Patents Assigned to PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED
  • Support device for an elongate article
    Patent number: 9821979
    Abstract: The invention concerns a capstan reel (10) and a method for transporting an elongated article (6, 6a, 6b, 39, 42, 43, 45a, 47) between a floating vessel (2) and a body of water situated below the vessel, and a vessel applying such a capstan reel. The capstan reel comprises a rotatable cylindrical body (100) for spooling the elongated article around the body's axial axis (11), said body comprising a cylindrical contacting surface (35) for indirectly supporting at least a portion of the elongated article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Johan Peter Schwartz, Kjetil Hoyer
  • WINCH APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130020544
    Abstract: A winch apparatus (10) comprises first and second drum assemblies (12, 14) each defining a discontinuous drum contact surface for engaging a common spoolable medium (50), wherein the first and second drum assemblies (12, 14) are configured to rotate about respective first and second axes of rotation (24, 26) which are inclined relative to each other. In one disclosed embodiment the drum assemblies (12, 14) are intermeshed in a general axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Lawson, Campbell McFall, Dennis O'Hara