B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
114/58.5
B63B 21/50 (2006.01) B63B 22/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1112520
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A vessel such as a storage vessel is permanently moored, by means such as a yoke pivoted on the forecastle of the vessel, to a mooring leg, e.g. a riser or anchor chain, which is attached to a base located on the ocean floor. Mounted on the vessel is tension existing means, for example, counterweights, springs, winches, or the like, operably connected with the mooring leg for applying tension thereto such by lifting the yoke. The top of the mooring leg is connected to the end of the yoke through a mooring swivel and a gimbaled mooring table or a universal joint. A fluid swivel may be located above the mooring table or about a load-carrying shaft connected to the mooring leg.
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Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Exxon Research And Engineering Company
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