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Guiding and positioning device for the block and hook of a derrick on a ship

US3955798A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 28, 1973
Grant dateMay 11, 1976
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Expiry dateNov 28, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B19/02
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Improved guiding and positioning device for the block and hook of a derrick installed on board a ship, enabling dual speed boring, which, as an assembly formed by the block and the hook, is connected to a carriage sliding on two rails parallel to the axis of the well by two indentical mechanisms ensuring horizontal linear movement of the block and the hook.

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