EP2440446A1 - Inflatable evacuation ramp and ship rescue equipment including same - Google Patents
Inflatable evacuation ramp and ship rescue equipment including sameInfo
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- the present invention relates to an inflatable evacuation manna ramp for evacuating persons from a ship to at least one inflatable life raft (or survival) and a rescue facility for passengers and / or members. of a ship, and comprising at least one inflatable life raft, housed in the deflated and folded state and with associated inflating means in a container, around which is rolled up, in the deflated and folded state, a ramp "manna" inflatable evacuation according to the invention
- the inflatable evacuation ramp for evacuating persons from a ship to an inflatable life raft comprises three longitudinal multiple beams each having at least two longitudinal strands. , individually inflatable, sohdansed side by side and adjacent along their length, including two lateral beams and a central upper beam, spaced apart from one another transversally to their length and substantially parallel to one another at the state swells, a flexible slide, intended to support people during their evacuation by the ramp, said slide connecting the two lateral beams and continuously extending between them and over the entire length of the ramp, its end inlet, equipped with means of connection to the ship, at its output end, equipped with deformable and releasable connection devices ramp-raft interface; lower struts, comprising inflatable lower struts secured to the two lower side beams and extending under the discharge slide; and lateral spacers, comprising inflatable lateral struts, secured to the central upper beam and the lower side beams, so as to stiffen the ramp
- the ramp which extends, in the expanded, unfolded and inflated state, between a cradle of storage of the ramp-container assembly housing a deflated and folded raft, fixed on the vessel, and said inflated raft, comprises a carrying structure comprising nine cylindrical longitudinal rolls of circular section, which are individually inflatable (independently of the others) and connected together in three groups of three flanges each, which thus form three longitudinal longitudinal beams for each of which the three corresponding flanges are stacked so that the cross section of the stack is also of substantially triangular shape, the three longitudinal flanges being substantially tangent two two along generatrices and secured to one another along these generators, by gluing or by high-frequency welding uence.
- the groups of longitudinal flanges are kept spaced apart from each other and braced by flanges swollen diagonal lateral and inferior spacers said.
- the lateral spacers consist of lateral inflatable tubes contiguous in pairs inclined alternately upstream and downstream, that is to say toward the end respectively of entry and exit of the ramp, with respect to a plane perpendicular to the inflated longitudinal beads.
- WO2009 / 026631 proposes an inflatable evacuation ramp of generally triangular cross section, comprising a base and two lateral faces, each side face of which consists of a series of contiguous components. self-locking, which block each other so that the ramp is straight when it is inflated in use configuration, and the rest when loaded by at least one person evacuated, from an extended and unloaded position, in which the ramp is prestressed so as to be slightly curved with its convexity upwards.
- the self-locking components are inflatable components, adjacent and interconnected in series, arranged, in the inflated state, in closed frames of generally triangular shape occupying alternately reversed positions, so that a top of a "triangular" inflated frame is nested between two vertices each belonging to one respectively of the two "triangular" frames immediately adjacent in the se ⁇ e
- Each inflated frame is, more exactly, a hexagonal frame with three long sides alternated with three small sides, so that each small side connects ends of two long sides of the corresponding "triangular" inflatable frame, and these inflated frames define a lateral face of the ramp extending substantially in the same inclined plane, bearing and fixed against the exte ⁇ eur of the multiple upper longitudinal beam, has three longitudinal inflatable rolls, and one respectively of the two lateral beams They are simple lower, each consisting of a single inflatable longitudinal flange of the ramp.
- Patent document WO 95/15787 also discloses an inflatable evacuation ramp (see FIGS. 7 and 8 and the corresponding part of the description of this document), of rectangular cross section, with four longitudinal longitudinal beams, each consisting of two inflatable tubes joined side by side, and braced by transverse inflatable tubes constituting infre ⁇ eur spacers and upper spacers, and, as in WO 95/14605, lateral spacers constituted by inflatable tubes connecting the longitudinal beams infre ⁇ eures to the upper longitudinal beams and inclined alternately upstream and downstream, in zigzag A slide extends between the two longitudinal double beams infé ⁇ eures, above the transverse strands of infre ⁇ eur spacers.
