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US 7,622,683 B2Granted
Marine and submarine pipelines
OwnerTerry Jeffrey Corbishleyinventor
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Abstract
Marine apparatus formed of equipment and at least one insulation assembly assembled therearound, the at least one insulation assembly circumferentially surrounding the equipment and including at least one shroud providing an impermeable enclosure filled with thermal insulation, the thermal insulation being totally enclosed by the shroud, the at least one insulation assembly being a discrete length. Multiple insulation assemblies can be adjoined end to end.
Claims14
A marine or submarine apparatus comprising:
- underwater equipment, and a plurality of pairs of discrete half shell thermal insulation assemblies assembled around the equipment, each pair of said half shell assemblies being secured together to circumferentially surround the equipment and abutted or adjoined end-to-end to extend a total length or part thereof of the equipment, each of said half shell assemblies comprising an impermeable enclosing shroud and thermal insulation material totally enclosed within the impermeable enclosing shroud, said thermal insulation material defining external, internal and end surfaces and said enclosing shroud covering said external, internal and end surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.