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8167670 |
Blow-off float vehicle recovery apparatus
The invention in one variation is a modular recovery apparatus for dispensing a tether spool having a tow line with a float, where the tow line can be used to retrieve an unmanned underwater...
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7946241 |
Methods and apparatus for marine deployment
Methods and apparatus for marine deployment according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a floatable housing adapted to be deployed by a marine vehicle. The...
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7534152 |
Underwater float release system
An underwater buoy release system having a moment arm release system. The moment arm release system has a magnetically attractive arm structure connected to a buoy. The buoy release system further...
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7138603 |
Device for remotely decoupling coupled objects with a fusible link underwater
A device for remotely decoupling coupled objects with a fusible link underwater using a replaceable fusible link of appropriate electrical resistance, a method to supply a high-power charge of...
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7112111 |
Closed loop buoyancy system
A closed loop buoyancy system wherein a device housing the system is submerged in a liquid filled container, the device dives to the bottom of the container, remains for a regulated amount of time,...
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6739924 |
Remotely activated buoy
A remote controlled buoy includes a buoyant reel and an actuator. The buoyant reel includes connectivity for connecting the buoyant reel to the actuator. The actuator includes a releasing mechanism...
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6690300 |
Marine engine throttle control method for single or twin engine applications
An improved marine engine control methodology is utilized in either single or twin engine applications, and provides a safe and logical transitioning between manual and automatic operating modes. A...
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6537118 |
Subsea buoy
A subsea buoy for use in maneuvering a submerged object, the buoy comprising a buoyant body, a first frangible link for securing said buoy to the object, means for rupturing said first frangible...
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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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6261142 |
Submersible and retrievable buoy
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5516317 |
System to sink and float buoys
Submarine (6) devices consisting of cavity to hold sand and an inflatable air bladder (10) are located beneath and connected to floating buoys (2). The weight of the sand when put inside the cavity...
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5460556 |
Variable buoyancy buoy
A variable buoyancy buoy includes a shell and expansion apparatus. The two are combined in a manner to provide a watertight structure with an internal region wherein a constant pressure is...
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5449307 |
Sea surveillance and control apparatus
An apparatus and method for establishing and maintaining control over an area of the sea from a remote location, consisting of a remote control point, a number of submersible satellite stations and...
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5348501 |
Compact retrievable marker buoy
A compact, retrievable and inexpensive marker buoy has a primary housing in the shape of an hourglass having a throat in the center, and a base. The primary housing has a waterproof chamber...
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5219245 |
Recovery system for a submerged instrument
A recovery system for a submerged instrument that includes a buoyant member and an electrically promoted magnetic flux diversion device comprising a pair of pole pieces, a permanent magnet disposed...
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5184328 |
Underwater release mechanism
An underwater acoustic release system includes a buoyed member with an attached line that is released from a preselected underwater location using an acoustic signal that activates a heating...
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5129848 |
Controllable variable depth mooring system and method
A mooring system and method of anchoring a buoyant module (16) in a submerged location in the sea for supporting an underwater structure such as a plurality of acoustical arrays (18) for receiving...
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5100353 |
Electromagnetic marker float release
The present invention provides a marker float release that includes a houg; an electromagnet mounted to the housing having an electromagnetic core; and a buoyant element having a permanent magnet....
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5080684 |
Floating device for releasing safety equipment
Floating device for releasing safety equipment, this device being fixed on a unit such as a ship and comprising a support on which a movable member is fixed under the influence of hydrostatic...
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5069575 |
Roll forming notches in a thin-wall power transmission member
An apparatus and method for forming a power transmission member from a thin-walled blank, the apparatus including a pair of dies (84) having opposed work surfaces, and a mandrel (50) positioned...
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5067429 |
Method for mooring and connecting an end of a flexible line with a conduit of a floating offshore edifice
A method for mooring and connecting at least one flexible line end with a conduit of a floating sea edifice, with the method including the steps of mooring a harpoon to a float, which harpoon is...
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5022013 |
Underwater release apparatus, underwater release system and method
An improved underwater release apparatus, underwater release system and method of controlled release of an underwater object employing the underwater release apparatus. The underwater release...
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5003514 |
Deep ocean recoverable acoustic sensor vehicle
A deep ocean recoverable, tethered acoustic sensor system launchable from aircraft or ship. Upon water entry, the system separates into an upper flotation module containing a receiver/transmitter,...
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4839873 |
Subsea acoustic relocation system
A subsea acoustic relocation system provides an apparatus that includes in one embodiment an anchor, and in another embodiment a weighted frame having in part a casing which has an inner bore with...
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4834684 |
Ball lock release mechanism
An instrumentation package and float are releasably joined to an anchor by connector that holds the float and anchor together until the anchor impacts the ocean bottom. Upon impact, the inertia of...
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4777819 |
Untethered oceanographic sensor platform
Method and apparatus for making depth related measurements from an untethered, gravity driven oceanographic platform. The platform is a smooth streamlined, torpedo shaped body releasably carrying...
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4731036 |
Indicator means
A device for indicating the presence in water of an object consisting of material capable of being affected by a magnet, the device containing a magnet. The device enables a reliable and effective...
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4722498 |
Inflatable air foil
A non-rigid, gas inflatable airfoil having a bulbous inflatable forward body and three spaced-apart rearwardly extending inflatable tails. The tails are attached to the rearward portion of the body...
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4666338 |
Ocean bottom seismometer release mechanism
A method and apparatus for retrieving an ocean bottom seismometer deployed to a subsea location is disclosed wherein inflatable flexible housings are attached to cylindrical cannisters having...
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4664559 |
Remotely operated magnetic release for anchored aquatic instrumentation
A latch mechanism (release) for use in anchoring equipment and devices submerged in water, held closed by a permanent magnet and which can be automatically or remotely opened by diverting the...
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4557697 |
Method of delivering to ocean bottom and raising to surface of station for deep water researches and design of station delivered using said method
A method of delivering to the ocean bottom and raising to the surface of a station provided with instrument packages for deep-water researches is realized by way of free submergence of the station...
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4546721 |
Submerged single point mooring system
A mooring system for anchoring sea going ships, such as storage or production tanker vessels, and more particularly, a submerged single point mooring system fixed to the seabed and which is...
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4547163 |
Oil transfer apparatus
An apparatus and method for transferring a fluid, such as oil, between a fluid conveying line and a ship. The apparatus includes a transfer unit anchored at the bottom of the sea and attached to...
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4507093 |
Buoy device for automatic raising of submerged objects
A device for automatically raising fish traps, crayfish pots, nets and the like comprises a tank containing pressurized gas connected through a control valve to an inflatable bladder. A control...
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4430552 |
Thermal release device
A thermal release device made up of a heating element in contact with a thermally fusible connective link which upon supplying electric current to the heating element melts through the link and...
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4262379 |
Automatically surfacing marker buoy for lobster or crab traps or the like
A marker buoy attached to an object such as a lobster or crab trap by a latch and released by a trigger struck by a falling weight. A sealed buoy compartment contains a first permanent magnet...
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4136415 |
Underwater release mechanism
An underwater release mechanism for a shackle including a shaft releasably journaled in a casing and held in position by a frangible link to be spring biased to release a shackle hook upon remote...
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3981036 |
Life saving buoy for small vessels
A life-saving buoy for small vessels such as yachts, fishing vessels and other small watercraft, which is mounted on the deck of the vessel in such a way as to release automatically if the vessel...
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3860983 |
CONTROLLABLY SUBMERSIBLE BUOY
A mooring buoy of sufficient size to permit mooring of ships thereto and a control system to control the rate of ascent and descent of the submersible buoy.
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3792421 |
UNDERWATER DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
The present invention is a method for raising and lowering an umbilical ce into which other cables could be plugged, the cable being retrieved by releasing a connector through a signal sent on the...
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3722014 |
RETRIEVABLE BUOY
A retrievable, submersible buoy is disclosed which is anchored at an underwater location and includes an explosive charge release mechanism which releases the buoy from its anchor in response to a...
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3654649 |
SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING ANCHOR CHAINS
This invention relates to a system for retrieving the anchor chain which has been cut loose from an anchored vessel. A buoy, filled with water to make in non-buoyant, is attached to the anchor...
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3602959 |
AUTOMATICALLY RELEASABLE CONNECTORS
A connector device having a sealed pressure housing, a clevis and hook-type releasable coupling connected to one end of the housing, spring-biased rotatable control means in the housing and...
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3463113 |
RECOVERY RELEASE SYSTEM
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3293676 |
Instrument capsule
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3287753 |
Oceanographic apparatus
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3199070 |
Sonic control circuitry
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3150387 |
Foam generator
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3138778 |
Electronic acoustic receiver
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3130703 |
Percussion release hook
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