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8152581 Floater for marine hose  
Provided is a floater for marine hose, which can be easily formed into an annular shape conformable even to marine hoses having variations in the circularity of their cross-section or to marine...
8083439 Riser support system for use with an offshore platform  
A riser support system for use in a body of water comprises a buoyant and ballastable support structure and a plurality of substantially vertical and rigid risers each of which is attached to the...
7985036 Process, system and equipment for the towing of underwater pipelines  
Process for the towing of underwater pipelines by means of head tugs for the pulling and tail tugs for the counter-pulling characterized in that it is effected by the use of a set of equipment,...
7975639 Float for use in water-based security system  
Embodiments of this invention describe a float for use with a running gear entanglement system (RGES) deployed on water, in addition to an improved system and method for using an RGES deployed in...
7771245 Assembly of buoys for flexible submarine pipe  
An assembly of support buoys for a flexible submarine pipeline which is designed for the transport of hydrocarbons. A plurality of buoys which can be installed gradually on at least one portion of...
7749035 Buoyancy clamp and method of application  
A clamp for securing to a pipe or flowline for mounting buoyancy thereon, the clamp comprising: (i) a clamp body (2) having surfaces against which buoyancy may abut, (ii) a strap (6) for urging the...
7628665 Drilling riser buoyancy modules  
Buoyancy modules for subsea riser pipes are made of syntactic foam solid cores covered with tough high density polyethylene shells. Inner surfaces have partial semi-cylindrical surfaces to fit the...
7537416 Riser support system for use with an offshore platform  
A riser support system for use in a body of water comprises a buoyant and ballastable support structure and a plurality of substantially vertical and rigid risers each of which is attached to the...
7431623 Modular vertical floating pipe  
Modular vertical floating pipe comprising a plurality of modules, each module formed by (a) two pipe segments of slightly different diameter, the lower segment with the smaller diameter segment...
7421754 Hose lifter for an underwater pool cleaning device  
A buoyant hose lifter which selectively attaches to a portion of an existing hose of an underwater pool cleaning device, wherein the buoyancy of the hose lifter may be selectively varied by a user,...
7328747 Integrated buoyancy joint  
A buoyancy system includes a plurality of buoyancy joints distributed along a riser system. Each joint can include a riser pipe, an external frame disposed around a riser and a vessel, and a...
7214114 Buoyancy element and module  
A buoyancy element (200) is disclosed which comprises a moulded body of plastics-composite material incorporating reinforcement (202) comprising at least one elongate flexible member or filament,...
7195530 System and methods to install subsea structures  
There is disclosed a system comprising a structure in a body of water, wherein the body of water comprises a depth comprising a top-section from a surface of the body of water to one-third of the...
7112008 Floating construction for launching pipelines even in low-depth conditions  
A floating construction for launching pipelines, even in low-depth conditions, comprises at least a hollow floating body, engageable with a supporting framework, comprising removably coupling means...
6854516 Riser buoyancy system  
A frame and system for adding buoyancy to a riser used in connection with floating platforms is provided which, in some example embodiments, includes a stem attached to multiple supports which...
6821055 Marine buoyancy modules and units  
A cylindrical buoyancy unit is composed of separate sections which are held together to surround a marine object such as a riser or pipe with additional conduits. The sections combine to define an...
6758710 Method of reinforcement of marine buoyancy modules  
A marine buoyancy unit which fits at least partly around a marine object such as a riser with auxiliary conduits is composed of syntactic foam with an external layer or skin of harder polymeric...
6739926 Damping of conductor tubes  
A method of damping a conductor tube in a guide tube therefor comprises the steps of inserting a bag between the conductor and the jacket and filling the bag with a settable material to provide a...
6688930 Hybrid buoyant riser/tension mooring system  
A buoyant hybrid riser/tension (BHRT) member moors a floating body on the sea surface to a pipeline terminated at a submerged structure. The BHRT includes one or more conduits, one or more tension...
6632112 Buoyancy module with external frame  
A buoyancy system for deep-water risers of a deep water floating platforms includes an ecto-skeleton formed by a plurality of members to withstand lateral and bending loads, and a buoyant vessel...
6612886 In-line cable retriever  
A retriever is provided for a marine seismic cable or other tool. The retriever first comprises a housing. Disposed within the housing is a canister for containing gas under pressure. An inflatable...
6602103 Float device  
A float device utilizing a body having an outer surface and a core of floatation material located inwardly from the outer surface. A spine passes through the core of floatation material and...
6533627 Method and apparatus for dynamically controlled buoyancy of towed arrays  
The present invention relates generally a method and apparatus for adjusting the buoyancy of towed seismic arrays comprising a plurality of streamers and specifically to the dynamic buoyancy...
6524152 Bottom to surface link system comprising a submarine pipe assembled to at least one float  
A bottom-to-surface link system includes a submarine pipe assembled to at least one float. At least one coaxial can surrounds the pipe. Junctions, which join the can to the pipe at the top and...
6503115 Flexible buoy assembly  
A flexible buoy assembly includes a flexible buoy having a passage formed therethrough. A flexible line passes through the passage and exits each end thereof. First and second bumpers are fixedly...
