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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew Stuart Ollason, Braintree, GB;
Graham Peter Wallace, High Garrett, GB;
Kevin Clyde Peterson, Stuart, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cable & Wireless PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 ; E02F 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 ; E02F 3/14 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for locally disturbing an underwater bed to enable the burial of an elongate member (,) comprises a mounting (,), resilient means (,) such as brush filaments coupled to the mounting, and means (,) for moving the resilient means with respect to the mounting. The resilient means is constructed such that on moving the mounting along the line of the elongate member while moving the resilient means with respect to the mounting, the underwater bed is disturbed by the resilient means to enable the elongate member to be buried.