Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – Having means to control attitude or position
Patent
1995-04-11
1997-08-12
Avila, Stephen
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
Having means to control attitude or position
B63B 2220
Patent
active
056559380
ABSTRACT:
A variable buoyancy float/ballast assembly has control means allowing it to sink otherwise floating objects and bring sunken objects to the surface or control their placement in the water column. The assembly can be employed to tension mooring lines, reduce vertical uploads on anchors and dampen mooring line transients.
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patent: 3707937 (1973-01-01), Liles
patent: 4510877 (1985-04-01), Bloxham
patent: 4763592 (1988-08-01), Russ
Billings Andrew S.
Huguenin John E.
Willinsky Michael D.
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