Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – For mooring a vessel
Patent
1985-05-24
1988-01-12
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
For mooring a vessel
114230, B63B 2202
Patent
active
RE0325783
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a mooring system, comprising a tanker (1,9,15,22,72,86,104,131) and a device (5,11,20,61,74,95,111,135) having some type of anchor (3,10,23,66,71,68,77,113,140), the tanker being rotatably connected with that device for rotation about a vertical axis (4,117). A conduit (6,24,25,45,46,122-125) extends upwardly towards that device (5,11,20,61,74,95,111,135) and towards a swivel (38,58,79,102,121) concentric with that axis (4,117) and from the swivel towards the tanker, the system having a quick connect coupling (83,84,85,91,92,97,116,117,118). The device (5, etc.) preferably has controllable buoyancy and can be of any type including a normal mooring buoy.
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Coppens Anton
Poldervaart Leendert
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Single Buoy Moorings Inc.
Sotelo Jesus D.
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