- inflatable members consist of an inflatable bead with a tabular chamber delimited between a cylindrical outer wall and a cyhnd ⁇ que inner wall, which surround the inflatable cylindrical central chamber, for the tensioning of the coil, the ⁇ gidotti is reinforced by a sheet of a semi- ⁇ ide flexible mate ⁇ au which extends in said annular chamber
- the sufficient rigidity of the ramp depends, to a very large extent, the properties of flexible semi-rigid material arranged in sheet in the annular chambers of the inflatable tubes.
- This inflatable evacuation ramp is therefore also of a complex structure and a delicate realization, and therefore a very high cost
- the problem underlying the invention is to provide an inflatable evacuation ramp of generally t ⁇ angular cross section, of the general type known from WO 95/14605, providing performance at least as good as the inflatable evacuation ramps known in terms of secu ⁇ te and speed of evacuation, that is to say of secunt and speed of transfer of people from a ship to at least one life raft or inflatable survival, improving the stiffness or ⁇ gidity of the ramp in the inflated state, and therefore its resistance to deformation under the effect of bending-torsion and / or compression-traction loads due to the movements of the waves, the swell, the wind, as well as non-synchronous movements of pitch and / or roll of the ship and the raft, and relative movements thereof, by improving the structure of the inflatable evacuation ramp of the general type known above
- Another object of the invention is to improve the ramp structure of the aforementioned general type so as to make the ramp according to the invention more easily and more economically indust ⁇ ahsable, modula ⁇ sant at least partially the structure of said ramp, so, in particular , to facilitate the realization of ramps of different lengths, adapted to the needs, according to the type of ships equipped (cruise ships, in particular cruises, or ferries).
- Another object of the invention is to improve the inflatable evacuation ramp of the known general type mentioned above, so as to make it advantageously compatible with the large capacity of modern life rafts or survival of large capacity (of the order of 100 people) and / or with platform area of reception, as known from the patent document FR 2 756 809 of the applicant, and / or to make it advantageously compatible with recent evacuation installation developments combining a inflatable evacuation ramp to a container with several inflatable life rafts, as known from the applicant's patent document FR 2 912 111, evacuation installations in which the deflated and folded ramp is wound around the container while being connected to a part to the ship, on the other hand to the single raft in the container or to a first raft in the container, to allow deployment and inflation in sequence or in succession, following the release and the unwinding of the ramp-container assembly, followed by the inflation of the ramp, then the opening of the container and the inflation in sequence of the raft or rafts contained therein
- the invention proposes an inflatable evacuation ramp, of the general type
- the compressive / tensile and / or bending / torsion forces urging any one of the three longitudinal multiple beams, or any of the flanges longitudinal such a beam comprises, are introduced into at least one of said rigid stiffening frames lateral and lower spacers and are looped by the closed stiffening frames or frames concerned, so as to be dist ⁇ bués on the other beam (s) (s) longitudinal (s), that is to say, the longitudinal strands it (s) comprises (s) and thus transmitted to the other closed stiffening frames of the ramp, so that thanks to these rigid stiffening frames, relatively concentric stresses soliciting any one of the three longitudinal beams and / or any of said stiff stiffening frames are dist ⁇ bués and distributed over the entire frame of the ramp, as it is constituted by these beams and stiffening frames
- the lateral and lower spacers to facilitate the production of ramps according to the invention of different lengths, to suit applications on different types of ship, and keeping the general structure of the ramp as defined above,
- the rigid stiffening frames made by some of the inflatable tubes of the lateral and lower spacers are integrated in said stiffening modules, the number of which is chosen, to achieve a ramp of a given length, depending on this length of the ramp and the unit length of said stiffening modules.
