EP2076426B1 - Vorrichtung zum automatischen befestigen und lösen eines geschleppten sonarsenders an und von einer aktiven sonarschleppleine - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum automatischen befestigen und lösen eines geschleppten sonarsenders an und von einer aktiven sonarschleppleine Download PDF

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EP2076426B1
EP2076426B1 EP07821220A EP07821220A EP2076426B1 EP 2076426 B1 EP2076426 B1 EP 2076426B1 EP 07821220 A EP07821220 A EP 07821220A EP 07821220 A EP07821220 A EP 07821220A EP 2076426 B1 EP2076426 B1 EP 2076426B1
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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
    • B63B21/56—Towing or pushing equipment
    • B63B21/58—Adaptations of hooks for towing; Towing-hook mountings
    • B63B21/60—Quick releases
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
    • B63G8/42—Towed underwater vessels
    • 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
    • B63B21/56—Towing or pushing equipment
    • B63B21/66—Equipment specially adapted for towing underwater objects or vessels, e.g. fairings for tow-cables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
    • B63G8/39—Arrangements of sonic watch equipment, e.g. low-frequency, sonar
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/34—Adaptation for use in or on ships, submarines, buoys or torpedoes

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  • the present invention relates to active sonars variable immersion, towed by a building surface.
  • active sonars variable immersion towed by a building surface.
  • Such a device is described in the document US 5,752,460 . It relates more particularly to towed active sonars which are presented as bistatic systems in which the transmitting antenna is integrated in a submersible object or "Poisson" and the receiving antenna consists of a linear antenna (flute) towed behind Fish.
  • a tow line is said to be dependent because the fish and the linear receiving antenna are integral with one and the same line.
  • the implementation of such a sonar shown schematically on the figure 1 has two handling steps consisting of one for the sonar launch and the other sonar recovery and storage on the tractor building.
  • the linear receiving antennas are traditionally stored on a winch, for obvious reasons of congestion.
  • an active sonar comprising both a transmitting antenna mounted in a towed submersible craft, also called "fish", and a linear receiving antenna is first of all unrolled.
  • antenna by operating the winch and letting the antenna immerse itself at the end of the towing cable. It then involves mechanically and electrically coupling the fish to the tow line and then putting the fish into the sea using any means of lifting and handling.
  • the ascent of such a sonar aboard the surface vessel consists firstly in hauling the tow line, then in pulling the fish out of the water and laying it on the deck of the vessel, then again uncoupling the fish of the line.
  • the following linear antenna is towed on board and wound on the winch.
  • the implementation of such a sonar thus comprises a certain number of operations of stowage and unstacking, carried out manually, which according to the weight of the transmitter may require the mobilization of a number more or less important operators. But when the sea is difficult, in heavy weather, such operations, usually carried out by crewmen from the rear platform of the building, may prove to these men very delicate, trying, even dangerous, to so that the implementation of the sonar can be made impossible for security reasons.
  • the implementation of such a system also requires precise identification, for example by marking on the towing cable, of the position of the fish with respect to the handling platform, in particular to know when the It is in the position which causes the halting of hauling and loading on board, an operation which also requires human intervention.
  • a known solution is to store on two separate reels the electrotractor cable which remains attached to the fish and linear receiving antenna.
  • the launching of the sonar is carried out by completely unrolling the linear receiving antenna (ie the "flute") in the sea and by mechanically and electrically connecting, the emerged end of the fish flute , at the end of unwinding and before complete immersion. Once the connection is made, the fish, attached to the flute, is dropped to the sea by unrolling the electrotractor cable.
  • the subject of the invention is a system for securing and automatically connecting a submersible object, or "Poisson", comprising at least one transmitting antenna, towed by a tow line, which fish may contain a sonar transmitter or, at the very least, a transmitting antenna.
  • the system comprises at least one automatic securing device for automatically performing the mechanical attachment of the transmitter to a traction line and the connection of this fish to a structure carrying signals and energy in this same line.
  • the automatic securing device comprises a male element integral with the traction line and a female element integral with the fish.
  • the male element and the female element are configured to fit one into the other, so that the pulling line can be inserted automatically into the female element and so that the insertion of the element male in the female element being made by sliding the line in the female element, the interlocking of the male element in the female element makes the female element integral with the traction line.
  • the male element and the female element of the automatic device for securing the transmitter to the traction line comprise connectors capable of being plugged into each other.
