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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jan Erik Karlsen, Kolbotn, NO;
Assignee:
Alcatel, , FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285-3 ; 2851241 ; 2851243 ; 285 83 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a weaklink device for controlled breaking of at least one interconnection (5) on an elongated article (2) such as an umbilical comprising one or more elongated elements such as metal tubes (3,4), said interconnection being of the disconnectable type having two coupler parts (6,7). The weaklink include