Eccentric suction pile pump with hinged lift appliance
AssigneeSpt Equipment B.V.
InventorEngel Albert Van Blaaderen
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Abstract
Assembly of a suction pile and a pump system temporary connected by convenient means to the suction space of the suction pile, wherein the pump system bears onto the top of the upward extending suction pile. Between suction pile and pump system a quick connector is operative comprising a pin operated by actuator means of the pump system to move between a releasing retracted and locking extended position. It has one or more of: a pump interface remote from the protective frame; an auxiliary support frame; a hinged lift appliance; a level indicator; a docking cone designed to penetrate the suction pile interface means.
Claims26
An assembly comprising:
- a suction pile;
- a rigid supporting frame or platform removably connectable to the suction pile;
- a pump system, wherein:
- the pump system is connected to the rigid supporting frame or platform and comprises a pump,
- the pump system is configured to be temporarily connected to a suction space of the suction pile, and
- the suction pile comprises a top bulkhead and one or more plates extending upward from and rigid with the top bulkhead or permanently fixed at the top bulkhead;
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- a lifting appliance, wherein:
- the lifting appliance is configured to be hingedly or pivotably connected to the rigid supporting frame or platform and to lift or move the pump system and the rigid supporting frame or platform away from the suction pile,
- the lifting appliance is further configured to be hingedly or pivotably connected to both the one or more plates of the suction pile and structural elements of the rigid supporting frame or platform and to lift or move the pump system and the rigid supporting frame or platform with the suction pile,
- the rigid supporting frame or platform comprises one or more openings configured to be penetrated from below by at least one of the one or more plates extending upward from and permanently fixed at the top bulkhead,
- the structural elements comprise plates formed with the rigid supporting frame or platform,
- the plates of the structural elements comprise first holes,
- the one or more plates of the suction pile comprise second holes, and
- the lifting appliance is further configured to penetrate the first and second holes to hingedly or pivotably connect both the suction pile and the rigid supporting frame or platform with the pump system to the lifting appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.