Floor device capable of up-down movement for vessels
AssigneesTransocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsIn Gi Choi, D. Scott Brittin
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Abstract
Provided is a floor apparatus which is vertically movable with a thruster canister within a vertical trunk of a hull. The floor apparatus includes a floor frame which is installed in an upper space of a vertical trunk of a ship, that is, a space above a thruster canister. The floor frame is installed to be vertically movable along the vertical trunk. The side of the floor frame is installed to be vertically movable while being guided along the sidewall of the vertical trunk. In particular, at least one pair of guide frames which guide the side of the floor frame are symmetrically installed on the sidewall of the vertical trunk.
Claims13
A ship
- a vertical trunk provided within a hull of the ship and comprising sidewalls;
- a thruster canister engaged with the vertical trunk and movable along a vertical direction within the vertical trunk;
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- an elevator floor positioned above and separate from the thruster canister, the elevator floor movable along the vertical direction within the vertical trunk,
- wherein the thruster canister is configured to push the elevator floor from below for moving the elevator floor between a first level and a second level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.