EP1227969B1 - Dispositif servant a fixer des haubans au mat d'un bateau - Google Patents

Dispositif servant a fixer des haubans au mat d'un bateau Download PDF

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EP1227969B1
EP1227969B1 EP00974343A EP00974343A EP1227969B1 EP 1227969 B1 EP1227969 B1 EP 1227969B1 EP 00974343 A EP00974343 A EP 00974343A EP 00974343 A EP00974343 A EP 00974343A EP 1227969 B1 EP1227969 B1 EP 1227969B1
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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 
    • B63B15/00—Superstructures, deckhouses, wheelhouses or the like; Arrangements or adaptations of masts or spars, e.g. bowsprits
    • B63B15/02—Staying of masts or of other superstructures

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  • the invention relates to a fastening arrangement for fastening stays or shrouds to a boat mast and comprising an elongated member extending transversely to the mast, a headed member fastened to one end of the elongated member and having a substantially spherical inner bearing surface and a slot extending through the headed member up to the bearing surface and having a width at least of the same size as the diameter of the stay or the shroud, and a body arranged in the headed member and provided with a head being at least partially spherical and adapted to abut the bearing surface, said body being arranged around the end of a stay or a shroud extending through the slot.
  • Such a fastening arrangement is known from U.S. patent No 3,986,474 and is particularly advantageous in connection with hollow masts of light metal, such as aluminium, or of carbon-fibre-reinforced resin, the force acting on a stay being distributed on a comparatively large area of the mast cross-section.
  • the fastening arrangement known from the above publication is quite difficult to mount.
  • the fastening arrangement shown in the publication is mounted by attaching its spherical body to one end of the stay and subsequently passing the stay through the slot of a first headed member until the spherical body abuts the bearing surface. The elongated member is then screwed onto the said first headed member.
  • the elongated member is passed through one of two diametrically opposed apertures drilled in the mast.
  • a spherical body attached to the end of a second stay has been made to abut a bearing surface of a second headed member, the second headed member is inserted into the other aperture in the mast and is screwed onto the other end of the elongated member.
  • the latter screwing on of the second headed member is more difficult, as the second shroud projects from said member, whereby it is necessary to simultaneously wheel round said stay or continuously keep the stay co-axially with the second headed member when this member is to be screwed on.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a fastening arrangement of the above type which is easy to mount and allows for an attachment of stays and shrouds after the majority of the members have been mounted on the mast.
  • the fastening arrangement according to the invention is characterised in that the slot extends diametrically through the headed member and axially up to the outer end face of the headed member and has an insertion opening opposite the bearing surface, said insertion opening allowing for insertion of the body thereof into the interior of the headed member to seat the spherical head on the bearing surface, and that a bridging member is releasably attached to an outer end portion of the headed member and extends transversely to the slot.
  • the elongated member and the hollow member may initially be attached to the mast.
  • the shroud is inserted axially into the slot, whereafter the body is passed through the insertion opening and into abutment with the bearing surface.
  • the bridging member is attached to the headed member, said bridging member preventing the slot from being widened when the headed member is subjected to loads.
  • the bridging member may be provided with a protrusion extending into the slot and having a width substantially corresponding to the width of the slot. It is thus prevented that the width of the slot is reduced and thus that the body becomes jammed in the interior of the headed member.
  • the protrusion may extend substantially up to the spherical head of the body.
  • the insertion opening may be arranged axially displaced in outward direction in relation to the bearing surface, and that the protrusion of the bridging member may extend into the slot so as to prevent the body from leaving the headed member through the insertion opening, when the bridging member is arranged on the headed member.
  • the attachment of the bridging member to the headed member may be secured by a releasable locking means, such as a screw, a lock pin or a spring pin.
  • the bridging member may be formed of a cap in enclosing engagement with the said end portion of the headed member.
  • the cap may have an internal thread engaging a corresponding external thread on the end portion of the headed member.
  • the cap may advantageously be provided with a centrally arranged protrusion of a circular cross section.
  • the centre of the spherical bearing surface of the headed member may be arranged adjacent the outer surface of the mast.
  • the spherical head of the body may have substantially the same radius as the spherical bearing surface of the headed member, whereby an optimum abutment area is obtained between the spherical head of the body and the bearing surface.
  • each headed member may have a head with a shoulder abutting the outer surface of the mast, and a shank of a smaller diameter than the head and extending therefrom, said shank fitting snugly into an aperture in the mast and being threadingly connected with the respective end of the elongated member in the interior of the mast.
