Releasing device
AssigneeSAB Industri AB
InventorsJan Bjork, Jan T. Olsson, Bo S. Lindgren, Arne G. Borg, Jan A. R. Andersson
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Abstract
A releasing device for disconnecting a buoyant body from an anchor a predetermined period after having been sunk into water. In order to accomplish a reliable device, which may be stored for very long periods of time, a piston is movable in a cylinder under the influence of a spring and a water pressure differential. The piston controls the disconnection of the buoyant body and the anchor, as the cylinder is connected to one part and the piston will release an element connected to the other part in a disconnecting position under the influence of the spring.
Claims4
A releasing device used for disconnecting a buoyant body from an anchor a predetermined period after the body tied to the anchor by said device has been sunk into water comprising in combination, a cylinder and a piston reciprocably movable therein forming first and second cylinder spaces on opposite sides of the piston, each of said spaces being connected to the surroundings by respective first and second passages, the first passage having a considerably smaller cross-sectional area than the second passage, spring means biasing the piston for movement toward the second space, latching means arresting movement of the piston toward the second space and disengagable by movement of the piston against the spring bias, connecting means connecting the body and the anchor respectively at opposite ends of the cylinder, and first means for disconnecting one of the body and the anchor from the cylinder at the respective one of said connecting means when the piston is displaced towards the second space.
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