Title:
【発明の名称】特に水中導管の密封的、可逆的、遠隔操作的な接続のためのフロ-テイング・スリ-ブを備える装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS61500621
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PCT No. PCT/FR84/00286 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 18, 1985 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 18, 1985 PCT Filed Dec. 5, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO85/02652 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 1985.A floating tube apparatus (7) for providing a sealed, reversible and remote-controlled connection between ducts, in particular underwater ducts or difficultly accessible ducts, provided with complementary connectors to connectors (8, 9) carried by the floating tube at its ends. The apparatus comprises a positioning device (17, 21, 22, 23, 24) for positioning the floating tube (7) relative to a reference plane defined by a rectilinear rolling path of fixed structure (18). The positioning device includes a ball joint (23, 24) mounted on the middle of the tube (7) and three carriages mounted on one another in such a manner as to enable each to be displaced rectilinearly along a displacement axis which is perpendicular to the displacement axes of the other two, the transfer carriage (17) which carries the other two carriages moving along the rolling path under the action of jacks (31A, 31B), and the carriage (22) carried by the other two carriages itself carrying the ball joint, and consequently the tube. The apparatus is particularly intended for underwater oil exploitation.
Inventors:
Labe, Loran
France, Rodourige
France, Rodourige
Application Number:
JP50450984A
Publication Date:
April 03, 1986
Filing Date:
December 05, 1984
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Alstom-Atlantique
International Classes:
E21B43/013; E21B43/017; (IPC1-7): E21B43/013
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Kawaguchi