Remotely operated underwater connection apparatus

Claim 1

IN UNDERWATER APPARATUS FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WELL BORE DRILLED IN THE FORMATION FROM A FLOOR BELOW A BODY OF WATER: A FIRST DEVICE OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WELL BORE AND DISPOSED ADJACENT TOL THE FLOOR AND HAVING A FIRST JOINT MEANS; GUIDE MEANS EXTENDING FROM A LOCATION ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST JOINT MEANS TO A LOCATION EXTERNALLY OF THE BODY OF WATER; A SECOND DEVICE HAVING A SECOND JOINT MEANS AND MOVABLE ALONG THE GUIDE MEANS TO PLACE SAID SECOND JOINT MEANS ADJACENT TO AND CONFRONTING SAID FIRST JOINT MEANS; INNER SEAL MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND JOINT MEANS ADATPED TO BE AXIALLY COMPRESSED THEREBETWEEN; OUTER SEAL MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND JOINT MEANS SPACED RADIALLY FROM SID INNER SEAL MEANS, SAID OUTER SEAL MEANS COMPRISING CA LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SKIRT ON ONE OF SAID JOINT MEANS, SAID OTHER OF SAID JOINT MEANS HAVING A GROOVE RECEIVING SAID SKIRT TO ALIGN SAID FIRST AND SECOND JOINT MEANS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, AND A SIDE SEAL BETWEEN A WALL OF SAID SKIRT AND A WALL OF SAID GROOVE; ONE OF SAID DEVICES INCLUDING CLAMP MEANS, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CLAMP MEANS AND CONTROLLED FROM A LOCATION EXTERNALLY OF THE BODY WATER TO ENGAGE SAID CLAMP MEANS WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND JOINT MEANS TO MOVE SAID FIRST AND SECOND JOINT MEANS TOWARD EACH OTHER AND HOLD SAID INNER AND OUTER SEAL MEANS IN LEAKPROOF RELATION TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND JOINT MEANS.