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US 6,293,217 B1Granted
Flexible vessels for transporting fluent cargoes
AssigneeAquarius Holdings Limited
InventorsNicholas Macewan Savage, Christopher David Wyndham Savage
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for transporting fluent cargoes through liquid are provided, the apparatus including one or more units arranged in substantially linear alignment, in which at least one of the units includes two or more non-internally reinforced containers close-coupled in a side-by-side manner.
Claims19
A method of transporting fluent cargo through liquid in flexible containers wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- a) arranging one or more units substantially in linear alignment, each of said one or more units comprising two or more flexible containers, said flexible containers having no structural reinforcement which dictates a fixed or rigid shape for the containers while in use;
- b) close coupling said flexible containers of each said unit side by side;
- c) transporting said containers in said liquid, said containers being substantially submerged in said liquid in use so that a top surface of each container lies at the liquid's surface.
Apparatus for transporting fluent cargo through liquid, comprising at least one unit having a plurality of flexible containers close-coupled side-by-side;
- said flexible containers having no structural reinforcement which dictates a fixed or rigid shape for the containers while in use;
- said flexible containers further being so constructed and arranged to, when laden with cargo, be substantially submerged in a liquid through which said cargo is to be transported, wherein a top surface of each of said plurality of containers lies at a surface of said liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.