GB1566794A – Footbridge for connection between fixed an oscillating installations
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GB1566794A – Footbridge for connection between fixed an oscillating installations
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Footbridge for connection between fixed an oscillating installations
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GB1566794A
GB1566794A
GB10580/78A
GB1058078A
GB1566794A
GB 1566794 A
GB1566794 A
GB 1566794A
GB 10580/78 A
GB10580/78 A
GB 10580/78A
GB 1058078 A
GB1058078 A
GB 1058078A
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footbridge
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1977-03-25
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Compagnie Generale Pour Les Developpements Operationnels Des Richesses s Ous Marines C G Doris
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1977-03-25
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1980-05-08
1978-03-17
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E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
E01D15/00—Movable or portable bridges; Floating bridges
E01D15/24—Bridges or similar structures, based on land or on a fixed structure and designed to give access to ships or other floating structures
B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
B63B17/00—Vessels parts, details, or accessories, not otherwise provided for
B63B2017/0072—Seaway compensators
Description
( 21) Application No 10580/78
( 31) Convention Application No.
7709084 ( 22) Filed 17 Mar 1978 ( 32) Filed 25 Mar 1977 in ( 33) France (FR) ( 44) Complete Specification Published 8 May 1980 ( 51) INT CL 3 B 63 B 27/14 ( 52) Indexat Acceptance B 7 J 27/14 ( 72) Inventor: FRANCISCO DE ASSIS MANUEL SERRANO ( 54) FOOTBRIDGE FOR CONNECTION BETWEEN FIXED AND OSCILLATING INSTALLATIONS ( 71) We, COMPAGNIE GENERALE POUR L Es DEVELOPPEMENTS OPERATIONNELS DES RICHESSES S Ou SMARINES «C G DORIS», a French Body CorS phrate, of 83-85, Boulevard Vincent Auriol, ( 75013 Paris, France, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:-
P This invention relates to a footbridge for connection between a fixed installation and an oscillating installation particularly suitable for connecting rigid and oscillating petroleum exploitation platforms situated a short distance from each other.
Footbridges are known more particularly for connecting for example, a quay to the bridge of a ship Generally, these footbridges are fixed, either to the bridge of the ship or to the quay, did are maintained a short distance above the quay or the bridge in a manner to permit an oscillatory movement of the ship in relation to the quay These oscillations are always of small amplitude.
The problem is however much more complicated when oscillations of large amplitude are concerned, with rapid changes of direction.
This is the case for example with exploitation platforms at sea and more particularly in the case of an assembly of fixed and oscillating platforms For easily comprehensible safety reasons, the simple solution applicable between a ship at anchor in a port and a quay can no longer be considered on account of the amplitude of the oscillations and their frequent change in direction, especially in heavy weather.
The object of the invention is to provide a footbridge the two ends of which are secured 4 o to the decks of the connected installations.
According to the invention, there is provided a footbridge for connection between a fixed installation and an oscillating installation, comprising three sections hinged together, the two end sections being hinged to rotating plat 45 forms adapted to be secured to the decks of the installations, the platform adapted to be secured to the oscillating installation being provided with one member of a ball joint for engagement with the other member of said ball joint to be 50 located on said deck.
Means for compensating the weight of the footbridge may be provided on at least one of the installations They consist of a counterweight device or jacks 55 The upper surface of the platform is level with the surface of the deck Coupling members connect the platforms to the deck in which they are embedded.
The description and drawings given herein 60 after by way of example, will enable the method of carrying the invention into effect to be well understood.
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic sectional view of a footbridge according to the invention, 65 Figure 2 is a plan view of the footbridge of Figure 1.
Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment of a footbridge according to the invention This footbridge connects the decks of two installa 7 C tions, installation 1 being oscillating and installation 2 fixed These installations are for example petroleum research or production platforms.
The oscillating platform consists for example 75 of a column carrying the bridge 1 and resting by way of a ball joint on a base which secures it to the sea bed This platform, because of its design and method of connection, is subjected to oscillations of limited amplitude but capable 80 PATENT SPECIFICATION ( 11) 1 566 794 1 566794 of occurring in any direction The displacement of the deck of the platform is greater and more frequent the worse the state of the sea On the contrary, the fixed platform 2, consisting of a column or pillars fixed to a submarine base, forms a rigid assembly unaffected by the state of the sea It often happens that production, which has started from a fixed platform, requires to be extended which, for reasons of cost and speed of construction, is realised using an oscillating platform.
In such a case, it is necessary to ensure a permanent and workable connection, whatever the weather, between the two platforms This necessity and the characteristic of at least one of the installations calls for the use of a footbridge capable of satisfying strict safety criteria.
