EP2661392B1 - T.d.d. (dispositif d'accostage à tube) - Google Patents

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EP2661392B1
EP2661392B1 EP12705698.4A EP12705698A EP2661392B1 EP 2661392 B1 EP2661392 B1 EP 2661392B1 EP 12705698 A EP12705698 A EP 12705698A EP 2661392 B1 EP2661392 B1 EP 2661392B1
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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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • 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
    • B63B2021/001—Mooring bars, yokes, or the like, e.g. comprising articulations on both ends
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/30—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for transfer at sea between ships or between ships and off-shore structures

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  • This invention relates to a device which will stabilize the subject typically a boat, bridge or gantry to which it is installed, to a receiving subject typically an offshore oil/gas rig, offshore wind turbine, another vessel, quay wall or pontoon provided the receiving subject is predisposed with a fixed vertically aligned cylindrical tube, or parallel cylindrical tubes, to which the invention(s) may be deployed, in an attempt to provide a stable and safe platform between both subjects to/from which personnel and equipment may be transferred safely at Sea typically :
  • this invention will be useful both during their voyage and at time of manoeuvring in restricted port areas, provided both vessels are suitably predisposed as aforementioned, because the propelling vessel will have a purchase on the barge affording improved directional control, the ability to hold position and to take the reliant vessel astern if it chooses to do so, without the use of warps or towing bridles which require considerable obstacle free zones to permit the relevant tow turning circles.
  • Vessel to Subject Such as a boat to offshore oil/gas rig, construction, or wind turbine.
  • Current methods rely largely on rubber bow pads, shoes or strakes, fitted to the bow of the vessel being pushed onto a designated landing area, grip is provided using forward vessel propulsion.
  • grip created between the two subjects becomes pivotal and inconsistent reducing the grip made good, thus making it increasingly difficult to create a stable transfer platform.
  • This invention will be far less affected by vertical or horizontal movement to the transfer platform and create greater stability when the vessel is undergoing increased wave height, strong wind, or tidal influence on her beam.
  • Bridge or gantry to subject- such as ship's/ boat's bridge or gantry to a construction or sister ship.
  • Quay wall or pontoons current methods rely largely on the vessel going alongside or fender-ed bow onto a quay wall or pontoon, often with tidal and/ or wind influence to transfer personnel and equipment ashore, this invention will permit the vessels to dock at a predisposed point firmly and securely temporarily for the objective of transfer or permanently in respect of mooring as it would save a great amount of space in mooring areas and on pontoons.
  • WO02/20343 A1 and US4,459,930 discloses docking devices with jaw members.
  • This invention together with the predisposition of a tube or tubes has been devised because It is able to exploit a large are of a cylindrical tube facia with the utilization of pivotal sling retaining Tee bars or ergonomic rubber shoes fixed within the arc of two jaws.
  • the tube is suitable because it is less hazardous in the case of accidental collision and it will permit effective deployment from any angle whereas the device jaws are held open to a greater width than the cylindrical tube ready for deployment thus affording the operator a fair margin for error as the device will automatically deploy in central alignment even if the alignment of device and tube is not central when the device initially engages.
  • the device will automatically disengage, in the case of the subject itself being a boat, when the device(s) is fitted to its bow or in some cases perhaps its stern the boat itself will pin and subsequently pivot on the tube or tubes leaving wave energy to release at its stem or bow, the vessel will also be far less affected by strong cross wind, tide or other multidirectional influences as the device makes a form around the tube whilst virtually eliminating the risk of unintentional entanglement.
  • the device can also incorporate a blocking and/or hydraulic shift mechanism, which will afford locking and/ or hydraulic or other means of operational deployment if desired.
  • the Tube Docking Device is predisposed for 'sling' deployment to a vertically mounted cylindrical tube in which a tube docking device unit 1 includes attachment means 15 directly to a boat, bridge, walkway, a desired subject, or to a mounting bed 21, which will afford retract ability, hydraulic operation/deployment of device and to put vessels in trailer through the employment of hydraulic rams 22, a pivotal sling 8 (in combination with rubber pads) which when deployed by the device will take purchase of the unencumbered facia of a cylindrical tube C which is fixed to a receiving subject, the forward propulsion of the sling 8 and the jaws 4 against the cylinder forces the floating shaft 2 back through the hollow body 1, the initial energy is absorbed by two air rams 16, the propulsion energy then transfers to energy levers 11 subsequently to the jaws 4 which deploy the sling around the tube facia C and will finally compress the rubber finals 7 against the tube as this pressure increases.
  • the docking device consists of the hollow casing 1 through which passes the floating shaft 2 to the front end of which is attached the jaw retainer 3 to which are located two jaws 4 and held in position by a steel pin 5; passing through the ends of both jaws there is a sling retaining Tee bar 6 which will afford pivot ability, attached to both ends of the Tee bars there is a rubber final 7; the sling 8 is fastened between the Tee bars which are kept in position with self centring coil springs and locking nuts 9 there are female reception energy lever hinges 10 to which are attached the male energy levers 11 and held in position by a steel pin 12; the other end of the energy levers are attached to a female hinge on the main casing 13 and held in position by a steel pin 14; there are four deployment/fixing position brackets 15; two two Air rams 16 are connected to the floating shaft pins 17 which pass directly through slots sufficiently elongated in the sides of the main body hollow casing 1 to allow the full stroke of the air rams 16, the other end of the air ram 16 is
  • this invention replaces grip and friction between two subjects with 'purchase', it is dependant on the predisposition of a cylindrical tube or parallel cylindrical tubes (depending on the desired application) of suitable dimensions, fixed vertically to the receiving subject to enable its deployment, thus creating a stable platform between the subjects to/ from which personnel and equipment may be transferred safely at Sea.
  • This invention is able to 'hold' onto a predisposed cylindrical tube without the danger of unintentional mechanical entanglement to the subject, as hold is achieved solely through forward propulsion of the subject to which it is attached, the subsidence of which will automatically release the device.
  • a tugboat or other vessel which needs take a barge astern whilst manoeuvring in a restricted port area, or where a vessel needs to be placed in trailer afforded as a result of the devices perfect central alignment of a vessel or other predisposed subject when fully deployed.
  • the device can be used singularly or in a 'pair' depending on the application and the predisposition of cylindrical tubes mounted on the receiving subject.
  • the device uses a 'sling' mechanism to effect its deployment to a cylindrical tube.
  • the device can be fitted with or without the use of a mounting plate with sliding keyway or similar which would enable it to be retractable, permit side shift ability and afford hydraulic deployment and trailer type anchoring.
  • the device can incorporate various auxiliary equipment to:

