Method and device for coupling a vessel to another vessel or to a structure
CA 2371054 A1 · Owner: Navion As · Inventors: Eide, Svein Inge; Underhaug, Njal; Ravndal, Ola
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A method and device for coupling a vessel with a structure or another vessel typically for coupling a powered propelling vessel with a barge in which at , least one coupling half on one of the vessels is brought together with and releasably coupled to a complementary coupling half on the other vessel. The coupling half is made to follow the movements of the complementary coupling half by subjecting the movable coupling half to a limited force directed towards the complementary coupling half in a way such that the movable , coupling half yields to a greater contact force between the coupling halves whereupon the movable coupling half is still subjected to a limited force that is varied …
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- Filed April 13, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 13, 2020.
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