Carousel for flexible product
AssigneeAcergy Norway AS
InventorJohn Baxter
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Abstract
A carousel for the storage of flexible product, and a method of loading flexible product thereon, wherein said carousel comprises an open drum mounted to rotate around a vertical axis, an elevatable floor, preferably internal to said drum and lifting means for lifting and lowering said elevatable floor. Said lifting means possibly being located between a base of said carousel and said elevatable floor. Said carousel may be of the type designed for location under deck on a marine pipelaying vessel, said flexible product being flexible conduit for the transport of hydrocarbons.
Claims23
A carousel for the storage of flexible product wherein said carousel comprises an open drum mounted to rotate around a vertical axis, an elevatable floor and lifting means for lifting and lowering said elevatable floor.
A method of loading flexible product onto a horizontal carousel, said method comprising:
- raising the floor of the carousel to a predetermined position;
- lowering the flexible product onto said floor, from above, while said carousel is turning;
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- maintaining the product entry angle within predetermined limits, by lowering the floor of the carousel as the product is loaded.
A carousel for the storage of flexible product wherein said carousel comprises an open drum mounted to rotate around a vertical axis, an elevatable floor internal to said drum and lifting means for lifting and lowering said elevatable floor, said lifting means being located between a base of said carousel and said elevatable floor.
A carousel as claimed in claim 22 wherein said said lifting means comprises airbags, the level of the floor dependent on the pressure inside said airbags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.