Device and method for protecting towed underwater objects from fishing lines
AssigneeThales
InventorMichel RICARD
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Abstract
A protective device configured to protect a line-cutting device mounted on a cable towed by a surface vessel comprises a blade holder comprising a blade, the blade being formed in the blade holder and being retractable into a slot about a transverse spring pin, wherein the protective device comprises a weighted body of hydrodynamic overall shape delimiting a transverse opening for the passage of the cable and an interior cavity in which the blade is arranged in such a way as to cut any line caught in the cavity, the protective device free to rotate about the cable.
Claims14
A protective device configured to protect a line-cutting device mounted on a cable towed by a surface vessel, said device comprising a blade holder comprising a blade, said blade being formed in said blade holder and being retractable into a slot about a transverse spring pin, wherein the protective device comprises a weighted body of hydrodynamic overall shape delimiting a transverse opening for the passage of the cable and an interior cavity in which said blade is arranged in such a way as to cut any line caught in the cavity, the protective device being free to rotate about the cable.
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