CONNECTOR FOR ARTICULATED HYDROCARBON FLUID TRANSFER ARM

摘要

The invention relates to a hydrocarbon transfer system comprising a first structure (8) carrying an articulated arm (4,5,61,62). The system has at a free end (64) a first connector part (13,43,65), and a vessel (7) comprising a second connector part (47,48,70), wherein each connector part comprises a housing (72,73) with at least two fluid ducts (66,67,68,69) within said housing. The ducts can be placed into sealing engagement along respective sealing faces (94,95), and a locking member (74,75,78,79,101) for locking the housings (72,73) of the connector parts together, wherein the fluid ducts (68,69) in either the first or second connector are connected to a respective fluid swivel (91,92,93) or flexible duct section to allow at least partial rotation of the ducts along their longitudinal axis, and are connected to a drive means (90) for jointly rotating the ducts along a centreline of the connector parts for alignment of the ducts in the first and second connector parts, the fluid ducts in the first or second connector part comprising a section (98) which is displaceable in the longitudinal direction, by a displacement member (97) for varying the axial position of the sealing faces (94,95) of the movable duct section relative to the housing.