Mooring assembly
AssigneeKvaerner Engineering A.S.
InventorsEspen Lange, Dag Aavitsland
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Abstract
A mooring assembly for an offshore floater comprises a vertical shaft (4) in the floater (1), a rotating part (5) rotatably mounted in the vertical shaft about a vertical axis, a number of mooring cables (16) extending from the rotating part down to the seabed, and a device (17) aboard the floater (1) for tightening/slackening the mooring cables. Each mooring cable (15, 16) is secured, right below the rotating part (5), to a rigid body (13) having two ends, one end being connected by a universal swivel joint (12) to the rotating part (5) and the other end comprising a locking device (14) for locking the mooring line to the rigid body (13).
Claims6
A mooring assembly for a floater at sea, said assembly comprising a vertical shaft (4) in the floater (1), a rotating part (5) rotatably mounted about a vertical axis in the vertical shaft, a number of mooring cables (16) extending from the rotating part down to the seabed, and means (17) aboard the floater (1) for tightening/slackening the mooring cables,
- wherein each mooring cable (15, 16) right below the rotating part (5) is secured to a rigid body (13) having two ends, one end being connected by a universal swivel joint (12) to said rotating part (5) and the other end comprising a locking device (14) for locking the mooring line to the rigid body (13).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.