Patents Assigned to Merlin Teknologi AS
  • Patent number: 5277386
    Abstract: A chain-like conveyor device (6) for protecting accommodation and controlled guidance of flexible cables/hoses/lines extending between a stationary unit, e.g. a fixed production platform (1), and a unit, e.g. a derrick (5), displaceable in relation thereto and movable in at least two directions (P1,P2) intersecting each other, wherein the displacement movements take place in parallel planes, e.g. horizontal planes, and wherein the conveyor device (6) mainly comprising interhinged chain link-like conveyor carriage members (6'), has a first stationary end (6") and a second end (6'") coupled (at 7') to the displaceable unit (5), so that the second end (6'") is brought to follow the displacement movements of the displaceable unit (5) in said planes, e.g. horizontal planes. The pivot axes (32') for the interhinged single members (6') extend perpendicular to said planes, e.g. horizontal planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Merlin Teknologi AS
    Inventor: Svein E. Olsen