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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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....
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....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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