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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Applicant:
Bruno Tack, Assenede, BE;
Inventor:
Bruno Tack, Assenede, BE;
Assignee:
Dredging International, Zwijndrecht, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a draghead () for a trailing suction hopper, comprising a visor (), revolvable around a first axis () for removing soil, and a suction line () connected to the visor () for the removal of the loosened soil, characterised in that the draghead () is provided with a pressure plate (), which comprises a number of mainly disc-shaped penetrating bodies () on the soil-facing side of the pressure plate (), in such a way that their circumferential edge () is capable of transferring forces to the soil.