| 摘要 |
<p>An anchor retrieving device adapted to be inter- osed between an anchor 50 and one end of a main anchoring line 32. The anchor 50 includes a shank 52 having a crown end and at least one fluke 54. The anchor retrieving device comprises: a lock assembly 10 having an upper end connected to said one end of said main anchoring line 32 and a lower end connected to said crown end of said anchor 50 through an anchor-retrieving line 58; a releaseable hook member 30 having one end 30 normally locked by said lock assembly and the other end 30a normally housed in said lock assembly 10 at a position adjacent to said lower end of said lock assembly, said other end 30b being connected through a connection line 56 to the end of said shank 52 opposite to said crown end; and a weight 34 slidably engaging said main anchoring line 32 and dropped downwardly along said main anchoring line 32 to strike said lock assembly 10; said lock assembly 10 including a housing 11 for accommodating said releaseable hook member 30 during the normal anchoring operation, a movable locking block 27 housed in said housing 11 for movement between a locking position and an unlocking position along the axial direction of said housing 11, and biasing means 26 normally biasing said movable locking block 27 into its locking position and releasing said releaseable hook member 30 when struck by said weight 34 to allow said releaseable hook member 30 to come out of said housing 11.</p> |
