Ships – Towing or pushing – Cable fairing
Patent
1992-09-23
1994-01-04
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Towing or pushing
Cable fairing
F15D 110
Patent
active
052751201
ABSTRACT:
A fairing for use with a tow cable and operable to suppress strumming vibions induced in the cable as it is towed generally longitudinally of its length through water includes a plurality of tab members extending in continuous, end to end fashion over the longitudinal length of the cables' outer jacket. Each of the tab members extends radially outwardly from the outer jacket in angularly spaced relation to adjacent tab members so that the plurality of tab members extend in an indexed helical pattern along the longitudinal length of the outer jacket.
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Ruffa Anthony A.
Toplosky Norman
Basinger Sherman
Lall Prithvi C.
McGowan Michael J.
Oglo Michael F.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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