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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Balltec Limited, Morecambe, GB;
Marco Andre Teixeira, Morecambe, GB;
Jonathan Scott Preston, Preston, GB;
Jonathan Fletcher Jackson, Poulton-le-Fylde, GB;
William David Loton Parry, Preston, GB;
BALLTEC LIMITED, Morecambe, Lancashire, GB;
Abstract
A mooring connector assembly () has a body () arranged to be pivotally mounted to a structure (), such as a tethered buoy, to be moored for movement about a pivot axis. At least a part of the body extends below the pivot axis when so mounted and oriented for use. A line stopper () is mounted to the part of the body which extends below the pivot axis in use and is operative to retain a mooring line () relative to the body. The body is configured to receive a tensioner () for tensioning a mooring line () retained by the stopper such that the tensioner urges the line at a point which is below the pivot axis when the body is oriented for use. The body may be an elongate tube () pivotally connected to a structure to be moored () at one end and fitting with a chain stopper () at the opposite end. The tube is configured to receive a chain tensioner () between the chain stopper () and pivot axis.