Ships – With hoist or deck engine
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-29
2011-11-15
Olsen, Lars A (Department: 3617)
Ships
With hoist or deck engine
C114S051000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08056492
ABSTRACT:
A vessel (2) for handling subsea equipment comprising a subsea equipment hoist system including a winch and a hoist cable (3) for lowering and retrieving subsea equipment (5) in a hoist area of the vessel, a subsea equipment motion restraining and guidance system for restraining subsea equipment motion relative to the vessel in the hoist area. The subsea equipment motion restraining and guidance system includes a main trolley (7), an auxiliary trolley (8) and a vertical trolley guide structure (9) mounted on the hull of the vessel that allows for vertical travel of the trolleys and further a top end engagement member (10), which is movably supported by said main trolley and which is adapted to engage on a top end of the subsea equipment, and one or more rail engaging members (3a) mounted on said auxiliary trolley, each adapted to engage on a vertical rail (11) mounted on said subsea equipment as said subsea equipment passes vertically by said auxiliary trolley.
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De Groot Anne Klaas
Roodenburg Joop
Van Duivendijk Pieter Dirk Melis
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Itrec B.V.
Olsen Lars A
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