EP1167637A3 - Trenching apparatus - Google Patents

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EP1167637A3
EP1167637A3 EP01305068A EP01305068A EP1167637A3 EP 1167637 A3 EP1167637 A3 EP 1167637A3 EP 01305068 A EP01305068 A EP 01305068A EP 01305068 A EP01305068 A EP 01305068A EP 1167637 A3 EP1167637 A3 EP 1167637A3
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units
seabed
fluidisation
cables
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EP1167637A2 (en
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Erik Gloppen
Gosta Nilsson
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Nordic Offshore AS
Framo Flatoy AS
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Nordic Offshore AS
Frank Mohn Flatoy AS
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/88—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
    • E02F3/90—Component parts, e.g. arrangement or adaptation of pumps
    • E02F3/92—Digging elements, e.g. suction heads
    • E02F3/9206—Digging devices using blowing effect only, like jets or propellers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/006—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes adapted for working ground under water not otherwise provided for
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/10—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables
    • E02F5/104—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/10—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables
    • E02F5/104—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water
    • E02F5/107—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water using blowing-effect devices, e.g. jets

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
EP01305068A 2000-06-12 2001-06-11 Trenching apparatus Withdrawn EP1167637A3 (en)

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GB0014348A GB2363407A (en) 2000-06-12 2000-06-12 Trenching apparatus
GB0014348 2000-06-12

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EP1167637A2 EP1167637A2 (en) 2002-01-02
EP1167637A3 true EP1167637A3 (en) 2002-05-15

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US (1) US20020017041A1 (no)
EP (1) EP1167637A3 (no)
GB (1) GB2363407A (no)
NO (1) NO20012823L (no)

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GB1379147A (en) * 1972-02-22 1975-01-02 Brown & Root Apparatus for entrenching submerged elongate structures
WO1980002169A1 (en) * 1979-04-06 1980-10-16 M Prestegarden Arrangement for burying a line in the sea bed
GB2075085A (en) * 1980-04-24 1981-11-11 Hoad Design & Eng Ltd Apparatus for cutting trenches
US4330225A (en) * 1979-09-24 1982-05-18 Santa Fe International Corporation System for entrenching submerged elongated structures
JPS57137531A (en) * 1981-02-20 1982-08-25 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd <Kdd> Excavating method and device for ditch in bottom of water
JPS5820839A (ja) * 1981-07-31 1983-02-07 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd 海底ケ−ブル埋設機
JPS5865824A (ja) * 1981-10-14 1983-04-19 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd 海底掘削装置
WO1995028529A1 (en) * 1994-04-15 1995-10-26 Van Oord Acz B.V. Apparatus for burying an elongated article underwater

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US3673808A (en) * 1969-04-10 1972-07-04 Nederlandse Offshore Co Method of and apparatus for burying sub-sea pipelines,cables and the like
US3659425A (en) * 1969-05-23 1972-05-02 Shell Oil Co Method and apparatus for burying pipeline
GB1379147A (en) * 1972-02-22 1975-01-02 Brown & Root Apparatus for entrenching submerged elongate structures
WO1980002169A1 (en) * 1979-04-06 1980-10-16 M Prestegarden Arrangement for burying a line in the sea bed
US4330225A (en) * 1979-09-24 1982-05-18 Santa Fe International Corporation System for entrenching submerged elongated structures
GB2075085A (en) * 1980-04-24 1981-11-11 Hoad Design & Eng Ltd Apparatus for cutting trenches
JPS57137531A (en) * 1981-02-20 1982-08-25 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd <Kdd> Excavating method and device for ditch in bottom of water
JPS5820839A (ja) * 1981-07-31 1983-02-07 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd 海底ケ−ブル埋設機
JPS5865824A (ja) * 1981-10-14 1983-04-19 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd 海底掘削装置
WO1995028529A1 (en) * 1994-04-15 1995-10-26 Van Oord Acz B.V. Apparatus for burying an elongated article underwater

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 007, no. 098 (M - 210) 26 April 1983 (1983-04-26) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 007, no. 159 (M - 228) 13 July 1983 (1983-07-13) *

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US20020017041A1 (en) 2002-02-14
EP1167637A2 (en) 2002-01-02
GB0014348D0 (en) 2000-08-02
GB2363407A (en) 2001-12-19
NO20012823D0 (no) 2001-06-08

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