- each stiffening module is a compartmentalized assembly consisting of several inflatable structures integral with each other, each inflatable structure delimiting a compartment watertight and individually inflatable relative to the other compartments of said assembly
- each stiffening module comprises at least one inflatable structure forming, in the inflated state, a hexagonal closed stiffening frame, comprising three long strands, constituting two lateral struts and a lower strut, alternating with three short strands. , constituting two lower lateral connections of the lateral ends of the lower spacer to the lower ends of the side struts, and a short upper strut, connecting the upper ends of the two side struts
- the hexagonal closed stiffening frames of all the stiffening modules of the ramp define, together, substantially a hexagonal cross-sectional area, that is to say 6 facets (3 large and 3 small) which not only have the advantage of to wrap closer to the three multiple longitudinal beams, especially when each of them is constituted by the stack of three inflatable longitudinal strands, with a cross section of the stack of substantially triangular shape, but also and especially provide a great rigidity at the ramp, which is due to the relatively large number of facets.
- each stiffening module has, in the inflated state, a generally external shape of hollow truncated pyramid with a square or rectangular base, the inclined edges of which are formed by lateral struts of struts. delimiting two substantially triangular opposite lateral faces, an upstream face facing towards the inlet end of the ramp, and a downstream face facing the exit end of the ramp, also opposite and substantially triangular, the upstream faces and downstream being traversed by the three longitudinal beams and the slideway, and the base of each stiffening module is formed by an upstream lower spacer strand and a lower downstream spacer strand which, in the inflated state of the stiffener module, are braced; by a substantially x-shaped spacer extending under the two lower side beams and the slide
- each stiffening module of the ramp comprises, in the state inflated, an outer hexagonal frame upstream and a downstream outer hexagonal frame, each constituting an independent inflatable structure, doubled, along its two long side struts and three short bulges, and towards the inside of the module, by two long flanges and three short flanges homologous respectively to an upstream inner polygonal frame and a downstream inner polygonal frame, each constituting another independent inflatable structure, and each also comprising a flared bottom U-shaped flange connected by the ends of the flanges.
- each lower U-section is secured along the length of the base of the U to the base of the U of the lower flange homologous to the other inner polygonal frame, to form the spacer substantially x of the base of said stiffener module.
- each stiffening module therefore comprises four independent inflatable structures, that is to say that each is inflated independently of the others, for the sake of safety, two of these four inflatable structures being hexagonal frames, while the other two are frames that each double one of the hexagonal frames on a part of its perimeter, and, at the base level, participates in the constitution of the spacer in x, which violates the bases of the two hexagonal frames.
- said ramp advantageously comprises, at each of its two ends, one respectively two stiffening modules end portions which are more rigid in the inflated state than intermediate stiffening modules mounted between the two end stiffener modules.
- each end stiffening module comprises a greater number of independent inflatable structures than each intermediate stiffening module.
- At least one end stiffener module may advantageously comprise at least two inflatable structures independent, additional, each of overturned overall V-shaped, and consisting of two long struts of lateral strut and a short flange of shorter upper strut, which are secured along their length respectively on the outside of the two long strands of lateral strut and short upper strut short strand of one respectively upstream and downstream outer frames, so that said at least one end stiffener module comprises at least six independent inflatable structures.
- This embodiment is particularly advantageous in that the end modules as the intermediate modules all have a basic structure which is common to them, and which is that of an intermediate module to which are simply added the two additional independent inflatable structures V shaped each inverted, to obtain an end module from an intermediate module On such a ramp, and always for the sake of safety, in order to prevent
- Damage (tearing or piercing) of one of the longitudinal inflatable strands causes the loss of rigidity of a boom section, by deflation not only of this longitudinal coil, but also of inflatable structures homologous to several adjacent stiffening modules, said structures homologous inflatable parts of two adjacent modules of the ramp are mainly connected by individual inflating means to longitudinal inflatable strands different from said longitudinal beams
- each inflatable structure of each of two or even three adjacent stiffening modules would be connected by individual inflating means to a respective longitudinal inflatable strand of the longitudinal beams.
