Year: 1899

page_text: I, EMIL THEODOR BUNJE, Manager to The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company,
Hong Kong, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide a mooring or ground tackle for
buoys, having great holding power, easy to lay, and of simple and economical
construction.
According to my invention, the mooring consists of a cubical cast iron block
into which are cast so as to project from the under face thereof a series of pointed
iron or steel prongs preferably consisting of railway rails cut to the desired length
and pointed at one end: these prongs should project from the block a distance
about equal to the length of one of the sides thereof. Into the upper face of the
block are cast fangs provided or formed on the mooring ring. Both the fangs
and the prongs should for security enter the block to about the middle thereof.
The moorings will be made of various weights and dimensions according to the
stresses to which they will be liable.
In laying the moorings they are simply dropped onto the bottom from such n
height as will cause the prongs to enter the ground vertically a sufficient depth
to get a firm grip.
I, EMIL THEODOR BUNJE, Manager to The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company.
Hong Kong, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide a mooring or ground tackle for
buoys, having great holding power, easy to lay, and of simple and economical
construction.
I will now fully describe my invention and the manner of performing the
same having reference to the annexed explanatory drawing in which Fig. 1 is an
elevation and Fig. 2 a part sectional underside plan of a mooring or ground tackle
for buoys constructed according to my invention.

page_text: The said mooring or ground tackle consists of a cubical cast iron block a into
which are cust so as to project from the under face thereof a series of pointed
iron or steel prongs 6 preferably consisting of railway rails cut to the desired
length and pointed at one end; these prongs should project from the block a
distance about equal to the length of one of the sides thereof. Into the said
block are also cast fangs e provided or formed on the mooring ring or shackle d
which projects from the upper face of the block a. Both the fangs c and the
prongs b should for security enter the block a to about the middle thereof. The
moorings will be made of various weights and dimensions according to the stresses
to which they will be liable.
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In laying the moorings they are simply dropped onto the bottom from such a
height as will cause the prongs & to enter the ground vertically a sufficient depth
to get a firm grip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A mooring or ground tackle for buoys consisting of a cast iron block having
a series of pointed prongs or rails east therein so as to project from its under face
and having also cast therein the fangs of a mooring ring or shackle substantially
us described.
2. A mooring or ground tackle for buoys constructed and arranged as illustrated
in the annexed drawings.