A single, horizontally extended cylinder receives in one end a mixture of produced fluids from an oil well. Baffles within the shell control the liquids of the production during pitch and roll to prevent agitation of the separating liquids.

A heavy duty flexible marine pipeline has the capability of being assembled on the surface of the sea. In order to do this a certain amount of slack is required in the pipeline. Both deep and shallow water systems are described. The deep water system has an operational minimum depth about midway between the sea floor and the surface. Tension force in the pipe sections is automatically compensated and is relayed to adjacent pairs of vertically taut anchor cables. The pipeline is buoyant and the f...

A marine outdrive unit is disclosed in which the outdrive unit is supported substantially on a four-bar linkage. One bar of the four-bar linkage is formed by spaced locations adjacent the transom of the boat on which the outdrive unit is mounted. The second and opposite bar is formed by fixed portions of the housing for the outdrive unit. Pivotal kickup and trim for the unit is provided by the other two bars of the four-bar linkage, one of these being formed in a series of universal joints joini...

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawalls and seawall armor. The blocks are used in constructing structures in an arranged condition in which they are keyed together and may be disposed in a random arrangement. Each block is constructed as two massive, end cylinders of circular cross section joined together integrally by a center cylinder of lesser mass and diameter than the end cylinders. The end cylinders are...

A processing tank for a mobile water closet having a blade for masticating and grinding waste material, a propellor for generating a flow within the tank, and a plurality of partitions for creating a circulatory flow pattern to insure complete processing of the waste material by preventing accumulation of large solids within the tank. A chlorinating device is inserted in the flow pattern for proper chlorination of all waste material.

A muffler for marine engines comprising a shell or body composed of two half sections integrally joined to produce an outer chamber having an inlet and an outlet port, an inner chamber in the shell having a perforated or foraminous cone at one end of said inner chamber, said cone establishing communication between the chambers, the inner chamber having laterally extending ports at its end remote from the cone, said ports communicating with the outer chamber and with the outlet of said outer cham...

The invention relates to a drilling or production platform adapted to drill one or more submerged wells into an offshore substratum. The platform is self-buoyant to be floated to and from a drilling site, and comprises a work vessel adapted to be detachably connected to the ocean floor by an elongated, rigid mooring and drilling column. The latter is anchored to the ocean floor at a nonrigid connection whereby to permit limited pivotal movement of the column in response to displacing forces. The...

A combination of marine rudder and outboard or inboard/outboard marine engine of the type wherein the propeller is located below a horizontal cavitation plate which also usually has the engine exhaust outlet. The rudder is illustrated as being in the form of an attachment, having a mounting fork-like portion adapted to be bolted to the upper side of the cavitation plate. Integral with the mounting fork is a flat rudder blade which is characterized by having virtually all of its area disposed abo...

A hull having conventional fore and after parts but with an intermediate part secured therebetween and comprising two similar closed structures having rounded bottoms and arranged longitudinally parallel and spaced transversely apart to define a center well opening upwardly and downwardly. The outer sides of the closed structures are extended upwardly to form the opposite sides and freeboard of the hull. A plurality of decks are spaced vertically apart between said side and define grate covered ...

A marine speedometer for use on small boats has a mounting for fitting to the hull of the boat, the mounting projecting through the hull. The mounting supports a vertical shaft the lower end of which carries a wand deflectable against a restoring force by the movement of the water past the boat to turn the wand about the shaft axis to a position dependent on the speed of the boat. The shaft is turned with the wand and is coupled to the wiper of a rheostat located in board of the boat. The rheost...