Device for transferring fluid between two floating supports
US7677837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B27/34
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for transferring fluid between two floating supports anchored to the sea bottom, having a rigid central undersea pipe installed below the surface with its ends each being connected to respective ones of two supports via a flexible hose. The main portion of the rigid central pipe includes or co-operates with buoyancy elements such that the central pipe adopts, in a quasi-static rest state, a configuration of an arch, preferably following a curve such that the angles between the half-lines of the axes of the rigid pipe and the horizontal half-lines at each of its ends extending towards the other end present absolute values of less than 20° and the flexible hoses present lengths and curvatures such that variations in the curvatures of the flexible hoses are suitable for compensating the movements of the floating supports.
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