- the number of beams being limited to 3, and the number longitudinally inflatable strands by beams being also limited, for example, to 3, according to a good cost-effectiveness compromise, the application of the ideal rule above would lead to the realization of stiffening modules having too few inflatable structures to ensure a good security, or, conversely, with stiffening modules having a sufficiently large number of independent inflatable structures, for a good security, it turns out that the total number of longitudinal inflatable rolls longitudinal beams is insufficient for each of them ensures the inflating a single inflatable structure of only one of two or three adjacent stiffening modules For this reason, the technical measurement according to which at least a majority of the homologous inflatable structures of two adjacent stiffening modules is connected by individual inflating means, specific to each inflatable structure, to longitudinal inflatable tubes different from the beams. longitudinal, was adopted
- the exit end of the ramp In order to facilitate the attachment of the ramp to the raft, it is advantageous for the exit end of the ramp to include an inflatable transverse flange of downstream end, which is secured by two spaced zones against the downstream ends of longitudinal inflatable flanges of the two. lower lateral beams, and which extends laterally and downward, beyond its zones of sohda ⁇ sation to the two beams lateral imitators of the ramp, by two inflatable and curved end extensions, allowing an extension of the contact zone between the ramp and said raft to ensure good contact between them.
- the means of sohda ⁇ sation are, advantageously, removable mechanical fasteners (or removable) capable of ensuring non-continuous sohda ⁇ sation between the inflatable tubes of the longitudinal beams and the inflatable spacer tubes lateral and better
- the invention also relates to a rescue installation, for the passengers and / or crew members of a ship, comprising, in a known manner and as already mentioned above, at least one inflatable life raft, housed at the deflated and folded state and with associated inflating means in a container, around which is wound, in the deflated and folded state, an inflatable evacuation ramp, an inlet end of which is attached to the ship by means link and an outlet end attached to a raft in the container by deformable and releasable connecting devices ramp-raft interface, the rescue installation according to the invention being such that said ramp is a ramp according to the invention and as presented above.
- the deformable and releasable connection devices ramp-raft interface of the installation according to the invention are two lateral assemblies, each mounted close to one respectively of the two lateral edges of the exit end of the ramp, and each comprising two releasable connecting devices of the known type called "three rings", remote triggering, such as pneumatic or pyrotechnic, or manual and local, connected to the ramp by straps and said raft by other straps attached at least one ring of said three-ring devices
- the installation according to the invention may be such that the assembly constitutes the container, containing at least one raft and its inflation means, and the ramp wrapped around the container is housed in a storage cradle, fixed on the deck of the ship and of known structure, already used for
- the installation according to the invention is such that said ramp-container assembly is housed in a storage cradle and to release said assembly, the cradle being intended to be fixed on the deck of said vessel, the cradle comprising a thrust plate, a concave front face adapted to push said assembly on an overflow sliding plate, adapted to protrude from the deck of said vessel, and a tilting plate, to ensure the release and deployment of the container-ramp assembly with clearance from the deck edge of the vessel
- FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view. an inflatable evacuation ramp according to the invention, deployed and inflated between a ship, of the ferry type, and an inflatable liferaft, to which the outlet end or infer ⁇ eure of the ramp is connected by deformable connecting devices and releasable ramp-raft interface shown in detail VIII of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the inflatable evacuation ramp of FIG. 1, in the expanded and inflated state, shown without slideway so as not to mask the structure of the base of the inflatable framework of this ramp,
- FIGS. 2a, 2b and 2c are diagrammatic representations in perspective respectively of the upper end stiffening module, of an intermediate stiffening module and of a deformable and releasable ramp-raft connecting device, which are the subject of the details.
