Pipe joints or couplings – With casing – lining or protector – Insulated
Patent
1976-10-26
1978-02-14
Gilliam, Paul R.
Pipe joints or couplings
With casing, lining or protector
Insulated
285 18, 285367, 2853322, 285403, F16L 104
Patent
active
040731570
ABSTRACT:
A method of depositing pipe on the seabed which includes providing a vessel of a length greater than the pipe, which vessel has a main winch on one end and an auxiliary winch on the other end, anchoring a cable from the main winch to the seabed, drawing the cable horizontally of the vessel utilizing the auxiliary winch, attaching trolleys carried by a length of pipe to the section of the cable overlying the vessel, using the auxiliary winch to let out the cable and suspend the pipe on the cable from the main winch, utilizing a third cable to lower the pipe, and repeating the process for each length of pipe.
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patent: 580226 (1897-04-01), Sanford
patent: 3729941 (1973-05-01), Rochelle
patent: 3834169 (1974-10-01), Abbott
patent: 3978677 (1976-09-01), Lochridge
patent: 3982776 (1976-09-01), Payne
Aylmer Norman N.
Coe Peter
Holloway Brian P.
Watson John G.
Gilliam Paul R.
Grosz A.
Piccal Subsea Limited
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