Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B25/00—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby
  • B63B25/22—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for palletised articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B29/00—Accommodation for crew or passengers not otherwise provided for
  • B63B29/02—Cabins or other living spaces; Construction or arrangement thereof
  • B63B29/025—Modular or prefabricated cabins

Definitions

• the invention relates to a transport arrangement for cabin elements in ships or the like according to the preamble of the independent claim presented below, which arrangement requires less space than a cabin arranged to be formed thereof.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a transport arrangement for cabin elements in ships or the like, which arrangement minimises the abovementioned problems encountered in prior art.
• a typical transport arrangement according to the invention for cabin elements or the like requires less space than the cabin arranged to be formed thereof.
• a finished cabin comprises at least end walls, side walls and a roof.
• a transport ar- rangement according to the invention comprises typically two basic cabin elements and means to join these elements into a finished cabin.
• Said basic cabin elements both comprise at least one side wall and a part of the roof.
• at least a part of one end wall is detached from the basic cabin elements along substantially its entire vertical dimension.
• the basic cabin elements are arranged in a staggered manner so that the side walls of the cabin are a staggered distance closer to each other than in the finished cabin.
• a cabin assembled from the transport arrangement according to the invention is typically box-like, i.e. its walls are formed by two mutually parallel side walls and two end walls perpendicular to these side walls. The shape and directions of the walls may vary as required.
• a part of one or both end walls is also preferably fastened to the basic cabin elements of the transport arrangement according to the invention. Any possible other cabin elements comprise a part of an end wall or a whole end wall or a part of the roof.
• Means for assembling the basic cabin ele- ments into finished cabins are for instance different joining panels or rails, or separate door or window elements.
• a door element which generally comprises a door and a panel located above it, so that they together cover substantially the whole height of the finished end wall.
• This door element is typically that part of the end wall which in the transport arrangement is detached from the end wall.
• This detached part of the end wall allows the arrangement according to the invention, where the first basic cabin element is arranged in a staggered manner on the second basic cabin element.
• the overlapping manner means that a basic cabin element without a part of the end wall is placed over the other basic cabin element, so that the end of the element below remains visible under the element on top.
• the basic cabin elements are in a way located partly on top of each other and within each other.
• a cabin is divided roughly into two equally large basic cabin elements. If then one basic cabin element has no end wall at all, and if no large stationary structures have been preinstalled into the basic cabin element, then the basic cabin elements can be arranged in the transport arrangement even substan- tially completely within each other in a staggered manner.
• the fittings such as beds, tables, wardrobes and the sanitary facilities are preinstalled already in advance into the transport arrangement, whereby the basic cabin elements cannot be arranged in the overlapping manner by their entire length.
• Advanta- geously the preinstalled fittings are located close to the side walls of the cabin, which leaves a central empty section in the cabin, in parallel with the side walls.
• the boundary between the basic cabin elements according to the invention is drawn along this empty section, whereby the basic cabin elements in the transport arrangement according to the invention can be arranged in a stag- gered manner by the width of this empty section.
• this empty section has a width corresponding at least to the width of the cabin doorway.
• Said boundary between the basic cabin elements is typically drawn along one side of the door element.
• the installation of the cabin to be assembled from the transport arrangement at the installation site is made faster and easier, when at least a large part of the roof and the main part of the walls are already installed at their places.
• the roof parts of the basic cabin elements form an essential part of the finished cabin's roof. Most advantageously the whole roof of the finished cabin is preinstalled in the transport arrangement according to the invention.
• the roof part of each basic cabin element covers about one half of the finished cabin's roof.
• the cabin roof requires the installation, in addition to the roof parts of the basic cabin elements, of only some special parts, such as panels which must be left detached due to the lead- throughs for air conditioning, fire extinguishing pipes or cable runs.
• Another most important advantage of the invention is that during transport the transport arrangement requires less space than previously, whereby for instance one truck load can take more cabins. Similarly, it is much easier to move the transport arrangement in a ship under construction or at some other installation site, even in very narrow passages.
• Still one most important advantage of the invention is that due to its overlapping arrangement the transport arrangement according to the invention can be ar- ranged to be robust and thus easily hoisted and moved.
• the overlapping side walls and roof structures can be fastened to each other in a very robust manner.
• the roof parts of the basic cabin elements of the transport arrangement are placed at least partly one on top of the other, and advantageously at least in some part substantially by the overlapping distance.
• a large part of the cabins' roof can be prefabricated and installed in advance.
• the transport arrangement will become very robust, as the roof parts, which relatively often are weak, can be supported by a simple support arrangement during the transport.
• said part detached from one end wall of the basic cabin elements, enabling the overlapping arrangement is a cabin door and/or window element. Also in present cabin arrangements these elements can be separately detached.
• each basic cabin element comprises at least a part of at least one end wall.
• at least one of the basic cabin elements comprises a part of both end walls.
• the two basic cabin elements together comprise all walls of a finished cabin, except the part which according to the invention is omitted from one end wall.
