Improvements in or relating to underwater excavation apparatus
CA 2108013 C · Owner: Sills, Nicholas Victor · Inventors: Sills, Nicholas Victor
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The disclosure relates to an underwater excavation apparatus comprising a tube (10) in which a propeller (18) is mounted for rotation. The tips of the propeller blades are formed with jets (30) supplied from a high pressure water supply through passages in the propeller blades. The jets impinge on vanes (31) mounted on the tube wall around the propeller to cause the propeller to rotate and thereby draw water through the tube from an inlet at one end to an outlet at the other end to act on the sea bed. The apparatus is particularly useful for excavating trenches on the sea bed and exposing previously covered installations on the sea bed and exposing previously covered installations on the …
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- Filed April 18, 1991 and granted August 21, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 2011.
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