  • the male element and the female element of the device for automatically securing the fish to the traction line also comprise automatic centering and positioning means, these centering and positioning means. being configured and arranged so that the insertion of the male element into the female element ensures the positioning of the connectors of the male element opposite the connectors of the female element and the plugging of the connectors facing each other.
  • the female element of the automatic securing device forms a tubular cavity capable of receiving the male element, which cavity comprises two axial openings, at least one of which has a section sufficient to allow the axial insertion of the male element and a lateral opening whose width, substantially equal to Line diameter allows insertion of the pull line inside the cavity.
  • the male element of the automatic securing device has a section greater than the section of the traction line on which it is inserted so that its passage through the lateral opening of the female element is impossible.
  • the automatic centering and positioning means of the automatic securing device are configured and arranged to cause, in the case where the relative orientation of the two elements relative to each other when inserting the male element in the female element does not allow the facing of the connectors, a relative rotational movement of the male element and the female element so as to orient the two elements the one in relation to the other adequately
  • the automatic positioning and centering means of the automatic securing device comprise finger-shaped structures respectively implanted on the periphery of the male element and on the inner wall of the cavity of the body. 'female element.
  • the finger-like structures of the male member are configured to become lodged in the spaces separating the finger-like structures of the female member when the male member is inserted into the female member.
  • the finger-shaped structures implanted on the male element have an end profile different from that of the finger-shaped structures implanted on the female element so that the structures implanted on the male element being placed opposite the structures implanted on the female element the bringing together of the two structures necessarily causes the sliding of the first on the seconds.
  • the device being fixedly positioned on the handling platform.
  • the moving means of the automatic handling device are arranged in such a way that they cooperate so that the mobile support sliding along the slideways, first follows a horizontal translation movement, between two points A and B, then a vertical translation movement between two points B and C; then finally, the stops located at the points C of the slides of the second game forming an axis of rotation, a rearward tilting movement between two points C and D of the slides of the first game.
  • the mobile support of the automatic handling device comprises means for holding the fish in place when the support is in the unslotted position.
  • the means for holding the fish in place are notches made in the flanks of the mobile support.
  • the motor of the automatic handling device is a controlled cylinder whose one end is fixed to the frame of the device and whose other end is fixed to the support.
  • the mobile support comprises means constituting a curved groove which is positioned under the traction line when the support is in the tilted position, to guide the traction line and limit its curvature.
  • the system according to the invention has the advantage of allowing the automatic stowage of the fish on the traction line and the automatic connection of the fish to the system, which connection may be electrical, optical and / or pneumatic.
  • the implementation of the sonar is thus possible without risk for the crew, even at sea. It also advantageously facilitates the launching of the sonar by guiding the line of traction as soon as the fish is mounted on the line.
  • the space required for the implementation and implementation of the device according to the invention is advantageously limited handling system is fixed on the platform and does not itself require any handling during its implementation.
  • figure 1 schematically illustrates the difficulties presented by the launching and recovery of an active sonar such as that to which is particularly directed, but in a non-limiting manner the system according to the invention. It should be noted that for obvious practical reasons the dimensions of the various elements on the figure 1 do not respect the same scale.
  • An active sonar is constituted in a known manner of transmission means 11 and receiving means 12.
  • the transmitting and receiving means are towed from a building 15, for example a surface ship, by means of a line of traction 13 (13-a, 13-b, 13-c and 13-d), or else electro-tractor cable, which provides both the mechanical traction sonar and the routing of signals and supplies from the building to the sonar and vice versa, through the corresponding transport structure, cable, fiber or other.
  • the transmitting means 11 and receiving 12 are mechanically stowed on the line 13 appropriately. Similarly, these means are electrically (or optically) connected to the traction line 13.
  • the receiving means consist of a linear antenna, of flute type, of tubular form identical to those found in passive sonars, while the transmitter is integrated in a volume structure also called "fish".
  • the receiving flute is usually placed at the rear, at the end of the line of traction, the fish being positioned on the part of the line closest to the vessel.
  • the linear receiving antenna 12 is generally permanently secured to the traction line, while the fish is in turn detachably secured.
  • the pulling line comprises a docking area 13-d fish, area in which are implanted means for mechanically attaching the fish to the line and to achieve its connection to the structure; a cable for example, carrying signals and energy (power supplies) in the line.
