Patents Assigned to Applied Offshore Technology, Inc.
  • Submersible backfill machine
    Patent number: 4342526
    Abstract: Submersible backfill machine for covering a submerged conduit disposed within a trench in a seabottom with material from the sea bottom, which includes a sled positionable over the conduit on the sea bottom. A pump is supported by the sled and is connected to an intake head that is adapted to pick up sea bottom material entrained in water drawn into the pump. A dispersion nozzle is connected to the discharge side of the pump to cause the entrained sea bottom material to settle into the trench and cover the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Assignee: Applied Offshore Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Al H. Mousselli