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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:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Georges L Mougin, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
ITI Limited, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405 52 ; 405 61 ; 405211 ;
Abstract
A vertical wall is placed next to the flank of an iceberg to retain a vertical layer of trapped water in contact with the iceberg. Zig-zag tubes are threaded through the wall at intervals so that the 'elbows' in the zig-zags engage the iceberg flank to keep a fixed distance off.