DE19758559A1 - Rescue ring has integral signal lights and battery, switch positioned so current supply is interrupted by suspension device in not-in-use state - Google Patents

Abstract

The rescue ring (2) has signal lights integrated into transparent sections of the ring, a battery in the ring for supplying the lights with electric power and a sprung-mounted contact switch on the inside of the ring. The switch is positioned so that the current supply (11) is interrupted by the suspension device (22) in the not-in-use state.

Description

The problem of a complicated mechanical device for turning on the Signal light, as listed in sub-claim 2 of the main patent, is in one Training of the lifebuoy fixed according to claim 1.

In the development of the lifebuoy, the signal lights 18 are integrated in the lifebuoy 2 and are automatically switched on by the spring-mounted contact switch 9 when the lifebuoy 2 is removed from its fork-shaped holder 23 .

Below is an embodiment according to claim 1 of the main patent and Claim 1 explained in more detail with reference to drawings.

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Fig. 1 is a lifebuoy according to claim 1 of the main patent and claim 1 in horizontal cross section.

Fig. 2 shows a detail of the lifebuoy according to claim 1 of the main patent and claim 1 in horizontal cross section.

Fig. 3 shows the lifebuoy according to claim 1 of the main patent and claim 1 in its holding device with a cut at the point of the contact switch.

The advantageous embodiment of the invention prevents tangling and premature falling out of the ropes 3 during any transport of the lifebuoy 2 to the best possible drop point, in that only two floating ropes 3 are let into the cavities 4 provided in the top of the lifebuoy 2 and in the yoyo-shaped floating bodies 5 be wound up. This configuration of the float 5 also has the advantage that after using the lifebuoy 2, the rope 3 can be placed in the cavities 4 of the lifebuoy 2 simply by winding onto the float 5 .

The advantages according to the invention according to claim 1 of the main patent and claim 2 of the main patent are retained in the embodiment according to claim 1. The embodiment according to claim 1 also offers greater functional safety, in that the signal lights 18 are integrated into the lifebuoy without complicated mechanical devices and the signal lights 18 are switched on automatically when the lifebuoy 2 is removed from its holder 23 . The signal lights 18 are connected in parallel in the present embodiment, so that the advantages according to the invention of claim 2 of the main patent are retained even if a signal light fails.

In order to ensure a constant power supply, the present exemplary embodiment is provided with a rechargeable accumulator 10 , the regular checking of which ensures disciplined handling of the rescue means on board a boat or ship and thus increases the quality of the general safety standard.

In this preferred embodiment, the lifebuoy 2 is divided into three transparent sectors, each with three signal lights 18 , in order to avoid confusion of the switched on lifebuoy with other sea and inland navigation signs.

Further explanations regarding drawings 1, 2 and 3 follow.

In the illustration, Fig. 1 of the life ring according to claim 1 of the main patent claim 1 and is shown in the used state of the circulating current.

The lifebuoy 2 is shown in six sectors with changing colors. Three opaque sectors are hatched to illustrate a differentiation from the three transparent sectors. Three signal lamps 18 are arranged in each of the three transparent sectors. The signal lights 18 are connected by a power line 11 in the lifebuoy and connected in parallel. In the event of an emergency, the circuit is supplied with current by an accumulator 10 fixed in the lifebuoy 2 . If necessary, this can be recharged by connecting a clinching socket 21 through a standardized clinching plug. The circuit is closed or interrupted by a spring-mounted contact switch 9 , which is positioned such that the lifebuoy 2 interrupts the circuit in its holder due to its own weight when not in use.

In the upper half of the lifebuoy 2 are two hollows 4 , in which the buoyant rope 3 , wound on yoyo-shaped floating bodies 5 , are stored when not in use.

The drawing Fig. 2 shows a section of the lifebuoy according to claim 1 of the main patent and claim 1.

The contact switch 9 is in the closed state by means of a spring 22 . A clinch socket 21 is provided for recharging the accumulator 10 , but its function is only guaranteed when the contact switch is open. In order to prevent corrosion of the electrical contact switch 9 and the clinch socket 21 , these are provided with covers, the contact switch 9 being tightly closed, flexible and stretchable, the clinch socket 21 being stable but being able to be opened for the charging process.

Furthermore, according to claim 1 of the main patent, one of the cavities 4 for supporting the jojo-shaped floating bodies 5 (not shown) including the rope 5 wound thereon when the lifebuoy is not in use can be seen, as well as one of the signal lights 18 integrated in the lifebuoy 2 according to claim 1.

In Fig. 3 the lifebuoy 2 is shown in its holding device 23 with an open circuit. At the point of contact between the contact switch 9 and the holding device 23 , the lifebuoy 2 and the holding device 23 are cut open for better technical understanding.

In this exemplary embodiment, the contact switch 9 is located at the right support point of the holding device 23 . When the lifebuoy 2 is removed from the holding device 23 , the contact switch 9 closes the circuit.

In this exemplary embodiment of the contact switch 9, this is done by a compression spring 22 , which connects the cable ends in the contact switch 9 of the power line 11 to one another by means of a metal web. The holding device 23 is not a novelty and belongs to the prior art in this exemplary embodiment.

Furthermore, one of the two jojo-shaped floating bodies 5 , in the cavity 4 of which is stored, is shown.

Reference list

1

Scope (according to main patent)

2nd

Lifebuoy

3rd

Rope

4th

Excavation for space-saving placement of the rope

5

Floats at the end of the rope

6

Signal lamp (according to main patent)

7

Buoyancy body (according to main patent)

8th

Lamp rod (according to main patent)

9

Contact switch

10th

battery

11

power line

12th

Switch holder (according to main patent)

13

Fastening pin (according to main patent)

14

Leaf spring (according to main patent)

15

Mounting block (according to main patent)

16

Screw thread (according to main patent)

17th

Lamp holder (according to main patent)

18th

Signal light, light bulb

19th

short rope (after main patent)

20th

Knot (after main patent)

21

Clinch bushing

22

feather

23

Hanger

Claims (1)

1. Lifebuoy ( 2 ) according to claim 1 of the main patent DE 196 01 129, characterized in that signal lights ( 18 ) are integrated in the lifebuoy provided with transparent sectors ( 2 ), that in the lifebuoy ( 2 ) for power supply a battery ( 10 ) that a spring-mounted contact switch ( 9 ) is located on the inside of the lifebuoy, positioned so that the power supply ( 11 ) to the signal lights ( 18 ) is interrupted by the suspension device ( 22 ) when the lifebuoy ( 2 ) is not in use .