CA3017056C - Method and apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor Download PDF

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CA3017056C
CA3017056C CA3017056A CA3017056A CA3017056C CA 3017056 C CA3017056 C CA 3017056C CA 3017056 A CA3017056 A CA 3017056A CA 3017056 A CA3017056 A CA 3017056A CA 3017056 C CA3017056 C CA 3017056C
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Roger Paul White
John Graeme Walker
Simon Vivian Ranulf Bateson
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Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/027—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with coulters, ploughs, scraper plates, or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/10—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables
    • E02F5/104—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water
    • E02F5/106—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water using ploughs, coulters, rippers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/10—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/12—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with equipment for back-filling trenches or ditches
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/12—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with equipment for back-filling trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/125—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with equipment for back-filling trenches or ditches underwater
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/14—Component parts for trench excavators, e.g. indicating devices travelling gear chassis, supports, skids
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/30—Auxiliary apparatus, e.g. for thawing, cracking, blowing-up, or other preparatory treatment of the soil

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  • Bridges Or Land Bridges (AREA)
  • Soil Working Implements (AREA)
CA3017056A 2016-03-08 2017-02-24 Method and apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor Active CA3017056C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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EP16159131.8 2016-03-08
EP16159131.8A EP3216925A1 (en) 2016-03-08 2016-03-08 Method and apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor
PCT/EP2017/054300 WO2017153184A1 (en) 2016-03-08 2017-02-24 Method and apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor

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CA3017056A1 CA3017056A1 (en) 2017-09-14
CA3017056C true CA3017056C (en) 2023-10-10

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EP (2) EP3677727B1 (https=)
JP (2) JP2019515158A (https=)
KR (1) KR102631778B1 (https=)
CA (1) CA3017056C (https=)
DK (2) DK3677727T3 (https=)
WO (1) WO2017153184A1 (https=)

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EP3216925A1 (en) 2017-09-13
US10711432B2 (en) 2020-07-14
JP7229403B2 (ja) 2023-02-27
EP3677727A1 (en) 2020-07-08
JP2019515158A (ja) 2019-06-06
US20190032303A1 (en) 2019-01-31
DK3677727T3 (da) 2025-01-06
EP3677727B1 (en) 2024-10-09
WO2017153184A1 (en) 2017-09-14
CA3017056A1 (en) 2017-09-14
JP2022060519A (ja) 2022-04-14
DK180329B1 (en) 2020-11-25
DK201870577A1 (en) 2018-09-27
KR20180121596A (ko) 2018-11-07

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