Mooring device

Claim 1

A mooring device comprising: a body with buoyancy which at least partly extends above water level; a connecting member connecting the body to an anchor at the bottom of the body of water, the anchor having a conduit mounted therein; the connecting member comprising an arm pivotably connected to the anchor about a horizontal axis to extend obliquely upwardly from the anchor, the pivotal connection between the arm and the anchor being such that the arm can pivot exclusively about the horizontal axis and is prevented from pivoting about a vertical axis relatively to the anchor, and a tension member having a lower end pivotably connected to the upper end of the arm by means of a universal joint comprising only two horizontally extending pivot axes for the tension member to extend vertically upwardly from the arm, the tension member having an upper end connected to the body by means of a joint including two perpendicular horizontal axes, and a vertical pivot axis which extends above water level; the tension member being loaded by means of a weight for maintaining it in its vertical position; and a medium conduit extending along the connecting member, the medium conduit comprising a conduit extending along the arm and having its lower end connected to the conduit mounted in the anchor by means of a flexible hose bridging the pivotal connection between the arm and the anchor, a conduit extending along the tension member and having its lower end connected to the upper end of the conduit extending along the arm by means of a flexible hose bridging the universal joint between the tension member and the arm, and a tube leading to the body, the tube having its lower end connected to the upper end of the conduit extending along the tension member by means of a flexible hose bridging the horizontal axes of the joint between the body and the tension member.