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 Wire detector

Details
Inventors: Kirkland, James L.;
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)
Primary Examiner: Moskowitz; Nelson
Assistant Examiner: Pihulic; Daniel T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sheinbein; Sol, Becker; John, David; Harvey

Disclosed is a system for locating a wire that is partially submerged wit water and partially extends out thereof which includes a transmitter for broadcasting radio frequency electromagnetic signals, a phase gradiometer for receiving said radio frequency electromagnetic signals after they have been received by that portion of said wire that extends out of said water and re-radiated by that portion of said wire that is submerged therein and for timely producing a pair of output signals in response thereto, a pair of constant output amplifiers for processing said pair of gradiometer output signals to identical useful levels, a phase comparator for determining the phase relationship between said pair of processed output signals, and a readout for indicating said phase relationship. The aforesaid phase gradiometer may be housed in a probe-type of mobile underwater vehicle which is towed by a tractor vehicle in such manner as to cause said phase gradiometer to traverse an underwater course in search of said wire.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A system for detecting an electrical conductor that is partially submerged within water and partially extends out thereof, comprising in combination: means for broadcasting electromagnetic energy of predetermined radio frequency at such location that it will impinge upon that portion of the aforesaid electrical conductor that extends out of said water, thereby generating an electrical current in said electrical conductor which is re-radiated as electromagnetic energy within said water by the portion thereof that is submerged therein; first means spatially disposed from the aforesaid electromagnetic energy broadcasting means and within said water for directly receiving that portion of said originally broadcast electromagnetic energy not attenuated by said water as it radiates therethrough and for timely receiving said re-radiated electromagnetic energy from that portion of said electrical conductor that is submerged within said water; second means spatially disposed from the aforesaid electromagnetic energy broadcasting means and said first means for directly receiving that portion of said originally broadcast electromagnetic energy not attenuated by said water as it radiates therethrough and for receiving said re-radiated electromagnetic energy from that portion of said electrical conductor that is submerged within said water at a time that is different from the time of the receiving thereof by said first means; and means effectively connected to the outputs of said first and second receiving means for determining and indicating the phase relationship between the receptions of said re-radiated electromagnetic energy from said electrical conductor without interference from the aforesaid directly received portions of said originally broadcast electromagnetic energy radiating through said water.
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The system of claim 1, wherein said first means spatially disposed from the aforesaid electromagnetic energy broadcasting means and within said water for directly receiving that portion of said originally broadcast electromagnetic energy not attenuated by said water as it radiates therethrough and for timely receiving re-radiated electromagnetic energy from that portion of said electrical conductor that is submerged within said water comprises: a receiving transducer; and a radio receiver that is tuned for response to the aforesaid radio frequency of the electromagnetic energy broadcast by said broadcasting means


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