EP 0084811 B1 19871209 - APPARATUS FOR WORKING UNDER WATER
Title (en)
APPARATUS FOR WORKING UNDER WATER
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 3202106 A 19820123
Abstract (en)
[origin: CA1207603A] The underwater operating unit shown in Fig. 1 comprises a hollow body which is specially reinforced, against bending moments and compressive forces acting upon it, by means of flow-ducts (for drive-elements) passing longitudinally therethrough and by permanently incorporated, multi-purpose pressure chambers. Unit is held by, and supplied through, a holding- and supply-cable. A main grab, adjustable to widely varying gripping diameters and located at front-end, is adapted to cling to pipes, wrecks, and the like so firmly that the unit itself, and the booms extending therefrom (tool-arm, auxiliary grab, platform), may be subjected to heavy loading as a fixed work-base both for hand-tools operated by divers and for entirely remotecontrolled, un-manned manipulators, in spite of the small dimensions. Control-elements and drive-elements allow unit to be used both as a vehicle, as a mobile unit, as a hoist, as a machine tool, and as a power-base for auxiliary equipment used in underwater operations, also in confined pipestructures and cavities, in a particularly efficient and safe manner, and to be rapidly and reliably adapted to varying operation conditions by the use of replaceable, modular pieces of auxiliary equipment etc.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B63C 11/40 (2006.01); E02B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B63C 11/40 (2013.01 - EP US); E21B 41/04 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (examination)
DE-Z. "Meerestechnik", Heft 6/1981 Seite 176, 177, Bild 4
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0084811 A2 19830803; EP 0084811 A3 19841024; EP 0084811 B1 19871209; CA 1207603 A 19860715; DE 3202106 A1 19830929; DE 3202106 C2 19841011; DE 3374852 D1 19880121; JP S58127818 A 19830730; US 4620819 A 19861104
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 83100231 A 19830113; CA 419988 A 19830121; DE 3202106 A 19820123; DE 3374852 T 19830113; JP 720283 A 19830119; US 72275785 A 19850415