EP0366185A1 - Mooring device - Google Patents

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EP0366185A1
EP0366185A1 EP89202627A EP89202627A EP0366185A1 EP 0366185 A1 EP0366185 A1 EP 0366185A1 EP 89202627 A EP89202627 A EP 89202627A EP 89202627 A EP89202627 A EP 89202627A EP 0366185 A1 EP0366185 A1 EP 0366185A1
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mooring
arm
mooring device
ship
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Stig Ake Svensson
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Van Nievelt Goudriaan & Co Bv
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C1/00—Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats
    • B63C1/10—Centring devices

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  • the invention relates to a mooring device, in particular for mooring a ship while allowing vertical displacement, such as in a tidal port or waterway with fluctuating water level or during loading and unloading.
  • the present invention provides a mooring device compri­sing an extendable part, hereinafter referred to as mooring arm, fitted on the ship or at a quay or other mooring facility, capable of cooperating with fixed means ont the counterpart, said extendable arm, if extended and cooperating with said fixed means following the change in water level and/or change in the position of the ship on the water as a consequence of loading or unloading at all times while maintaining contact with said fixed means.
  • the mooring device if aboard the ship, can move freely in a vertical direction, whale sliding along the fixed means installed at the quay or other mooring facility.
  • the mooring device is mounted at the quay or other mooring facility, it is mounted adjustably is such a way that it will, once its proper position has been fixed, follow any change in wa­ter level and accordingly will maintain cooperation with the fixed means aboard the ship.
  • the latter should be long enough to allow the mooring device to slide along the fixed means in a vertical direction during loading and unloading of the ship.
  • the fixed means may comprise a recess, such as can be sprovided by a U-beam or T-beam, or may consist of a rod. Their cooperation with the mooring device will be dis­cussed below.
  • the mooring device comprising the extendable part, can be extended by means of a hinge or preferably telescop­ically. Though the mooring device may be operated manually, it is preferably operated hydraulically, though mechanical or pneumatical operation are possible as well.
  • the mooring arm should properly fit into the recess of the beam while making the cooperation semi-permanent. This can be achieved by providing the mooring arm with separable, divided extensions at the end of the mooring arm facing the fixed means. Said extensions are sufficiently apart to be capable of passing beyond the front of the beam, if an I-beam is used with its head facing the mooring device, and capable of fitting into the recess of the beam once being brought towards each other again.
  • the extensions are kept to­gether until they have been inserted into the recess of the U-beam, and are then moved sideways until they fit behind the inwardly directed ends of the U-beam.
  • the fixed means consist of a bar
  • the mooring arm should be capable of dividing its extensions sufficiently to pass a part of the extensions beyond the bar before bringing the extensions together again, thus clasping around the bar.
  • the mooring device will also keep the ship in position in the longitudinal direction along a quay, avoiding in principle the necessity of mooring ropes, though the latter may be used, if desired.
  • the mooring device according to the invention will also allow more ships to be berthed along a specific stretch of quay, as very little free space will be required between successive ships for the reasons set out above, in particular as the ships will not show any substantial displacement in the longitudi­nal direction along the quay.
  • the mooring arm is preferably provided with at least one wheel or roller at the head of the end facing the recess thus allowing unhampered movement upwards and downwards along the beam or bar with any change in vertical direction of the ship with respect to the mooring site. Wheels or rollers will facilitate movement by diminishing friction between the mooring arm and the fixed means.
  • the mooring arm is mounted at the quay side, he is preferably capable of moving upwards and downwards with any change of the water level, for example by mounting on a vertical rail, while being slidable along said rail.
  • the mooring arm may be mounted directly or indirectly, for example by an intermediate support, on a float.
  • the mooring device according to the invention if mounted on a ship, is preferably positioned in an enclosed area of the ship, preferably at midship, and in such a way, that it can be operated from a command post, such as from the bridge.
  • a ship 1 is berthed alongside a quay 2 by means of a mooring device 3, capable of moving along a vertical steel beam 4 with changes of the vertical position of the ship 1 with respect to the quay 2.
  • a mooring device 3 encloses a vertical steel beam 4, which latter is mounted at the quay 2.
  • Mooring device 3 is operated by a hydraulic unit 5 aboard of the ship 1.
  • a modification of mooring device 3 is shown, wherein it is attached to the ship 1 by means of a hinge 6, while it encloses a vertical steel beam 4, which in turn is mounted on the quay 2.
  • the mirror image arrangement of the mooring device that is that the mooring device is positioned on the quay and cooperates with a vertical steel beam mounted at the ship. It is of course also possible to realise the mounting device in a different way, provided that it complies with the inventive concept, that is that it attaches on or in a fixed meens.
  • the extension and withdrawal of the mooring device may be carried out manually, but for practical reasons it is preferred that this is done mechanically, hydraulically or pneumatically. It is also possible to provide the extreme end of the extended part of the moording device with one or more wheels or rollers in order to reduce the friction with the fixed means as much as possible.

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EP89202627A 1988-10-19 1989-10-18 Mooring device Withdrawn EP0366185A1 (en)

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NL8802573A NL8802573A (nl) 1988-10-19 1988-10-19 Meerinrichting.
NL8802573 1988-10-19

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Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB709008A (en) * 1949-11-26 1954-05-12 Gunnar Constantin Engstrand Floating dry dock
DE913984C (de) * 1951-05-18 1954-06-24 Robert Wuerth Vorrichtung zum Verhindern des Kippens beim Anlegen von Booten
US2697410A (en) * 1953-01-13 1954-12-21 Anschutz Charles Mooring clamp
US2754792A (en) * 1954-12-27 1956-07-17 Calvin J Baird Mooring device for boats
US2845892A (en) * 1954-12-17 1958-08-05 John P Jorgenson Boat mooring assembly
US3603276A (en) * 1969-07-18 1971-09-07 Gaston A De Lisle Flotation docking facility for small craft
GB2080228A (en) * 1980-07-14 1982-02-03 Navire Cargo Gear Int Ab Mooring means for a pontoon
JPS58136587A (ja) * 1982-02-10 1983-08-13 Japan Steel Works Ltd:The バ−ジ用連結装置
WO1987005875A1 (en) * 1986-03-27 1987-10-08 Burg Donald E Rapid attachment boat docking system

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB709008A (en) * 1949-11-26 1954-05-12 Gunnar Constantin Engstrand Floating dry dock
DE913984C (de) * 1951-05-18 1954-06-24 Robert Wuerth Vorrichtung zum Verhindern des Kippens beim Anlegen von Booten
US2697410A (en) * 1953-01-13 1954-12-21 Anschutz Charles Mooring clamp
US2845892A (en) * 1954-12-17 1958-08-05 John P Jorgenson Boat mooring assembly
US2754792A (en) * 1954-12-27 1956-07-17 Calvin J Baird Mooring device for boats
US3603276A (en) * 1969-07-18 1971-09-07 Gaston A De Lisle Flotation docking facility for small craft
GB2080228A (en) * 1980-07-14 1982-02-03 Navire Cargo Gear Int Ab Mooring means for a pontoon
JPS58136587A (ja) * 1982-02-10 1983-08-13 Japan Steel Works Ltd:The バ−ジ用連結装置
WO1987005875A1 (en) * 1986-03-27 1987-10-08 Burg Donald E Rapid attachment boat docking system

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 254 (M-255)[1399], 11th November 1983; & JP-A-58 136 587 (NIPPON SEIKOSHO K.K.) *

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