A CHAIN GUIDE, PARTICULARLY FOR ANCHOR CHAINS

A chain guide, particularly for anchor chains, includes a first chain sprocket mounted on a support which is free to move about its axis and at least one other sprocket mounted at right angles to the first with their grooves providing a mutually tangential path for the chain in the first sprocket to eliminate any side thrust, regardless of the position of the ship's bow.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Netherland Patent Classification 69,18552.
• Corporate Authors:

  Companie Francaise des Petroles

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• Publication Date: 1970-6-15

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mooring cables; Single point moorings
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056615
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM