Eyelet Retainer

Abstract

Naval Ocean System Center, San Diego, has developed a lightweight, stainless steel tool that has applications for marine salvage operators. NOSC designers Stan Hoard and Charlie Reader based their design on the toggle bolt that is used to provide an anchored stud in a hollow wall. It is an enclosed eyelet with a threaded bolt attached to one end and a squared stud at the other. The threaded bolt has a nut with two-rounded studs welded on for holding the two spring-operated formed toggle wings. It can be operated underwater by a diver or by a manipulator. The device is inserted in a hole in the object to be recovered with the toggle wings compressed. Once fully inserted, the wings spring open. A hook or wire/rope line is then attached to the eyelet for recovery of the object. NOSC has filed a patent application for the device which is formally called 'The Threaded Bolt Eyelet Retainer With Extended Toggle Wings.' Guys, it just can't go through life with that name. Anyone care to suggest a better one?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA204782

Entities

People

  • C. Reader
  • S. Hoard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Corporations
  • Countermeasures
  • High Resolution
  • Lightweight
  • Navigation
  • Oceans
  • Patent Applications
  • Scanning
  • Scanning Sonar
  • Stainless Steel
  • Standards
  • Steel
  • Tools
  • Underwater Vehicles

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • ballistics.