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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:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405189 ; 405192 ;
Abstract
Access apparatus between a first and second chamber (1, 2) located at greater water depths, which chambers have equal pressure, lower than the water pressure, particularly an access apparatus (4) between an underwater vessel (1) and a chamber (2) at an installation on the seabed. The invention is characterized in that it comprises first and second concentric tubular elements (7, 5) designed for engagement as a telescopic cylinder, a hydraulic system for controlled actuation of the telescopic cylinder and at least on the free end of the first tubular element (7), a spherical mounted mating flange (12).