6375391 Guide device for production risers for petroleum production with a “dry tree semisubmersible” at large sea depths  
A system for use in petroleum production at sea includes a guide frame for one or more riser pipes, on a semisubmersible production vessel. One or more main buoyancy member are arranged separately...
6331129 Device for marking swimming pool lane dividers  
A device for marking swimming pool floating lane dividers includes a thin, flat rectangular sheet of brightly colored polyethylene with a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, and a right edge. The...
6270387 Buoyant device  
A buoyancy device to be clamped around least one longitudinal element. The buoyancy device comprises an assembled clamping device which is to be fastened around the element, and at least one...
6213833 Float for buoyant hoses  
The invention relates to a float (2) for buoyant hoses comprising at least one multi-layer foam body which surrounds the buoyant hose (1), whereby the foam body is composed of individual foam...
6206742 Buoyancy device and method for using same  
A method and a buoyancy device adapted to impart buoyancy to at least one longitudinal element submerged in water. The buoyancy device is hollow and is preferably made of plastic or a similarly...
6134766 Method and apparatus for installing cable-like elements inside pipes  
A method and apparatus for installing a cable-like element in a pipe by securing a buoyant element to the one cable-like element, the weight and buoyancy of the buoyant element and the cable-like...
6019652 Buoyancy adjustment  
Device for the adjustment of buoyancy of a seismic cable comprising a main part (1) adapted to firm, integrated mounting into a chosen point in the length of the cable, the main part (1) comprising...
5921013 Fishing float  
A fishing float comprising a buoyant body made of a pair of cylindrical sections moveable from an extended position to a folded position and a coiled loop on each of the sections for receiving a...
5711639 Clamp for cylindrical object  
A clamp for a cylindrical object is provided which is formed of fibers in the form of woven fabric molded in a polymeric matrix. The clamps have two free ends through which one or two rods extend....
5707265 Streamlined buoyancy package for subsurface moorings  
A buoyancy package for subsurface instrumented moorings with reduced drag and increased stability is provided with the use of spherical buoyant members enclosed in a pivotally connected streamlined...
5600873 Floating tether cords  
Buoyant tether cords that remove ignition keys from personal watercraft to safely disable the motor in the event a rider falls off. When dropped in the water the cords float so that the ignition...
5520562 Wave suppressor  
A swimming lane wave suppressor, for use in suppressing waves and for use in the demarcation of swimming pool lanes, comprised of two cylindrical cores having a plurality of fins radially extending...
5479990 Rising centralizing spider  
A mechanical device for centralizing a subsea riser in an opening in a floating drilling vessel. The centralizing device includes at least three arms that are pivotally connected at one end to the...
5341758 Surfing rope  
A surfing rope (20) for towing a surfer behind a boat or upon moving water is disclosed. The surfing rope is constructed from a length of braided rope (22) having a plurality of nodules (24)...
5246394 Oil boom and hose for tensioning the same  
An oil boom has a longitudinal hose-shaped floating body of cloth or fabric material, and a skirt, also of cloth or fabric material, extending from the floating body and equipped with sinkers. The...
5240383 Wheeled floatable conduit apparatus  
This invention relates to a wheeled floatable conduit apparatus attachable to a pump device to suck water into the conduit apparatus and force water through the conduit apparatus. The conduit...
5197912 Buoy for attachment to the net line of a fishing net  
In order to change defective buoys on the net line of a fishing net and to change the spacing between the buoys threaded onto the net line, it has hitherto been necessary to release the net line...
4998899 Mooring line flotation device  
A mooring line flotation device for maintaining a mooring line extending from an offshore structure above the surface of a body of water when the mooring line is not in use. The flotation device is...
4985007 Swimming lane marker system  
A swimming lane marker system employs an anchor clip connected at each end of a lane marker cable, the clip having a pin for insertion in an aperture on the gutter-facing side of a gutter lip or...
4894873 Wave suppression means  
A wave suppression device, for use suppressing waves and for use in the demarcation of swimming pool lanes, comprised of a cylindrical core having a plurality of fins radially extending from its...
4764137 Floatable dredge hose  
A floatable heavy duty hose assembly for conveying fluid entrained materials during dredging and related operations which includes a flexible cylindrical conduit which is reinforced at spaced...
4656962 Buoyancy support for deep-ocean struts  
A long strut between a sea-platform and the ocean bed needs to have its weight supported. Otherwise, much of its strength is used merely in supporting itself. The strut disclosed is made in...
4631039 Pipe flotation assembly  
A pipe flotation assembly, packageable in kit form, includes interfitting interconnected frame members having flotation devices secured to the bottom thereof and an adjustable clamping assembly for...
4627891 Method of generating electrical and magnetic fields in salt water marine environments  
A method of generating electrical and magnetic fields in salt water marine environments using an elongated dimensionally stable flexible electrode (30) having a current carrying inner portion (31)...
4616369 Aquatic turbulence suppression device  
A device (15, 18) for use in a body of water (10) as one of a plurality of such devices assembled in axial alignment with one another along a restraining element (16) to suppress incident wave...
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