GB1214435A - Underwater mining apparatus and method - Google Patents

Underwater mining apparatus and method

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Publication number
GB1214435A
GB1214435A GB23270/69A GB2327069A GB1214435A GB 1214435 A GB1214435 A GB 1214435A GB 23270/69 A GB23270/69 A GB 23270/69A GB 2327069 A GB2327069 A GB 2327069A GB 1214435 A GB1214435 A GB 1214435A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
conduit
ship
scoop
vertical
gimbal mounting
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GB23270/69A
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
    • E21B19/143—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F13/00—Making discontinuous sheets of paper, pulpboard or cardboard, or of wet web, for fibreboard production
    • D21F13/04—Making discontinuous sheets of paper, pulpboard or cardboard, or of wet web, for fibreboard production on cylinder board machines
    • D21F13/06—Format rolls
    • D21F13/08—Automatic cut-off rolls
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B15/00—Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts
    • E21B15/04—Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts specially adapted for directional drilling, e.g. slant hole rigs
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
    • E21C50/00—Obtaining minerals from underwater, not otherwise provided for
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Drilling And Exploitation, And Mining Machines And Methods (AREA)

Abstract

1,214,435. Underwater mining systems. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 7 May, 1969 [31 May, 1968], No. 23270/69. Heading E1F. To permit of satisfactory underwater mining by a ship-towed scoop, the scoop is secured to the lower end of a conduit that is inclined to the vertical and has been formed by the successive joining together and paying out of conduit sections from the ship as the ship is kept underway during the lowering of the scoop therefrom. The conduit passes through a gimbal mounting in the ship, which gimbal mounting allows the conduit to assume, with respect to the vertical an angle that is dependent on the speed of the ship through the water. For the handling of conduit sections there is provided a ship-borne derrick, which, in use, is tilted at the same angle to the vertical as that made therewith by the conduit so that a derrick-guided conduit section can, when required, be added to the conduit, which can either be held in or be axially slidable of the gimbal mounting as required. When a so formed conduit of sufficient length has been passed out of the ship, slowing down of the ship allows of placing the scoop on the submerged bed of material to be collected by the scoop as the inclination of the conduit to the vertical changes. The conduit may serve as a suction pipe to permit of removal from the scoop of material collected therein.
GB23270/69A 1968-05-31 1969-05-07 Underwater mining apparatus and method Expired GB1214435A (en)

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US73353268A 1968-05-31 1968-05-31

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GB1214435A true GB1214435A (en) 1970-12-02

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US (1) US3543527A (en)
JP (1) JPS4827561B1 (en)
DE (1) DE1926455A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2009774A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1214435A (en)
NL (1) NL6908246A (en)
SE (1) SE356329B (en)

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US3919958A (en) * 1974-06-13 1975-11-18 Global Marine Inc Deep ocean mining ship

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US3389563A (en) * 1963-03-27 1968-06-25 Chevron Res Apparatus for laying submarine pipelines
US3429062A (en) * 1966-03-11 1969-02-25 Arthur J Nelson Deep water harvesting system
US3373807A (en) * 1966-06-06 1968-03-19 Chevron Res Underwater pipeline connecting method and apparatus

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
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SE356329B (en) 1973-05-21
DE1926455A1 (en) 1969-12-04
NL6908246A (en) 1969-12-02
JPS4827561B1 (en) 1973-08-23
FR2009774A1 (en) 1970-02-06
US3543527A (en) 1970-12-01

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees