Overboarding device

An overboarding device comprises a moveable support element (118 figure 4) which supports a flexible elongate element (12, figure 4) such as a pipe, cable or wire when overboarding it from a vessel (14, figure 1). The moveable support element comprises a plurality of support elements 120, having a s...

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Hauptverfasser: Alan Andrew Mackie, Stephen Arthur Brown
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Zusammenfassung:An overboarding device comprises a moveable support element (118 figure 4) which supports a flexible elongate element (12, figure 4) such as a pipe, cable or wire when overboarding it from a vessel (14, figure 1). The moveable support element comprises a plurality of support elements 120, having a support surface 140, and attaching to at least one chain element of a chain member (122, figure 4) comprising a plurality of chain elements (124, figure 5) each comprising a chain pivot 158, wherein the pivotable interface 166 between two adjacent support members lies coaxially with the chain pivot, allowing the adjacent support members to remain contiguous. Also disclosed is an overboarding device comprising a moveable support element 120 for supporting a flexible elongate element, a drive member (162, figure 4) and a space (154, figure 9b) adjacent to a surface 140 of the moveable support element.