Mobile, offshore, self-elevating (jack-up) unit leg/hull rigidif

Details Mobile, offshore, self-elevating (jack-up) unit leg/hull rigidif Mobile, offshore, self-elevating (jack-up) unit leg/hull rigidif

1979-08-29

1981-05-26

Pate, III, William F.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Marine structure or fabrication thereof

With work deck vertically adjustable relative to floor

254 89R, 254 95, E21B 712

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042695430

ABSTRACT:
A system for making a "jack-up" rig with its jacked-up legs and hull rigid and fixed together by the use of "rack chock" elements which are designed to absorb the maximum axial chord loadings on the legs and transmit them directly into the hull. The "rack chock" elements are configured preferrably with a number of matching teeth for exact, in-line engagement with the legs' rack teeth, and are capable of being adjusted for vertical alignment and horizontal positioning to mate with the rack teeth position. By a series of screw jacks and/or secondary chocks, the "rack chock" elements provide rigid contact with both the legs and the hull structure and eliminate the requirement for the jack pinions to take the load (as is done in the prior art) in either jacked-up or ocean-tow dispositions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4160538 (1979-07-01), Armstrong
patent: 4203576 (1980-05-01), Sutton

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