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  • Wave-powered ocean profiler
    Patent number: 5644077
    Abstract: An ocean profiler that utilizes ocean wave energy to provide power for repeated ascent and descent of an oceanographic instrument. In one embodiment the instrument assembly is provided with either positive or negative buoyancy such that the instrument can traverse one half of the travel cycle rapidly utilizing the buoyancy force. Utilizing wave power for instrument traversing greatly reduces the power requirement of the apparatus allowing extended unattended operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Fisheries of Oceans
    Inventor: George A. Fowler