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US 2026/0123615 A1Published application
Spreading device
OwnerAtli Mar JOSAFATSSONinventor
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A spreading device for spreading gear, including fishing gear or seismic survey gear, towed behind a vessel in water, comprising a hollow body of concavo-convex shape and made of plastics material. The body has a general mirror symmetry about a plane which is substantially mid-height and/or mid-length in the body in use. The body has a fore-and-aft to top-to-bottom aspect ratio of between 1:2 and 4:1, and an inner concave side and an outer convex side. The device has a forward towing point on the inner concave side for a tow line to the vessel and aft towing point for attachment of the gear to be towed. The plastic material of the hollow body renders the body buoyant in water and enables ballast or additional buoyancy to be added.
A spreading device for spreading gear towed behind a vessel in water comprising:
The spreading device as claimed in claim l, wherein the at least one forward towing point is substantially at or symmetrically positioned with respect to the mid-height plane.
The spreading device as claimed in claim l, wherein the at least one aft towing point is substantially at or symmetrically positioned with respect to the mid-height plane.
The spreading device as claimed in claim l, wherein the at least one aft towing point is on the outer convex side of the body.
The spreading device as claimed in claim l, wherein the towing points are provided with load spreading plates on the opposite side of the body and bolts through the body for transferring the load to the plates.
The spreading device as claimed in claim l, wherein:
The spreading device as claimed in claim l, wherein the body is of wood fibres or a blend of wood fibres and polymer.
The pair of spreading device, each as claimed in claim l, wherein one is a starboard device and the other is a port device, the bodies of the pair of spreading devices being from the same mould, the bodies of the two devices:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.