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US 2016/0215476 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for deploying an object to a sea floor
AssigneeSoil Machine Dynamics Limited
InventorJohn Graeme Walker
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Abstract
A deployment apparatus for deploying an object to a sea floor is disclosed. The deployment apparatus comprises a body and an attachment part mounted to the body for releasably attaching an object to the apparatus. Thrusters provide thrust to transport the apparatus having an object attached thereto, and inflatable tanks mounted to the body have adjustable buoyancy.
Claims26
An apparatus for deploying an object to a sea floor, the apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- at least one attachment device mounted to the body for releasably attaching an object to the apparatus;
- at least one thrust generating device mounted to the body for providing thrust to transport the apparatus having an object attached thereto;
- and
- at least one buoyant device mounted to said body and having adjustable buoyancy, wherein at least one said buoyant device comprises at least one tank adapted to be filled with air and/or gas by means of a conduit connected to a vessel located at the sea floor.
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An apparatus for deploying an object to a sea floor, the apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- at least one attachment device mounted to the body for releasably attaching an object to the apparatus;
- at least one thrust generating device mounted to the body for providing thrust to transport the apparatus having an object attached thereto;
- and
- at least one buoyant device mounted to said body and having adjustable buoyancy, wherein at least one said buoyant device comprises at least one buoyant member adapted to be moved between a respective first position, for transport from a vessel to said first location, and a second position, for transport from said first location to a second location on the sea floor.
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An apparatus for displacing material from a sea floor, the apparatus comprising:
- a body:
- at least one thrust generating device mounted to the body for providing thrust to transport the apparatus;
- and
- at least one displacement device for generating a flow of water to the sea floor to displace material therefrom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.