Deepsea Ventures, Inc.

Glen E Miller

Robert M Donaldson

Ted W Christian

John P Latimer

To mechanically assist the suction action of a dredge head in dislodging particles embedded, e.g., on the ocean floor, a plurality of fingers extend downwardly from along the upper edge of an obliquely downwardly and forwardly facing nozzle opening. The fingers are resiliently connected to the nozzle and thus are capable of being bent downwardly so as to be juxtaposed across and thus temporarily block, the nozzle opening, whereby the intake of oversized particles is prevented.

Suction nozzle dredge head

Apparatus for directing flow of water passing an ocean floor dredge head into a downwardly direction, and deflecting water from directly impinging upon the dredge nozzle body. The invention comprises a dredge vehicle chassis from which is pivotally suspended a dredge nozzle body and a water-flow deflecting shield, forwardly of the nozzle. Both the nozzle body and the shield are substantially vertically elongated members suspended substantially by the top of each element from the vehicle chassis.

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Newport News, VA, United States of America

Glen E Miller