Anchor
AssigneeNorsk Hydro ASA
InventorsSigmund Askestad, Knut Haldorsen
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Abstract
An anchor for anchoring floating structures at sea, in particular floating platforms for the production of oil and/or gas. The anchor includes a hollow body (2) which is designed to be submerged in a sea bed by suction or by some other method. The anchor is characterized in that the body is a polygon with concave side surfaces.
Claims10
An anchor for anchoring floating structures at sea, said anchor comprising a hollow body adapted to be submerged in a sea bed, said hollow body defining a polygon having a plurality of sides interconnected at a plurality of corners, wherein each of said sides defines an outer concave side surface, and a fixing eye, connected to said hollow body, for attaching an anchor line.
An anchor for anchoring floating structures at sea, said anchor comprising a hollow body adapted to be submerged in a sea bed, said hollow body defining a polygon having a plurality of sides interconnected at a plurality of corners, wherein each of said sides defines an outer concave side surface, and wherein said hollow body has a closed upper end, and an open lower end.
An anchor for anchoring floating platforms for the production of oil and/or gas, said anchor comprising:
- a hollow body adapted to be submerged in a sea bed, said body defining a polygon having a plurality of sides that are interconnected at a plurality of corners, wherein each of said sides defines an outer concave side surface;
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- an anchor line fixing eye connected to one of the corners of said hollow body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.