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US 6,293,732 B1Granted
Travelling table for J-Lay pipelaying system
OwnerBenton F. Baughinventor
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Abstract
A system for laying a pipeline from a floating vessel onto the ocean floor in relatively deep ocean water which provides pipe support means which can be disposed under and away from support shoulders on the pipeline and provides means to distribute the high stresses of pipe loading among members so as to not overstress any one member.
Claims9
In a system for handling pipes having landing rings from a floating vessel having a mast and a working table
- a travelling table with
- an external shell supported by cables a first distance apart
- internal shoulders a second distance apart less than said first distance,
- a main body having support shoulders said second distance apart for engaging said internal shoulders of said travelling table,
- said main body being moveable on said internal shoulders proximately perpendicular to the axis of said pipes.
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