GB2600608A - Coupling device for use in a mooring system for floating structures - Google Patents
Coupling device for use in a mooring system for floating structures Download PDFInfo
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- GB2600608A GB2600608A GB2201343.7A GB202201343A GB2600608A GB 2600608 A GB2600608 A GB 2600608A GB 202201343 A GB202201343 A GB 202201343A GB 2600608 A GB2600608 A GB 2600608A
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- coupling element
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
- B63B21/04—Fastening or guiding equipment for chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
- B63B21/20—Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K61/00—Culture of aquatic animals
- A01K61/60—Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms
- A01K61/65—Connecting or mooring devices therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
- B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
- B63B21/20—Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof
- B63B2021/203—Mooring cables or ropes, hawsers, or the like; Adaptations thereof
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
- Y02A40/80—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in fisheries management
- Y02A40/81—Aquaculture, e.g. of fish
Abstract
The invention relates to a coupling device for use in a mooring system for floating structures (10), subjected to pulling forces or tension arising in the mooring system.Said coupling device comprises a circumferentially coupling element (21), such as a ring, and where one or more U- shaped tube thimbles (22, 25,26) are threaded onto the coupling element (21) and linked with mooring lines (13,14,18,), and wherein the coupling element (21) has locking bodies (50) on each side and adjacent to one or more tube thimbles (22, 25, 26) on the coupling element (21). The invention also relates to a method.
Claims (15)
1. Coupling device for use in a mooring system for floating structures (10), subjected to pulling forces or tension arising in the mooring system, characterized in that said coupling device comprises a circumferentially coupling element (21), such as a ring, and where one or more U- shaped tube thimbles (22, 25, 26) are threaded onto the coupling element (21) and linked with mooring lines (13,14,18,), and wherein the coupling element (21) has locking bodies (50) on each side and adjacent to one or more tube thimbles (22, 25, 26) on the coupling element (21).
2. Coupling device according to claim 1, wherein the curved inner surface of the U- shaped tube thimble (22,25,26) is provided with a contact surface complementary to the contact surface of the coupling element (21).
3. Coupling device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one or more units of U- shaped tube thimbles (25) comprises two or more U-shaped tube thimbles (22), placed neighboring and fixed together along the U-shape end of the thimbles (26), and/or a bushing plate (29) fixed to an inner surface of the U-shaped tube thimbles (25,26) forming an integrated part of the thimble, facing towards and being in contact with a corresponding surface on the coupling element (21) when fixed on the coupling element (21) and/or forming a single point of attachment in respect of the coupling element (21).
4. Coupling device according to claim 3, wherein a width of the bushing plate (29) correspond to a width of the U-shaped tube thimbles (25,26) at their closed bottom end and that a length of the bushing plates (29) corresponds to the corresponding width of the assembled U-shaped tube thimbles (25,26).
5. Coupling device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the bushing plate (29) is curved both lengthwise and crosswise, both crosswise and lengthwise curvature being adapted to corresponding contact surface of the coupling element (21).
6. Coupling device according to one of the claims 2 to 5, wherein a pair of legs of one of the thimbles in the assembled U-shaped tube thimble (25) form an angle with the legs (28) of the neighboring U-shaped tube thimbles (26), the angle being configured to match an ideal angle for a mooring line (13,14,16,18,) when assembled.
7. Coupling according to claim 6, wherein the coupling element (21) is in the form of a ring with a radius R and having a circular cross section with a radius r, the crosswise and lengthwise curves of the bushing plate (29) being adapted to the correspondingly curved surfaces of the ring (21).
8. Coupling device according to claim 1, wherein the legs of a thimble (22, 25,26) bend inward until the legs touch or almost touch each other, creating an eye in the thimble.
9. Coupling device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the thimble (22,25,26) is made from a plastic material, such as polyurethane.
10. Coupling device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the coupling element (21) has a steel core in the middle and covered by a plastic material, such as polyurethane.
11. Coupling device according to any of the proceeding claims, wherein the one or more U-shaped tube thimbles (22, 25, 26) are rotatably arranged on the curved outer surface of a connecting element (30) connected onto the coupling element (21).
