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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Peter J. Stein, Hollis, NH (US);
Armen Bahlavouni, Waltham, MA (US);
Douglas W. Andersen, Acton, MA (US);
Scientific Solutions, Inc., Hollis, NH (US);
Abstract
A deployable buoy having a nose cone and a tail section interconnected by a housing. The buoy comprises an outer shell and a canister with the outer shell axially moveable relative to the canister. An expansion chamber is provided between the outer shell and canister to produce and increase the axial length of the buoy and thereby increase the buoyancy of the buoy from a low buoyancy to a greater buoyancy and to orient and maintain the buoy in a substantially vertical orientation. The buoy is provided with a hot fluid generation source to melt a layer of ice and a nose cone ejection system to expose an antenna for the transmission of data to the central processing system.