GB2399587A - Wave suppression apparatus and method - Google Patents

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GB2399587A
GB2399587A GB0416420A GB0416420A GB2399587A GB 2399587 A GB2399587 A GB 2399587A GB 0416420 A GB0416420 A GB 0416420A GB 0416420 A GB0416420 A GB 0416420A GB 2399587 A GB2399587 A GB 2399587A
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wave suppression
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Alan John Evett
Leslie John Graves
Peter Andrew Cook
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/10—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by damping the waves, e.g. by pouring oil on water
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B1/00—Equipment or apparatus for, or methods of, general hydraulic engineering, e.g. protection of constructions against ice-strains
    • E02B1/003—Mechanically induced gas or liquid streams in seas, lakes or water-courses for forming weirs or breakwaters; making or keeping water surfaces free from ice, aerating or circulating water, e.g. screens of air-bubbles against sludge formation or salt water entry, pump-assisted water circulation

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A method and apparatus for suppressing waves at the surface of a body of liquid is disclosed. The apparatus comprises discharging means for discharging gas into the body of liquid. One or more parameters of the system are dynamically configurable by a control signal to allow optimal operation of the system.

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GB 2399587 A continuation (72) Inventor(s): Alan John Evett Leslie John
Graves Peter Andrew Cook (74) Agent and/or Address for Service: Kennedys Patent Agency Limited Floor 5, Queens House, 29 St Vincent Place, GLASGOW, G1 2DT, United Kingdom
GB0416420A 2002-01-24 2003-01-24 Wave suppression apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related GB2399587B (en)

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GB0201528A GB0201528D0 (en) 2002-01-24 2002-01-24 Wave suppression apparatus and method
GB0212640A GB0212640D0 (en) 2002-05-31 2002-05-31 Wave suppression apparatus and method
PCT/GB2003/000275 WO2003062534A1 (en) 2002-01-24 2003-01-24 Wave suppression apparatus and method

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GB2399587A true GB2399587A (en) 2004-09-22
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US3068655A (en) * 1959-12-01 1962-12-18 Standard Dredging Corp Mobile pneumatic breakwater
US3822555A (en) * 1973-03-12 1974-07-09 L Strawn Marina protective wave breaker
JPS59161504A (en) * 1983-03-03 1984-09-12 Kumagai Gumi Ltd Wave dissipater
JPH0266203A (en) * 1988-08-29 1990-03-06 Taiyo Gijutsu Kaihatsu Kk Wave dissipation device using high pressure fluid

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US3068655A (en) * 1959-12-01 1962-12-18 Standard Dredging Corp Mobile pneumatic breakwater
US3822555A (en) * 1973-03-12 1974-07-09 L Strawn Marina protective wave breaker
JPS59161504A (en) * 1983-03-03 1984-09-12 Kumagai Gumi Ltd Wave dissipater
JPH0266203A (en) * 1988-08-29 1990-03-06 Taiyo Gijutsu Kaihatsu Kk Wave dissipation device using high pressure fluid

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