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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1977
Giovanni Rosa, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Guido Casagrande, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Niso Predonzani, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Umberto Giovannini, Corsico, IT;
Giuseppe Bonvini, Camerano, IT;
Fernando Po, Milan, IT;
Saipem S.p.A., , IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for digging a trench beneath a pipeline laid on the bottom of sea or a water body, in which a clamp arrangement is split into a wider sector portion and a narrower sector portion which, as they are united under the control of a driving mechanism, embrace the pipeline and allow a set of digging discs to excavate the ground beneath the pipeline. Provisions are made to remove the debris on completion of digging. The apparatus is driven along the pipeline and means are provided to maintain both the correct vertical trim of the entire apparatus and the correct position of the pipeline track.