Patent ID: 8181662
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B63B,B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hydrocarbon transfer system, comprising: a first structure with a first direction and a transverse direction, the first structure having a frame carrying a vertical arm and a fluid connecting member at an end of the vertical arm for connection with a second structure moored alongside the first structure, wherein the connecting member comprises a winch and first guiding means for engaging with a second guiding means on the second structure via a wire connected to the winch at a first end of the wire and to the second structure at a second end of the wire, and a tension device for moving the vertical arm away from the second structure for tensioning the wire, wherein the frame is rotatable around a vertical axis, and comprises a rotatable support frame part extending upwardly from a deck level of the first structure, wherein the rotatable frame part has a transverse arm connected thereto, the transverse arm including a transverse fluid transfer duct, and a secondary arm extending downwardly from a movable joint on the transverse arm so that the secondary arm is pivotable about a first axis extending substantially in the first direction, the secondary arm including a secondary fluid duct, wherein the transverse arm is pivotably connected to the rotatable frame to pivot about a second axis through the rotatable frame, and a counterweight is connected at an end of the transverse arm, and wherein the secondary arm comprises a first actuator to pivot the vertical arm about the first axis, and the transverse arm comprises a second actuator to pivot the transverse arm about the second axis.