12. Coupling device according to claim 11 , wherein the curved inner surface of the U-shaped tube thimble (22,25,26) is provided with a contact surface complementary to the outer contact surface of the connecting element (30) and/or the inner surface of the connecting element (30) is provided with a contact surface complementaryto the contact surface of the coupling element (21).
13. Coupling device used in a mooring system for floating structures (10), subjected to pulling forces or tension in any and all directions, characterized in that said coupling device comprises a coupling element constructed as a circumferentially coupling element (21), with locking bodies (50) arranged on said coupling element (21) to fit a tube thimble (22,25,26) in-between two locking bodies (50).
14. Coupling device according to claim 13 wherein a tube thimble (22, 25, 26) is arranged in-between two locking bodies (50) .
15. Method for connecting the coupling device according to any of the proceeding claims, by: - bending the legs (28) of the thimble (22,25, 26) outwards and inserting the coupling element (21) into the center hole of the thimble, creating a tight grip when the legs are released, - inserting a mooring line (13, 14,15) in through one of the of the legs (28) of the thimble (22,25,26) from the bottom opening to the top, to be bent and threaded in through the top of the other leg from the opposite end and down to the bottom end of the leg, whereupon the rope or wire end is spliced to form a closed loop or thimble eye connecting the other end of the rope, wire or other flexible material to the desired position such as at a buoy, net cage and/or anchor, and - wherein one or more of the tube thimbles (22, 25, 26) are each arranged in- between two locking bodies (50) arranged on said coupling element (21).
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO20190985A NO345017B1 (en) | 2019-08-15 | 2019-08-15 | Coupling system for use in a tie-in system |
| PCT/NO2020/050128 WO2021029771A1 (en) | 2019-08-15 | 2020-05-19 | Coupling device for use in a mooring system for floating structures |
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| GB202201343D0 GB202201343D0 (en) | 2022-03-16 |
| GB2600608A true GB2600608A (en) | 2022-05-04 |
| GB2600608B GB2600608B (en) | 2023-02-15 |
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| AU (1) | AU2020329062A1 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA3151249A1 (en) |
| CL (1) | CL2022000356A1 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2600608B (en) |
| NO (1) | NO345017B1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2021029771A1 (en) |
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| NO346535B1 (en) * | 2020-11-26 | 2022-09-26 | Seasystems As | A device for connecting a mooring line and a turret mooring system |
| CN113753177A (en) * | 2021-08-24 | 2021-12-07 | 中国华能集团清洁能源技术研究院有限公司 | Mooring cable fixing structure, floating mooring system and offshore wind generating set |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2241221A (en) * | 1939-03-06 | 1941-05-06 | Macwhyte Company | Thimble |
| WO2012154054A1 (en) * | 2011-05-10 | 2012-11-15 | Mørenot As | Connection element for a mooring system and use of the connection element |
| NO344110B1 (en) * | 2018-02-19 | 2019-09-09 | Aqualine As | Element for mooring system |
| NO20181485A1 (en) * | 2018-11-21 | 2020-05-22 | Carl Stahl As | Coupling System for use in a Mooring System |
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| US2100569A (en) * | 1935-10-07 | 1937-11-30 | Macwhyte Company | Thimble for rope slings |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2241221A (en) * | 1939-03-06 | 1941-05-06 | Macwhyte Company | Thimble |
| WO2012154054A1 (en) * | 2011-05-10 | 2012-11-15 | Mørenot As | Connection element for a mooring system and use of the connection element |
| NO344110B1 (en) * | 2018-02-19 | 2019-09-09 | Aqualine As | Element for mooring system |
| NO20181485A1 (en) * | 2018-11-21 | 2020-05-22 | Carl Stahl As | Coupling System for use in a Mooring System |
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| NO345017B1 (en) | 2020-08-24 |
| WO2021029771A1 (en) | 2021-02-18 |
| CL2022000356A1 (en) | 2022-11-25 |
| AU2020329062A1 (en) | 2022-02-24 |
| CA3151249A1 (en) | 2021-02-18 |
| GB202201343D0 (en) | 2022-03-16 |
| GB2600608B (en) | 2023-02-15 |
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