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US 4,067,287 AGranted
Anchor float adapter
OwnerDominick A. Sabellainventor
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Abstract
An anchor raising device and method of raising an anchor in which the device has a tubular body that is readily opened and closed so it may be applied quickly and easily to an anchor line when it is necessary to raise the anchor on the anchor line and is able to be readily removed from the anchor line once the anchor is raised and its purpose has been accomplished.
Claims15
An anchor float adapter comprising:
- an elongate body having a uniformly hollow interior portion having first and second sections pivotally connected to each other to open and close an opening defined in the side therein and extending fully along said elongate body such that said anchor float adapter may be readily placed about and removed from an anchor line at said side opening, said adapter being freely movable in a first direction towards an anchor along the anchor line when said anchor float adapter is mounted on the anchor line and the anchor line is slack;
- tabs on one of said sections extending outward of said hollow interior portion;
- clamp means coupled to said tabs and extending into said hollow portion for clamping said anchor float adapter against movement relative to the anchor line opposite to said first direction along the length of the anchor line;
- float means coupled to said body portion such that said anchor float adapter is buoyantly supported in a body of water whereby said adapter moves along the anchor line in said first direction and is ultimately clamped at a location adjacent the anchor by said clamping means thereby permitting the anchor to be easily lifted by said float means;
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- releasable means to retain said first and second sections closed and operable to release the same such that the same may pivot to open said opening.
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The method of raising an anchor attached to a boat by an anchor line in which an adapter has an elongated tubular member with an elongated linear opening in the side thereof opening into a uniformly hollow interior, said method comprising:
- when it is desired to raise the anchor, exposing the elongated opening and applying the adapter to the anchor line by inserting the anchor line into the interior of the elongated tubular member through the elongated linear opening in the side of the same and closing the opening to prevent the accidental removal of the anchor line from the tubular member;
- floating the tubular member to cause the same to rise in water by applying a buoyant force to it to cause the same to move in a direction along the anchor line toward the anchor as the anchor line becomes slack;
- clamping the tubular member and anchor line to each other to prevent reverse relative movement therebetween when the anchor line loses its slack;
- moving the boat with respect to the anchor attached to the boat by the anchor line thereby causing the anchor to turn in its anchorage and to release its hook from the bottom of the water and causing at least a portion of the anchor line to become slack and to rise upwardly in the water because of the buoyant force applied to it;
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- removing the tubular member from the anchor line when the anchor line and anchor have risen to a desired extent by exposing the uniformly hollow interior of the tubular member and withdrawing the anchor line from the tubular member through the linear opening.
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An anchor float adapter for positioning about and removal from an anchor line comprising:
- an elongate body having an essentially uniformly hollow interior along the length thereof and a linear opening defined in the elongate wall thereof through which an anchor line may pass as a unit for insertion into the hollow interior of said body and for removal therefrom;
- a section operable on said body to open said opening for the insertion of an anchor line into the interior of said body and operable to close said opening to prevent the removal of an anchor line from said body interior;
- tabs on said body outward of said hollow interior;
- and engaging means on said tabs and extending into said hollow interior for engaging an anchor line therein to prevent relative movement of the anchor line and said body in one direction and to permit relative movement thereof in another direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.