Device for Suspending Mooring Lines between a Vessel and a Dock

Abstract

Consists of a telescopic arm ( 8, 9 ) which is fixed to a rotating base ( 2 ) by means of a second shaft ( 7 ) on which the arm can tilt up and down, whereby the second shaft can be used to fixed the arm in a selected vertical position. The rotating platform ( 2 ) is disposed on a first shaft ( 5 ) which can be used to fix the rotating base ( 2 ) in position by means of a nut ( 6 ). The end of the telescopic arm ( 9 ) is provided with means for fixing hooks ( 16 ) on which mooring lines ( 18, 19, 30 ) can be suspended. The structure enables the tip of the telescopic arm ( 9 ) to be placed in any position selected by the user depending on the dimensions of the vessel ( 23 ) such that the mooring lines can be accessed without leaving the vessel.

1 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, comprising:
 a rotating base on a first shaft,   an arrangement for fixing a selected angular position of the rotating base,   an arm attached to the rotating base, the arm including an arrangement for suspending mooring lines, the arm being fixed to the base by a second shaft on which the arm can tilt up and down,   an arrangement for fixing a selected up/down position of the arm, and   the arm includes at a bottom end thereof, a retention element for a guide rope at a seabed of a port for keeping the guide rope close to a wall of the dock and preventing the guide rope from crossing a path of a propeller of the vessel.   
   
   
       2 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the arm is telescopic, and includes telescoping parts having a cross-sectional shape being at least one of cylindrical and oval with the telescoping parts being arranged with play therebetween so that their relative position can be fixed by an axial rotation thereof. 
   
   
       3 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the arm is attached to an extension arranged on the rotating base the extension having a housing for receiving the bottom end of the arm in which the bottom end of the arm is fixed by a screw that constitutes the second shaft and includes a nut which forms the arrangement for fixing a selected up/down position of the arm. 
   
   
       4 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the arrangement for suspending the mooring lines comprise includes a rotating support provided with an arrangement for holding at least one hook in a vertical position with respect to a water level; and the rotating support includes an arrangement for fixing an angular position thereof on the arm in which the at least hook lies along a bottom longitudinal axis of the arm to keep the at least one hook facing the water. 
   
   
       5 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 4 , wherein the arrangement for holding at least one hook of the rotating support includes an extension arranged as part of the rotating support, and a third shaft is fixed on the extension and the at least one hook is retained and rotates freely on the third shaft. 
   
   
       6 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 4 , wherein the arrangement for fixing an angular position thereof on the arm, includes a screw perpendicular to the rotating support to press on the arm and fix the angular position. 
   
   
       7 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the retention element comprises a curved, flexible body attached to the arm at the bottom end thereof and open at a top end of the retention element for inserting/removing the line. 
   
   
       8 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the retention element comprises two curved, flexible bodies, facing each other and attached at a bottom end thereof and open at a top end thereof for inserting/removing the line. 
   
   
       9 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , further comprising a complementary line with one of its ends retained in the retention element, and the other end on a third shaft, for fixing an end of the guide rope on the seabed of the port to a bottom end of the complementary line and facilitate access to the guide rope by the complementary line. 
   
   
       10 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating base is arranged on a rotating platform which, in turn, lies on a fixed platform which is fixed to a floor of the dock, the rotating base, the rotating platform and the fixed platform being connected together by the first rotating shaft. 
   
   
       11 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating base lies on an intermediate platform, which in turn, lies on a fixed platform which is attached to a clamp with a corresponding screw so that the clamp can be attached to a cylindrical body. 
   
   
       12 . Device for suspending mooring lines between a vessel and a dock, according to  claim 2 , the wherein a top end of the telescoping parts comprises a bushing having one of an oval and cylindrical shape, the bushing being snap attached between the telescoping parts and selectively provided with an adjustment screw that presses the bushing to fix the position of each telescoping part.