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(11) | EP 2 275 341 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Jack-up pontoon |
(57) Jack-up barge (1) comprising a floating platform (2) formed by a plurality of modules
(4) that can be joined together mechanically by means of removable fixing means (5)
and a plurality of support legs (3), mounted orthogonally on the floating platform
(2). Said modules (4) comprise three or more lifting modules (16), each of which is
mechanically associated with a leg (3) and is provided with a support frame (17).
The support frame (17) having centrally fixed a guide structure (18), in which the
leg (3) is inserted, and having fixed a plurality of buffer panels (19), which define
together with said guide structure (18), a closed box-shaped body. Said closed box-shaped
body participates in the hydrostatic floating thrust of the floating platform (2).
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