PIVOTLESS COUPLING APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A CONDUIT FIXED TO A MOBILE SUPPORT IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

P COUPLING DEVICE WITHOUT PIVOT FOR COUPLING A FIXED CONDUIT WITH A MOBILE SUPPORT 16, SUCH AS A PRODUCTION BOX FLOATING ON THE SURROUNDING SEA, INCLUDING A PAIR OF COAXIAL DISCS 22, 24, VERTICALLY AND MOBILE SPACES ONE BY ONE RELATION TO THE OTHER, THE LOWER DISC 22 BEING COUPLED WITH THE CONDUIT AND THE UPPER DISC 24 BEING COUPLED WITH THE SUPPORT 16; A CONDUIT 12 EXTENDS BETWEEN THE PARTS AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM OR DEPOSITED ON THE PARTS ACCORDING TO THE SWIVEL OF THE SUPPORT 16 UNDER THE EFFECT OF THE ACTION OF THE WAVES; PARTS 22 AND 24 MOVE TO ALLOW THE CONDUIT TO COME TO THE EXTENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE EXTERNAL PERIPHERY OF A PART AND TO WITHDRAW FROM THE EXTENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE EXTERNAL PERIPHERY OF THE OTHER PART FUNCTION OF PIVOTING THE HOUSING ON AT LEAST TWO REVOLUTIONS IN ONE DIRECTION. /P