US3333562A - Ship structure and handling means for underwater mining - Google Patents

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US3333562A
US3333562A US419990A US41999064A US3333562A US 3333562 A US3333562 A US 3333562A US 419990 A US419990 A US 419990A US 41999064 A US41999064 A US 41999064A US 3333562 A US3333562 A US 3333562A
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Nicholas E Oresko
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John E Flipse
Robert M Donaldson
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L23/00—Flanged joints
    • F16L23/02—Flanged joints the flanges being connected by members tensioned axially
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
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1. APPARATUS FOR USE IN UNDERWATER MINING AT GREAT DEPTHS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE SEA COMPRISING A SHIP ADAPTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WATER OVER A PARTICULR MINING AREA, SAID SHIP HAVING WALL PORTIONS DEFINING A CENTRAL WELL PORTION, THEREIN, SAID WELL PORTION OPENING UPWARDLY FOR RECEIVING MINING EQUIPMENT THERETHROUGH, SAID WELL PORTION ALSO OPENING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE SEA, SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE PORTIONS, EACH OF SAID MOVABLE PORTIONS HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION INCLUDING A SUPPORT PORTION FOR ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING PARTS OF MINING EQUIPMENT DISPOSED WITHIN THE WELL PORTION, EACH OF SAID MOVABLE PORTIONS HAVING A LOWER END PORTION PIVOT-
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US3902554A (en) * 1974-03-12 1975-09-02 Global Marine Inc Blowout preventer guide assembly for off-shore drilling vessel
US4007782A (en) * 1974-03-18 1977-02-15 Finn Tveten & Co. A/S Parking device for blowout preventer
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US4750279A (en) * 1985-09-10 1988-06-14 Hofland Jacobus M J Mobile apparatus for carrying out work both above and below water
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