Apparatuses and methods for seaweed embedded intertwined rope matrix
AssigneeSea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd.
InventorsSiddarth Koppal, Jiju Thomas, Nelson Vadassery
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Abstract
An apparatus for forming a rope matrix having seaweed propagules embedded therein is provided and may include an intertwining assembly configured to intertwine at least three ropes at a braiding point to form a rope matrix. Further, the apparatus may include a conveying device configured to introduce seaweed propagules adjacent to the braiding point and to enable embedding of the seaweed propagules within the rope matrix while the rope matrix is being formed. Further, the apparatus may comprises an offtake assembly configured to move the rope matrix, with the seaweed propagules embedded therein, out of the apparatus.
Claims23
An apparatus for forming a rope matrix having seaweed propagules embedded therein, the apparatus comprising:
- an intertwining assembly configured to intertwine at least three ropes at a braiding point to form a rope matrix, the intertwining assembly comprising:
- three or more carriers, wherein at least three of the carriers carry a respective spool of rope, wherein, to form the rope matrix, the at least three of the carriers carrying the respective spools of rope, move about each other in a serpentine path such that the ropes pass alternatively over and under each other diagonally to a longitudinal axis of the rope matrix at the braiding point;
- a conveying device configured to introduce seaweed propagules adjacent to the braiding point enabling embedding of the seaweed propagules within the rope matrix while the rope matrix is being formed;
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- an offtake assembly configured to move the rope matrix, with the seaweed propagules embedded therein, out of the apparatus.
A method for forming a rope matrix having seaweed propagules embedded therein, the method comprising:
- intertwining, by an intertwining assembly of an apparatus, at least three ropes at a braiding point to form the rope matrix, wherein the intertwining assembly comprises three or more carriers, wherein at least three of the carriers carry a respective spool of rope, and wherein, the intertwining to form the rope comprises:
- moving the at least three of the carriers carrying the respective spool of rope about each other in a serpentine path such that the ropes pass alternatively over and under each other diagonally to a longitudinal axis of the rope matrix at the braiding point;
- introducing seaweed propagules adjacent to the braiding point such that the seaweed propagules are embedded within the rope matrix while the rope matrix is being formed;
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- moving, by an offtake assembly of the apparatus, the rope matrix, with the seaweed propagules embedded therein, out of the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.