Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Floatable matter containment
Patent
1981-11-13
1984-08-28
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Floatable matter containment
405211, 405217, E02B 1502, B63B 3512
Patent
active
044681526
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an icebreaker system for marine platforms wherein the system includes two rings of obstacles: a lower ring and an upper ring fixed around pillars of the platform to be protected. The lower ring has obstacles showing a portion sloping upwardly and rearwardly. The upper ring has obstacles staggered with those of the lower ring and showing a portion sloping downwardly and rearwardly. A ring of obstacles is mounted rotatably and/or movably in the vertical direction. The obstacles are of truncated pyramid shape and asymmetrically shaped in front elevation.
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de Asis Manuel Serrano Francisco
Lamy Jacques E.
Compagnie Generale pour les Developpements Operationnels des Ric
Taylor Dennis L.
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