DEVICE TO SIGNAL MINE SWEEPING BY CREEPER Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B63G7/04 B63G7/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to marine equipment, particularly, to marine underwater equipment, namely to creepers towed by anti-mine ships. Proposed device comprises spring-loaded lever arranged to turn at depression by mooring cable sliding over sweeping part, swept mine data transmitter including contactor operating at lever turn, self-contained power supply connected with said contactor, and coded signal generation hardware supplied by said power source and including hydroacoustic antenna emitting a train of acoustic pulses. Spring-loaded lever and data transmitter are arranged at cutter body. Lever pivot is arranged to rule out the lever turn in reverse side when mooring cable is located in cutter mouth.

EFFECT: valid data on mooring cable cutting by creeper, indication of mine seizure in sweep-net.

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