  • a winch 14 whose drum is sized to allow the winding of the traction line 13 and Only the linear reception antenna 12.
  • the winding of the beginning 13-a of the traction line 13 makes it possible to haul the fish 11 on board, on the aft platform of the ship for example.
  • the fish must then be uncoupled from the traction line 13 and moved to its storage area to enable the portion of the line located between the fish 11 and the receiving antenna 12 to be wound up.
  • the linear receiving antenna and the line portion 13-b at the rear of the fish are first launched and the line is interrupted when the docking area becomes accessible and the fish 11 is tied down to the line 13 and to its connection to the structure, a cable for example, conveying signals and energy (power supplies) in the line.
  • the course of the line is then resumed to allow the placing of the fish and the proximal portion (ie the closest to the carrying vessel) of the line (segments 13-a and 13-d) on which the fish is stowed. .
  • Such a material structure has the advantage of having separate transmitting and receiving means, which makes it possible in particular to have omnidirectional transmission means in a simple manner.
  • this structure requires for its implementation a large number of handling operations that are currently performed by crew members under sometimes precarious security conditions. This is particularly the case with stowage, unstacking and handling of fish from (or to) its storage area.
  • the purpose of the invention is to eliminate or at least limit as much as possible human interventions.
  • the illustration of the figure 2 presents schematically the object of the invention, which consists of a system comprising a device 21 for automatically securing the fish 11 to the line 13 and its connection to the structure, a cable for example , conveying signals and energy (power supplies) in the line, which device may be associated with an automatic device 22 for handling fish, a device symbolized by semi-dotted arrows 22-a and 22-b.
  • the automatic securing and connecting device 21 comprise, as shown in FIG. figure 3 two distinct elements, a female element 31 integral with the fish 11, or more generally the transmitter, and a male element 32 integral with the line 13 and whose axis of symmetry coincides with the axis of the line 33.
  • the female element 31 has a tubular cavity whose length is at least equal to the length of the male element 32 and whose section corresponds, at least for the part of the cavity in which the male element 32 is inserted, to that of this element.
  • the section is preferably narrower over the rest of the length.
  • the male element 32 has a substantially cylindrical shape as illustrated by the figure 3 the cavity provided by the female element will be of cylindrical section.
  • the male element 32 has a section of considerably greater size than the section of the portion 13-b of the line 13 located behind the docking area 13-d of the fish.
  • the male element 32 is of a diameter equal to that of the curvature limiting device 34 which equips the portion 13-a of the line and secured thereto. It is the same for the diameter of the section of the cavity constituted by the female element 31.
  • the female element 32 has along its length a lateral longitudinal opening 35, visible on sections AA and BB of the figure 3 .
  • the width I of this opening is sufficient to allow a line element whose diameter does not exceed I to be engaged by this opening in the cavity of the element 31.
  • the width of this opening is insufficient. to allow a line section of diameter greater than I to enter or exit the cavity through the lateral opening 35.
  • cuts AA and BB show that it is possible to insert the line in the female element through the opening 35 when the female element is facing a standard portion of line, the portion 13-a for example , while the insertion through the opening 35 is not possible when the female element is for example facing the portion of the line 13 corresponding to the insertion zone 13-d formed in FIG. male element 32 and the curvature limiter element 36.
  • the line 13 can no longer leave the cavity formed by the female element 31 by the lateral opening 35 so that the fish is well secured to the line, as illustrated by FIG. double crossed out arrow of the figure 4 .
  • the mooring mechanism thus formed can further be advantageously completed by a locking mechanism 42 mounted on the female element, a pin-type mechanism for example, advantageously allowing the blocking of any translational movement of the female element along the line.
  • the fish is positioned adequately in relation to the line to achieve automatically the stowage and the unstacking the fish on the line.
  • the stowage and unstacking operation is thus performed by simply threading or stripping the fish on the line.
  • the female element 31 comprises, on the part of the wall of the internal cavity 51 intended to come into frontal contact with the male element 32, a series of male connectors 52, preferably arranged in a regular manner around the periphery of the cavity , as illustrated by the BB section.
  • the male element 32 comprises on its front part a series of female connectors 53, identical in number to the connectors 52 of the female element and respecting a symmetrical disposition to that adopted for the connectors of the female element.
  • the facing of a male connector 52 and a female connector 53 ensures the facing of all the connectors.
