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US 4,287,626 AGranted
Flexible anchor buoy
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorJun Mito
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Abstract
A flexible anchor buoy includes a tube for the passage therethrough of an anchor chain, a core pipe fixed perpendicularly to the tube, and a pair of resilient buoyant bodies disposed around the core pipe one on each side of the tube and separated from the tube. The resilient buoyant bodies are enclosed by a pair of flexible coverings, respectively. When the anchor buoy is held against a ship and locally compressed under the weight of an anchor, the buoyant bodies flex relatively freely without being stressed by the tube.
Claims10
A flexible anchor buoy comprising:
- a tube for the passage therethrough of a chain connected to an anchor,
- an elongate core means fixed at a substantially central position thereof to said tube and extending substantially perpendicularly to said tube, and
- a pair of thick resilient buoyant bodies mounted on and around said elongate core means at opposite sides respectively of said tube and extending substantially from said tube to the respective ends of said elongate core means, said buoyant bodies having axial bores to receive said elongate core means to mount said buoyant bodies on said core means and being separated from said tube for flexing independently of said tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.