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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan Richard Reece, Wylam, GB;
Assignee:
Soil Machine Dynamics Limited, Newcastle, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/10 ;
Abstract
A submarine plough is disclosed comprising a plough share having a cutting edge A heel is arranged rearwardly of the cutting edge and a plough beam has an attachment portion for enabling a towing means to tow the plough to cut a trench in the sea floor. The plough share is pivotable relative to the plough beam to adjust the vertical separation between the cutting edge and the attachment portion. Front skids are arranged adjacent a forward end of the plough beam and hydraulic rams pivot the plough share relative to the plough beam A cable is passed in an arcuate path into the trench rearwardly of the cutting edge and heel