Offshore terminal

Claim 1

AN OFFSHORE TERMINAL FACILIT FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING TANKERS COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BUOYANT COMPARTMENTED HULL MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT TOP DECK THEREON, A CENTRALLY DISPOSED CONICALLY SHAPED FUEL COMPARTMENT IN SAID HULL HAVING A FLAT BASE PORTION DISPOSED INWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID HULL, A CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FUEL COMPARTMENT DISPOSED UPWARDLY FROM SAID TO DECK, A CIRCULAR PLATFORM OVERLYING SAID TOP DECK AND HAVING ROLLER MEMBERS THEREON FOR ROTATABLE MOVEMENT ON SAID DECK, A CYLINDRICAL CENTRAL CONDUIT SECTION ON SAID PLATFORM MOUNTED ON SAID EXTENSION AND DIMENSIONED OF ROTATABLE MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID EXTENSION, SAID EXTENSION HAVING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED PERIPHERAL RECESSES ON ITS OUTER SURFACE, METAL SEAL RINGS MOUNTED IN SAID RECESSES AND BEARING AGAINST THE OPPOSED INNER SURFACE OF SAID CONDUIT SECTION IN SLIDING SEALING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH SAID FUEL SLEEVE MEMBER DISPOSED INNER SURFACE OF SAID CONDUIT COMPARTMENT AFFIXED TO SAID BASE AND COMMUNICATING EXTERNALLY OF THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID HULL, A HEADER HORN AFFIXED TO SAID CONDUIT SECTION PROVIDING A TOP CLOSURE FOR SAID FUEL COMPARTMENT, A CENTRAL PIPE MEMBER CARRIED WITHIN SAID HORN HAVING A LOWER END PORTION EXTENDING INTO SAID SLEEVE AND AN UPPER END COMMUNICATING EXTERNALLY OF SAID HORN, A PLURALITY OF METAL SEAL RINGS MOUNTED IN INNER RECESSED PORTIONS OF SAID SLEEVE AND BEARING AGAINST THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID PIPE IN SLIDING SEALING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, SAID HORN PROVIDED WITH EXTERNAL VALVE MEANS FOR SAID CENTRAL PIPE MEMBER AND FOR SAID FUEL COMPARTMENT ADAPTED FOR INTERCONNECTION WITH SHIP-BASED HOSE LINES AND MEANS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FUEL COMPARTMENT FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID CENTRAL PIPE MEMBER AND SAID FUEL COMPARTMENT WITH SHORE-BASED HOSE LINES; RADIALLY ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT MEANS ON SAID PLATFORM TO COUNTERBALANCE LISTING TENDENCIES OF SAID HULL CAUSES BY INTERCONNECTION OF SAID FACILITY WITH SHIP-BASED HOSE LINES.