DE19957340A1 - Method for rescuing a person who has fallen overboard, rescue device and device for holding a signaling device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for holding a signaling device (10), in particular on board ships, with at least one holding member that fixes the signaling device (10). DOLLAR A According to the invention, the holding member has a holding collar (12) which completely surrounds at least a portion of the signaling means (10) and which is formed from at least two holding collar parts held together by a releasable closure (50).

Description

The invention relates to a method for saving an over Boarded person according to the preamble of Claim 1, a rescue device according to the Preamble of claim 2 and a device for Holding a signaling device according to the preamble of Claim 4.

Rescue equipment on board ships is like this arranged that they get into the water as short as possible can be thrown, such as lifebuoys, lifebuoys or life rafts. Especially the smaller life-saving appliances are removable on the railing or a corresponding railing arranged. For locating the rescue equipment in the water  Floatable signaling means can be provided which Ejecting the rescue equipment can be activated. Special Measures are required to keep the signaling means simple and safe way of using the rescue equipment from a suitable bracket to release and activate.

Signal lamps are known which are upright but with a Held upside down on a ship's railing become. The clamping force may only be so great that Signaling means pulled out of the holder by the life-saving equipment can be. Once the signaling agent is on a water surface floats, turns the top due to the given Center of gravity upwards. The signal means is through activated a position switch. Because of the just jamming The signaling device can be held by vibrations or unwanted vibrations moved out of the holder become.

The object of the present invention is a method and to create a rescue device or a device with which is a signaling device that is simple and reliable when needed Rescue equipment is detachable from its holder. That too should Signal means can be reliably fixed until triggered. After all, the signaling means should be able to be activated at an early stage.

According to the invention, the object is characterized by the features of Claim 1 solved. The one thrown overboard Rescue equipment first actuates a locking device in the Meaning of a deactivation. This locking device is with the rescue equipment and with a holder for the signaling device connected. By deactivating the locking device can open the holder of the signaling device and then pulled the signaling device out of the holder become.

Correspondingly, this is in the holder when not in use stored signaling means with the rescue means by Traction device connected. On the traction device is also that Locking means of the bracket arranged such that at a train originating from the rescue equipment on the traction device  first the locking means to release the bracket actuated and then the signaling device from the holder is extractable. Here is the connection of the rescue equipment with the signaling means and the locking means such that also the signal means from the traction means from the holder can be pulled out after the pulling device actuation of the locking means.

In the device according to the invention, the signaling means of a holder having a retaining collar fixed. The Retaining collar includes at least a portion of the Signal means complete. The collar is off at least two by a releasable locking means or formed a fastener holding collar parts together.

A signaling means can be light, smoke, sound and / or radio signals submit. To achieve a stable position on the The water surface is usually rod-shaped with a clear focus on one of two each other opposite ends are formed. Through the The longitudinal extension of the signaling means is a longitudinal axis the same defined. The holding collar includes the signaling means completely in a plane transverse to its longitudinal axis. The Retaining collar is preferably on an outer circumference of the Signal means on or includes this. The retaining collar parts are held together by a closure as a locking means. Accordingly, bending of the retaining collar parts is only in Can be connected by loosening the lock. So is the signaling device is form-fitting and not just jamming as with State of the art kept.

The holder or the holding collar can also only be a Include or hold part of the signaling means, for example one for this purpose, a tab formed on the signaling means Cone, ring or the like.

The clasp is formed by a special design of the Retaining collar parts in connection with a locking device. So-called Retaining collar ends - as ends of the retaining collar parts - are claw-like design. One end of the collar has several  End claws that define a claw plane through which at least one mating claw on the other end of the collar closed state of the holding member passes and with a blocking element against a backward movement by the Claw plane is secured through. To close the The holding member must first cross the claw through the claw plane be moved through. This creates a gap about a gap between the end claws of one Retaining collar end on the one hand and the at least one counterclaw the other end of the collar, on the other hand, in the (in Gap) the locking member can be used. For one Backward movement of the counter claw through the claw plane must thus the blocking member must first be removed. The blocking organ itself takes only during the blocking of the claws Compressive forces.

To secure the locking member in the gap mentioned between the locking member has a recess, in particular a slot into which a security device enters, the again in particular arranged on one of the claws and as Pen is formed. Preferably, the pin with the Counterclaw connected. Counter claw pin and recess on Locking device are dimensioned and on each other voted that the blocking organ only by overcoming one defined clamping or frictional force deducted from the pin can be. A material destructive is also possible Fuse. The pen and / or locking device are so dimensioned that a removal of the blocking member by a defined force while destroying the pin and / or the Blocking organ is possible.