- Ha, Hb, and Hc in Figure 2 are diagrammatic representations in perspective respectively of the upper end stiffening module, of an intermediate stiffening module and of a deformable and releasable ramp-raft connecting device, which are the subject of the details.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the ramp of FIG. 2
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of the ramp of FIG. 2
- FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of the ramp of FIG. 2 along the inclined section plane V-V of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the end stiffening module of FIG. 2a, as constituted by two elements or symmetrical halves, before their assembly, each half or symmetrical element being composed of three independent inflatable structures,
- FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic exploded perspective view of the end stiffener module of FIG. 2a showing its 6 independent inflatable structures, both of which at the ends are superfluous for the production of an intermediate stiffening module according to FIG. 2b;
- FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic perspective view of detail VIII of FIG. 1 with partial cutaway of the upper peripheral flange of the raft; and - Figures 9 and 10 are enlarged schematic views of the details respectively
- FIG. 1 schematically represents, in perspective, an inflatable evacuation ramp 1 of the invention, in an expanded and inflated configuration between a ship 2, such as a ferry, and an inflatable liferaft 3, also in the deployed state and inflated, releasably attached to the lower end or exit of the ramp 1 by deformable and releasable connection devices ramp-raft interface, shown together in detail VIII of Figure 1, and described below in greater detail with reference to Figures 8 to 10, while the other end of the ramp 1, which is its upper end or inlet, is connected to a cradle 4 for storage and release, mounted on the vessel 2, for storing the assembly consisting of the ramp 1, in the deflated and folded state, and the raft 3, also deflated and folded in a container (not shown), around which the ramp 1 is wound , in trust storage management, prior to release, on a deck of the vessel 2
- a ship 2 such as a ferry
- an inflatable liferaft 3 also in the deployed state and inflated, releasably attached to the lower end or exit of
- the structure of the ramp 1 comprises a framework comprising three longitudinal longitudinal beams, one of which is an upper beam 5, in a substantially central position above the other two, which are lower lateral beams 6, between which is fixed and extended on the entire length of the ramp 1, a flexible slide 7, intended to support people evacuated by the ramp 1, arranged toboggan
- Each of the three longitudinal triple beams 5 and 6 comprises three longitudinal tubes 8, each in the form of an elongate cylinder of circular cross-section, individually inflatable (i.e., inflatable independently of the others), stacked one above the other two so that they are tangent two by two along their length, and thus joined together and side by side, for example step by step and not continuously along their length, by links such as rings, collars or flexible bands glued or secured around the three strands 8 of each beam, for example by an adhesive or by high frequency welding, so that the cross section of each beam 5 or 6 has substantially an equilateral triangle shape, in the inflated state
- the frame of the ramp 1 com also carries a plurality of stiffening modules
- stiffening modules the number of which determines the length of the ramp 1
- stiffening modules 9 are of two different types, namely end stiffening modules 9, between which intermediate stiffening modules 10, for example 3 in number, are mounted between them.
- end stiffener modules 9, for an inflatable ramp 1 with a total length of 14.5 m, in the particular example represents
- the two end stiffener modules 9 are identical to each other, and as shown in FIG. 2a, corresponding to the end module 9.
- upper detail Ha of Figure 2 and the intermediate stiffening modules 10 are also identical to each other and as shown in Figure 2b, corresponding to the intermediate module 10 of the middle of the ramp 1, according to the detail Hb of Figure 2
- Each of the two types of stiffener modules 9, 10 is a compartmentalized assembly consisting of 6 inflatable structures for the end stiffener 9 and four inflatable structures for the intermediate stiffener 10, which are integral with each other, and each of which delimits one of respectively six or four sealed compartments, each of which is individually inflatable relative to the other compartments of the stiffener module 9 or 10 corresponding.
- FIGS. 6 and 7 represent, diagrammatically and in perspective, the two constituent symmetrical halves of the end module 9, each being composed of three independent inflatable structures secured before the assembly of the two halves in FIG. 6, and in FIG.
