Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto-releasable new danger mark buoy
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Application No.: US16490788Application Date: 2017-03-02
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Publication No.: US10946937B2Publication Date: 2021-03-16
- Inventor: Seung Gi Gug
- Applicant: KOREA MARITIME UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Busan
- Assignee: KOREA MARITIME UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: KOREA MARITIME UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Busan
- Agency: The PL Law Group, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/KR2017/002276 WO 20170302
- International Announcement: WO2018/159876 WO 20180907
- Main IPC: B63B22/08
- IPC: B63B22/08 ; B63C7/26

Abstract:
A buoy system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a buoy body configured to provide buoyance; a fixing belt configured to fasten the buoy body to a ship structure; an auto-release unit configured to release the buoy body to be buoyed by releasing the fixing belt when a predetermined water pressure is reached; and an auto-reel chain box fixed to the ship structure, being opened in conjunction with releasing of the fixing belt, and including a chain which is reeled out when the buoy body is buoyed, wherein the auto-reel chain box comprises: a weight provided in the auto-reel chain box and being movable upward and downward according to a water pressure and buoyance; a pulley provided in the auto-reel chain box, having the chain wounded thereon and a plurality of teeth on an outer circumferential surface thereof; and a shaft having one end connected to the weight and the other end engaging with the teeth to fix the pulley and provided to be rotatable around a portion fixed in the auto-reel chain box.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200017172A1 AUTO-RELEASABLE NEW DANGER MARK BUOY Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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