Vertical stressed mooring tether in a floating oil platform

Details Vertical stressed mooring tether in a floating oil platform Vertical stressed mooring tether in a floating oil platform

1981-01-21

1982-12-21

Blix, Trygve M.

Ships

Floating platform

Multiple leg

114230, 405195, B63B 2152

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043643230

ABSTRACT:
A floating platform intended to be anchored to the sea bed incorporates a substantially vertical tether. The tether is fitted with a gas-operated tension spring device capable of generating an elastic tensile force in the tether. Means is provided for varying the nominal tensile force which the spring device is capable of exerting. The tether may include an adjustor nut movable along a screw-threaded portion of the tether so as to be engageable with an adjustor nut adaptor supported by the platform.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3540396 (1970-11-01), Horton
patent: 3563042 (1971-02-01), Ryan
patent: 3943868 (1976-03-01), Person et al.
patent: 4215950 (1980-08-01), Stevenson

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