- each half 9a or 9b comprises an inflatable structure constituting, in the inflated state, a closed stiffening frame 1 1, hexagonal and said external, because located towards the outside of the stiffening module 9, as also of the stiffener module 10 for reasons which will appear hereinafter, when the stiffener 9 or 10 is assembled on the ramp 1.
- This hexagonal closed stiffening frame 1 1 consists, in alternative succession, of three long tubes, 12, 13 and 14, identical to each other.
- Each half 9a or 9b of the end stiffener module 9 also comprises a second independent inflatable structure, constituted by another closed polygonal stiffening frame, said internal, because disposed towards the inside of the module 9 with respect to the external hexagonal frame 1 1, and which comprises two long strands 19 and 20, identical to each other and to the long strands 12 and 13 of the hexagonal frame 1 1, so as to also constitute lateral struts, connected to each other at their upper ends by a short coil 21, forming a short upper spacer identical to the upper support 15 of the frame 1 1, while the lower ends of the two long strands 19 and 20 lateral strut of the frame 18 extend downwards each by respectively one of two short strands 22 and 23, identical to each other and to the short flanges 16 and 17 of the frame 1 1, to form connections at the ends of the branches of a flange infé ⁇ eur 24, flared U-shaped, closing the frame 18 and directed towards the lower U-shaped flange 24 of the frame 18 of the other half 9a or
- each half 9a and 9b of the stiffening module 9 comprises, outside the polygonal frame 1 1, relative to the center of the module 9, a third independent inflatable structure 26, inverted V-shaped, consisting of two long tubes 27 and 28 of lateral strut, identical to each other and to the long strands 12 and 13 of the frame 1 1 and 19 and 20 of the frame 18, and connected to each other by a short bead 29 of upper spacer, identical to the short upper spacers 15 and 21 of the frames 1 1 and 18
- the reverse structure 26 V thus reinforces the assembly constituted by the frames 1 1 and 18 by doubling, externally, the lateral spacers 12 and 13 and the upper spacer 15, against which are glued over their entire length respectively the lateral struts 27 and 28 and the short supeneur spacer 29 of the structure 26 inverted V.
- the two lower U-shaped flanges 24 constitute an X spacer extending in the same plane as the two lower spacers 14 of the two frames 1 1, so as to counteract the base of the stiffener module 9 thus formed, which has, in the inflated state, the general external shape of a truncated hollow pyramid, with a square or rectangular base, whose inclined ridges are formed by the lateral spacer strands 12, 13, 19, 20 and 27, 28 of the two closed stiffening frames 1 1 and 18 and structure 26 inverted V.
- Each intermediate stiffening module 10, as shown in Figure 2b, is distinguished from the end stiffener module 9 of Figures 2a, 6 and 7, by the removal of the two inflatable end structures 26 inverted V.
- all that has just been said for the construction and the structure of an end stiffener module 9 can be repeated for the construction and the structure of an intermediate stiffener module 10, in particular the embodiment in two identical halves and symmetrical solidarized being contiguous face to face, with the only difference that each half has only two independent inflatable structures that constitute a hexagonal closed stiffening frame 11 and a closed polygonal stiffening frame 18, the X spacer for the bracing of the base of the intermediate stiffening module 10 being made strictly in the same manner as for the stiffening module 9.
- each intermediate stiffening module 10 also has, in the inflated state, the general external shape of a truncated hollow pyramid with a square or rectangular base, the inclined edges of which are formed by the lateral strut rods 12, 13 and 19, 20 of the two frames 11 and the two frames 18 of such a module 10, thus comprising four independent inflatable structures, while each end stiffener module 9 has six.
