Anchor retrieving apparatus and method
CA 1069773 A · Owner: Bruce, Peter · Inventors: Bruce, Peter
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In the placement of an anchor in the sea bed for mooring of a vessel a chaser in the form of a loop or hook is attached to a service line and the chaser is positioned on the anchor to support the anchor. A service vessel with the service line secured thereto pulls the anchor and anchor chain from the parent vessel to be moored and simultaneously lowers the anchor to the sea bed via the service line. The anchor is subsequently set in the sea bed for mooring and the chaser can then be removed from the anchor chain or returned up the chain to the moored vessel. To retrieve the anchor, the chaser is run down the anchor chain until it engages the anchor and the service, vessel then pulls the …
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- Granted January 15, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 15, 1997.
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