  • the connection to the structure carrying the signals and the energy can thus advantageously be performed simultaneously to the mechanical stowage of the transmitter on the line. To do this, it suffices that, during the complete insertion of the element 31 into the element 32, the connectors are positioned facing each other, as illustrated on FIG. figure 5 .
  • Matching the male and female connectors may in many cases require the application of a twist on the pulling line, the twist indicated on the figure 5 by the double circular arrows 54 and 55.
  • the unfolding of the traction line can lead the latter to take any orientation around its axis of symmetry 33 so that the male element 32 and the female element 34 also have any relative orientation that allows the insertion of the male connectors 52 in the female connectors 53.
  • the traction line can, for various reasons such as the movements of the receiving antenna, for example, being wound on the drum of the winch with any orientation of the element 32.
  • the automatic securing device comprises automatic positioning and orientation means which make it possible in particular to ensure a relative orientation of the male element 32 with respect to the female element 31 which places the connectors 51 of the element 31, male connectors for example, facing the connectors 52 of the element 32, female connectors in this case.
  • the basic structure of these means is illustrated by the exemplary embodiment of the figure 6 .
  • the illustration of the figure 6 presents schematically an embodiment of the means 21 for automatic stowage of the fish, means performing the mechanical stowage and connection to the structure carrying the signals and energy.
  • the element male 32 has a front portion 56, extended by the curvature limiter 36, which portion comprises positioning structures and orientation 62, in the form of fingers, arranged all around the front portion 56.
  • the female member 31 also comprises positioning elements and orientation 61 in the form of fingers, shown in dashed lines in the figure, the size and disposition of the periphery of the cavity defined by the element 31 are such that when the male element 32 is completely inserted into the female element 32 each element 61 occupy the free space 64 between two elements 62. This relative positioning of the elements 61 and 62 advantageously ensures the automatic matching connectors 52 and 53.
  • the elements 61 and 62 according to the invention take adapted forms.
  • the positioning and orientation elements 61 and 62 have oblong shapes capable of facilitating the sliding of the elements against each other and ends 71 and 72 which ensure that even in a configuration where the fingers 61 and 62 are perfectly presented facing the beginning of the insertion of the male element 32 in the female element 31, the respective profiles of the ends of these elements prevent a frontal locking and naturally lead them to slide against each other by inducing a rotation of the male element 32 relative to the female element 31.
  • the walls of the end 72 of the elements 62 form two planes whose intersection defines a vertical edge 74, while the walls of the elements 61 form two planes whose intersection defines an oblique edge 73.
  • the figure 8 illustrates the advantageous effect provided by this configuration allowing an automatic centering by insertion without risk of blockage. We obtain automatically an adequate orientation of the male element with respect to the female element.
  • the relative positioning of the fish (or more generally means of emission) and the pulling line allows it to perform one automatically, without human intervention, the mechanical attachment of the fish to the line of traction and the connection of the fish to the electrical connection, optical or pneumatic associated with it.
  • the line it is sufficient for the line to be inserted into the tubular cavity 311 of the female element 31 while the latter is facing the portion 13-a of the line 13, then to slide the line 13 to the interior of the cavity 311 in the direction indicated by the arrow 63 of the figure 6 , until the male element 32 carried by the line 13 comes completely into the female element 31 carried by the fish.
  • the electrical and / or optical and / or pneumatic isolation of the fish from the line and its mechanical unstacking are then performed automatically by sliding the pulling line in the opposite direction to that indicated by the arrow. 63.
  • this device has for main role during the setting of the sonar, to position the fish 11 opposite line 13 and when the part 13-A of the line is unrolled from the winch to lift the fish so that the line is engaged in the tubular cavity 311. In this way, the line 13 continuing to unfold the male element 32 is inserted completely into the female element 31.
  • the automatic handling device then has the role of releasing the fish so that it is driven towards the sea by the pull line 13 to which it is docked.
  • the automatic handling device 22 is placed at the output of the winch 14 so as not to hinder the unfolding of the pulling line 13.
  • the fish 11 is placed on a mobile support 92 having two notches 93 forming stirrups supporting the fish.
  • the support 92 is slidably arranged along two sets of slides, an upper set 94 and a lower set 95, placed on either side of the device.
  • it comprises in particular means capable of facilitating this sliding, such as, for example, sets of bearings 96.
