Marker buoy winding apparatus and improved marker buoy used therewith
US5449308A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B22/08
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pair of buoy winding apparatus includes a housing having a pair of opposite end portions and a central cavity defined therein between the opposite end portions and being open at a side thereof for receiving a marker buoy therein, a support shaft mounted to one opposite end portion of the housing and having an end protruding into one end of the central cavity, the end of the support shaft being adapted to rotatably engage one end of the marker buoy so as to rotatably support the one end of the marker buoy, and a drive motor mounted to the other of the opposite end portions of the housing and having an output drive shaft extending therefrom with an end protruding into an opposite end of the central cavity, the end of the output drive shaft being adapted to non-rotatably engage an opposite end of the marker buoy so as to rotatably drive the marker buoy, in response to actuation of operation of the drive motor, about a rotational axis defined by and between the support and drive shafts and extending between the opposite end portions of the housing. The marker buoy is improved by having a pair of detent elements disposed in respective enlarged opposite ends being adapted to respective…
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