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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Nicholas Long, Swansea, GB;
Inventor:
Nicholas Long, Swansea, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0014 (2013.01); E21B 41/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subsea hanging device comprises a hanging frameadapted to support an assembly (such as a gooseneckand a subsea connectorbeing used to attach a heavy pipeto a pipe hubon the seabed), a hanging eyewhich slides on said frame when a shaftthreaded through it is axially rotated, and a ROV drive bucketattached to one end of the shaft. A guide funnelpivoted to the frame and adapted to fit over a guide poston the seabed actuates a pointerwhich indicates on a scalewhether the hanging angle needs adjustment to enable the connectorto be engaged with the hub