  • the displacement of the support 92 along the slides 94 and 95 is ensured by motor means 98, for example a hydraulic cylinder controlled one end of which is fixed to the frame of the device and the other end of which is fixed to the support.
  • the slideways 94 and 95 are arranged and profiled so that the support 92 firstly follows a horizontal translational movement, on segments I between points A and B, then a vertical translational movement. on segments II between points B and C; then finally a tilting movement backwards between the points C and D (portion III) of the slides of the upper set 94.
  • the portions AB and BC of the slides 94 and 95 are straight of identical lengths and inclinations:
  • the portion CD of the slides 94, for its part, is a curved portion.
  • the horizontal translational movement has the effect of clearing the carriage from below the winch, which position also serves as a fish storage position on the deck of the carrier building.
  • the female element 31 is correctly positioned under the pulling line 13. Since then; the pulling line must be unrolled so that the line portion facing the female element 31 is the portion 13-a.
  • the following vertical translation movement allows, as illustrated by the figure 11 , positioning the pulling line 13 in the female element 31 by lifting the fish so that it comes into contact with the line and that it comes to fit into the female element 31.
  • the scrolling of the line in the element 31 automatically leads to the complete insertion of the male element 32 in the female element 31.
  • This insertion can be completed by an automatic locking of the element 32 in the element 31, this locking can be achieved by any known means.
  • the rocking backward movement illustrated by the figure 12 , makes it possible to release, after stowage, the fish 11 of the notches 93 of the support 92. the fish can thus follow unhindered the immersion movement of the traction line 13 to which it is stowed.
  • the vertical translational movement having brought the bearings 97 at the end of the runners 95 (point C) the continuation of the movement of the bearings 96 along the slideways 94, which adopt a curved profile between the points C and D, advantageously induces a rocker support 92 around the axes of rotation constituted by the ends of the slides 95 which correspond to the points C.
  • the support 92 is also maintained in the tilted position as the fish remains immersed.
  • the automatic handling device advantageously allows positioning the fish 13 and the pulling line 13 in relative positions which makes possible automatically and without human intervention, stowage and electrical connection of the fish to the traction line. It is thus possible to put into sea an active sonar or more generally to immerse any object having a similar mechanical structure, without resorting to human intervention.
  • the chassis 91 of the handling device being Fixed position on the building handling platform, the latter occupies a relatively lower place than a conventional handling means. Only the support 92 on which the transmitter is placed is mobile.
  • the pull line is wound on the winch so that at a given moment the fish 11 is located positioned in contact in the notches 93. From this moment, the motor means 98 induce a movement of the support from the position D to the position C, so that the support 92 follows a rocking movement forward and that the fish is again immobilized on its support. As a result the winding of the traction line on the winch leads to an extraction of the male element 32 out of the female element 31, extraction which leads to mechanical unstacking and electrical disconnection of the fish. The line then continues to wind around the drum of the winch 14.
  • the motor means 98 then drive the support 92 in a vertical translation movement from the position C to the position B and in a horizontal translational movement to the position A, position in which the support and the fish, housed under the output of the winch 14, are for example no longer an inconvenience for hauling the linear receiving antenna12.
  • the automatic handling device according to the invention also advantageously allow the recovery of sonar, unstowing and storage of fish without resorting to any human intervention.
  • the automatic stowage device 21 can be completed by an automatic locking and unlocking means, the object of which is to maintain, in the locked position, the male element 32 in a position where it is completely inserted into the female element 31.
  • This device may for example be constituted by a snap device for which the locking is performed automatically when the element 32 is completely inserted into the element 31.
  • the unlocking can for example be activated, during the sonar recovery maneuver, by the rocking of the support 92 towards the rear and the immobilization of the fish in the notches 93.
  • the mobile support 92 may also comprise means 99 for guiding and limiting the excessive curvature of the traction line which may occur after the stowage of the fish, when the portion of line bearing the fish.
