MOORING BUOY Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: marine exploitation. SUBSTANCE: attachment fitting is made in the form of a retaining arc mounted in the buoy diametral plane and fixed on its upper bottom along its edges on which a guiding chute is mounted. The upper part of the arc is made in the form of a horizontal closed ring and the guiding chute in the form of a circular cone or pyramid. The ring and the cone are coaxial to the buoy vertical axle. The ring encompasses the cone with a gap. The cone vertex is located above the ring. The diameter of the cone basis is more than the outer diameter of the ring. Besides, the buoy is equipped with a ball tip having the diameter less than the inner diameter of the ring. EFFECT: simpler design. 1 cl, 3 dwg