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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Soil Machine Dynamics Limited, Wallsend, GB;
Inventors:
John Graeme Walker, Wallsend, GB;
Roger Paul White, Wallsend, GB;
Assignee:
Soil Machine Dynamics Limited, Wallsend, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 (2006.01); E02F 5/10 (2006.01); E02F 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/105 (2013.01); E02F 5/107 (2013.01); E02F 5/109 (2013.01); E02F 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for locating an elongate object in the seabed is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body and a pair of jetting swords arranged on lateral sides of the elongate object to form a trench in the seabed. Chain cutters arranged on lateral sides of the elongate object cut respective parts of a trench in the seabed and are moveable relative to the body between a stowed position and a deployed position, independently of the jetting swords.