  • the reference numeral 1 denotes a fastening arrangement according to the invention for securing a starboard lower shroud 2 and a port lower shroud 2' to a mast 4 of a sailing boat 3.
  • the starboard lower shroud 2 and the port lower shroud 2' are secured to the hull of the boat in a conventional manner by means of a turnbuckle (not shown).
  • the fastening arrangement according to the invention may also be used for securing the shown diagonal shrouds 5,5',6,6' and the top stay 7,7' to the mast 4 and for securing additional shrouds or stays to the mast, as indicated on the drawing.
  • the fastening arrangement or fitting 1 is shown to comprise an elongated member 8 extending through the mast 4, which is hollow and made from light metal, such as aluminium, or from carbon-fibre-reinforced resin.
  • a first headed member 9 is screwed onto a first end 10 of the elongated member 8.
  • a corresponding second headed member 11 is screwed onto the other end 12 of the elongated member 8.
  • Each of the headed members 9, 11 has an enlarged portion or head 13 and a shank 14.
  • a shoulder 15 is defined between the shank 14 and the head 13.
  • the shanks 14 of headed members 9, 11 have been inserted through respective apertures 16,17 arranged diametrically opposite each other in the mast 4.
  • the shanks 14 fit snugly in the apertures 16,17.
  • the headed member 9 is screwed onto the first end 10 of the elongated member 8 by means of an internal thread 18 in a blind hole in the shank 14 and an external thread 19 on the first end 10 of the elongated member 8.
  • the second headed member 11 is attached to the other end 12 of the elongated member 8 in a corresponding manner.
  • the shoulder 15 of the headed member 9 engages outer surface 20 of the mast 4.
  • the shoulder of the second headed member 11 engages the surface of the mast in a corresponding manner.
  • the head of the headed member 9 is slotted by means of a diametrically through-going slot 21 extending axially to the outer end face 22 of the head 13.
  • the width of the slot 21 only slightly exceeds the diameter of the shroud 2.
  • a spherical bearing surface 23 is formed in the interior of the head, said bearing surface being symmetrical about the centre plane of the slot.
  • the spherical bearing surface 23 acts as bearing face for a spherical head 24 of a rotational-symmetrical body, ie a so-called stem ball, provided with a shank and an axially through-going bore.
  • the stem ball 25 is connected to the outer end of the shroud 2 by said end being passed through the bore of the stem ball 25 and upset as shown by the reference numeral 26.
  • said fastening method is used in connection with solid shrouds, ie so-called rod shrouds, and that a different fastening method is used for metal wire shrouds.
  • the slot 23 is enlarged in the area at the bearing surface by means of aperture 27 elongated in axial direction and extending radially inwardly towards the bearing surface 23 from the outer surface of the head 13.
  • the head 13 is provided with an insertion opening 28 allowing the head 24 of the stem ball 25 to be brought into engagement with the bearing surface 23.
  • the insertion opening 28 has an elongate shape and comprises a first radial bore 29 extending to the bearing surface 23 and in the axial direction of the headed member 9 extending slightly down the shank 14 thereof.
  • the insertion opening 28 further comprises a second radial bore 30 axially displaced in outward direction in relation to the first radial bore 29 and having a shorter radial depth than the first bore 29.
  • the radial depth of the second radial bore 30 is such that - after axial insertion of the shroud 2 into the slot 21 - it is possible to bring the head 24 of the stem ball 25 into engagement with the bearing surface 23 by initially radially inserting the head 24 of the stem ball 25 into the second bore 30 of the insertion opening 28, then displacing the stem ball axially inwardly so as to bring the head thereof into the first bore and finally displacing the stem ball radially.
  • the head 13 of the headed member 9 is provided with an outer threaded end portion 31 on which a cap 32 with an internal thread is screwed in an enclosing manner.
  • the threaded connection between the cap 32 and the end portion 31 prevents the slot 21 from being widened.
  • the cap 32 has a bottom wall in which a plurality of through-going concentric and interspaced apertures are formed. In the example shown six apertures 34 are formed. These apertures 34 serves two purposes, viz as engagement openings for a wrench with diametrically opposed pins for fastening the cap and as insertion openings for a lock pin 36.
  • the lock pin 36 is inserted into an aperture opening into the slot 21 to prevent the cap from being unscrewed.