• the basic cabin elements advantageously also comprise substantially the entire roof of the finished cabin. The more components there are installed in advance in the transport arrangement, the faster the cabin can be installed in its place.
• the ba- sic cabin elements are overlapping in the direction of the wall containing cabin's door element, by an amount corresponding to the width of the door element or more.
• transport means such as rails, wooden ledges or the like, are arranged between the basic cabin elements, in order to allow a gentle separation of the basic cabin elements from each other when installing the cabin.
• Said transport means are substantially in parallel with the direction of the overlapping distance, and advantageously they are arranged between the roof parts lying one on top of the other.
• the direc- tion of the overlapping distance is that direction, in which the transport arrangement according to the invention is particularly arranged to reduce the dimensions of the cabin to be transported.
• Such transport means enable a controlled and easy overlapping arrangement of the basic cabin elements as the transport arrange- ment is assembled, and a smooth disassembly of the transport arrangement when installing the cabin.
• the transport means can also be arranged to support the structures of the transport arrangement during the transport.
• Rails or the like could for instance be arranged to run across the whole basic cabin element, and the roof parts can be fastened to the rails or the like during transport. Thus the roof parts are well supported.
• the transport means preferably comprise means for preventing movements in other directions than in the direction of the overlapping distance.
• the transport means can for instance be rails, which enable a motion only in their own direction. Thus the transport arrangement remains more robust during transport and installation.
• Figure 1 shows schematically a transport arrangement according to the invention in a perspective view
• Figure 2 shows the transport arrangement of figure 1 opened into a finished cabin
• Figure 3 shows the transport arrangement of figure 1 seen from one end
• Figure 4 shows the opened transport arrangement of figure 2 seen from one end
• Figure 5 shows schematically a transport arrangement according to the invention seen from above;
• Figure 6 shows the transport arrangement of figure 5 in an opened state, seen from above.
• Figure 7 shows in cross section a transport means according to the invention.
• Figures 1 and 3 show schematically a transport arrangement 10 for cabin ele- ments in ships or the like, and figures 2 and 4 shows the same transport arrange- ment 10 opened into a finished cabin 16.
• the transport arrangement 10 comprises basic cabin elements 12 and 14, and means to join them into a finished cabin 16, which means are not shown in the figures. Such means are for instance jointing clamps or fasteners, with which the basic cabin elements 12 and 14 are fastened to each other at the boundary 36.
• the first basic cabin element 12 comprises the cabin's side wall 24, the first end wall 20a, the second end wall 22a, and the roof part 28a.
• a part 30, i.e. the door element of the cabin 16, is omitted from the second end wall 22a.
• the door element comprises a door, the door frames and the wall panel installed between the door and the roof part 28a.
• the second basic cabin element 14 comprises the second side wall 26 of the cabin, the first end wall 20b, the second end wall 22b, and the roof part 28b.
• the basic cabin elements 12 and 14 together form the entire roof 28a and 28b of the cabin 16 as well as all walls 20, 22, 24 and 26, except the place 30 of the door element.
• the first basic cabin element 12 is placed partly over the second basic cabin element 14, in a staggered manner so that the roof parts 28a and 28b are located over each other by the width L of the omitted door element 30.
• the overlapping distance by which the basic cabin elements are overlapping is called the overlapping distance L.
• the side walls 20a and 20b to be fastened to each other in the finished cabin 16 are located on top of each other over the overlapping distance L.
• the first end wall 22a could be completely removed, whereby the overlapping distance L would be equal to the width of the entire first basic cabin element.
• both cabin side walls 24 and 26 contain already installed fittings, whereby the overlapping distance L must be shortened by the width of these fittings.
• the other basic cabin element 14 could contain fittings installed over its entire width.
• the figure 10 shows by the dotted lines a bathroom wall 38 installed in the second basic cabin element 14.
• Figure 3 shows a rail 32 placed between the roof parts 28a and 28b. It supports the roof structures during transport, and particularly facilitates the installation of the cabin when the transport arrangement is opened.
• the first basic cabin element 12 can be pulled off the second basic cabin element 14 along the rail 32, smoothly and without damaging the structures.
• the rail 32 is just so long that its ends are supported against both edges of the roof part 28b in order to increase the stability.
• the transport arrangement 10 can also include other supporting members installed to secure the stability of the construction.
• One such is for instance the supporting bar 40, which is drawn by dotted lines in figure 3 and which supports the roof parts 28, which both ends have an expanded part 42 in order to increase the stability and to protect the coating of the roof part 28b.
• FIGS 5 and 6 the corresponding parts have the same reference numerals as in figures 1 to 4.
• the top basic cabin element 12 of the transport arrangement 10 has almost no installed fittings, and almost the whole end wall 22a of it is detached.
• the basic cabin elements 12 and 14 could be arranged in a staggered manner almost along their entire length.
• the figure 5 clearly shows how the end wall 22b of the lower basic cabin element 14 in the transport arrangement 10 is seen projecting out from below the roof part 28a of the basic cabin element placed over it.
• Figures 5, 6 and 7 also clearly show the rails 32. They are formed by two parts 32a and 32b arranged to slide against each other. The part 32a is fastened to the lower surface of the top roof part 28a and the part 32b to the top surface of the lower roof part 28b.
• the rails 32 have mutually adapted grooves 34 or the like which during transport prevent the roof parts 28a and 28b from moving in rela- tion to each other in other directions than in the direction of the rail 32.
• the rails 32a are slightly shorter than the rails 32b.
• the figures 5 and 6 also show how the top basic cabin element 12 of the transport arrangement 10 in figure 5 is first pulled along the rails 32 next to the second basic cabin element 14, and then the basic cabin elements 12 and 14 are moved into their aligned position in figure 6.

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