Anchor with angle adjustment provision
AssigneeStevlos B.V.
InventorDavid Peter Van Den Ende
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Abstract
An anchor has a fluke, a shank that is connected to the fluke, a coupling to attach the fluke to an anchor line or anchor chain, and an angle adjustment provision to adjust the angle between the shank and the fluke, wherein the angle adjustment provision is a hinge between the fluke and the shank, a first positioning member connected to the shank that is provided with a series of first positioning holes at a first intermediate distance and a second positioning member connected to the fluke that is provided with a series of second positioning holes at a second intermediate distance and spaced apart from the hinge axis, and a positioning pin that is inserted in one of the aligned first and second positioning holes, wherein the second intermediate distance differs from the first intermediate distance.
Claims16
An anchor comprising a fluke, a shank that is connected to the fluke, a coupling to attach the shank to an anchor line or anchor chain, and an angle adjustment provision to adjust the angle between the shank and the fluke, wherein the angle adjustment provision comprises a hinge between the fluke and the shank to pivot the shank with respect to the fluke in the plane of symmetry of the anchor around a hinge axis, a first positioning member connected to the shank that is provided with a series of first positioning holes at a first intermediate distance and spaced apart from the hinge axis, a second positioning member connected to the fluke that is provided with a series of second positioning holes at a second intermediate distance and spaced apart from the hinge axis, and a positioning pin that is inserted in one of the aligned first and second positioning holes, wherein the second intermediate distance differs from the first intermediate distance.
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