B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
B63B 22/06 (2006.01) G10K 11/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2149101
A battery operated system responds to coded acoustic signals for releasing a buoyed housing from an underwater anchor to carry a retrieval line attached to a retrievable underwater object to the water surface. A novel tethering mechanism is provided for attaching the housing to a line 38 tethered to the anchor and for releasing it in response to the coded acoustic signals. The tethering mechanism operates in two diverse modes. Thus, the housing is released from its tether line thermally by battery power which melts an expandable wax body in a thermal actuator 36 to move an actuating member 37 through a line release stroke. The tether line is attached by a manually actuated latching mechanism 45, 47 provided for retethering the housing by resetting the latching mechanism without draining battery. The exit angle of the line leaving a lower latching compartment outwardly is restricted to prevent substantial changes in line orientation thereby to reduce fouling of the tether line in response to underwater currents. The tether line attaching mechanism comprises in separate embodiments either a set of line clamping cams or a latched set of levers, either of which releases the line in response to thermal movement of an actuating member.
Olivier Andre W.
Rau Brien G.
Blake Cassels & Graydon Llp
Ion Geophysical Corporation
The Laitram Corporation
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