  • These means 99 constitute a curved groove which is positioned under the pulling line 13 when the mobile support 92 is in position D, so as to serve as a guide and curvature limiter to the pull line and prevent deterioration of the line following an excessive curvature imposed in particular by the weight of the fish 11

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  1. System zum automatischen Befestigen und Handhaben eines tauchfähigen Objekts oder "Fischs" mit wenigstens einer von einer Schleppleine geschleppten Sendeantenne, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es wenigstens eine automatische Befestigungsvorrichtung (21) zum mechanischen Befestigen des Fischs (11) an einer Zugleine (13) und zum Verbinden dieses Fischs mit einer Struktur beinhaltet, die Signale und Energie über diese Leine führt, wobei die Vorrichtung ein Steckelement (32) einstückig mit der Zugleine (13) und ein Aufnahmeelement (31) einstückig mit dem Fisch aufweist, wobei das Steckelement und das Aufnahmeelement so konfiguriert sind, dass sie ineinander passen, so dass die Zugleine (13) automatisch in das Aufnahmeelement (31) eingesteckt werden kann, und so, dass das Einfügen des Steckelements in das Aufnahmeelement das Aufnahmeelement fest mit der Zugleine verbindet, wobei das Einstecken des Steckelements (31) in das Aufnahmeelement (32) durch Schieben der Leine (13) in das Aufnahmeelement (31) erfolgt.
  2. System nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Steckelement (32) und das Aufnahmeelement (31) der Vorrichtung (21) zum automatischen Befestigen des Fischs an der Zugleine Verbinder (52, 53) beinhaltet, die zum Ineinanderstecken ausgelegt sind.
  3. System nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei in dem Aufnahmeelement (31) der automatischen Befestigungsvorrichtung ein röhrenförmiger Hohlraum (51) zum Aufnehmen des Steckelements (32) ausgebildet ist, mit zwei axialen Öffnungen, von denen wenigstens eine (37) einen Querschnitt hat, der ausreicht, damit das Steckelement eingesteckt werden kann, und einer lateralen Öffnung (35), deren Breite 1, die im Wesentlichen gleich dem Durchmesser der Leine (13-a) ist, das Einführen der Zugleine (13) ins Innere des Hohlraums (51) zulässt.
  4. System nach Anspruch 3, wobei das Steckelement (32) der automatischen Befestigungsvorrichtung einen Querschnitt hat, der größer ist als der Querschnitt der Zugleine (13), auf die es durch Zug eingeführt wird , um dessen Passage über die laterale Öffnung (35) des Aufnahmeelements (31) zu verhüten.
  5. System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei das Steckelement (31) der automatischen Befestigungsvorrichtung im Wesentlichen eine zylindrische Form hat, deren Symmetrieachse im Wesentlichen mit der (33) der Zugleine übereinstimmt und deren Querschnitt einen Durchmesser hat, der wesentlich größer ist als der Durchmesser der Leine; wobei das Aufnahmeelement der automatischen Befestigungsvorrichtung einen Hohlraum (51) in der Form einer zylindrischen Röhre hat, deren Querschnitt einen Durchmesser hat, der ausreicht, damit das Steckelement (31) axial eingesteckt werden kann.
  6. System nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, wobei das Steckelement (32) und das Aufnahmeelement (31) der Vorrichtung zum automatischen Befestigen (21) des Fischs an der Zugleine ferner automatische Zentrier- und Positioniermittel (61, 62) umfasst, die so konfiguriert und angeordnet sind, dass das Einstecken des Steckelements (32) in das Aufnahmeelement (31) gewährleistet, dass die Verbinder des Steckelements (53) gegenüber den Verbindern des Aufnahmeelements (52) positioniert sind und die gegenüberliegenden Verbinder zusammengesteckt werden.
  7. System nach Anspruch 6, wobei die automatischen Zentrier- und Positioniermittel (61, 62) der automatischen Befestigungsvorrichtung (21) so konfiguriert und angeordnet sind, dass sie, falls die relative Orientierung der beiden Elemente (31, 32) relativ zueinander beim Einstecken des Steckelements (32) in das Aufnahmeelement (31) keine Gegenüberlage der Verbinder (52, 53) zulässt, eine relative Drehbewegung (54) des Steckelements (32) und des Aufnahmeelements (31) bewirken, um die beiden Elemente auf eine geeignete Weise relativ zueinander zu orientieren.
  8. System nach Anspruch 7, wobei die automatischen Positionier- und Zentriermittel der automatischen Befestigungsvorrichtung Strukturen (61, 62) in Form von Fingern aufweisen, die jeweils in die Peripherie des Steckelements (32) und in die Innenwand des Hohlraums des Aufnahmeelements (31) integriert sind, wobei die Strukturen in Form von Fingern des Steckelements (62) so konfiguriert sind, dass sie in den Räumen aufgenommen werden können, die die Strukturen in Form von Fingern des Aufnahmeelements (61) trennen, wenn das Steckelement (32) in das Aufnahmeelement (31) eingesteckt wird.
