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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Applicants:
James Ives, Dublin, IE;
Paul Dunne, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
James Ives, Dublin, IE;
Paul Dunne, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Openhydro IP Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/28 (2006.01); F03B 13/26 (2006.01); F03B 17/06 (2006.01); B63B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/28 (2013.01); F03B 13/264 (2013.01); F03B 17/061 (2013.01); B63B 27/10 (2013.01); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2230/70 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/97 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01); Y02P 70/527 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hydroelectric turbine recovery system, and in particular a system which significantly reduces the complexity of recovering a base mounted hydroelectric turbine from a deployment site on the seabed by providing a frame having an open mouth which can be advanced around the turbine before the frame is fully lowered into locking engagement with the base, thereby allowing the base, with the turbine thereon, to be recovered from the seabed.