Ships – Building – Canal and ferry boats
Patent
1977-02-17
1978-03-21
Gilliam, Paul R.
Ships
Building
Canal and ferry boats
114 16E, E02D 2302
Patent
active
040795942
ABSTRACT:
A system is provided for buoyantly supporting an offshore structure so that it may be floated to a location in a body of water and then permitted to sink to the bottom, which consists of self-stabilizing apparatus comprised of a set of floodable chambers disposed around a central axis and a generally horizontal distributor, located above the floodable chambers to supply water thereto, whose axis is parallel to the axis of the floodable chambers. The distributor consists of an inner chamber which is connected to a water supply, an outer chamber which is partitioned into a set of compartments that complement the floodable chambers and an annular wall between the inner chamber and the compartments permitting an overflow of water from the inner chamber to the respective compartments, and each compartment is connected to its diagonally opposite floodable chamber so that water flows from it to that floodable chamber.
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Della Greca Antonio
Di Tella Vincenzo
Minardi Paolo
Corbin David H.
Gilliam Paul R.
Tecnomare S.p.A.
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