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US 5,226,855 AGranted
Tow chain
AssigneeElektriciteit Voor Goederenbehandeling Marine en Industrie, in het kort Egemin, naamloze vennootschap
InventorCarlos Van Lierde
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Abstract
A tow chain consisting of a series of links which are joined together in a hingeable manner by means of vertical shafts. These links have such a towing pattern that the total sum of horizontal widths of the contact surfaces of two successive links of the tow chain are equal to or slightly smaller than the maximum horizontal width of the tow chain.
Claims8
A tow chain comprising:
- a series of successive links, each link having at least one bottom contact surface which is supported on a support surface;
- vertical shafts for interconnecting said successive links in a hingeable manner;
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- wherein each of the bottom contact surfaces has a horizontal width, and the total sum of the horizontal widths of the bottom contact surfaces of two successive links of said chain are equal to or slightly smaller than a maximum horizontal width of said tow chain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.