Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Patent
1998-04-10
1999-02-16
Avila, Stephen
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
114221R, B63B 2100
Patent
active
058709630
ABSTRACT:
A retrieval system for a mooring line when a skipper is ready to shove-off composed of at least one mooring line receptacle for a mooring line, wherein the mooring line has a release actuator at its distal end. A connector is slidably captured on the mooring line for being engaged by the release actuator. A retrieval cable for actuating the release actuator and for retracting the mooring line into its mooring line receptacle is connected to a slide slidably interfaced with the mooring line receptacle for being pulled along the mooring line receptacle so as to retract the mooring line into the mooring line receptacle. In operation, the mooring line is pulled from its mooring line receptacle via the connector, looped around a cleat, piling, etc. of a dock and then the release actuator is seated in the socket to thereby secure the mooring line as a closed loop therearound. When the skipper is ready to shove-off, the slide is pulled along the mooring line receptacle in a direction away from the eyelet. This pulling force causes the retrieval cable to trip the release actuator so as to allow the release actuator to separate from the socket. Continued pulling on the slide, results in the slide moving along the mooring line receptacle, whereupon the retrieval cable to enter into the mooring line receptacle followed by the mooring line.
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Avila Stephen
Keefe Peter D.
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