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US 4,784,077 AGranted
Mooring device
OwnerKristoffer Idlandinventor
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Abstract
A mooring device for barges includes elastic mooring bodies attached to the barges. The elastic bodies are hollow and are adapted for the accommodation of conduits for the transfer of oil, water, electricity, etc., between the barges.
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A mooring device, particularly for the mooring of a pair of adjacent barges to each other, comprising:
- (a) at least one cavity in each barge, said cavities being complementary and forming a pair of complementary cavities,
- (b) an elastic mooring body in each pair of complementary cavities, said mooring body having a pair of ends and a flange on each end,
- (c) each of said cavities having an opening thereof, and
- (d) each of said flanges cooperating with a respective opening for retaining said mooring body in said complementary pair of cavities.
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A mooring device, particularly for the mooring of a pair of adjacent barges to each other, comprising:
- (a) at least one cavity in each barge, said cavities being complementary and forming a pair of complementary cavities,
- (b) an elastic mooring body in each pair of complementary cavities,
- (c) said mooring body having a pair of ends and a flange on each end,
- (d) one of said flanges resting against an inner portion of one cavity and the other flange attached to the other cavity by means of cam discs engaging the other flanges.
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A method of mooring a pair of adjacent barges, comprising:
- (a) providing at least one cavity in each barge, thus forming a pair of substantially complementary cavities in adjacent barges,
- (b) inserting an elastic mooring body in each pair of said complementary cavities,
- (c) restraining one end of the mooring body by a first flange cooperating with an opening for one barge, and engaging a second flange on another end of the mooring body by pivotally rotating a pair of cam discs into engagement with the second flange.
A method of mooring a pair of adjacent barges, comprising:
- (a) providing at least one cavity in each barge, thus forming a pair of substantially complementary cavities in adjacent barges,
- (b) forming an opening in each of said cavities,
- (c) inserting an elastic mooring body having a pair of ends and a flange on each end in each pair of said complementary cavities, and
- (d) extending one of the flanges through one of the openings and retaining the mooring body in the cooperating pair of cavities.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.