| 摘要 |
<p>An underwater deployment and storage apparatus for an umbilical, for a diver as example, has a reel (7) with spaced flanges (9, 10) to contain an umbilical services assembly (5) wound around a hub (7a) of the reel, a rotary union (12) mounted in the hub having a fixed assembly (11) about which the hub rotates, said assembly receiving services and feeding same to a rotatable assembly connected with the hub and coupling said services to one end of the umbilical (15), first drive means to rotate the reel, second drive means associated with a fairlead (6) through which the umbilical is extracted from or rewound onto the reel, both said drive means being arranged to exert and maintain a tractive or a drag force on the run of umbilical extending between the fairlead and reel.</p> |
