Ship having a deck comprising a cavity with a built-in rotary plate

US9200727B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9200727-B2
Application numberUS-201113881120-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 26, 2011
Priority dateOct 25, 2010
Publication dateDec 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2015

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Abstract

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A ship for laying flexible undersea lines at sea, the ship having a deck including a cavity receiving said turntable and a motor-driven device for rotating the turntable and fastened to the carrier structure of the hull of the ship, also known as the “hull girder”. The top face of the circular turntable does not project significantly above the plane of the deck that is juxtaposed therewith. The turntable presents attachment elements for attaching a modular storage and handling device for storing and handling flexible lines by winding and unwinding the flexible lines.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A laying ship for laying flexible undersea lines at sea, the ship having a hull with at least one girder and a deck including a cavity with a floor and having arranged therein a circular turntable and a motor-driven support and rotation device for said circular turntable, the carrier structure of said turntable having a floor incorporated in the hull girder and forming an integral portion of said hull girder, constituting a downward setback of a substan…

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  • F16L1/12Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • B63B35/03Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US9200727B2 cover?
A ship for laying flexible undersea lines at sea, the ship having a deck including a cavity receiving said turntable and a motor-driven device for rotating the turntable and fastened to the carrier structure of the hull of the ship, also known as the “hull girder”. The top face of the circular turntable does not project significantly above the plane of the deck that is juxtaposed therewith. The…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Pionetti François-Régis, Rocher Xavier, Saipem Sa
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F16L1/12. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).