Remote conduit de-coupling device
AssigneeEnerpac Tool Group Corp.
InventorsJ.D. van der Velden, Jaap Broere, Timo Willemsen
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Abstract
A jack assembly and a system for supporting a partially submerged structure. The jack assembly may include a fluid jack including a cylinder and a ram, the cylinder having at least one fluid chamber configured to receive a pressurized fluid to move the ram; and a valve housing removably coupled to the fluid jack for providing fluid communication between the fluid jack and at least one fluid conduit, the valve housing including a link movable from a first position toward a second position, the valve housing being secured to the jack while the link is in the first position, the valve assembly being disconnectable from the jack while the link is in the second position.
Claims17
A jack assembly comprising:
- a fluid jack including a cylinder and a ram, the cylinder having at least one fluid chamber configured to receive a pressurized fluid to move the ram;
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- a valve housing removably coupled to the fluid jack for providing fluid communication between the fluid jack and at least one fluid conduit, the valve housing including a link movable from a first position toward a second position, the valve housing being secured to the jack while the link is in the first position, the valve assembly being disconnectable from the jack while the link is in the second position.
A system for supporting a partially submerged structure, the system comprising:
- a fluid jack including a cylinder and a ram, the cylinder having at least one fluid chamber configured to receive a pressurized fluid to move the ram, the ram being configured to engage a submerged portion of the structure;
- a first supply line for providing pressurized fluid to the fluid jack;
- a device for removably coupling the first supply line to the fluid jack, the device including a coupler and a link, the coupler being configured to selectively engage a fitting of the fluid jack to facilitate fluid communication between the first supply line and the fluid jack, the link being movable from a first position toward a second position, the link permitting the coupler to be secured to the fluid jack while the link is in the first position, the link permitting disconnection of the coupler from the fluid jack while the link is in the second position;
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- a second supply line for providing pressurized fluid from a remote source to the device to actuate the link toward the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.