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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Fugro Engineers B.v., Leidschendam, NL;
Inventor:
Peter Looijen, Leidschendam, NL;
Assignee:
Fugro Engineers B.V., Leidschendam, NL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 25/18 (2006.01); E21B 7/12 (2006.01); E21B 25/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 25/18 (2013.01); E21B 7/12 (2013.01); E21B 25/005 (2013.01); E21B 49/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Handling unit equipped to acquire a sample from a seabed top layer by retracting and retrieving a piston corer holding the sample from a seabed, and to remove the sample from the piston corer, wherein the handling unit is a standalone unit arranged for mounting on a vessel and for retrieval of a sample from the piston corer while it remains vertical. The handling unit comprises a container with dimensions and/or lifting points and/or connections as provided on a standard sea freight container. It also comprises a lifting device which is foldable out of and back into a container of the handling unit.