Measuring and testing – Oceanology – Towed probe
Patent
1991-09-09
1993-03-09
Issing, Gregory C.
Measuring and testing
Oceanology
Towed probe
73300, 114245, 374136, G01W 108, B63G 822, G01K 1300
Patent
active
051917904
ABSTRACT:
An assembly capable of being launched from a submarine to carry into seawater an element responsive to a property of the water to be measured, comprising a carrier member coupled to the element, a lifting body shaped to provide hydrodynamic lift, a tether for mechanically connecting the lifting body to the submarine, the lifting body and the tether being constructed and arranged so that the lifting body, when connected to a moving submarine, will move through the water at a distance above the submarine, a supply of electrically conductive cable connected to the element and stored at least in part by the lifting body for payout to accommodate movement of the submarine relative to the member and releasable coupling means for holding the member and the lifting body together during their launch from the submarine and there after releasing the lifting body from the member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3605492 (1971-09-01), Stohrer
Issing Gregory C.
Sippican, Inc.
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