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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4578000 | Method of protection A method for protecting stationary constructions, located in water and surrounded by water, against strain caused by a moving ice field in said water. A protective structure is arranged around said stationary construction. Said protective structure has a ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4547093 | Protection of vessels and equipment from moving ice An installation 18 is protected by a circular array of drag elements 2. Each drag element is anchored to the seabed and has teeth on its upper surface which penetrate, and decelerate, moving ice structures. Ice structures which move over the drag elements... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546719 | Arrangement in vessels A vessel with a ballast system including a plurality of ballast tanks provided with pumps for feeding water into the tanks and expelling water therefrom and an air bubbling system including underwater openings and compressors for blowing air through said ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4543900 | Shipboard ice lubrication system and jet pump for use therein An ice lubrication system for easing the passage of a ship through ice laden waters. A pressurized flow of water passes through a nozzle into the inlet of a mixing chamber comprising a venturi where gas from a gas manifold is mixed with the water. The eff... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4532772 | Method for producing model ice An improved method for producing an ice layer suitable for ship model ice tests on a water surface by means of a spraying process is presented. Said improvement comprises the steps of creating a low-temperature atmosphere above said water surface, forming... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4522141 | Shipboard ice lubrication system and jet pump for use therein An ice lubrication system for easing the passage of a ship through ice laden waters. A pressurized flow of water passes through a nozzle into the inlet of a mixing chamber comprising a venturi where gas from a gas manifold is mixed with the water. The eff... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4519728 | Floating offshore structure A floating offshore structure which is moored at a fixed position on the sea by means of mooring hawsers and anchors connected to the ends thereof respectively for conducting a submarine excavating operation from a deck of the structure. The structure inc... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4455958 | Drillship canopy A canopy system for deployment around the periphery of a vessel floating on a body of water is disclosed primarily for use in connection with drillships in Arctic waters. The disclosed canopy system includes (a) spaced apart structural frames extending ou... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4436046 | Ice-breaking hull An icebreaker hull is disclosed having cutting edges and sloping ramps that substantially surround the icebreaker's forefoot and taper as they continue aft along the sides of the hull. The cutting edges produce grooves in the underside of the ice to reduc... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4434741 | Arctic barge drilling unit An improved marine drilling barge for use in ice-covered water is disclosed. The barge has, besides a conventional moon pool through which conventional marine drilling operations can proceed, a roughly circular polygonal hull plan, with an elevation of tw... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4433941 | Structure for offshore exploitation A structure for use in exploiting arctic offshore areas where floating ice masses may be present. The structure is comprised of a floating hull having ice-breaking capabilities which is moored by a plurality of mooring means which extend vertically from a... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4428735 | Propeller mount for icebreaker A propeller mount for deflecting ice away from the propeller of an icebreaker includes a wedge-shaped body, the front end of which is pointed, and the remainder of which flares rearwardly to direct ice outwardly away from the propeller assembly. By provid... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4409918 | Ice-breaking and conveying system A shipborne system for clearing a channel through ice comprises in combination with a prow-mounted icebreaker shape, a giant siphon including an intake leading to an upward passage which inclines to the rear so that ice blocks taken into it at the bow flo... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4382419 | Floating vessel with moon well and ice guard therefor Large vessel having an opening in the bottom of the hull said hull portion being provided with an upwardly and downwardly movable grid structure shielding the opening against ice flakes which pass along the bottom of the hull.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4369725 | Method and means for increasing the maneuverability of a ship in ice-covered waters The disclosed method for increasing the maneuverability of a ship in ice-covered waters is comprised of bringing generally vertical ice-crushing surfaces on one side of a ship into contact with an ice covering in order to create an imbalance of forces bet... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4365571 | Ice disaggregation system Improved apparatus is disclosed for supporting the cutting teeth on the periphery of a rotating cylindrical drum ice cutter affixed to a floating arctic structure. The cutting teeth are individually removably affixed to brackets which extend spirally (eit... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4328760 | Skirt construction A skirt system is disclosed in combination with a barge floating on a body of water, the barge having a roof extending over the body of water, for providing a substantial ice-free zone around a barge out to at least a hundred feet from the barge. The skir... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4326476 | Navigation in ice covered waterways A navigation channel is made in the ice covering the surface of a waterway by propelling a vessel so that its bow breaks the ice to form a channel having a width of the beam of the ship and an auxiliary channel is similarly formed at each side of the ship... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4270476 | Barge construction for warm air canopy ice-free zone A novel barge construction is disclosed herein for providing a substantially ice-free zone around a vessel out to at least 100 feet from the vessel. The barge comprises: (a) a hull including a bow, a stern and, a pair of sides, a flat bottom all covered b... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4252444 | Apparatus for agitating liquids An apparatus and method are provided for agitating liquids, maintaining solids in suspension and breaking up surface ice on waterways is provided in which a base plate having a plurality of dependent probes adapted to be immersed in a liquid to be agitate... