Patent ID: 9446819
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B63B,B63C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for discharging liquid from a tank of a stricken ship that is partially submerged and having no pumping means, or having pumping means that are at least partially damaged, and/or requiring additional pumping means, said tank including at least one technical access, the method comprising the steps of: opening said technical access, introducing a rigid pipe into the interior of the tank through the technical access, wherein the rigid pipe has a diameter strictly smaller than that of the technical access, placing, inside this rigid pipe, a pump comprising at least one of a lift pump that is positioned in the lower portion of said pipe, and a suction pump that is positioned in the upper portion of said pipe, wherein the rigid pipe is inclined so as to pump the liquid at different points of the inside of the tank.