Device for locking platform of offshore structure
US4589799A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 20, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE02B2017/0082
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A device for locking a platform of an offshore structure wherein each of legs vertically rest on the sea floor and is provided with a rack. The platform in adapted to move upward or downward along the legs and is provided with chocks which engage with the racks, respectively, of the legs. The teeth of the chock has a whole depth deeper than that of the teeth of the rack so that when the chock engages with the rack, the deddendums of the chock is caused to deflect themselves respectively about the deddendums, which are made into engagement with the rack, so as to follow the displacement of the platform in the direction of gravity.
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