The signaling means is advantageously flexible Traction means, especially a line with a life-saving device connected. In addition, the traction device with the locking member connected, in particular such that a train on the traction device first the blocking element releases and then the one that is released Pulls the signaling device out of the holder. The signal means will thus automatically by pulling the one with the rescue equipment connected line detached from the bracket.  

The frame can be spaced from the retaining collar parts, have an additional holder, in particular below it, with which another section or other part of the Signal means is held or supported. Preferably supports or the additional holder fixes a lower end of the Signal means and this is particularly like a pan or fork formed with a circumferential wall into which the lower end of the signaling means is inserted appropriately. The Signal means is thus on the additional holder during the Retaining collar the signal means against forces in the direction transverse to Longitudinal axis secures. Form additional holder and collar preferably together the bracket.

The additional holder is advantageously movable, in particular arranged pivotably, such that the signaling means the collar is movable while it is still from Additional holder is held or supported. The signaling device is at rest with its lower end in the pan. To remove the The signal means from the device according to the invention Signal means using a suitable traction device - after loosening the Retaining collar - pivoted downwards. The additional holder is in correspondingly movable. With further train action on the signaling means is finally from the additional holder pulled out.

Switching means for switching on the Signal means provided after or upon acceptance of the same. It is advantageous to have a reed switch on the signaling means a reed contact, e.g. B. a permanent magnet on the Device, in particular on the frame is actuated. Other non-contact or no electrical contacts between Device and signaling means are sufficient switching means imaginable. The combination of reed switch and reed contact is particularly reliable, because for the switching process Removing the signal means from the device is sufficient.

A frame supporting the bracket has at its upper end the holding collar and at its lower end the additional holder on. The frame is between the holding collar and the additional holder an edition for a corresponding area of the  Signal means - such as a circumferential thickening - provided. The Reed contact is preferably arranged in the area of the support.

The invention is not only the device for Holding the signaling means, but also a combination of Signal means and device or a combination of Rescue equipment, signaling devices and devices.

Further features of the invention result from the claims and the description.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are described below explained by drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1 shows a device according to the invention with inserted signaling means in a perspective view;

Fig. 2 shows the device of FIG. 1 during the release of the signaling means,

Fig. 3 shows the apparatus according to Fig. 1 in the closed position, but without signal means,

Fig. 4 shows the device of FIG. 3 in the open position, analogous to FIG. 2,

Fig. 5, a locking member (key) for a retaining collar in a perspective view;

Fig. 6 retaining collar parts in the closed position with the locking member inserted in a view from above.

A signaling means 10 - for example a light smoke signal as a marker for lifebuoys - is held in a special device, which here consists of a frame 11 , a holding collar 12 and an additional holder 13 . Retaining collar 12 and additional holder 13 together form a holder for the signaling means 10 .

The signaling means 10 is inserted upside down in the holder, namely with a tip 14 pointing downwards. Correspondingly, a floor 15 points upwards. The signaling means 10 extends between the tip 14 and the bottom 15 with an elongated, almost rotationally symmetrical shape. An imaginary longitudinal axis is designated 16 . Viewed from the bottom 15 , there is initially a region 17 in the form of a round rod. This is followed by a conical area 18 for widening the diameter, which merges into a wide area 19 . A curved or conical region 21 adjoins the latter via a circumferential, inward-looking shoulder 20, which ends with the tip 14 . The areas 17 and 21 have approximately the same diameter, while the areas 18 and 19, on the other hand, are significantly wider.

The frame 11 , see in particular Fig. 4, has a flat, multi-curved rod 22 , which is also divided into different areas. The holding collar 12 is arranged on an upright upper end 23 . Starting from this upper end 23 , the rod 22 initially runs approximately horizontally (away from the holding collar 12 ), then after a bend 24 vertically downward along a fastening section 25 to a bend 26 , from there again approximately horizontally in the direction of the signaling means 10 and below Formation of an edition 27 . Finally, a downward region 28 adjoins the support 27 , which at the same time has a lower end 29 .

Starting from the lower end 29 , a particularly horizontal strut 30 is provided, the free end 31 of which supports the additional holder 13 , the latter being bendable from an upward position to an obliquely downward position.

For this purpose, the strut 30 is provided with a bore 32 which receives an axis 33 . The strut 30 is functionally part of the additional holder 13 . A holding pan 35 , which has a peripheral wall 34 and which receives the tip 14 , can be pivoted about the axis 33 . The axis 33 is aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis 16 .