  • the cap 32 is further provided with a centrally projecting cylindrical protrusion 35 having a diameter substantially corresponding to the width of the slot 21.
  • the protrusion 35 thus prevents a compression of the slot.
  • the protrusion 35 extends in inward direction substantially up to the head 24 of the stem ball 25, when the head is arranged on the bearing surface.
  • the protrusion 35 thus also serves to prevent the stem ball 25 from being removed from the interior of the headed member 9 in reverse order to the insertion steps described above.
  • one of the headed members may be an integral part of or integrally formed with the elongated member instead of being connected therewith by means a threaded connection - as described above.
  • one of the headed members may be formed of a simple bolt or nut head, when only one single stay or shroud is to be secured to the mast by means of the fastening arrangement according to the invention.
  • stem ball instead of the described and shown stem ball a substantially spherical body with a diametric bore may be used for receiving the shroud.

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  1. Dispositif de fixation (1) pour fixer des étais ou des haubans (2) à un mât (4) d'un bateau et comprenant
    un élément allongé s'étendant en travers du mât,
    un élément à tête (9) fixé à une extrémité (10) de l'élément allongé (8) et ayant une surface portante intérieure sensiblement sphérique (23) et une fente s'étendant à travers l'élément à tête (9), en montant, jusqu'à la surface portante (23) et ayant une largeur de la même taille que le diamètre de l'étai ou du hauban, et un corps (25) disposé dans l'élément à tête (9) et muni d'une tête (24) au moins partiellement sphérique et adaptée pour venir en butée contre la surface portante (23), ledit corps étant disposé autour de l'extrémité d'un étai ou d'un hauban (2) s'étendant à travers la fente,
       caractérisé en ce que la fente (21) s'étend diamétralement à travers l'élément à tête (9) et axialement vers le haut jusqu'à la face d'extrémité extérieure (22) de l'élément à tête et comporte une ouverture d'insertion (28) agencée à l'opposé de la surface portante (23), ladite ouverture d'insertion (28) permettant l'insertion du corps (25) à l'intérieur de l'élément à tête (9) pour faire porter la tête sphérique (24) sur la surface portante (23) et en ce qu'un élément de pontage (32) est attaché de manière amovible à une partie d'extrémité extérieure (31) de l'élément à tête (9) et s'étend en travers de la fente.
  2. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de pontage (32) est muni d'une protubérance (35) s'étendant dans la fente et ayant une largeur qui correspond sensiblement à la largeur de la fente.
  3. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture d'insertion est disposée axialement déplacée dans une direction orientée vers l'extérieur par rapport à la surface portante (23), et en ce que la protubérance (35) de l'élément de pontage (32) s'étend dans la fente (21) de manière à empêcher le corps (25) de quitter l'élément à tête (9) par l'ouverture d'insertion (28) quand l'élément de pontage (32) est placé sur l'élément à tête (9).
  4. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de pontage (32) est fixé à l'élément à tête (9) à l'aide d'un moyen de verrouillage amovible, tel qu'une vis, un axe de verrouillage ou un axe à ressort (36).
  5. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de pontage (32) est formé d'un chapeau en prise enveloppante avec la partie d'extrémité (31) de l'élément à tête (9).
  6. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le chapeau a un filetage interne qui se met en prise avec un filetage externe correspondant prévu sur la partie d'extrémité (31) de l'élément à tête (9).
  7. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le centre de la surface portante sphérique (23) de l'élément à tête (9) est adjacent à la surface extérieure (20) du mât (4).
  8. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la tête sphérique (24) du corps (25) a sensiblement le même rayon que la surface portante sphérique (23) de l'élément à tête (9).
  9. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un deuxième élément à tête (11) est fixé à l'autre extrémité (12) de l'élément allongé (8), ledit deuxième élément à tête étant identique au premier élément à tête (9), qui est fixé à ladite première extrémité de l'élément allongé (8) et en ce que les deux éléments à tête (9, 11) sont fixés à l'élément allongé (8) au moyen d'une connexion filetée.
  10. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que chaque élément à tête (9, 11) est muni d'une tête (13) venant en butée sur la surface extérieure (20) du mât (4), et d'une tige (14) de diamètre plus petit que la tête (13) et s'étendant depuis celle-ci, ladite tige s'encastrant dans une ouverture (16, 17) réalisée dans le mât (4) et étant connectée par filetage à l'extrémité respective (10, 12) de l'élément allongé (8) à l'intérieur du mât.
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