Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha

Kikuo Shirai

Yoshihiro Ejiri

Kazuomi Yamamura

Takashi Mizuguchi

There is disclosed a submarine cable grapnel which is tied to the two rope of a cable ship and is dragged on the bottom of the sea, one grappling unit and at least one attitude stabilizer is connected while this assembly is connected at one end the two rope of the cable ship and at the other end a chain. In this instance, front and rear coupling portions of the grappling element and the attitude stabilizer are positioned so that the center of gravity of each element under the water stays nearer the seabed than a straight line joining the coupling centers of the coupling portions of the elements when the grapnel lands in the normal attitude on the bottom of the sea.

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Chofu, Japan

Kikuo Shirai