Ships – Anchor – Fluke type
Patent
1986-04-11
1987-11-10
Nase, Jeffrey V.
Ships
Anchor
Fluke type
114293, 114301, B63B 2124
Patent
active
047049820
ABSTRACT:
What is proposed in accordance with the invention is a sea anchor so arranged, after having been dropped, as to be capable of gliding obliquely forwards through the water along a flat, inclined plane so as to land on the bottom in a holding position at a considerable horizontal distance from the boat or vessel which dropped the anchor. For this purpose the shank of the anchor is combined with a transverse wing corresponding to the pair of arms of the conventional anchor. The wing has a marked `V` form and is noticeably swept back, causing it to adopt a stable attitude during its glide through the water, in conjunction with which it takes with it an achor rope which further stabilizes its glide. The wing as a whole is preferably pivotally connected to the anchor leg, for example by means of a pivot bolt, in which case the central section of the wing is extended rearwards to a spade-like, tapering structure which ends in a point. The arrangement is such that, once the anchor has reached the bottom and when a pull is applied to the anchor rope, the wing will be folded out from the anchor leg, when its rearward-tapering section will act as an anchor fluke and will dig into the bottom in the same way as previously disclosed anchors with folding flukes.
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patent: 2722191 (1955-11-01), Johnson
patent: 3611974 (1971-10-01), Joppa
patent: 3946695 (1976-03-01), Isaak
patent: 4523539 (1985-06-01), Granger
Nase Jeffrey V.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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