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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Derek J Brooks, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, GB;
Assignee:
GEC Alsthom Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
254266 ; 254389 ; 114293 ;
Abstract
A mooring system comprises a length of hawser 3, a chafe chain 7, and a wire 5 to be wound onto a rotatable drum 1. Adjacent the drum 1 is positioned a stopper 2 adapted to receive and retain the chain 4, the chain 4 being disconnectable from the wire 5 in this circumstance.