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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Lee Karl Rolf, Inverurie, GB;
Henry William Himsworth, Balsham, GB;
Lukasz Sobczak, Inverurie, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Subsea 7 Limited, Sutton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/20 (2006.01); F16L 1/16 (2006.01); F16L 3/237 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/20 (2013.01); F16L 1/202 (2013.01); F16L 3/237 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for clamping elongate elements in a parallel piggybacked arrangement during subsea laying of the elements is disclosed. The apparatus has opposed reciprocating jaws for forcing together clamp segments around the elongate elements to assemble a piggybacking clamp that applies clamping forces to the elongate elements.