Method and device for continuously laying and burying a flexible submarine conduit
October 20, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3434297 Remote unmanned work system (RUWS) electromechanical cable system Separable trenching apparatus Method and device for embedding cables or the like into an underwater ground Guiding method for cable burying device and a device therefor Marine cable burying method and device therefor Self-propelled underwater cable burying machine Embedding cablelike members Cable plow Patent #: 4892443 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 537848 filed on 10/20/1995US Classes:405/164, By towing submerged sled with attached plow and pipe or cable guide405/158, Submerging, raising, or manipulating line of pipe or cable in or from marine environment405/159Entrenched or buriedExaminersPrimary: Graysay, Tamara L.Assistant: Lagman, Frederick L. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassF16L 001/12Foreign Application Priority Data1993-04-21 FRAbstractIt is characterized in that it consists in using a self-propelled sea plough (1) remote-controlled via a control flexible (2), said sea plough carrying at least one reel (6) of flexible conduit (7), controlling said sea plough from a site (5) so as to lay and bury a length of the flexible conduit up to a first predetermined point (P1), controlling said sea plough beyond said first predetermined point from another site (10), continuing laying and burying of the flexible conduit as far as a second predetermined point (P2), one of said sites being the land (5) and the other comprising a waterborne vessel.Applications include simultaneous laying and burying of flexible conduits such as optical cables, coaxial cables for analogue transmission, electrical cables, single or multiple flexible tubular conduits.Other References
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