Mooring attachment for single point mooring terminals

Details Mooring attachment for single point mooring terminals Mooring attachment for single point mooring terminals

1977-11-21

1979-12-04

Sotelo, Jesus D.

Ships

Mooring device

Boom type

9 8R, B63B 2100

Patent

active

041766156

ABSTRACT:
A mooring attachment for substantially permanently connecting a buoy and a storage-process vessel, wherein the mooring attachment is of smaller weight but as great a level of reliability as prior art attachments. The attachment includes a mooring arm having opposite ends coupled respectively to the buoy and vessel in pivot joints that hold them a distance apart but without restraining the vessel against yaw movement, and a pair of stop devices on either side of the mooring arm for preventing extreme yawing of the vessel. The stop devices can be formed by a pair of chains, each chain extending from an opposite side of the vessel to the buoy end of the arm, and each chain extending in a loose catenary when the vessel is in a center position but being pulled tight when the vessel yaws by a predetermined angle which is more than 10.degree., to prevent jackknifing of the vessel.

REFERENCES:
patent: T944008 (1976-03-01), Schirtzinger
patent: 3353817 (1967-11-01), Bollinger
patent: 3442245 (1969-05-01), Christians et al.
patent: 3783816 (1974-01-01), de Chassy et al.
patent: 4007599 (1977-02-01), Brown

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