Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – For mooring a vessel
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-14
2009-11-10
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
For mooring a vessel
Reexamination Certificate
active
07614927
ABSTRACT:
A device for loading and/or unloading of flowable media includes a buoy connected to at least one riser and a vessel provided with a pick-up space for the buoy. The pick-up space ends at the bottom of the vessel, the buoy being provided with a buoyancy device and including a first part connected to the at least one riser and a second part which can be rotated with respect to the first part. The second part is arranged for locking to the vessel. The buoy comprises a connected for connecting the at least one riser to a swivel for transfer of the flowable medium. When the vessel is connected to the buoy, its position is maintained by a dynamic positioning system.
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Dahl Tron
Grinde Petter
Often Ola
Olsen Bjarne
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
FPS Ocean AS
Scana AMT AS
Swinehart Ed
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