1968 – Legged Underwater Vehicle Patent – Hugh A. Ballinger (British)

1968 – Legged Underwater Vehicle Patent by Hugh A. Ballinger. Underwater vehicle Publication number    US3550386 A Publication date    29 Dec 1970 Filing date    28 Mar 1968 Priority date    31 Mar 1967 Inventors    Ballinger Hugh Anthony Original Assignee    Atomic Energy Authority UK An underwater vehicle comprising a free flooding streamlined body shell attached to a control …

1965 – CURV Cable-controlled Underwater Recovery Vehicle – Jack L. Sayer Jr. (American)

1965 – CURV Cable-controlled Underwater Recovery Vehicle by Jack L. Sayer Jr. NOTS-Pasadena Scientists Develop Recovery Vehicle from Rocketeer, July 9, 1965. CURV Pays Its Way Recovering Valuable Deep Ocean Ordnance NOTS Pasadena Laboratory has disclosed a new and unique method of reclaiming small ordnance items from the ocean floor. CURV—which sounds like a bend …

1965 – Telenaute ROV – (French)

  The Telenaute Remote Operated Vehicle. Manipulator arm of the Telenaute. Movietone Newsreel Clip – here – Telenaute preparing for an underwater cave exploration. A commercial French company, the Compagnie Generale pour le Developpement Operationel des Recherches Sousmarines, own a similar craft [to CURV] known as the Telenaute. This is capable of movement in any …

1965 – General Purpose Underwater Manipulating System Patent – Ralph K Crooks et al (American)

Publication number US3381485 Publication date 7 May 1968 Filing date 23 Oct 1965 Inventors  RALPH KENT CROOKS, JAMES M. HARDENBROOK, RICHARD D. LEIS, JAMES C. SWAIN and DAVID L. THOMAS Original Assignee Battelle Development Corp General purpose underwater manipulating system ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A cable-suspended, remote-controlled manipulating device for operation underwater. The apparatus includes propulsion means, TV camera, clamping …

1960 – SOLARIS – Mechanical Crab – Jack Green (American)

SOLARIS – Submerged Object Locating And Retrieving/Identification System is a vehicle built by Vitro Laboratories for the U. S. Navy. It can be used down to 650 foot depths and is controlled by a surface vessel through a cable. A toggle action claw is attached to the underside of the vehicle. It is designed to …