The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2000
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Huisman Special Lifting Equipment B.V., Ad Schiedam, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a riser-tensioner for exerting a tensile force from a drilling vessel or drilling platform upon a riser, comprising a riser ring which is for fastening attachably to the top end of the riser, and one or more cables extending by way of cable pulleys from said vessel or platform to said riser ring, in which said cable pulleys are under such influence or tensioning means that a tensioning force can be applied to the cable, the riser ring being provided with riser ring sheaves and the cables being guided in an outgoing reeving from the vessel or the platform to said riser ring sheaves, and being guided back by way of said riser ring sheaves in a return reeving to said vessel or platform.