Patent ID: 6418871
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B63B,F16G

Abstract:
A connector (15) between anchor (14) and chain (12) of ships, comprising an anchor connection component (16) and a chain connection component (17), wherein the anchor connection component (16) has at one end a receiving fork (21) for the anchor (14) and the chain connection component (17) has at one end a fork part (41) for receiving a chain member (43), and legs (23, 24) of the receiving fork (21) and also legs (44,45) of the fork part (41) are each penetrated by a screw bolt (25, 46), respectively, each screw bolt having its head secured in one of the legs (23,44) of each component and with its threaded shaft (28, 47) secured in the other of the legs (24, 45) of each component and adaptable to be secured by means of a clamping screw (48), wherein the anchor connection component (16) and the chain connection component (17) are connected to one another with their respective other ends such that one component has a ball head (38) and the other component has a ball socket (34) with an opening (37) that opens into the receiving fork (21), wherein the ball socket (34) comprises a hollow spherical portion (33) facing away from the receiving fork (21) for securing the ball head (38) under tensile load and wherein the ball head (38) has an end face (39) facing toward the receiving fork (21) and recessed relative to the spherical shape to form a pump chamber (22) together with a cylindrical recess (29) projecting from the hollow spherical portion (33) and oriented toward the receiving fork (21).