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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Soil Machine Dynamics Limited, Wallsend Tyne and Wear, GB;
Inventors:
Roger Paul White, Wallsend Tyne and Wear, GB;
John Graeme Walker, Wallsend Tyne and Wear, GB;
Simon Vivian Ranulf Bateson, Wallsend Tyne and Wear, GB;
Assignee:
Soil Machine Dynamics Limited, Wallsend Tyne and Wear, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/02 (2006.01); E02F 5/12 (2006.01); E02F 5/14 (2006.01); E02F 5/10 (2006.01); E02F 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/027 (2013.01); E02F 5/106 (2013.01); E02F 5/125 (2013.01); E02F 5/14 (2013.01); E02F 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor and/or displacing material on the sea floor is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body and front skids mounted to the body for engaging the sea floor and supporting the body. The front skids are adjustable between a first mode, in which the front skids engage the sea floor, and a second mode, in which the front skids engage the sea floor adjacent the trench and at the trench walls.