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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Kinton Lawler, Fulshear, TX (US);
John Davis, Magnolia, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kinton Lawler, Fulshear, TX (US);
John Davis, Magnolia, TX (US);
Assignee:
Oceaneering International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention described herein relates to a cleaning tool for cleaning subsea conduits, such as tendons, risers or strakes. This invention comprises a flotation collar and brush member which may be attached to a subsea conduit and which may travel up a subsea conduit as a result of buoyancy forces and be retracted using one or more winches.