1977-10-25
1979-11-27
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Leak stoppers
405 12, B63B 4316
Patent
active
041755103
ABSTRACT:
A cofferdam for closing off underwater openings in ships' hulls and the like includes a box-like structure having a flat wall of a size and configuration for covering a ship's openings, with peripheral walls for extending around the flat wall and around the opening for sealingly engaging the ship's hull and defining a chamber around the opening. Conduits are provided for communication with a pump for pumping fluid or water from the chamber of the cofferdam and for venting the dam either to atmosphere or the water for filling the cavity. Fastenings include J-bolts in one configuration for securing the cofferdam to grill work and the like inside a opening to a sea chest, and a hogging type rigging in another embodiment for securing where grill work and the like is not available. The cofferdam is constructed of wood for providing buoyancy in water and includes reinforcing bars extending across the face of the dam which are in the form of closed box beams for providing additional buoyancy.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3094964 (1963-06-01), Witten
patent: 3653215 (1972-04-01), Crucet
patent: 3849996 (1974-11-01), Mittleman
patent: 3857249 (1974-12-01), Kelly
Blix Trygve M.
Keen D. W.
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