- the flanges 12, 13, 19 and 20 and, where appropriate, 27 and 28 delimit two substantially triangular opposite lateral faces, as well as two opposite and substantially triangular faces which are, when the modules 9 and 10 are mounted around the three longitudinal beams 5, 6 and the slide 7, and secured to the longitudinal flanges 8 of the longitudinal beams 5 and 6, one an upstream face, facing the inlet end of the ramp 1, and the other a downstream face, turned towards the output end of this ramp 1.
- the upstream and downstream faces are the faces of each of the stiffening modules 9 and 10 which are traversed by the three longitudinal beams 5 and 6 and the slider 7 of the ramp 1.
- each stiffening module 9 or 10 is thus formed by a lower strut 14 of spacer, located Upstream, and a mte ⁇ eure spacer strand 14 located downstream, and these two flanges 14 are, in the inflated state of the corresponding stiffener module 9 or 10, braced by the substantially X-shaped spacer formed by the connection of the two flanges U-shaped flared bottom 24 of said module, this X spacer extending under the two lateral lower beams 6 and the slide 7.
- each of the two end stiffener modules 9 is more rigid, in the inflated state, than each of the intermediate stiffening modules 10, which are mounted simply contiguous to each other by their base and without mechanical connection or between them m to the two end modules 9, between the latter two, because each of the end modules 9 comprises a greater number of independent inflatable structures than each intermediate stiffening module 10.
- stiffening modules 9 and 10 are not secured to each other or connected to each other by inflation means, each of them is connected to longitudinal tubes 8 of the three longitudinal beams 5 and 6 by means of sohda ⁇ sation, as well as some of the longitudinal tubes 8 of these beams 5 and 6 by inflation means.
- each of the four or six independent inflatable structures of each of the intermediate or end stiffener modules 9 is connected by inflating means to one of four or six of the nine longitudinal struts 8, respectively, which comprise the three longitudinal beams. 5 and 6, and furthermore, considering any pair of two adjacent stiffening modules 10 or 9 and 10, a majority of inflatable structures independent of one of these two modules is connected to inflatable tubes 8 longitudinal beams 5 and 6 which are different from those to which are connected by inflating means the inflatable structures homologous to the other of these two modules
- the two independent inflatable structures formed by the two closed stiffening frames Hexagonal 1 1 upstream of these two modules are not inflated from the same longitudinal coil 8, to prevent the ramp section 1 at these two modules 9 and 10 is too substantially deflated by damage to the same longitudinal coil 8 which feeds inflation gas two independent but homologous inflatable structures of these two modules or two inflatable structures of the same module 9 or 10
- the bottom of the ramp 1, at its outlet end, comprises an inflatable transverse coil 30 of downstream end, which is secured against the downstream ends of the lower inflatable longitudinal beads 8 of the two lower lateral beams 6, by two zones spaced therefrom.
- transverse coil 30, which extends laterally and downward, beyond said zones of attachment to the flanges 8 of the beams 6 of the ramp 1, by two end extensions 31, which are inflatable and curved, so as to ensure good contact between the lower end of the ramp 1 and the raft 3, and possibly by the at least partial engagement of these two end extensions 31 inflated over and behind a portion of the upper flotation rod 33 of the raft 3
- This transverse bead 30 and its end extensions 31, as well as their positions relative to the lower side beams 6 are shown in Figures 2 and 2c.
- the securing means are advantageously removable mechanical fastening devices of a well-known type, each comprising an externally threaded tubular endpiece allowing a connection screwed to two sealed connections each attached to one respectively two inflatable tubes to be secured to one another.
