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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Antonio Silvestri, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Assignee:
Saipem, S.p.A., , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405172 ; 405188 ;
Abstract
A device for and method of supporting a section of submerged pipeline over depressed portions of the sea bed such as ditches, fissures and the like, comprising an assembly of a pipe-clamping mechanism and two or more posts associated therewith, which are drivable into the sea bottom. Hydraulically powered means also provided for manipulating the clamping mechanism and means are further provided for lowering and raising the assembly. A cheap, safe and reliable device and method are provided which is an improvement over conventional techniques which generally provide sand bags under the pipe section suspended over a depression in the sea bottom.