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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:
May. 21, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Troy M Deal, Winter Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
37 66 ; 37189 ;
Abstract
An attachment for underwater dredging cutterheads mounted above and preceding the cutterhead for digging, breaking up and transferring upland material toward the cutterhead for removal thereby. The attachment includes a shaft above and preceding the dredge suction head having radially extending fingers thereon which engage and disintegrate the upland material and move the material toward the suction head. A hydraulic motor rotates the shaft, and an expansible chamber motor adjusts the shaft vertical position.