Sock for a floating vessel
AssigneeZentech, Inc.
InventorsRamesh MAINI, Hans DEUL, Partha CHAKRABARTI, Abhijeet CHAWAN, Ratheesh RAVI, Kaushik BOSE, Paul BARKER
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Abstract
A sock for a floating platform including a plurality of tubulars coupled together and defining a bore and a catcher assembly. The catcher assembly including a plurality of orifices formed in at least one of the plurality of tubulars, a catcher releasably coupled to the plurality of tubulars by a plurality of shearable members, wherein the catcher is disposed in the bore, and wherein the catcher is movable from a first position to a second position, and a stop flange having at least one aperture.
Claims1
A sock for a floating platform, comprising:
- a plurality of tubulars coupled together and defining a bore;
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- a catching assembly, having:
- a plurality of orifices formed in at least one of the plurality of tubulars;
- a catcher releasably coupled to the plurality of tubulars by a plurality of shearable members, wherein the catcher is disposed in the bore, and wherein the catcher is movable from a first position to a second position;
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- a stop flange having at least one aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.