Swivel arrangement for single anchor leg mooring buoy
US3942204A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B22/021
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A single anchor leg type single point mooring and cargo transfer buoy has a load-carrying central shaft pipe for anchoring on the sea bottom and having a plurality of structurally segregated transfer chambers about which rotatable housings are sealingly mounted. Cargo vessel piping connects with these rotatable housings which communicate with the sea floor piping through connections extending longitudinally through the central shaft pipe and through apertures in the central shaft pipe wall.
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