ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTR............................JDIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001) 1990980/0 1620000/01273360EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320031217EP01128752.120011203EnEnEn200120593920010706JP20031217200351200301082003027 7B 08B 1/00 A 7B 63B 59/08 B 7E 02B 17/00 B 7B 08B 7/02 BdeVorrichtung zum Entfernen von marinen Organismen und dergleichenenApparatus for removing marine organisms and the likefrDispositif d'élimination d'organismes marins et similaires4Miyoshi, Isao03950710FB10621/E15719E7-38, Hiyoshi-cho 1-chomeTomakomai-shi, Hokkaido, 053-0816JPMiyoshi, Isao7-38, Hiyoshi-cho 1-chomeTomakomai-shi, Hokkaido, 053-0816JPMeddle, Alan Leonard00033761FORRESTER & BOEHMERT, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-2280336 MünchenDEATBECHCYDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSETRALLTLVMKROSI20031217200351

To provide a simple apparatus for removing deposits such as marine organisms from a wall of an underwater structure by applying a natural force such as wave force and tidal force and not by chemicals and the like, in which the apparatus includes many floating bodies (1) prepared by linking the apparatus to perform an operation for removing deposits, and deforms with floating and repeats collision with the wall of the underwater structure to allow effective removal of deposits such as marine organisms. The apparatus for removing marine organisms and the like by floating and colliding the removing apparatus around and with, respectively, a surface of or a position about an underwater or undersea structure, in which the apparatus includes a plurality of elongated spherical hollow bodies or solid bodies (1) to link each other and a protection cover (5) to cover an outer circumference of the hollow body or the solid body, wherein the protection cover is made of a resin having a durometer hardness ranging from 75 to 85.