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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2019
Saipem S.p.a., San Donato Milanese, IT;
Pierre Emmanuel D'Huart, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Michel Baylot, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Alessio Mameli, San Donato Milanese, IT;
SAIPEM S.P.A., San Donato Milanese, IT;
Abstract
A laying tower for laying pipelines on the bed of a body of water has a supporting structure extending along a longitudinal axis and provided with guides parallel to the longitudinal axis; a first clamp, which is mounted on the supporting structure and configured for selectively clamping and releasing the pipeline in a given point along the longitudinal axis; and a second clamp, which is selectively movable along a path, which extends along a first section above the first clamp; and a second section below the first clamp and, partly, below the supporting structure and configured for selectively clamping and releasing the pipeline along the path.