The fastening area 25 forms a recess between the bends 24 and 26 for the wider areas 18 , 19 of the signaling means 10 . Accordingly, the circumferential shoulder 20 of the signaling means 10 comes to rest at least indirectly on the support 27 .

The holding collar 12 is designed in a special way. This has two mutually opposite, partially annular retaining collar parts 36 , 37 which are connected to the upper end 23 of the frame 11 via a common crosspiece 38 .

The holding collar parts 36 , 37 each have the holding collar ends 39 , 40 opposite the cross piece 38 . Overall, the cross piece 38 , the two retaining collar parts 36 , 37 and their continuations - the retaining collar ends 39 , 40 - form a closed ring 41 which can be opened. For this purpose, the holding collar ends 39 , 40 can be angled transversely to the longitudinal axis 16 . Correspondingly, a joint 42 is arranged between the holding collar part 37 and the associated holding collar end 39 . In an analogous manner, the holding collar part 36 and the holding collar end 40 are connected to one another via a joint 43 .

To secure the closed formation of the ring 41 , the holding collar ends 39 , 40 each have claws, the holding collar end 40 has two claws 44 , 45 defining a claw plane 43 , and the holding collar end 39 has a counterclaw 46 . While the holding collar parts 36 , 37 and their holding collar ends 39 , 40 run approximately along the shape of the ring 41 , the claws 40 , 45 , 46 are arranged transversely, that is to say radially.

The claws 44 , 45 have a slot 47 between them, which continues over a short distance in the region of the holding collar end 40 . Corresponding to this, the holding collar end 39 has a very narrow area 48 which, after being bent outwards, merges into the mating claw 46 . The narrow area 48 is dimensioned such that it can enter the slot 47 . In the closed state ( FIG. 3, ring 41 ), the counter claw 46 has passed through the claw plane 43 to form a gap 49 between the counter claw 46 and the claw plane 43 , see FIG. 6.

A key 50 , which is shown in FIG. 5 alone, is inserted into the gap 49 as a blocking member. The key 50 is a flat, V-shaped disc with a bore 51 at the tip end and a slot 52 at the opposite end. The slot 52 initially narrows in a funnel shape from its entry side, then widens to a round first recess 53 , forms a narrow slot section 54 and then merges again into a second round recess 55 .

The counter claw 46 is assigned a pin 56 which projects on one side and which, in the closed ring position according to FIG. 3, crosses the gap 49 and extends into the gap plane 43 , see again FIG. 6.

The slot 52 and the first recess 53 are dimensioned such that the key 50 can be pushed onto the pin 56 in the closed ring position according to FIG. 3. For this purpose, the spring properties of the material of the key 50 must be used. The first recess 53 should sit on the pin 56 such that the key 50 can be removed from the pin 56 with a certain force.

Through the pairing of pin 56 / recess 53 and their cross-sectional shapes, a pivoting movement of the key 50 is possible. Accordingly, the key 50 can be removed from the pin 56 in various positions. The bore 51 serves as an anchor for a connecting line 57 to a life-saving device, not shown.

Overall, the signaling means 10 is held by the retaining collar 12 against forces transverse to the longitudinal axis 16 , specifically in the area 17 in the form of a round bar above the wider areas 18 , 19 . The main load of the signaling means (the weight of the same) rests on the additional holder 13 . In addition, the paragraph 20 or another part of the signaling means 10 can be supported directly or indirectly on the support 27 .

The signaling means 10 is provided with a special switching means. In the present case, this is a reed switch (not shown), which is arranged under the surface of the circumferential shoulder 20 , specifically in an area facing the frame 11 . Corresponding to this, the frame 11 is provided with a so-called reed contact 58 , specifically in the area of the support 27 . As soon as the signaling means is separated from the frame 11 , the reed switch moves away from the reed contact 58 and the signaling means 10 is activated.

Fig. 2, the entire device with frame 11, mounting and signal means displays shortly after the release of the key 50. The key 50 was pulled out of the gap 49 between the claws 44 , 45 on the one hand and the mating claw 46 on the other hand by a jerk on the connecting line 57 - for example by the deployment of the lifebuoy connected to the line. The connecting line 57 (line branch 59 ), which is also connected to the signaling means 10 somewhat below the holding collar 12 , now pulls the signaling means 10 against the holding collar ends 39 , 40 . The latter are pressed apart by the adjacent round rod-shaped area 17 , so that the signaling means 10 can pivot out of the holding collar 12 about the axis 33 . The signaling means is activated (possibly in conjunction with a delay circuit).

