Faired cable for anchoring offshore structures

Details Faired cable for anchoring offshore structures Faired cable for anchoring offshore structures

1976-02-27

1977-07-05

Blix, Trygve M.

Ships

Towing or pushing

Cable fairing

B63B 2100

Patent

active

040332799

ABSTRACT:
There is provided a reusable flexible fairing for securing to anchoring cables to reduce cable drag which consists of two wedge shaped interlocking body members interconnected by a flexible web providing a contoured inner surface which in combination with contoured end walls of the body members embrace the cable to be faired and provide a streamline cross-sectional profile for minimizing drag. There is also provided a system for adding and removing the fairing from a cable.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2401783 (1946-06-01), Wilcoxon
patent: 3241513 (1966-03-01), Rather et al.
patent: 3712261 (1973-01-01), McLelland et al.
patent: 3859949 (1975-01-01), Toussaint et al.

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