Title: Submarine communication system

Abstract: 1. In a method for communicating information between a submerged vessel and a buoy, the improvement comprising the steps of A. allowing said buoy to assume substantially the same horizontal velocity as the water in which it is floating, B. feeding out a communication cable interconnecting said buoy with said vessel at substantially the rate at which the distance between said vessel and said buoy increases, C. destroying said buoy upon command, and D. releasing the fed-out cable from said vessel.

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Inventors: Ballard, Samuel S. (Hollis, NH, US)
Vanham, Ernest E. (South Lyndeborough, NH, US)

Application Number: 399640
Filing Date: 1964-09-28
Publication_date: 1980-05-13
Assignee: Sanders Associates, Inc. (Nashua, NH)
Primary Class(es): 340/850 367/4, 455/83, 455/90.1, 455/96, 455/99, 455/345
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US Patent Ref:

1726607	Sep, 1929	Blanchard	340/5.
2014742	Sep, 1935	Mastorakis	114/16.
2758203	Aug, 1956	Harris	325/116.
2935606	May, 1960	Harrison et al.	325/21.
3093808	Jun, 1963	Tatnall et al.	340/2.
3159806	Dec, 1964	Piasecki	340/3.
3227954	Jan, 1966	Fichte, Jr.	325/22.
3230500	Jan, 1966	Dunn	340/5.
3272910	Sep, 1966	Flint	9/8.

Other Refs: 411312947918

Jun, 1934	GB
Jan, 1964	GB

Primary Examiner: Farley, Richard A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Etlinger; Louis, Seligman; Richard I.