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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur Francis Sullivan, Redmond, WA (US);
Frank Howard Brockett, III, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The International Nickel Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F / ; E02F / ; E02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
37 58 ; 37 55 ; 37 57 ; 37DI / ; 43-65 ; 171 65 ; 171102 ; 299-8 ;
Abstract
Vehicle adapted for being towed along undersea floor area where desired mineral aggregates, such as manganese nodules, are dispersed on ocean bottom carries horizontally fenestrated sweeps and hydraulic transition chamber utilizing towed motion and hydraulic suction for acquiring, concentrating and transmitting desired aggregates to conduit for upward transport.