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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kaoru Akahani, Kurashiki, JP;
Masahiro Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/904 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preventing adhesion of aquatic organisms on structures in the water such as ships. In the method, the underwater part of a structure in the water is covered up with the sheet. The sheet is made of a polyolefin and less than 1 mm thick, and has apertures each of which has a surface area of 1 to 60 mm,, the surface area in total of the apertures occupying 20 to 80% of the entire surface area of the sheet. The sheet has a tensile strength of 15 to 37% as measured under JIS L1096A and a tear strength of 3 to 9 kg as measured under JIS L1096A-1.