EP1739004A1 - Finkeel for boats with foldable leeboards - Google Patents

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EP1739004A1
EP1739004A1 EP05110267A EP05110267A EP1739004A1 EP 1739004 A1 EP1739004 A1 EP 1739004A1 EP 05110267 A EP05110267 A EP 05110267A EP 05110267 A EP05110267 A EP 05110267A EP 1739004 A1 EP1739004 A1 EP 1739004A1
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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 
    • B63B43/00—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for
    • B63B43/02—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for reducing risk of capsizing or sinking
    • B63B43/04—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for reducing risk of capsizing or sinking by improving stability
    • B63B43/08—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for reducing risk of capsizing or sinking by improving stability by transfer of solid ballast
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/02—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by displacement of masses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B41/00—Drop keels, e.g. centre boards or side boards ; Collapsible keels, or the like, e.g. telescopically; Longitudinally split hinged keels

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  • the invention relates to a finkeel for boats, in particular sailing boats.
  • finkeels have also been designed that are able to swing to the right or left relative to the longitudinal mid-plane of the hull, moving the bulb away from the centre of gravity of the boat and therefore increasing the righting moment, which is the product of the weight of the bulb multiplied by the arm of the weight force (i.e. its distance from the centre of gravity).
  • the finkeel is hinged at the bottom of the hull and is rotated with respect to its hinging axis by means of actuators, according to needs.
  • This type of finkeel is effective as regards righting of the boat, but it has limitations due to the fact that by rotating the finkeel in the manner explained above, the transverse resistance to the leeway of the hull decreases significantly owing to the smaller resisting cross-section of the rotated fin keel, without providing any advantages as regards the draught and therefore the possibility of access to tourist ports.
  • the Applicant of the present application has designed in the past a particular finkeel for boats, described in European patent application EP 1.464.572 ; the fin of this keel is composed of a fixed part which is solid with the hull, and supports at its end two hinged leeboards that can rotate independently of each other.
  • the technical problem underlying the present invention is therefore that of providing a finkeel with movable leeboards having a greater length, all other conditions being the same, than that of known leeboards, without however causing problems due to of an excessive width in relation to the hull.
  • each leeboard comprises a first element hinged to the fixed part of the finkeel and a second element hinged to the first element, so as to form together a structure which may be folded up in a manner similar to that bird wings.
  • numeral 1 denotes overall the hull of a boat equipped with a finkeel 2 according to the invention.
  • This finkeel comprises a fixed part 3 integral with the keel of the boat and on which two foldable leeboards 4 and 5 are hinged.
  • the latter are in turn composed of two elements 4a, 4b; 5a, 5b which are hinged together and which support at the bottom two ballast bulbs 6, 7.
  • the leeboards 4 and 5 may be folded up underneath the hull 1 so as to remain within its maximum width (indicated by broken vertical lines); to this end the finkeel 2 is provided with systems for rotating the upper elements 4a, 5a, with respect to their hinging axis X to the fixed part 3, and the lower elements 4b, 5b, with respect to the hinging axis Y to the upper elements.
  • the upper elements 4a, 5a are each rotated by a respective gear mechanism which comprises a pinion 10, 11 and a gearwheel 12, 13 mounted on a pin 14, 15 solid with the element 4a, 5a.
  • the pinions of the gear mechanisms are actuated by respective motors (not shown in the drawings) or by hydraulic pistons which may advantageously be accommodated in the fixed part 3 of the finkeel 2.
  • the lower elements 4b, 5b of the latter are instead rotated with respect to the upper elements by means of hydraulic cylinders 18, 19.
  • the leeboards of the finkeel thus formed are folded up by rotating the upper elements 4a, 5a through operation of the gear mechanisms 10-13, and the lower elements 4b, 5b, through operation of the hydraulic cylinders 18, 19.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 20, 21 have the function of operating the gear mechanism which moves the gearwheels 12 and 13 integral with the pins 14, 15; in order to favour the action of the cylinders 20 and 21, the fixed part 3 of the finkeel has openings where they are advantageously accommodated.
  • Figures 6 to 8 show the example of a finkeel where, when it is in the vertical condition of Fig. 6, the hinging axis Y of the lower elements 4b, 5b is perpendicular to the drawing sheet of Figs. 6-8 and to the hinging axis X of the upper elements 4a, 5a.
  • hydraulic cylinders 24, 25 are used and act in the plane of said elements: before, during or at the end of this operation, the upper elements 4a, 5a are rotated with respect to their hinging axis X.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 show the sequence of these operations for the leeboard 5 of the finkeel; a similar sequence is also performed for the leeboard 4 (although it is not shown in the drawings), the upper element 4a thereof, however, is rotated about the axis X on the opposite side to the corresponding element of the leeboard 5, with respect to the vertical mid-plane of the boat defined by the fixed part 3 of the finkeel.
  • this solution also allows folding up of the leeboard 4 and 5 of the finkeel underneath the hull, so as to cause them to retract into its widthwise overall dimensions; differently from before, in this case the hydraulic cylinders 24, 25 operate in the plane of the lower elements 4b, 5b and may therefore be aligned with them, being accommodated inside the upper elements 4a, 5a which do not have openings as in the example of Fig. 5.
  • the leeboards 4 and 5 of the finkeel 2 may be rotated on the same side with respect to the mid-plane of the boat defined by the fixed part 3 of the finkeel, so as to increase the righting moment, like it occurs in the known fin keels, for example such as that described in patent application EP 1,464,572 in the name of the present applicant.

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NL1002990C2 (nl) * 1996-05-02 1997-11-06 Jachtwerf Jongert B V Vaartuig met een volgens het middenlangsvlak daarvan gedeelde kiel.
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