Patent · US Expired

Device for transferring a fluid through a liquid body by means of a flexible pipe

US4263004A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 1978
Grant dateApr 21, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 30, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L27/00
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This device comprises a pipe formed of separate flexible pipe sections which in use are supported by buoyant elements maintained immersed by anchoring means. The flexible pipe sections are interconnected by couplings with at least some of these couplings being connected to a buoyant element and comprising stress limiters applied to the pipe sections adjacent said couplings.

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