Pipeline launching module
US4616956A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L1/168
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Marine pipelaying is carried out from the surface of floating ice by use of modules which straddle a slot in the ice and carry the pipeline, each module having a large central float which is forced downward into the water and which functions to reduce loading on the sides of the ice slot.
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