Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – With work deck vertically adjustable relative to floor
Patent
1977-11-30
1979-03-06
Shapiro, Jacob
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
With work deck vertically adjustable relative to floor
405200, 405211, 405218, E02B 1702
Patent
active
041428196
ABSTRACT:
A gravity platform for supporting installations above a body of water, comprising a base for resting on the bed of the body of water, a structure secured to the base and rising vertically therefrom, a bridge provided with float means, and means enabling the bridge to be displaced along the structure, the base consisting essentially of a slab provided with stiffeners, such as a circular wall and diaphragms, essential for its mechanical strength, the structure forming a hollow column, impervious or not, rising from the middle of the platform, and the float means consisting of an impervious shell formed around the hollow column at the lower part at least of the bridge and forming, possibly with said hollow column, if it is impervious, a float the buoyancy of which is sufficient to support the assembly of the platform and its installations.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3474749 (1969-10-01), Williamson
patent: 4060995 (1977-12-01), Lacroix
Challine Andre P. A.
Foglia Vincent F. P.
Marchal Alain M. E.
Brown Laurence R.
Compagnie Generale pour les Developpements Operationnels des Ric
Shapiro Jacob
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