Patent CA-3088839-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RABAUT DIETER WIM JAN
IPC: F03D13/25
Filed: 2019-01-29
Abstract: CA 03088839 2020-07-17 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1 11111 1111111 11 111111 111 11111 11111111 1 1 111 111 1111111111 11111 11 1111 11111111111 111 1111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2019/149674 Al 08 August 2019 (08.08.2019) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: ard; Zavelput 5'7, 9040 Sint-Amandsberg (BE). DE BOCK, B66C 1/10 (2006.01) FO3D 13/25 (2016.01) Sven André Christiane; Polderstraat 3c, 9150 Kruibeke (21) International Application Number: (BE). PCT/EP2019/052056 (74) Agent: BROUWER, Hendrik Rogier; Bezuidenhout-seweg 5'7, 2594 AC THE HAGUE (NL). (22) International Filing Date: 29 January 2019 (29.01.2019) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (25) Filing Language: English AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (30) Priority Data: HR, HU, ED, EL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 18154160.8 30 January 2018 (30.01.2018) EP KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: GEOSEA N.V. [BE/BE]; Haven 1025, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, Scheldedijk 30, 2070 Zwijndrecht (BE). OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, sy TH, TJ, TM, TN, (72) Inventors: RABAUT, Dieter Wim Jan; Ekkergemstraat 9, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 9000 Gent (BE). VANNIEUWENHUYSE, Kenneth Ger-(54) Title: DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SIZEABLE, SLENDER OBJECT WITH A LONGITUDINAL DEREC-TION INTO AN UNDERWATER BOTTOM 4 72 41 2 ' 4a $ .,õ 29 210 ../ 4b A õ---_ -=,,, -.4.1elp44 el 4411ks'A 41,õ o.y0:0"0P,ip, - 411 P 40 29:111rpr 1µ*. -5 10b 1,* %." = 26 -14141IN% x 3 Fig. 2 4c 10a 71. (57) Abstract: Described is a device for providing a sizeable, slender object having a longitudinal direction into an underwater bottom from a deck of a vessel. The device comprises a lifting means configured to take up the object at a lifting point thereof and position it on the underwater bottom; an upending tool connected to an edge of the vessel and configured to engage a first circumferential part of the 71. object suspended from the lifting means and provide a pivot around which the object can be upended; and a gripping tool connected to an edge of the vessel and configured to engage a second circumferential part of the object suspended from the lifting means, whereby the first and second circumferential parts are optionally spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the object. The gripping tool comprises cz an actuator system configured to act on at least one of the upending tool and the gripping tool and control movements of at least one of [Continued on next page] CA 03088839 2020-07-17 WO 2019/149674 Al HIM l0llll l llll 11111 1111111111 1111111111 010 lll lll 111111111111111111111111111111111 (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): AREPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: ¨ with international search report (Art. 21(3)) the first and the second circumferential parts, relative to the vessel. A method using the device is also described.