Line tending marker float

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1996-04-24

1997-02-25

Avila, Stephen

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Buoy

Having means to control attitude or position

441 26, B63B 2218

Patent

active

056054815

ABSTRACT:
A line tending device includes an anchor weight, and a hub that can be supported by a float. The hub has a clutch mechanism that controls the paying out or extension of a line for the anchor weight. The clutch includes an O-ring that will permit the line to extend in direction substantially vertically downward, substantially parallel to the axis of the hub that supports the O-ring, but which exerts a load on the line to tighten and effectively clamp the line against an edge of a flange and prevent the line from extending when the angle of the line relative to a hub axis exceeds a preselected amount.

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