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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Espinasse, Bihorel, FR;
Assignee:
Coflexip, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/116 ;
Abstract
A flexible tubular pipe having, from the inside outwards, at least, a carcass of an interlocked metal strip, an internal sealing sheath, a cylindrical pressure vault of a winding of an interlocked profiled metal wire wound in a helix with a short pitch, at least one ply of tensile armor wires wound with a long pitch, a wire wound with a short pitch over the ply of armor wires, the wires having a deformable sheath that partially penetrates the gaps between the windings in the at least one ply of armor wires, and an external protective sealing sheath.