Title:
SUCTION ANCHOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/044667
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A suction anchor for a remotely operated vehicle comprising a frame attachable to a remotely operated vehicle, anchor cans beneath the frame beneath and connectable to a pump. In particular the anchor can be deployed as part of a method for sampling or measuring the seabed comprising the steps of attaching a frame to the remotely operated vehicle, the frame having one or more downwardly mounted anchor cans and a mast to which sampling and/or measuring equipment is attached, placing the anchor cans on an underwater floor, and, at least in partially, evacuating the cans of water embedding them in part into the underwater floor, sampling and/or measuring the underwater floor using the sampling and/or measuring equipment. It can be used to mount other sensor equipment requiring a stable platform.
Inventors:
ALLAN PETER GERARD (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2014/052909
Publication Date:
April 02, 2015
Filing Date:
September 25, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ALLAN PETER GERARD (GB)
EDMUNDS JAMES (GB)
MACHIN JONATHAN BRUCE (GB)
EDMUNDS JAMES (GB)
MACHIN JONATHAN BRUCE (GB)
International Classes:
E02D19/12
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1997030889A1 | 1997-08-28 | |||
| WO2012129612A1 | 2012-10-04 |
Foreign References:
| GB2478858A | 2011-09-21 |
Other References:
None
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BECKHAM, Robert William (Lake RoadPortishead, Bristol BS20 7JA, GB)
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