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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Derek Pennock, Pinner, EN;
Assignee:
Subsea Equipment Associates, Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
61 465 ; 61 6 / ; 166- 5 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for guiding a load between a surface apparatus and a submerged base platform comprises at least two return pulleys mounted on the base platform, at least two cables passing over the pulleys, one run of each cable being connected to the surface apparatus by a winch and the other run acting as a guide for a load carrier, each run passing from the respective pulley to the respective winch separating from the respective guide run as it extends away from the respective pulley and the runs connected to the load carrier being orientated by the latter in the direction of the surface apparatus, and means for horizontally levelling the load carrier.