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2. Floating hinge - Wikipedia

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   A floating hinge is a hinge that, while able to behave as a normal hinge, enables one of the objects to move away from the other - hence "float". In effect, the hinge allows for two parallel axes of rotation – one for each object joined by the hinge – and each axis can be moved relative to the position of the other.

3. Floating dock (jetty) - Wikipedia

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   A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pilings, which are embedded in the seafloor or by anchored cables . [ 1 ]

4. Four-bar linkage - Wikipedia

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   The last link is the floating link, which is also called a coupler or connecting rod because it connects an input to the output. Assuming the frame is horizontal there are four possibilities for the input and output links: [2] A crank: can rotate a full 360 degrees; A rocker: can rotate through a limited range of angles which does not include 0 ...

5. Dock - Wikipedia

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   A drydock is another variant, also with dock gates, which can be emptied of water to allow investigation and maintenance of the underwater parts of ships. A floating dry dock (sometimes just floating dock) is a submersible structure which lifts ships out of the water to allow dry docking where no land-based facilities are available.

6. Gudgeon - Wikipedia

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   There are variations where gudgeons are mounted to the rudder and boat, and a pivot clevis pin is inserted into these gudgeons, or the pintles are fastened to the boat, and gudgeons are attached to the rudder. In any case, the fitting with the hole is referred to as a gudgeon. They are used to attach the rudder to the boat so that it can swing ...

7. Floating dock - Wikipedia

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   Floating dock (impounded), a development of the half tide dock, where pumps or river flow are used to maintain the dock at around the high tide level of a nearby tidal waterway Floating dock (jetty) , a lightweight quay or jetty, floating on pontoons, that rises and falls with the tide and shipping