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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Balltec Limited, Morecambe, GB;
Jonathan Fletcher Jackson, Poulton-le-Flyde, GB;
Marco Andre Teixeira, Lancaster, GB;
BALLTEC LIMITED, Morecambe, GB;
Abstract
A mooring line connector assembly () and a corresponding tensioner () are described. The mooring line connector assembly () comprises complementary male () and female () connectors, wherein the male connector () is rigid and the female connector () is connectable to the male connector () at a plurality of points along its length, so as to vary the tension applied to the mooring line. Locking balls engageable with grooves disposed along the length of the male connector () can allow the female connector to connect at different points along the male connector. A tensioner () allows the tension to be adjusted. The tensioner includes a first part () arranged to engage with the male connector () and a second part () arranged to engage with the female connector (). The first part () reciprocates relative to the second part so as to move the male connector () relative to the female connector and thereby change the point at which the female connector is connected to the male connector.