Tankship mooring and loading system

Claim 1

AN OFFSHORE MOORING AND SHIP LOADING AND UNLOADING SYSTEM, SUITABLE FOR THE TRANSFER OF A LIQUID BETWEEN SHORE FACILITIES AND A MOORED VESSEL, WHICH COMPRISES AS ELEMENTS IN COMBINATION (1) A SWIVEL JOINT LOCATED ON SEA BOTTOM AND COMPRISING A FIXED CONDUIT, A MOVABLE CONDUIT HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM END AND ROTATABLE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH OF WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN SAID FIXED CONDUIT, A FIXED SHEATH LOCATED WITHIN SAID FIXED CONDUIT AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH SAD MOVABLE CONDUIT, SAID SHEATH ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH OF SAID MOVABLE CONDUIT, SAID SHEATH BEING PARTIALLY FILLED WITH AND ADAPTED TO RETAIN MERCURY TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS SEAL BETWEEN SAID LIQUID AND SEAWATER, SAID FIXED CONDUIT AND SAID MOVABLE CONDUIT ADAPTED TO BE IN LIQUID COMMUNICATION, SAID FIXED AND MOVABLE CONDUITS BEING CLOSED IN A MANNER TO EXCLUDE SEAWATER FROM THE INTERIORS THEREOF, AND MEANS TO SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENT VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MOVABLE CONDUIT; (2) A SUBMARINE LINE EXTENDING FROM AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID SHORE FACILITIES TO SAID FIXED CONDUIT OF SAID SWIVEL JOINT; (3) A HORIZONTALLY ROTATABLE, VERTICALLY PIVOTED SUBMERGED BOOM ATTACHED TO AND EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID MOVABLE CONDUIT COMPONENT OF SAID SWIVEL JOINT; (4) A VERTICAL SUPPORT LOCATED AT THE OUTBOARD END OF SAID SUBMERGED BOOM AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE WATER; (5) A LOADING PLATFORM SUPPORTED ABOVE WATER BY SAID VERTICAL SUPPORT; (6) A FLEXIBLE LOADING LINE EXTENDING FROM AND CONNECTING SAID MOVABLE CONDUIT COMPONENT OF SAID SWIVEL JOINT TO CONNECTING MEANS UPON SAID LOADING PLATFORM, SAID LOADING LINE BEING ADJACENT AND SUPPORTED BY SAID SUBMERGED BOOM AND SAID VERTICAL SUPPORT, SAID CONNECTING MEANS ADAPTED TO EFFECT LIQUID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID MOORED VESSEL AND SAID FLEXIBLE LOADING LINE.