Barge Cutter
Diamond Services, organized by Wallace Carline in 1962, has developed techniques, procedures, and methods establishing the company as a leader in energy related businesses.
An example of this innovative development is the awarding of a patent to Mr. Carline in 1989 for his METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A SUBMERGED OBJECT INTO PIECES, or more simply, Barge Cutter.
The United States Patent reads specifically as follows:
Granted on January 24, 1989
Wallace M. Carline
INVENTOR
4,799,826
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A
SUBMERGED OBJECT INTO PIECES
1. Apparatus for cutting a submerged object such as a barge into pieces, comprising:
a floating vessel carrying a cable, a blade carrier including vertical guide means, anchor means projecting downwardly from a lower end of said carrier, and suspending means for suspending said carrier from said cable over the submerged object so that said carrier can be impacted against the object in a manner causing said anchor means to engage the object in positionally constrained relationship therewith, a cutting blade mounted in said guide means for vertical movement relative to said carrier, said blade including a lower cutting edge, and blade-actuating means for causing said blade to impact downwardly against the object to cut the object while said carrier is positionally constrained relative to the object by said anchor means.
