Buoy for loading and unloading ships

Claim 1

A WATER BUOY FOR INTERCONNECTING A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR LINES LOCATED BENEATH THE WATER WITH A SHIP MOORED TO THE BUOY, SAID BUOY COMPRISING: A FLOAT MEMBR; A FIRST PLURALITY OF CONDUIT MEANS FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID FLOAT MEMBER AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH TUBULAR LINES LOCATED BENEATH THE WATER; A SECOND PLURALITY OF CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE TOP OF SAID FLOAT MEMBER AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH A SHIP MOORED TO THE BUOY; ROTATABLE CONNECTING MEANS LOCATED ON SAID FLOAT MEMBER AND POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF CONDUIT MEANS, SAID ROTATABLE CONNECTING MEANS PROVIDING FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF CONDUITS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF CONDUITS; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED, VERTICAL CONCENTRIC PIPES LOCATED ON SAID FLOAT AND HAVING A COMMON VERTICAL AXIS COINCIDING WITH THE VERTICAL CENTER LINE OF SAID FLOAT MEMBER; AND THE LOWERMOST ENDS OF SAID PLURALITY OF PIPES BEING ARRANGED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS SO THAT THE SMALLEST-DIAMETER PIPE TERMINATES AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AND THE LARGEST-DIAMETER PIPE TERMINATES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, SAID ROTATABLE CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CONCENTRIC BUSHINGS FIXED TO SAID FLOAT MEMBER; EACH OF SAID CONCENTRIC PIPES BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT ITS LOWER END IN ONE OF SAID BUSHINGS.