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US 2022/0380118 A1Published application
Subsea material delivery structure
AssigneeSafe Marine Transfer, LLC
InventorsJames E. Chitwood, Art J. Schroeder, Jr.
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Abstract
A subsea material delivery structure, including at least one material storage tank, wherein the material storage tank includes a rigid outer container, at least one pressure balanced inner flexible container. A pinch prevention device may be disposed within the at least one inner flexible container to prevent premature closing of a fluid egress pathway.
Claims40
A subsea material delivery structure, comprising:
- at least one material storage tank, wherein the material storage tank comprises:
- an outer container, wherein the outer container is rigid;
- at least one inner flexible container, wherein the at least one inner flexible container is pressure balanced;
- and
- a pinch prevention device disposed within the at least one inner flexible container.
2 more elements
A subsea material delivery structure, comprising:
- at least one material storage tank, wherein the material storage tank comprises:
- an outer container, wherein the outer container is rigid;
- at least one inner flexible container, wherein the at least one inner flexible container is pressure balanced;
- and
- a pinch prevention device disposed in, and secured to a top of or a bottom of, the at least one inner flexible container.
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A subsea material delivery structure, comprising:
- at least one material storage tank, wherein the material storage tank comprises:
- an outer container, wherein the outer container is rigid;
- at least one inner flexible container, wherein the at least one inner flexible container is pressure balanced;
- a helically wound wire structure disposed within the at least one inner flexible container;
- and
- at least one buoyancy tank.
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A subsea material delivery structure, comprising:
- at least one flexible container;
- and
- a helically wound wire structure disposed within the at least one flexible container;
- wherein the helically wound wire structure is fixed to at least one inflow/outflow valve disposed in the at least one flexible container.
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A material delivery structure, comprising:
- at least one flexible container;
- and
- a helically wound wire structure disposed within the at least one flexible container, the helically wound wire structure being from 0.125 inch to 3 inch in diameter, 1 foot to 10 feet in length, have a wire diameter from 1/32 inch to ½ inch, and a pitch of 1/32 inch to 1 inch and made of one or more of a metal, a composite, and a semi-rigid material;
- wherein the helically wound wire structure is fixed to at least one inflow/outflow valve disposed in the at least one flexible container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.