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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hervé de Varax, Paris, FR;
John Duncan Cruickshank, Woodlands of Durris, GB;
Assignee:
Coflexip, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 ;
Abstract
A vessel for laying rigid tubular pipes has two vertically upright wheels for storing tubular pipe which is wound with plastic deformation. An inclinable laying davit is arranged approximately above a moon pool. An arched chute deflects the pipe at the top of the davit, followed down the davit by a pipe-straightener and tensioner. The mid-planes of the two adjacent wheels face approximately towards the davit, and the mid-planes intersect in the vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the vessel.