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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4699222 | Method and apparatus for penetrating ice Apparatus which penetrates a hole through an ice cap from the water beneath the ice cap. A positively buoyant unit containing water under high pressure discharges the water through a nozzle causing erosion of the ice. The nozzle is connected to a telescop... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4671920 | Method for maintenance of ice beds of ice condenser containment A tool for maintaining ice baskets associated with a nuclear reactor system. The frame of the tool includes a platform which is disposed on a lattice support structure surrounding a selected and isolated basket. The tool includes an electric drill mounted... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4651834 | Ice penetrating method and apparatus A thermal ice penetration method and apparatus for melting a hole through ice preferably utilizing thermochemical heating by exothermal reaction between water supplied at least in part by the melting ice and a thermochemical reactant, preferably lithium a... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4650011 | Method and apparatus for drilling a hole in an ice formations and pumping water out from such hole An auger (16) and a pump unit (18) are mounted on opposite sides of a tower (42). Each is moved up and down the tower by a separate chain and sprocket drive (134, 146, 158, and 136, 148, 160). The assembly (16, 18, 42) is laterally shiftable in position, ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4640552 | Method and apparatus for splitting ice masses A method and apparatus is disclosed for breaking apart large masses of ice wherein a borehole is drilled into a mass of ice, the hole is blocked and pressurized to split the ice mass.... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4539750 | Ice cutter and corer The invention relates to apparatus for cutting and removing a core of ice from an expanse of natural ice such as, for example, a lake or river so that fishing can be accomplished through the remaining open hole. The apparatus consists of a cylinder with i... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4488605 | Extendible shank auger A drill assembly or auger for forming a hole in a surface such as ice and having a readily extendible and retractable shank assembly. The shank assembly has first and second longitudinal shank members. One shank member is telescopically engagable in the o... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4294183 | Cutter configuration for efficient ice disaggregation and clearing In order to improve the efficiency and reliability of the cutter units employed in large scale ice disaggregation systems, a cutter configuration is employed characterized by an outwardly extending arm which sweeps rearwardly from the direction of travel ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4256188 | Method and apparatus for drilling a hole in a body of ice and for the destruction of a body of ice A method and apparatus for drilling a hole in a body of ice and for destroying a body of ice. The method comprises the steps of providing a source of reactant gas of a type which will react chemically with ice to form solid compounds which are unstable an... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4077225 | Apparatus for ice disaggregation An ice cutter movably mounted on a marine structure for cutting encroaching ice floes or ice sheets. A cutter blade is mounted on the structure so that it may be conveniently moved into a position on the structure toward which the ice is moving. Acoustica... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4064665 | Ice anchoring method and device An ice anchoring device, and particularly an ice hammer, having a relatively thin walled, partially open or fully closed channel, with opposed interior walls at at least a portion of the channel, and, preferably, parallel outer walls, which, when impacted... | 12/27/1977 |
