Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – Marker buoy
Patent
1988-09-20
1997-01-14
Carone, Michael J.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
Marker buoy
441 11, B63B 2200, B63B 2224
Patent
active
055933327
ABSTRACT:
A signal buoy is provided which is ejectable from a submarine vehicle. The buoy is also provided with an internal heat source that raises the temperature of a portion of the buoy to a magnitude sufficient to melt ice. The buoy is provided with sufficient buoyancy to cause it to rise upward through the water above a submarine vehicle and, eventually, to make contact with the undersurface of a body of ice. The attitude of the buoy is maintained in such a way that the internally generated heat causes the ice to melt and, in cooperation with the buoyancy of the buoy, moves the buoy upward through a hole melted in the ice. The buoy is provided with a means for transmitting a signal to a land based or airborne receiving station. Either one way or two way communication are possible, with two way communications being provided by a signal line connecting the buoy with the submarine vehicle.
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Carone Michael J.
Lanyi William D.
Sundstrand Corporation
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