Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Patent
1974-07-01
1976-12-28
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
141387, B63B 2100
Patent
active
039994988
ABSTRACT:
An underwater articulated loading arm terminating in a hose or hoses, comprising a first or inboard arm connected to the base swivel of a single point mooring and a second or outboard arm pivotally connected to the free end of the inboard arm, a buoy supporting the arms at the pivotal joint, a buoy supporting the free end of the outboard arm, and a hose or hoses extending from the free end of the outboard arm for connection to the manifold of a tanker moored to the single point mooring. Cargo is transferred between the base swivel and the moored tanker through the inboard and outboard arms and the hoses.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3455270 (1969-07-01), Mascenik et al.
patent: 3472293 (1969-10-01), Bily
patent: 3572408 (1971-03-01), Hnot
patent: 3606397 (1971-09-01), Flory
patent: 3840927 (1974-10-01), Reid
Basinger Sherman D.
Blix Trygve M.
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Paris F. Donald
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