High voltage flexible cable supported by a continuous rigid bridge for floating platforms
AssigneeGeneral Cable Corporation
InventorsGeorge Bahder, George S. Eager, Jr.
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Abstract
This invention carries a power cable from a floating power plant to a fixed connection from which the power cable can transmit to a distributing system on shore. The cable support distributes the bending of the cable over a length of cable so that no deterioration of the cable occurs as the result of successive bending and unbending with the tidal motion of the floating power plant. A jointed cover protects the cable support from exposure to the weather and from icing.
Claims16
A structure for supporting an electric power cable between a floating power station, that rises and falls with variations in the level of tidal water, and a second station at a fixed level, said structure comprising a stiffly flexible frame that extends upward at one end from the floating power station and that curves through an arc in a substantially vertical plane to its other end which extends downward to the fixed station, and rigid connections at both ends of the frame holding the frame on both stations and against angular movement with respect to both stations whereby change in the level of the first station with respect to the second station bends the frame throughout the full length thereof, and means on the frame for holding a power cable along the arc of said frame.
A structure for supporting an electric power cable between a floating generating station, that rises and falls with variations in the level of tidal water, and a second station at a fixed level, said structure comprising a frame that extends upward at one end from the floating station and curves through an arc in a substantially vertical plane to its other end which extends downward to the second station, means on the frame for supporting a power cable in position to bend as a result of relative vertical movement of the opposite ends of the frame, the supporting means being constructed and arranged to distribute the bending of a cable over a length thereof constituting most of the distance between the floating generating station and the second station which is at a fixed level.
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