Hollow rubber fender

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1990-05-02

1991-10-08

Swinehart, Ed

Ships

Fenders

405212, 267140, B63B 5902

Patent

active

050544144

ABSTRACT:
Herein disclosed is a hollow rubber fender for absorbing kinetic energy of a ship approaching a quay. The fender comprises a substantially funnel-shaped frusto-conical hollow support portion made of an elastic rubber material; a buffer portion being generally in a cylindrical form and extending from the smaller-diameter end of the support portion substantially in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the support portion; and a mounting portion extending outwardly and integrally from the larger-diameter end of the support portion along a radial plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the support portion; the inside diameter r.sub.1 of the larger-diameter end of the support portion and the outside diameter r.sub.2 of the top end of the buffer portion being determined to satisfy the condition of r.sub.1 .gtoreq.r.sub.2.

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