Ships – Life craft handling device – apparatus – or implement
Patent
1998-08-05
2000-10-31
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Life craft handling device, apparatus, or implement
114366, 114373, 182213, B32B 2304
Patent
active
061386057
ABSTRACT:
There is provided an improved access and evacuation apparatus for an offshore platform, in which the apparatus comprises an articulated arm for rotatably mounting on an offshore platform. The arm comprises an inner part which has first and second ends and an outer part also having first and second ends. The first end of the inner part is adapted for rotatably mounting on the platform and the second end of the inner part is rotatably connected to the first end of the outer part. The arm is selectively moveable between an upper position in which the second end of the outer part is adjacent the platform, and a lower position in which the second end of the outer part is below the surface of the water and remote from the platform. There is also provided a winch and a cable operatively connecting the winch to the arm.
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Basinger Sherman
Nath Gary M.
Novick Harold L.
Seascape Systems Limited
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