Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – With pivotal connection between work deck and base
Patent
1988-01-13
1989-08-08
Corbin, David H.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
With pivotal connection between work deck and base
403330, 403132, 405224, E02B 1702
Patent
active
048547778
ABSTRACT:
Connector consists of a male connector part (40) linked to the tension line (6) and operable to penetrate a female receptacle part (1) being part of the anchoring point and having an upper necked portion (.phi..sub.2) forming an internal circular shoulder (3). The connector comprising a cylindrical body (5) connected to the line and an internal cavity (10) whose cylindrical wall (16) is provided with a circular series of openings (11) to the outside. Each opening receives a dog (12) operable to assume a first, extended position projecting radially beyond the connector wall (16), radially abutting said wall and bearing upon the bottom surface of the opening (11) under the urging of a spring (14) and a second, retracted position during descent of the male connector part due to the pushing of the inclined bottom face (18) of the end of the dog against the mouth (4) of the female receptacle part. Each dog further has an inclined ramp (24) acting as a cam in cooperation with an operating pin (20) whose upward vertical displacement, by the pin pressing against and sliding along the ramp, retracts the dog. The pins are connected to a hub and spoke-like assembly operating on all pins simultaneously.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4432670 (1984-02-01), Lawson
patent: 4439055 (1984-03-01), Quigg et al.
Lemoine Francois
Rathouit Rene
Alsthom
Corbin David H.
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