Mobile, offshore, jack-up, marine platform adjustable for sloping sea floor
Patent
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OSTI ID:5562781
A mobile, offshore, jack-up, marine platform adjustable for sloping sea floor is described which consists of: (a) a mat; (b) a tiltable column having a plurality of hollow tubular legs, each leg pivotally attached to the mat; (i) means on at least one leg for independently vertically raising and lowering such leg with respect to the mat, to tilt the column; (c) a jack-up work platform slidably mounted through its central portion on the column, the work platform having a pair of parallel fixed cantilevered arms extending outwardly from the central portion and a ballastable portion opposite the cantilevered arms; (d) a skid unit movably mounted on the cantilevered arms of the work platform; and (e) a jack-up means interconnected between the work platform and each leg of the column for vertically moving the work platform with respect to the mat.
- Assignee:
- Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, PA
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4583881
- OSTI ID:
- 5562781
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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