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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:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Claude Pido, Le Creusot, FR;
Assignee:
Framatome, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405169 ; 166359 ; 405195 ;
Abstract
A device for connecting lines associated with offshore drilling equipment comprises at least one support (24, 24') hinged to the platform by tie rods (25, 25') and movable between a position of withdrawal away from the drilling column and an operating position, near the drilling column, enabling the lines (19, 20) to be connected. A jack (35, 35') enables the support (24, 24') to be moved. In the operating position, the upper sections of the lines (19, 20) carried by the telescopic joint (2) of the drilling column have their joining members (17, 18, 21) located in concordance with the joining pieces (31) of the end parts (30) of the lines connected to the platform.