| 摘要 |
<p>What is proposed in accordance with the invention is a sea anchor so arranged, after having been dropped, as to be capable of gliding obliquely forwards through the water along a flat, inclined plane so as to land on the bottom in a holding position at a considerable horizontal distance from the boat or vessel which dropped the anchor. For this purpose the shank (45) of the anchor is combined with a transverse wing (50) corresponding to the pair of arms of the conventional anchor. The wing has a marked'V' form and is noticeably swept back, causing it to adopt a stable attitude during its glide through the water, in conjunction with which it takes with it an anchor rope (48) which further stabilizes its glide. The wing (50) as a whole is preferably pivotally connected to the anchor leg, for example by means of a pivot bolt, in which case the central section of the wing is extended rearwards to a spade-like, tapering structure which ends in a point (56). The arrangement is such that, once the anchor has reached the bottom and when a pull is applied to the anchor rope (48), the wing (50) will be folded out from the anchor leg, when its rearward-tapering section will act as an anchor fluke and will dig into the bottom in the same way as previously disclosed anchors with folding flukes.</p> |
