DE102007014822B3 - Damper for retroactive rapid assembly for mooring lines, particularly steel ropes, tightropes and lines for ships, has elongated body of flexible mass clasped by mooring line, and hard element - Google Patents

Abstract

The damper has an elongated body made of a flexible mass clasped by a mooring line. A hard element is partly cast from the flexible mass on each end of the damper and the flexible mass and the hard element come into a fixed and inseparable connection with one another. The flexible mass and the hard element are held at a distance to one another and are mounted and demounted in the mooring line by rapid assembly such that both the firmly fixed ends of the mooring line remain in their position. The damper is positioned again on the mooring line after the assembly.

Description

The The invention relates to a damper for later Quick assembly on mooring lines, especially steel cables, ropes and linen, for ships for damping jerky movements where they are tied to already at both ends and a damper should be quickly installed and removed.

It is known that dams of various types are installed on lines where ships are moored. However, one end of the line must always be threaded through an opening on the damper as it is from the JP 11 005 585 A is known. Or the damper must be knotted.

From the EP 0015 298 A1 Another shock absorber is known in which a steel cable, rope or leash as the train receiving part, is embedded in an elastic mass having a U- or S-shaped form. The tension-receiving part located in the elastic mass may be elongated by the tensile forces acting on the ends to limit it. In the unloaded state, it resumes the original shape of the preformed elastic body.

at the existing dampers There must always be one end of the line free to allow it to pass through certain openings on the damper threaded through can be. This is very complicated laborious and always requires a considerable amount of time and is therefore disadvantageous. A quick installation and removal is therefore not possible. Often the damper sits then in the wrong position and he can hardly move become. Should this damper after to be rebuilt a certain time, the linen have become so strong with the damper knotted or tightened, that often only a knife or heavy Tool helps, the damper expand. This has the consequence that all skippers these previous dampers only Apply where the lines are permanently installed in the home port and not be taken away.

If So you go to another port to moor there, you do not have the lines with the fixed dampers. Every skipper takes in foreign ports extra mooring lines that just then have no damper. Thus, the Ships only in their own port with a damper against wave movements or strong winds protected.

If the conventional damper, like out of the JP 11 005 585 A are known, are built, the damping effect, which is controlled by the number of wound coils around his body of elastic mass, very difficult to change, the damper must be removed again.

Of the Invention is based on the object to a handy damper create, which is easily assembled and disassembled as well as on the mooring line slightly varies in its damping characteristic can be.

These Task is achieved by the features listed in claim 1 solved. Further embodiments are contained in the subclaims.

The Advantages achieved with the invention are that of the handy damper easiest way to assemble and disassemble.

The Linen can stay tied at both ends, because the damper will be installed later. In practice, it looks like you are in the guest harbor his ship finished with 4 to 8 lines. Now you would have to with the conventional dampers untie each line at one end to thread the damper, which nobody does.

Of the damper for later However, quick assembly can be done comfortably, without effort and without additional Fasteners are installed and removed. The damper for Quick assembly can also be easily on the leash after installation moved or repositioned because there are no nodes or other entanglements that tighten.

Of the damper for later Quick assembly is so easy to use after every docking maneuver or can be removed. He also can for different thicknesses of linen be used.

Should the damping effect changed If, for example, the shackle is simply opened at one end of the damper and the number of turns around the body of elastic mass can be easily varied.

A Another embodiment of the invention is that the flexible mass sea water resistant is and the hard elements are made of stainless steel.

A Another embodiment of the invention is that the hard elements have the shape of an open spiral and thus an opening and Close the hard elements in the form of a shackle is not necessary.

Two embodiments The invention are illustrated in the drawing and explained in more detail. It demonstrate:

1 the position of the hard elements in the form of a shackle in the open state in the closed state

2 the flexible mass enclosing the shackles

3 a side view of 2

4 a longitudinal section through 3 how shackles are embedded in the flexible mass

5 a damper in conjunction with a mooring line when using shackles

6 a damper in conjunction with a mooring line when using the hard elements in the form of spirals

A first embodiment is in the 1 to 4 shown, which refers to the use of hard elements as shackles 1 and 2 refers, being in a flexible mass 3 a shackle at each end 1 . 2 is poured in and partially protrudes from it.

The flexible mass 3 is from a mooring line 4 wrapped ( 5 ), with the left shackle 1 is still open, so the mooring line 4 despite the tied end can be inserted while in the other shackle 2 according to the 5 already the mooring line 4 finished is installed and the shackle 2 is shown in the closed state.

It is important to realize that both shackles 1 . 2 have the opportunity and also need to be open and close, so that a subsequent quick installation of the damper is possible.

Another embodiment shows the 6 in which the flexible mass 3 from a mooring line 4 is wrapped and the hard elements in the form of an open spiral 5 . 6 are formed, which in the flexible mass 3 partially embedded like the shackles 1 . 2 in the first embodiment.

Again, it becomes clear that the mooring line 4 can be tied at both ends, the mooring line 4 like the spiral 6 shown, just wrapped around it.

Also in this application becomes the mooring line 4 held in position.

Claims (3)

Muffler for retrofitting, for mooring lines ( 4 ), in particular steel cables, ropes and lines, in ships, wherein the damper consists of an elongated body of a flexible mass ( 3 ) and the mooring line ( 4 ) is wrapped at least once, wherein at each end of the damper, a hard element of the flexible mass ( 3 ) is partially encapsulated and the flexible mass ( 3 ) and the hard elements make a firm and inseparable connection with each other that the flexible mass ( 3 ) keeps the hard elements at a distance from each other, the hard elements making it possible to insert the damper into the mooring line ( 4 ) in such a way by means of quick assembly and remove that in addition the two fixed ends of the mooring line ( 4 ) and that the damper on the mooring line ( 4 ) can be repositioned after assembly. Damper for quick assembly, according to claim 1, wherein the damper at each of its ends of the flexible mass ( 3 ) with a hard element in the form of a shackle ( 1 . 2 ) which can be opened, these shackles ( 1 . 2 ) of the flexible mass ( 3 ) inseparable and partly cast in a fixed connection and the mooring line ( 4 ) by opening and closing the shackles ( 1 . 2 ) is introduced. Damper for quick assembly, according to claim 1, wherein the damper at each of its ends of the flexible mass ( 3 ) with a hard element in the form of a spiral ( 5 . 6 ), these spirals ( 5 . 6 ) of the flexible mass ( 3 ) inseparable and partly cast in a fixed connection and the mooring line ( 4 ) in the spirals ( 5 . 6 ).