According to the embodiment illustrated, the footbridge consists of three sections: a central section 3 and two end sections 4 and 5 The end section 4 is connected at one end to the central section 3 by a hinge 6 and at the other end to a platform 7 by a hinge 8.
This platform is provided on its lower surface with a ball joint 9 The platform 7 is located in a housing 10 on the oscillating deck 1 in such manner that its upper surface is substantially level with the deck.
Coupling members 11, secured between the edges of the platform and the deck, avoid any risk of accident when the platform oscillates in its housing and a pedestrian wishes to cross the space between the platform and the deck These members consist of flexible bands or of bellows.
The section 5 of the footbridge is connected at one end to the end of the section 3 by a hinge 12 and at the other end to a rotating platform 13 by a hinge 14 The platform 13 is held in a housing 15 on the deck and is provided on its lower surface with an axle 16 turning in roller bearings 17 and 18.
In order to reduce the forces borne by the axle and ball joint, the weight of the footbridge is borne by at least one counterweight device 19 consisting, in known manner, of a mast 20 supporting at its end a pulley 21 over which is passed a cable 22 secured at one end to a section of the footbridge and at the other end to a counterweight 23 In order to avoid instability, the footbridge is sustained by two such systems.
According to an alternative, a jack 24 is provided between the mast 20 and the section 5 of the footbridge This jack, hinged to a section of the footbridge, is used by itself or in combination with the counterweight device 19.
The compensating devices are fixed either to the platforms or to the deck.
According to another embodiment, a second counterweight device (shown in chain lines in Figure 1) holds the other end of the central section 3 of the footbridge The weight of the footbridge is thus balanced and the ball joint 9, thus the platform 7, no longer has to compensate the horizontal component of the pressure exerted by the section 3 on the section 4.
According to different embodiments of the ball joint known per se, the latter may be a free ball joint or a resilient-return ball joint In the 70 case of a free ball joint, the spherical cap turns freely in the spherical housing; in the case of a resilient-return ball joint, a device limits the oscillatory movements A resilient-return ball joint is particularly suitable for counterbalancing 7 s the reaction caused by the section 3, for example, when the latter is not sustained by a counterweight device.
Steps provided on the sections 4 and 5 are mounted at an acute angle, of the order of 800, 80 to the vertical risers The slope of the step is thus about 100 This arrangement seeks to avoid the steps sloping downwardly when there are oscillations of the installation and movement of the footbridge and causing the feet to slip 85 The feet are thus always wedged against the risers whether ascending or descending.
Claims (1)
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:-
1 A footbridge for connection between a fixed installation and an oscillating installation, 90 comprising three sections hinged together, the two end sections being hinged on rotating platforms adapted to be secured to the decks of the installations, the platform adapted to be secured to the oscillating installation being 95 with one member of a ball joint for engagement with the other member of said ball joint to be located on said deck.
2 A footbridge according to Claim 1, and means for compensating for the weight of the 100 footbridge provided on at least one of the installations.
3 A footbridge according to Claim 2, wherein the means for compensating for the weight of the footbridge are secured to the 105 rotating platforms.
4 A footbridge according to Claim 2 or 3, wherein the means for compensating for the weight of the footbridge consist of at least one counterweight device 110 A footbridge according to any one of Claims 2 to 4, wherein the means for compensating for the weight of the footbridge consists of at least one jack.
6 A footbridge according to one of Claims 115 1 to 5, wherein a coupling member is provided between the bridge and the platform.
7 A footbridge according to Claim 6, wherein the coupling member is a bellows.
8 A footbridge according to one of the pre 120 ceding Claims, wherein the two end sections are provided with steps, said steps being disposed at an acute angle to the risers.
9 A footbridge according to Claim 8, wherein the angle between the step and the riser 125 is of the order of 800.
A footbridge according to one of the preceding Claims, wherein the surface of the rotating platforms is at the same level as the bridge of the installations 130 1 566794 11 A footbridge for connection between a fixed installation and an oscillating installation substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
For the Applicant, Sorrell & Son, Chartered Patent Agents, Otham, Maidstone, Kent, ME 15 8 RR.
Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by MULTIPLEX techniques ltd, St Mary Cray, Kent 1980 Published at the Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London WC 2 l AY, from which copies may be obtained.
GB10580/78A
1977-03-25
1978-03-17
Footbridge for connection between fixed an oscillating installations
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FR7709084A
FR2384898A1
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1977-03-25
1977-03-25
CONNECTING GATEWAY BETWEEN FIXED STRUCTURES AND OSCILLATING STRUCTURES
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1980-07-23
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Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
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