A bucket anchor design comprising a plurality of joined bucket type containers that when dragged across the sea bed fills with sand, silt or clay. The bucket anchor will preferably have slots located on its sides to enable the ingress of sand and silt when the anchor system is dragged forward and digs into the sea bed. The plurality of buckets will preferably be connected via a plurality of cables which are attached from the bottom of the upper bucket to the top of the next lower bucket, with the upper bucket being attached from its upper corners via chain or cable to the main anchor chain. The anchor system will also have means for recovery via a recovery line attached to the bottom of the lowest bucket, which in turn is connected to a surface buoy.


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    Title :

    Bucket anchor


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2016-03-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS



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