SUPPORT AND SUPPORT BED FOR PIPELINE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC F16L3/205 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: support comprises a stand including a lower pipe and an upper pipe telescopically sliding into it, arranged as capable of relative displacement and joined by facilities to compensate pipeline weight arranged in the form of springs. A bed for the pipeline is connected to the upper pipe. A support comprises a facility to lift the upper pipe and an adapter installed on the upper pipe as capable of axial displacement relative to it and equipped with a facility of its fixation on the upper pipe in the specified position. Springs are installed in guide shells fixed on the adapter interact by their upper ends with the adapter, and by their lower ends - with supports connected to the lower pipe. The pipeline support bed comprises two four-level parallelogram mechanisms installed on a horizontal axis placed in a support hole at its opposite sides. Each mechanism has identical distances between axes of hinged joints and includes two long links facing upwards with their free ends joined in pairs with opposite long links by stiffening ribs, and by their lower ends joined with shorter links hingedly installed on a horizontal axis installed in a vertical slot of the support. Free ends of long links are connected by a tape from a thin-walled material for pipeline installation.

EFFECT: expanded assortment of fixed pipeline dimension types.

7 cl, 10 dwg