- the central passage of the tubular endpiece is closed with sealing, when this device must only be used to ensure a removable and non-continuous mechanical fastening between an inflatable bead 8 of a longitudinal beam 5 or 6 and an inflatable bead of a module stiffener 9 or 10, and for the Attaching the stiffening modules 9 and 10 to the inflatable tubes 8 of the beams 5 and 6, it is not essential to provide such a removable mechanical fastening device to each contact zone or point of tangency between two inflatable tubes to be secured
- These devices of fastening externally threaded tubular end are advantageous because, by releasing the central passage of the tubular end, the removable mechanical fastening device can simultaneously constitute a pneumatic interconnection device between the two flanges thus mechanically connected one to the other, so that the inflation of one of the two flanges can be made from the other It is thus that the different flanges constituting the independent inflatable structures of the different stiffening modules 9 and 10 are not only mechanically attached to the flanges 8 of the beams 5 and 6, but
- associating at least one inflatable life raft with an inflatable evacuation ramp it is distinguished essentially only by the structure of the ramp 1 itself from those already described in WO 95 / 14605 and shown unfolded and inflated in FIGS. 1 and 2, and being deployed and inflated in FIG. 3 of this document, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, in FR 2 912 11 1 of the Applicant, and shown in storage configuration in FIG. 6, being deployed and inflated in FIG. 7 and finally in use configuration in FIG. 8 of this document
- the deformable and releasable connecting devices of the ramp 1 -radle 3 interface may be those used in similar rescue installations of the state of the art
- These devices 32 are two lateral assemblies, each of which is mounted on the face of the transverse inflatable flange 30 of downstream end which is turned towards the raft 3, and more precisely towards the upper part of the upper float flange 33 (partially cut on the 8 and 9) of the raft 3, and each of these two devices 32 is mounted on one respectively of two zones of the coil 30 which are located near the two side edges of the outlet end of the ramp 1, substantially at the level where the transverse coil 30 is secured to the
- the connecting device 32 is double and comprises two three-ring mechanisms 34, each connected by a strap 35 to a webbing plate 36, which is a rigid plate attached to a corresponding side portion of the transverse web 30 and which has webbing passages.
- a webbing plate 36 which is a rigid plate attached to a corresponding side portion of the transverse web 30 and which has webbing passages.
- the presence of this plate 36 is not essential, but preferred for the case of a connection of the ramp 1 with a raft 3 of large capacity.
- each mechanism 34 comprises a so-called "three-ring elevator" 37, including a large ring or shackle 38 is connected by a strap (not shown) to the raft 3, this strap making, for example, around the upper flange 33 of the raft 3 to be attached at its other end to the large ring or shackle 38 of the other mechanism 34 With three rings of the same device 32.
- Each shackle 38 connected to the raft 3 is intended to receive a ring 39 of medium size at the end of a loop of the strap 35, and this middle ring 39 folded towards the strap 35 is it -even crossed by a small ring 40 retained by another loop secured to the strap 35 and itself bearing a loop through a plate also secured to the strap 35 and so that the part of this loop that protruding above the plate is crossed by a retaining member, such as a pyrotechnic release system 41 called "pyrotechnic knife” which allows, by a remote control, to release the loop, the release of which causes the release of the small ring 40, which can be released from the middle ring 39 which, in turn, can be released from the shackle 38 thus ensuring the release, at the device 32, the raft 3 relative to the ramp 1
- the other three-ring mechanism is identical and also controlled remotely, for its release, by another pyrotechnic release system
- the remote triggering can be provided by a pneumatic actuator, and, in another variant, the trigger can be performed manually by an operator in the raft 3.
- the rescue installation of the invention preferably comprises a cradle for storing and releasing 4 of the assembly consisting of a container, containing at least one raft such as 3 and its inflation means, and the ramp 1 wound around this container.
- This cradle 4 may comprise a thrust plate, concave front face, to push at least a portion of the raft ramp-container assembly on a sliding plate 42, which slides on the base plate of the cradle 4 covering the bottles of inflating the ramp 1, this sliding plate 42 overflowing, projecting from the deck of the ship 2, for the release of the ramp-container raft assembly with a clearance from the deck edge of the ship 2, after a tilting plate has brought said assembly on the sliding plate 42 causing a beginning of unwinding of the upper end portion of the ramp 1.
- the latter can be deployed and inflated without risk of interference or snagging with organs or surface accident on the hull of the ship 2, right of the cradle 4 storage and release.
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