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4245929 | Arctic multi-angle conical structure An offshore structure which is able to withstand the ice forces imposed thereon by impinging ice sheets and other larger masses of ice wherein the structure has an upper conical portion coaxially positioned relative to a lower conical portion. The walls f... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4239418 | Arctic multi-angle conical structure having a discontinuous outer surface An offshore structure which is able to withstand the ice forces imposed thereon by impinging ice sheets and other larger masses of ice wherein the structure has an upper conical portion coaxially positioned relative to a lower conical portion. The walls f... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4215756 | Apparatus for preventing damage to the flexible skirt of an air cushion vehicle, by ice An air cushion vehicle has a plurality of webs extending out between adjacent skirt members, with a solid or tubular peripheral member attached to the web members at their forward parts. The web members and the peripheral member guard the skirt against da... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4208977 | Icebreaking apparatus The invention relates to a water navigable vessel having an ice-breaking bow and a rotatable screw mounted on the front on the bow for the purpose of advancing the vessel up onto an ice layer and failing the ice layer in flexural bending. The rotatable sc... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4117794 | Ice melting system and method A heat transfer method for melting thick layers of ice advancing toward an object facing the ice is disclosed. Elongated grooves or corrugations are disposed in the exterior surface of the object facing the ice. A heating fluid is circulated in intimate c... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4102144 | Method and apparatus for protecting offshore structures against forces from moving ice sheets A stationary offshore platform is protected against damage from moving ice sheets by a conical shield surrounding the platform support structure and having means, such as a pneumatic biasing system, for raising or lowering the shield along the platform su... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4083317 | Method and apparatus for breaking ice with water Ice is broken with expenditure of less energy by pumping water from beneath the ice and discharging it in large quantities onto the surface of the ice. Breaking stress is provided by the weight of the water and by thermal shock. A conventional ice breakin... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4080798 | Arctic drilling base An arctic drilling barge to perform offshore activities in the shallow water, fast ice regions of the arctic seas. Optimal ice interaction is obtained by shaping the hull of the barge in the form of an upright frustum. Ice which does adhere to the barge i... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4075964 | Ice melting system A heat transfer system for melting thick layers of ice advancing toward an object facing the ice are disclosed. Elongated grooves or corrugations are disposed in the exterior surface of the object facing the ice. A heating fluid is circulated in intimate ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4073144 | Ice removal system An ice removal system to protect a drill string in an ice covered waterway from possible damage due to ice movement. The drill string extends down into the waterway from a vessel which has an ice melting system for melting ice coming into direct contact w... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4063428 | Method of deflecting ice at upright columns submerged in water of stationary or floating structures in marine areas in which the occurence of ice may be expected, and ice deflector assembly therefor A method of deflecting ice for protecting upright legs of stationary or floating marine structures such as marine offshore drilling platforms or the like against drift ice by suspending a heavy mass along the leg of the structure in the vicinity of the wa... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4048943 | Arctic caisson An offshore structure, adapted for operation in an ice infested arctic environment, includes a floating caisson that can be actively heaved in the water to break ice. The caisson comprises a radially tapered upper portion, preferably conically shaped. Mea... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4029035 | Ship's hull and method of bubbling hot gas therefrom The invention relates to the generation of compressed gas for bubbling from a ship's hulls in ice-laden water in order to reduce the drag on the ship's movement produced by the ice, and also to help break up the ice. The compressed gas is generated by app... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3985091 | Icebreaker vessel An icebreaker vessel formed of a pontoon-shaped forecastle, a wedge-shaped ship bottom with a center keel, at least one pair of additional marine propulsion and steering systems along the ship bottom on either side of the keel, trimming devices for liftin... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3983830 | Method and apparatus for assembly of a modular barge A method of and apparatus for the construction of a modular barge is provided wherein individual floatation modules are assembled and secured one to another by the positioning and linking of separable alignment pins therebetween and the threading of tensi... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3977345 | Hydraulic ice breaker An ice breaker in the form of a self-propelled vessel carrying outboard thereof, a horizontally-swingable preferably extensible boom adjustable from above water level to below water level to extend beneath floating ice. On the boom are one or more upwardl... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3972199 | Low adhesional arctic offshore platform A method and apparatus for reducing ice forces on a marine structure erected in a body of water which becomes frozen through natural weather conditions. The structure has a low-ice-adhesional wall forming its perimetrical surface in the zone where natural... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3939789 | Double-acting pneumatic system for inducing motion in a floating vessel An improved vessel for use in ice-covered waters has a motion inducing tank disposed in its hull at a location spaced from the even-keel center of buoyancy of the hull. Ports communicate from the lower extent of the hull to the exterior of the hull below ... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3934529 | Icebreaking vessels A procedure and a novel vessel are provided for breaking ice. The procedure comprises the cyclical steps of firstly pretensioning an ice-sheet by plowing under a portion of the ice-sheet with the bow of an icebreaking vessel; secondly superimposing on tha... | 01/27/1976 |
