초록 ▼

A device for underwater taking in and paying out of a submarine cable or tether feeding a remote controlled submarine. A stationary guide tube has a funnel above and below it for guiding a tether therethrough. The tether is moved by a power driven wheel projecting into the guide tube. A dome spaced

A device for underwater taking in and paying out of a submarine cable or tether feeding a remote controlled submarine. A stationary guide tube has a funnel above and below it for guiding a tether therethrough. The tether is moved by a power driven wheel projecting into the guide tube. A dome spaced above the guide tube is shaped to deflect the tether into an annular storage chamber around the tube.

대표청구항 ▼

A tether tender for paying out and taking in an elongated underwater tether cable comprising a frame member having: an upwardly facing inner funnel with a generally vertical central guide tube opening and a generally circular periphery outwardly curved therefrom; a dome member spaced above said inne

A tether tender for paying out and taking in an elongated underwater tether cable comprising a frame member having: an upwardly facing inner funnel with a generally vertical central guide tube opening and a generally circular periphery outwardly curved therefrom; a dome member spaced above said inner funnel and having a surface facing downwardly toward said inner funnel with a central projecting portion extending toward said guide tube opening and a generally circular periphery outwardly and downwardly curved therefrom; an inner wall extending downwardly from said inner funnel periphery and an outer wall extending downwardly from said dome periphery, said inner and outer walls defining an annular storage area therebetween; and power operated tether driving means associated with said central guide tube for frictionally engaging and axially moving an underwater tether cable passing therethrough.