• Patent Title: Joining device of a continuous conduit for changes in slope of seabeds, continuous conduit comprising a device and method for joining a continuous conduit
  • Application No.: US15746353
    Application Date: 2016-07-14
  • Publication No.: US10344893B2
    Publication Date: 2019-07-09
  • Inventor: Mauro PigliapocoGiovanni Profeta
  • Applicant: SAIPEM S.P.A.
  • Applicant Address: IT San Donato, Milanese, Milan
  • Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
  • Current Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
  • Current Assignee Address: IT San Donato, Milanese, Milan
  • Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
  • Priority: IT102015000036216 20150721
  • International Application: PCT/IB2016/054198 WO 20160714
  • International Announcement: WO2017/013541 WO 20170126
  • Main IPC: F16L1/26
  • IPC: F16L1/26 F16L1/16 F16L1/12 F16L1/19 F16L1/18
Joining device of a continuous conduit for changes in slope of seabeds, continuous conduit comprising a device and method for joining a continuous conduit
Abstract:
A joining device of a continuous conduit is for changes in slope of seabeds. The continuous conduit defines a longitudinal direction substantially coinciding with the longitudinal direction of structural development of the continuous conduit. The continuous conduit has a longitudinal structural continuity and a fluidic continuity. The joining device includes a joint that includes at least one first joining branch, at least one second joining branch and at least one third joining branch. The first joining branch extends along the longitudinal direction and provides longitudinal structural and fluidic continuity of the continuous conduit and connects with a piece of the continuous conduit. The second joining branch provides longitudinal structural continuity of the continuous conduit. The third joining branch provides fluidic continuity of the continuous conduit. The second joining branch is exclusively suitable for providing the longitudinal structural continuity of the continuous conduit, and is unsuitable for providing the fluidic continuity.
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