USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Bruce Farber

Scott Barradas

Donald J Hackman

Wayne R Tausig

William R Dick

John P Kunsemiller

David B Wyman

John R Myers

Thomas Conley

Gene McMahan

William B Luther

Donald W Caudy

This invention pertains to a rotary disk tool which utilizes pressurized water as the working fluid. When an operator engages a trigger on a novel control handle and valve assembly, pressurized seawater enters the rotary disk tool through the control handle and valve assembly into a seawater powered vane motor. The shaft of the seawater powered vane motor, is coupled to a drive gear. The drive gear, in turn, is in operative engagement with a driven pinion coupled to an output shaft which drives an abrasive disk. Seawater exhausted from the motor into a gear and pinion housing provides lubrication for the drive gear, driven pinion, and the bearings used with the gear and pinion. The seawater is then exhausted from the housing as a fan spray directed onto the back of the abrasive disk so as to reduce drag of the disk in water and to flush away loose material from the work surface.

Seawater hydraulic rotary disk tool

A seawater power source for providing pressurized seawater to hydraulic ts which utilize the pressurized seawater as their operating fluid. Included in the present invention is a diesel engine for driving a source of compressed air which, in turn, drives a first pump for withdrawing seawater from the ocean and transferring the seawater to a reservoir, and a second pump driven by the diesel engine for withdrawing seawater from the reservoir, pressurizing the seawater and supplying the pressurized seawater to the hydraulic tools. The present invention also includes a unique hose reel which facilitates the changing of tools by allowing an operator to change pressure and fluid flow rate while the seawater power source is operational.

Seawater power source for seawater powered tools

This invention pertains to a rotary impact tool which utilizes pressurized eawater as the working fluid. When an operator engages a trigger on a novel control handle and valve assembly, pressurized seawater enters the rotary impact tool through the control handle and valve assembly and a reversing valve into a seawater powered vane motor. The shaft of the seawater powered motor, is coupled to a twin hammer impact mechanism by a novel coupling assembly with rotation of the vane motor driving the impact mechanism which translates vane motor power into impact torque. The impact mechanism is, in turn, sealed within a cavity in the front portion of the housing of rotary impact tool with lubrication and cooling of the impact mechanism being provided by a water soluble oil based lubricant which fills the cavity.

Seawater hydraulic rotary impact tool

A seawater powered band saw having a rigid frame or housing, a control handle and valve assembly having a trigger which when engaged by an operator delivers pressurized seawater to a seawater powered vane motor, a novel seawater lubricated spur and pinion gear drive arrangment connecting the vane motor in a driving relationship to a band saw drive wheel, an idler take-up assembly to tension the saw blade and facilitate the changing of saw blades and a safety guard assembly to protect the blade when the band saw is non-operational and protect the operator when the band saw is operational.

Seawater hydraulic band saw

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Bruce Farber