Title:
HOSE DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/140447
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for deployment and retrieval of a hose from an offshore structure (102) or vessel are described. The apparatus comprises a mechanism configured to receive a hose (110) and a flexible load-bearing element (112), which are coupled together to form a supported hose assembly (114) as the hose and the load-bearing element are fed to the apparatus. In a launching mode of operation, the coupling-decoupling apparatus (108) is receives a hose from the first storage device (104) and a flexible load-bearing element from the second storage device (106), and couples them to form a supported hose assembly. In a retrieval mode of operation, the coupling-decoupling apparatus receives a supported hose assembly consisting of a hose and a flexible load-bearing element, and decouples them to separate the hose and the load-bearing element before they are stored.
Inventors:
HASLER THOMAS (NO)
HUFTHAMMER HARALD (NO)
HUFTHAMMER HARALD (NO)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2012/050830
Publication Date:
January 17, 2013
Filing Date:
April 13, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IKM CLEANDRILL AS (NO)
HASLER THOMAS (NO)
HUFTHAMMER HARALD (NO)
HASLER THOMAS (NO)
HUFTHAMMER HARALD (NO)
International Classes:
F16L1/12
Foreign References:
| US5586750A | 1996-12-24 | |||
| US3699692A | 1972-10-24 | |||
| GB1261969A | 1972-02-02 | |||
| DE2023924A1 | 1970-12-17 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LINCOLN IP (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB10 1XB, GB)
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