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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4343055 | Roller suspension The invention refers to a device for supporting a first member which is rotatable about a mainly vertical axis on a second member. The invention is primarily intended to be used for supporting very large members, which carry very heavy loads. The device i... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4317421 | Mooring line handling apparatus A mooring line handling apparatus comprising a small diameter sheave, a large diameter sheave, the small sheave and the large sheave being axially mounted on a shaft secured to a base, a first line wrapped for at least part of its length on the large shea... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4303037 | Single point mooring system Disclosed is a single point mooring system for mooring vessels at a certain distance from offshore structures. The system includes a buoy positioned in the water and a cable attached at one end of the buoy and attached at the other end to a reel or the li... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4290158 | Mooring buoy A buoy, for mooring vessels, has a rotatable turntable on the top, which rotates about the vertical axis of the buoy. A rigid mooring yoke is pivotably coupled to vessels at one end, and has the other end pivotably coupled to the buoy through structure th... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4280430 | Linked-spar motion-compensated lifting system A system for operating a lifting cable over the side of a ship at sea in ch a spar buoy having an adjustable lifting capacity is coupled to the ship by a rigid linkage which is free to pivot on an axis attached to the deck. The lifting cable is suspended... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4279543 | Device for conveying a medium from means provided in a fixed position on a bottom below the water surface to a buoy body When a flexible conduit is secured to a buoy under water, the action of the tide, current, wind and waves, as well as forces exerted by a vessel moored to the buoy, cause the buoy to perform various motions that bend or twist the tube and load it with add... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4262380 | Buoy including a mooring device A mooring device comprising a vessel and a buoy interconnected by an outrigger having a horizontal pivot axis connection with the vessel and a universal joint with the buoy. The buoy has a vertical traction-resistant torsionally stiff connection with a gr... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4254522 | Single-point mooring buoy A single-point mooring buoy comprising a buoyance member which is fashioned as an open basket having at its circumference equidistant, substantially vertical columns with buoyancy capacity, said columns being united at their upper side by a spider, in the... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4226204 | Off-shore mooring device for a large-sized floating body An off-shore device for mooring a large-sized floating body to an anchoring system anchored to the sea bed, comprising a mooring head located above water level and connected to said anchoring system by a connecting arrangement capable of withstanding trac... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4207639 | Floating terminal for loading and/or unloading tankers This terminal comprises an upright buoyant structure connected to the water bottom through a flexible supply pipe. A flexible delivery pipe connected to the supply pipe is supported by a buoy on the water surface, this delivery pipe passing on return pull... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4195380 | Life saving apparatus for vessels A life saving buoy of the type intended to float off the deck of a sinking vessel and to remain anchored to the vessel by an anchoring cable, to provide a mooring for life boats or life rafts and to give signals to aid rescurers; having improved structura... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4178870 | Mooring line handling apparatus A mooring apparatus for ships wherein the mooring cable is fed from a large diameter sheave, said sheave being mounted coaxially with a pinion gear, which in turn meshes with a gear rack. Said gear rack is opposed by a plurality of elastic lines which are... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4176615 | Mooring attachment for single point mooring terminals A mooring attachment for substantially permanently connecting a buoy and a storage-process vessel, wherein the mooring attachment is of smaller weight but as great a level of reliability as prior art attachments. The attachment includes a mooring arm havi... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4148107 | Mooring buoy A buoy for mooring vessels, has a rotatable turntable on the top, which rotates about the vertical axis of the buoy. A mooring yoke which couples to ships at one end has the other end pivotably attached to the turntable so that it is pivotable about a hor... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4145987 | Flare buoy A flare buoy for burning off excess hydrocarbon gas during the offshore production or processing of hydrocarbons, comprises a submerged buoyant body that extends upwardly past the water in a portion of reduced cross-sectional area and terminates upwardly ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4098214 | Float made of an automobile-tire A float device of particularly low cost, having a wide range of application. It utilizes a waste tire with a mass of foamed resin or other porous material filled therein to form an annular float and includes a body structure secured to the float in closel... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4067080 | Sea terminal A sea terminal having compartments for storage of fluids at sea and piping connected to each compartment so that fluids may be transferred between the compartments and a ship. The compartments can rotate with respect to portions of the sea terminal which ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4033277 | Underhull quick disconnect mooring system A mooring line or cable system is provided for a drillship including a hull adapted to float in water at a water-line, the mooring line being in the general form of a catenary chain line. The mooring line includes a drillship portion secured to a winch on... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4031582 | Floating structure A floating structure useful as a mooring device for vessels, comprises an anchor having a rigid arm pivotally interconnected therewith and upstanding therefrom. The rigid arm at its upper end has a pivot about a horizontal axis and also a pivot 360° abou... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4029039 | Mooring means, particularly for carrying out production tests for gas and oil drilling on the high seas A mooring system for carrying out production tests for gas and oil drilling on the high seas, comprises a vessel with rigid arms pivotally interconnected therewith for relative vertical swinging movement. The arms are connected with a slender vertical buo... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4000713 | Combined mooring and transfer means for oil and other liquid A combined mooring and transfer system for oil and other liquid to a ship from an off-shore installation which rests on the sea bed and extends above sea level, comprising a floating transfer hose from the part above sea level and a mooring hawser from th... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000533 | Anchoring device for buoyant life saving equipment A life saving device for vessels which provides anchorage for buoyant equipment such as life rafts or life boats, in the form of a buoy releasably carried by a vessel in a manner so as to float free if the vessel sinks, while remaining attached to the ves... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3998408 | Remote elevated platform A remote elevated platform (REP) for positioning a payload from an aircraft nd maintaining its position unattended, comprises a lifting body, a payload designed to be suspended from the lifting body, a tether line and a mooring system. The platform is drop... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3980038 | Hose and mooring line positioning system This invention provides a system for maintaining hoses and mooring lines extending outwardly from a single buoy mooring terminal, in a desired direction. Also provided is an arrangement for directing the mooring line and hose to move to a ship.... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3980037 | Apparatus for mooring ships Mooring apparatus for ships, particularly tankers comprises a cable which is retractable into a column which is pivotally connected to a base anchored to the sea bed. The cable is retracted by a counterweight or similar device, is withdrawn from the colum... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3978810 | Mooring buoy A buoy having a generally hollow float body and a control arrangement thereon for flooding regions in said body sufficiently to overcome the buoyancy of the buoy by the weight of the buoy. The buoy can be sunk at a predetermined speed, for example upon or... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3964423 | Offshore terminal In an offshore terminal for loading tankers, a bottom-supported column is surrounded by a floating collar. Standpipes in the column for connection with transfer lines to shore are connected by flexible lines to the collar. A floating station flexibly conn... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3961490 | Anchorage of floating structures A floating structure is anchored relative to the seabed by a rigid arm connected at one end to the structure and at the other end to a member, preferably in the form of an enclosure and including a watertight chamber for personnel, for pivotal movement ab... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3950806 | Mooring buoy An improved mooring buoy is provided having means for maintaining the shackle at the upper end of its hawser above water level when the buoy is at rest in the water. The buoy is provided with a floating body having a generally vertical passage extending t... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3947907 | Remote controlled scuttling buoy A berthing buoy for mooring ships which provides for remote controlled release of mooring lines in emergency situations and sinking of the buoy by opening special scuttling valves. The buoy is refloated by blowing its compartments with compressed air manu... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3946695 | Self-deploying multiple anchor mooring systems A multiple anchor marine mooring system wherein a plurality of anchors capable of stably gliding through water at a fixed depression once a minimum glide velocity is attained are secured to a carrier in a compact cluster. The cluster is configured so that... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3943871 | Submerging system for marine structure A submerging system for marine structure which comprises a floating capsule structure, sumbersibly anchored by a lever pivoted at one end to the bottom of the floating structure and at its opposite end to a mooring block fixed to the sea bottom, a land ba... | 03/16/1976 |
