The invention relates to an underwater device (12) intended to be towed by a surface ship (10) and handling system (20) intended to be installed on the surface ship (10) and used for storing and deploying the underwater device (12), the underwater device (12) comprising a tow cable (18), a flexible elongate body (16) and a towed body (14) situated between the flexible elongate body (16) and the tow cable (18) during use of the underwater device (12), the handling system (20) comprising a first winch (24) that is used for storing and deploying the tow cable (18) and the towed body (14), a second winch (26) that is used for storing and deploying the flexible elongate body (16). The underwater device (12) comprises an arm (30) articulated to the towed body (14) and to the flexible elongate body (16), in a deployed first position, the arm (30) being aligned with the flexible elongate body (16) allowing the first winch (24) to tow the entire underwater device (12), in a second position, the arm (30) being unaligned with respect to the flexible elongate body (16) allowing the flexible elongate body (16) to be aligned with the second winch (26).
TOWED UNDERWATER DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING THE UNDERWATER DEVICE
DISPOSITIF SOUS-MARIN TRAINE ET SYSTEME DE MANIPULATION DU DISPOSITIF SOUS-MARIN
2021-04-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Towed underwater device and system for handling the underwater device
European Patent Office | 2022
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