  9. System nach Anspruch 8, wobei die Strukturen in Form von in das Steckelement (62) integrierten Fingern ein Endprofil (72) haben, das sich von dem (71) der Strukturen in Form von in das Aufnahmeelement (61) integrierten Fingern unterscheidet, so dass, wenn die in das Steckelement integrierten Strukturen (62) gegenüber den in das Aufnahmeelement integrierten Strukturen (61) positioniert sind, das Zusammenbringen der beiden Strukturen unweigerlich bewirkt, dass die ersten Strukturen entlang den zweiten Strukturen gleiten.
  10. System nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, das ferner eine Vorrichtung (22) zum automatischen Handhaben des Fischs umfasst, wobei die Vorrichtung die folgenden Mittel aufweist:
    - einen Tragrahmen (91), der an der Handhabungsplattform des Schiffs (15) befestigt ist,
    - eine mobile Tragvorrichtung (92), auf der der Fisch (11) positioniert ist, wenn er nicht an der Zugleine (13) befestigt ist, und von der er nach dem Befestigen getrennt wird,
    - Verschiebungsmittel (94, 98) zum horizontalen und vertikalen Verschieben und Führen der mobilen Tragvorrichtung (92) von einer Warteposition zu einer Position, die ein automatisches Befestigen des Fischs (11) an der Zugleine (13) zulässt, oder umgekehrt von dieser Position zur Warteposition,
    - Mittel (93) zum Lösen des Fischs von seiner mobilen Tragvorrichtung, wenn er an der Zugleine befestigt ist, und Wiederanbringen des Fischs an der Tragvorrichtung nach dem Lösen,
    wobei die Vorrichtung auf feste Weise an der Handhabungsplattform positioniert wird.
  11. System nach Anspruch 10, wobei die Verschiebungsmittel der automatischen Handhabungsvorrichtung wenigstens Folgendes beinhalten:
    - einen Motor (98),
    - einen oberen (94) und einen unteren (95) Satz von lateralen Gleitschienen, die auf beiden Seiten des Rahmens (91) platziert sind, mit unterschiedlichen Segmenten AB, BC und CD für den oberen Satz und AB, BC für den unteren Satz, wobei jede Gleitschiene jedes Satzes (94, 95) feste Anschläge (97) an den Enden aufweist, wobei die Segmente AB und BC geradlinige Segmente sind und das Segment CD ein gekrümmtes Segment ist,
    wobei die Verschiebungsmittel der automatischen Handhabungsvorrichtung so angeordnet sind und zusammenwirken, dass die mobile Tragvorrichtung (92) beim Gleiten über die Gleitschienen (94, 95) zunächst eine horizontale Translationsbewegung zwischen zwei Punkten A und B, dann eine vertikale Translationsbewegung zwischen zwei Punkten B und C und schließlich, wenn sich die festen Anschläge an den Punkten C der Gleitschienen des eine Drehachse bildenden unteren Satzes (95) befinden, eine Kippbewegung nach hinten zwischen zwei Punkten C und D der Gleitschienen des oberen Satzes (94) ausführt.
  12. System nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 11, wobei die mobile Tragvorrichtung (92) der automatischen Handhabungsvorrichtung Mittel zum Festhalten des Fischs (11) aufweisen, wenn die mobile Tragvorrichtung in der ungekippten Position ist, und um das Lösen des Fischs (11) zuzulassen, wenn die mobile Tragvorrichtung in der gekippten Position ist.
  13. System nach Anspruch 12, wobei die Mittel zum Festhalten des Fischs Kerben (93) in den Seiten der mobilen Tragvorrichtung sind.
  14. System nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 13, wobei der Motor (98) der automatischen Handhabungsvorrichtung ein gesteuerter Hydraulikzylinder ist, von dem ein Ende am Rahmen (91) der Vorrichtung und das andere Ende an der mobilen Tragvorrichtung (92) befestigt ist.
  15. System nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 14, wobei die mobile Tragvorrichtung (92) Mittel (99) aufweist, die eine gekrümmte Auskehlung bilden, die sich unter der Zugleine (13) positioniert, wenn die mobile Tragvorrichtung in der gekippten Position ist, um die Zugleine (13) zu führen und ihre Krümmung zu begrenzen.
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