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Pipeline launching module

US4616956A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 1984
Grant dateOct 14, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 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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