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US 10,703,615 B2Granted
Modular recovery system
AssigneeJpm Beheer B.V.
InventorFred Baas
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AssigneeJpm Beheer B.V.
InventorFred Baas
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A modular salvage system includes first and second inflatable lifting cushions, a connecting collar on an upper side and underside and between each successive lifting cushion for enclosing the inflatable lifting cushion. The connecting collar is provided on a peripheral side with attachment points pivotally connectable to first and second radial shackles. The first radial shackle is pivotally connectable to the connecting collar and the other connecting collar includes a coupling segment that is pivotally connectable to a second radial shackle of an uppermost connecting collar. Each coupling segment is connectable in an axial direction to a subsequent uppermost coupling segment by an axial shackle. The axial shackle includes first and second bending-resistant segments between which a flexible segment extends. The tensile strengths of the bending-resistant segments and the flexible segment are substantially equal. Additionally, a related lifting module, container, and method for assembling are provided.
Modular salvage system for erecting a stack of expandable lifting cushions alternating with form-retaining connecting collars located therebetween, wherein each of the lifting cushions is enclosed between opposite connecting collars, wherein a set of radial shackles is pivotally connectable with proximal outer ends in axial direction to respectively a first and a second of the opposite connecting collars, wherein the shackles of the set of radial shackles are pivotally connectable to each other at a distal outer end and wherein distal outer ends of successive sets of shackles in axial direction are mutually connectable by an axial shackle, wherein the radial shackles are substantially form-retaining and the axial shackles are respectively extendable and foldable at least in axial direction between a compressed and expanded state.
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