According to the direction of pull of the connecting line 57 , the signaling means 10 with its tip 14 comes out of the holding pan 35 in a certain angular position thereof. As soon as the signaling means 10 floats in the water, it turns around until the tip 14 points upwards. Lamps 60 arranged on the shoulder 20 emit light signals, while signal smoke can escape from the tip 14 .

., The lanyard 57 - - in Figures 1 and 2, the traction means is shown divided, namely, the line branch 59th

In fact, various variations are conceivable in the area of the traction mechanism. It is important that the locking means - the key 50 - is released first and only then is the signaling means pulled out of the holder. For example, the line branch 59 can also be attached to the key 50 , for example in a bore provided for this purpose or in a bore receiving the connecting line 57 . In another embodiment, only one line is provided, which is attached to the signaling means and which is also pulled through a hole in the key 50 . So that a section of the connecting line sags between the key 50 and the signaling means or is not under tension, the connecting line is provided with a knot delimiting the said section, which prevents the connecting line from slipping through the bore of the key 50 and the described chronological order Loosening the key and removing the signaling device secures. Finally, a shorter line to the locking means - key 50 - can branch off from a continuous connecting line between the rescue means and the signaling means. The branch is secured with a knot or the like so that the length ratios do not change under tension and the locking means is first released when the connecting line is pulled.

The frame 11 is fastened, for example, to a part of the railing of a ship, for example to the bridge of a ship or to the pushpit of a sailing boat. For this purpose, the fastening area 25 has notches or similar recesses on the side, into which clamps, brackets or other connecting means between the frame and the railing can engage and secure a defined position of the frame 11 .

Reference list

10th

Signaling means

11

frame

12th

Collar

13

Additional holder

14

top

15

ground

16

Longitudinal axis

17th

Area (round bar)

18th

Area (conical)

19th

Area (wide)

20th

paragraph

21

Area (curved / conical)

22

flat rod

23

top end

24th

Bend

25th

Fastening area

26

Bend

27

Edition

28

Area (downward facing)

29

lower end

30th

strut

31

free end

32

drilling

33

axis

34

circumferential wall

35

Holding pan

36

Retaining collar part

37

Retaining collar part

38

Cross piece

39

Holding collar end

40

Holding collar end

41

ring

42

joint

43

Claw plane

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claw

45

claw

46

Counterclaw

47

slot

48

narrow area

49

gap

50

Key (locking device)

51

drilling

52

slot

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first recess

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Slot section

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second recess

56

pen

57

Connecting line

58

Reed contact

59

Linen branch

60

Lamps

Claims (26)

