RACCORD METALLIQUE FLEXIBLE POUR RACCORDER LES CANALISATIONS SOUS-MARINES DEPOSEES A GRANDE PROFONDEUR

• Main Author: COSTANTINO VINCIGUERRA ET GIAMPAOLO BONFIGLIOLI
• Format: Patent
• Language: French
• Published: 27.11.1981
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

LE RACCORD METALLIQUE SOUPLE POUR CANALISATIONS SOUS-MARINES DEPOSEES A GRANDE PROFONDEUR CONSISTE ESSENTIELLEMENT EN UNE SECTION 8 ANALOGUE A UN SOUFFLET EN UN METAL OU UN ALLIAGE PLIABLE QUI EST RENFORCE EXTERIEUREMENT PAR UNE STRUCTURE HELICOIDALE 11 ROBUSTE EN FIL METALLIQUE DISPOSEE DANS LE CREUX DES ONDULATIONS DUDIT SOUFFLET 8 ET EST RENFORCEE INTERIEUREMENT PAR DES BAGUES FENDUES 13, 13 IMBRIQUEES, DES BAGUES METALLIQUES D'EXTREMITE 9 ETANT SOUDEES AUX EXTREMITES DU SOUFFLET 8 ET AUX PARTIES D'EXTREMITE DES CANALISATIONS A RACCORDER L'UNE A L'AUTRE. A pliable metallic joint for underwater pipelines laid at great depths, having a bellows-like section of a pliable metal or alloy, which is externally reinforced by a sturdy metal wire coiling positioned in the grooves of said bellows and which is internally reinforced by interlockingly arranged U-shaped rings and an axial undulated circular spring that allow a high degree of deformation and facilitate joining two pipes.