connecting part, these parts being connected together into a form like a fishing hook....
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4768820 |
Cable catch, clamp and cut (grapple)
A grapple of rugged construction capable of being towed along the ocean bed for recovery of underwater communication cables; having a scoop with suitable inserts to furrow and "scoop up" cable....
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4761649 |
Cable detector
A cable detector has a plurality of rotatably series connected hooks having an opening mouth for accepting a cable on sea bottom with an equal angular intervals, a contact pressure sensing means...
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4724789 |
Device for laying-out and breaking-out of the sea-bottom and weighing an anchor
A chaser of a hook type for laying-out and weighing an anchor and intended for tensioning of an anchor line to an embedded anchor.
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4705331 |
Subsea clamping apparatus
A self-actuating clamp for attachment to a structural member in a subsea environment is disclosed. The clamp includes a housing having spaced side members, a transverse compression plate mounted...
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4702507 |
Locking device for multiple pivotable members
A locking device is described for use in selectively locking a plurality of pivotable members at selected operative positions about a central axis. The device includes means for mounting the...
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4679348 |
Trap drag
A game trap drag having arms, flukes, and a penetration enhancement/antihitching member oriented in relation to each other and the drag shank such that the drag more effectively penetrates the...
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4676540 |
Articulated cable clamp for electric cable raising and laying
A clamp for gripping an electrical cable for the purpose of raising the cable from, or for lowering it into, the water. The clamp comprises a plurality of clamping units which are disposed in...
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4674915 |
Manipulator apparatus for gripping submerged objects
A manipulator apparatus carried by a remotely operated vehicle is provided with a suction device capable of gripping underwater objects. The suction portion of the manipulator apparatus utilizes...
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