Daniel E Tolliver

US Patent:

39613895, Jun 8, 1976

Filed:

Sep 9, 1969

Appl. No.:

4/856414

Inventors:

Clark W. Dovell - Potomac MD
Frank Peregrim - Silver Spring MD
Daniel R. Tolliver - Laurel MD

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

B63B 2152

US Classification:

9 8R

Abstract:

Apparatus for automatically controlling the mooring depth of a submerged yant body secured to an anchor by a mooring line contained within the anchor having a power supply, a first potentiometer preset to a desired mooring depth and variable with the payout of mooring line, a second potentiometer variable with ambient water pressure for sensing the depth of the anchor, and a null detector connected between the slidable taps of the potentiometers and a mooring line payout control system for actuating the payout control system if there is an unbalance therebetween in one, but only one, direction.