EP1162136B1 - Floating pontoon - Google Patents

Abstract

The floating pontoon has a four sided floating body encompassed by side walls, a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom plate has dimensions which match those of a commercially available freight container and its height corresponds to the height of freight container or a fraction of this height. The height of the floating body has half, a third or quarter the height of a freight container. The corners of the floating body have container corner fittings. The floating body on its outer edges has container corner fittings which are arranged to allow interlocking connection with another similar type floating body.

Description

The invention relates to a floating pontoon with one of side walls, floor and cover plates surround parallelepiped floats according to the preamble of claim 1, as e.g. from EP 0 210 010.

Such floating pontoons are widely used in hydraulic engineering, as Angegestege, Bridges, and much more. You can e.g. as working platforms for heavy Implements, e.g. Excavators, drills and hoists, serve. usual Floating pontoons are comparatively large and heavy and are in the Usually towed over water to their respective place of use. They are e.g. for military Purposes known also floating pontoons, which lifted out of the water can be transported and overland. However, these require in the Usually heavy lifting equipment or special vehicles, which are the significant weights and Dimensions of the pontoons can accommodate. To connect several similar Pontoons side by side also require very heavy equipment, who in turn need heavy lifting equipment to connect to produce or to solve.

Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a floating pontoon the above to create said type, which is relatively small and light, easy with optionally arranged on a truck hoist can be lifted and loaded and transportable on commercial container vehicles or trailers is and in which a connection with one or more similar Floating pontoons possible without the use of heavy equipment is.

This object is achieved by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.

In this embodiment, the float can be relatively easily formed So, for example, without a heavy hoist, he puts on a for charged a container transport equipped commercial truck or trailer can be. With appropriate equipment of the vehicle, the loading also be made with the on-board hoist.

According to preferred embodiments of the invention, the floats according to the required load capacity half, a third or a quarter of Height of a commercial freight container. In this way, e.g. on the corresponding loading area of a truck two, three or four floating bodies transported one above the other and locked together for the purpose of transport become.

Further details of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed Description and the accompanying drawings in which a preferred Embodiments of the invention are illustrated, for example.

Figur 1:

Eine Draufsicht auf einen Schwimmponton;

Figur 2:

eine Seitenansicht eines Schwimmpontons;

Figur 3:

die Stirnseite eines Schwimmpontons, jeweils in schematischer Darstellung;

Figuren 4 und 5:

je eine Seitenansicht eines Abstandhalters;

Figur 6:

eine Seitenansicht eines in eine Einsteckhülse eingesetzten Relingspfostens für eine Sicherheitsseereling;

Figuren 7

schematische Darstellungen der verschiedenartigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten einer Mehrzahl von Schwimmpontons und Abstandhaltern;

Figuren 8 a)-c):

Darstellungen der Verlademöglichkeiten von Schwimmkörpern verschiedener Höhe auf einem 20-Fuß-Container-Transport-LKW und

Figuren 9 a)-c):

Verlademöglichkeiten auf einem 40-Fuß-Container-Trailer.

The drawings show:

FIG. 1:

A top view of a floating pontoon;

FIG. 2:

a side view of a floating pontoon;

FIG. 3:

the front of a floating pontoon, each in a schematic representation;

FIGS. 4 and 5:

each a side view of a spacer;

FIG. 6:

a side view of a railing post used in a sleeve for a Sicherheitsseereling;

FIGS. 7

schematic representations of the various uses of a plurality of floating pontoons and spacers;

FIGS. 8 a) -c):

Representations of the loading possibilities of floating bodies of different heights on a 20 foot container transport truck and

FIGS. 9 a) -c):

Loading options on a 40-foot container trailer.

An inventive floating pontoon 1 consists essentially of a cuboid floating body 2, each with a bottom plate 3, cover plate 4 and Side walls 5, 6, at its corners 7, 8 and its edges with container corner fittings 11, 12 is provided. Moreover, the float 2 is shipbuilding steel with ribs, deck beams, Bodenwrangen, and stiffeners and with a Schott stably built in two sections.

The container corner fittings 11, 12 are rasterplanmäßig on the floating body. 2 arranged in such a way that each with a float 2 a similar Float 2 in its longitudinal or in its transverse direction in a variety of variations can be connected, each facing each other Container corner fittings 11, 12 on the known from container handling connection means (e.g., twistlocks) can be interconnected. It is further possible, between two adjacent floats 2 spacers 13th insert, so that between two adjacent floating body 2 a Free space 14 is kept free, by the e.g. an excavator below the two Float 2 work can perform. The spacers 13 are as square or rectangular frame 15 is formed, which at their corners in each case with container corner fittings 16 are provided in their function, the container Eckbeschlägen 11, 12 of the floating body 2 corresponds.

The cover plate 4 of the floating body 2 is in the area near its outer edges 17th provided with a plurality of decksgleich Einsteckhülsen 18, the lower ends from Seerelingspfosten 19 record that can carry a safety echelon. The plug-in sleeves 18 are connected to curved discharge tubes 20, which in Openings 21 open, in the insertion sleeve 18 adjacent side walls 5, 6th of the floating body 2 are provided. This embodiment can be prevented be that dirt, water or ice clog the sleeves 18 and render useless in this way. It is also envisaged that the insertion sleeves 18 are provided with latches 22, the manner of a bayonet the Seerelingspfosten 19 in the insertion sleeve 18 against unintentional withdrawal to back up.

As already shown, opens up for the floating pontoons according to the invention a variety of uses, wherein the connection of several similar floating pontoons and the possibly to be used spacers commonly used in container traffic common devices can. As a result, the expenses for the use and transport of Floating pontoons are significantly reduced. The Schwimmpontons can with loaded the usual container for loading equipment and set it into the water become. You can also use commercial container ships in container racks in the hold or to the deck cargo lashing over sea are transported.

Depending on the purpose and the required buoyancy, the floating pontoons the height of a whole, a half, a third or a quarter of a container so that an entire system emerges in the most varied ways can be adapted to the respective required application.

Claims (10)

1. Floating pontoon comprising a four-sided floating body which is encompassed by side walls, a bottom plate and a top plate, the bottom plate (3) of which corresponds in terms of its dimensions to those of a commercially available freight container and the height of which corresponds to the height of a freight container or to a fraction of this height, wherein the floating body is provided with container corner fittings on its corners, characterized in that the floating body is provided with container corner fittings on its longitudinal edges and two or more floating pontoons lying next to one another in the water are releasably joined by connecting means which are commercially available in the container sector, e.g. twist locks.
2. Floating pontoon according to Claim 1, characterized in that the height of the floating body (2) is one half, one third or one quarter of the height of a freight container.
3. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the floating body (2) is provided with container corner fittings (12) on its outer edges (9, 10), said corner fittings being arranged in a gridlike pattern for connecting to an identical further floating body (2).
4. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that at least two corner fittings (12) are provided on each outer edge (9, 10), these corner fittings (12) being arranged between the outer container corner fittings (11).
5. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the number of corner fittings (11, 12) is adapted for connecting a floating body (2) to one or more further floating bodies (2) in the longitudinal or transverse directions.
6. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that spacers (13) are provided between two floating bodies arranged next to one another, said spacers maintaining one or more clearances (14) between the floating bodies (2).
7. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the spacers (13) are designed as square or rectangular frames (15) which are equipped with container corner fittings (16) on their corners.
8. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that each floating body (2) is provided, on its top plate (4) close to its outer edges (9, 10), with congruent insertion sleeves (18) for boundary posts (19) which support a safety rail.
9. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the insertion sleeves (18) are joined to curved waste pipes (20) which open into openings (21) in the side wall (5, 6) in each case adjacent thereto.
10. Floating pontoon according to Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the boundary posts (19) are provided with a bayonet-type lock (22) which prevents the boundary posts (19) from being inadvertently pulled out of the insertion sleeves (18).

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