SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL/CARGO BETWEEN A MARINE PLATFORM AND CREW BOAT

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to a system and apparatus for employing the compressibility of a gas (air) to provide a variable length, load carrying, member in a suspension system used for transporting a load (personnel, cargo, provision, etc.) from one point to another, between which points there is relative motion. This device incorporates the foregoing basic idea into a system which eliminates relative oscillatory motion between a load and an oscillating point to which the load is being transferred, while allowing relative linear motion between the load and the oscillating point.