METHOD OF MINING NODULE MINERAL DEPOSIT OF SEA BOTTOM AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING SAID METHOD

摘要

P the invention relates to a vehicle phlebotomist of nodules on the seabed. / p & & p & this vehicle is characterized in that it comprises a body, at least two blocks carriers and / or of revolution, these blocks being, for their wall which can be supported on said seabed, integral with a helical fin of the propulsion means integral with the said body in order to cause the rotation of said blocks around their axis of revolution, a dredging mounted on said so as to allow a pivoting of the dredger with respect to said body, the means for adjusting the inclination of said relative to said body, a storage silo cotton picked up by the dredger, means for transferring the nodules of the dredger in the silo and means for adjusting the apparent weight of the vehicle. / p & & p & application to the production of a deposit of polymetallic nodules. / p