1. A method of rescuing a person who has fallen overboard, wherein a life-saving device, in particular a lifebuoy or the like, is thrown behind the signaling of the person who has gone overboard together with a signaling device connected to the life-saving device, characterized in that the life-saving device is additionally provided with a locking device for holding the Signal means is connected, with the rescue means thrown overboard first actuating the locking means in the sense of deactivation and then pulling the signal means out of the holder. 2. rescue facility, especially on board ships, with a life-saving device and thus with a traction device,  preferably a leash, connected signal means, which at This is stored in a holder when not in use characterized in that on the traction device between the Rescue means and the signal means a locking means of Bracket is arranged such that at one of the Rescue outgoing tightening of the traction device first the Locking means for releasing the holder can be actuated and then the signaling means can be pulled out of the holder. 3. Rescue device according to claim 2, characterized characterized that the connection of the rescue equipment with the Signal means and the locking means is such that only after actuation of the Locking means the signaling means from the traction means Bracket can be pulled out. 4. Device for holding a signaling means ( 10 ), in particular on board ships, with at least one holder fixing the signaling means ( 10 ), characterized in that the holder has at least two holding parts which can be held together by a releasable locking means. 5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that the holding parts ( 36 , 37 ) are parts of a holding collar ( 12 ) which completely surrounds at least a portion ( 17 ) of the signaling means ( 10 ) or a part associated with the signaling means. 6. The device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the signaling means ( 10 ) in a plane transverse to its longitudinal axis ( 16 ) is completely encompassed by the holding collar ( 12 ). 7. The device according to claim 4, 5 or 6, characterized by a frame ( 11 ) on which the retaining collar parts ( 36 , 37 ), in particular in a plane transverse to the longitudinal direction ( 16 ) of the signaling means ( 10 ), are arranged. 8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that the retaining collar parts ( 36 , 37 ) or at least parts thereof can be moved apart and in particular retaining collar ends ( 39 , 40 ) can be folded down relative to the retaining collar parts. 9. The device according to one or more of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that the locking means, in particular a closure, for the retaining collar parts ( 36 , 37 ) is formed by interlocking and in particular positive locking of a movement of the retaining collar ends ( 39 , 40 ). 10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that a retaining collar end ( 40 ) has a plurality of end claws ( 44 , 45 ) which define a claw plane ( 43 ) through which at least one counterclaw ( 46 ) of the other retaining collar end ( 39 ) in the closed state of the holding member and is secured with a locking member (key 50 ) as an element of the locking means against backward movement through the claw plane ( 43 ). 11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that the locking member (key 50 ) is a recess, in particular a slot ( 52 ) having a disc-shaped member which in the closed state of the holding member between the end claws ( 44 , 45 ) on the one hand and the counterclaw ( 46 ) is held on the other hand, and that the blocking member is held by a securing member entering the recess (slot 52 ), in particular by a pin ( 56 ) arranged on one of the claws, preferably on the counterclaw ( 46 ). 12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that the recess (slot 52 ) and securing member (pin 56 ) are matched to each other with respect to their respective size and strength, such that a pull on the locking member, in particular approximately parallel to the claw plane ( 43 ) with more than a certain force is possible, in which case the securing element (pin 56 ) emerges from the recess (slot 52 ) or is even destroyed or torn off to pass the recess. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that the slot ( 52 ) of the locking member springs open, pulls open or bends on the same. 14. The device according to one or more of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that the signaling means ( 10 ) via a flexible traction means, in particular a connecting line ( 57 ), can be connected to a rescue means, and that the traction means is also connected to the locking member , in particular in such a way that a pull on the traction means first releases the blocking member and then pulls the signal means ( 10 ) which are released from the holding member. 15. The device according to one or more of claims 7 to 14, characterized in that the frame ( 11 ) at a distance from the retaining collar parts ( 36 , 37 ), in particular below it, has an additional holder ( 13 ) with which another section or other partial area (tip 14 ) of the signaling means ( 10 ) is held or supported. 16. The apparatus according to claim 15, characterized in that the additional holder ( 13 ) supports or fixes a lower end (tip 14 ) of the signaling means ( 10 ) and is designed in particular in the manner of a pan ( 35 ) with a circumferential wall ( 34 ) , in which the lower end of the signaling means ( 10 ) is inserted appropriately. 17. The apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that the additional holder ( 13 ) is arranged to be movable, in particular pivotable, preferably in such a way that the signaling means ( 10 ) can be moved out of the holding collar ( 12 ) while it is still from the additional holder ( 13 ) is held. 18. The device according to one or more of claims 15 to 17, characterized in that the signaling means ( 10 ) can be pulled out of the additional holder ( 13 ) in particular in the longitudinal direction of the signaling means. 19. The device according to one or more of claims 4 to 18, characterized by switching means for switching on the signaling means ( 10 ) after or when recording the same. 20. The apparatus according to claim 19, characterized in that a reed contact ( 58 ) is provided as the switching means, which interacts with a reed switch of the signaling means. 21. The apparatus according to claim 20, characterized in that the reed contact ( 58 ) is arranged on the frame ( 11 ) and moving the signaling means ( 10 ) out of the holder separates the reed switch (arranged in the signaling means) from the reed contact ( 58 ). 22. The device according to one or more of claims 7 to 21, characterized in that the holding collar ( 12 ) is arranged at an upper end ( 23 ) of the frame ( 11 ) and the additional holder ( 13 ) is arranged at a lower end ( 29 ) is. 23. The device according to claim 22, characterized in that the frame between the holding collar ( 12 ) and additional holder ( 13 ) has a support ( 27 ) for a corresponding area of the signaling means ( 10 ), and that preferably in the area of the support ( 27 ) Reed contact ( 58 ) is arranged as switching means for actuating the signaling means. 24. Rescue device, in particular on board ships, with a device according to one or more of claims 4 to 23, and with a signaling means ( 10 ), in particular a floating light. 25. Rescue device according to claim 24, characterized by a rescue means connected via a pulling means ( 57 ) to the signaling means ( 10 ), in particular a life raft, a life-saving collar or a lifebuoy, the signaling means ( 10 ) being pulled by the pulling means ( 57 ) the bracket is removable. 26. Rescue device according to claim 25, characterized in that the traction means ( 57 ) is also connected to a locking member ( 50 ) for the retaining collar ( 12 ), such that when the pulling means ( 57 ) is pulled, the locking member ( 50 ) is first released or pulled off and then the signaling means ( 10 ) is pulled out of the holder.