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  1. Dispositif d'accostage à tube pour accoster un vaisseau marin à une structure portant au moins un montant vertical fixe, le dispositif comprenant :
    - des moyens de fixation pour fixer le dispositif à un bateau, un pont, une passerelle ou un autre objet ;
    - un boîtier allongé (1) ayant une extrémité proximale fixe et une extrémité distale opposée ;
    - une paire d'éléments de mâchoire (4) ; et
    - un mécanisme d'actionnement de mâchoires couplé de manière communicative auxdites mâchoires, et configuré pour amener lesdites mâchoires, en utilisation, à se fermer dans une configuration de saisie autour d'un montant ;
    caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif comprend :
    - une tige flottante (2) montée à l'intérieur dudit boîtier pour un mouvement longitudinal à l'intérieur de celui-ci entre une position étendue, dans laquelle elle s'étend partiellement au-delà de l'extrémité distale du boîtier, et une position rétractée ; et
    - un élément d'élingue souple (8) couplé à et s'étendant entre lesdits éléments de mâchoire (4) et/ou des patins ou tampons en caoutchouc (7) prévus sur la surface interne desdits éléments de mâchoire (15) ;
    et par le fait que :
    - les éléments de mâchoire (4) sont montés à l'extrémité de ladite tige flottante et configurés pour être dans une configuration ouverte lorsque ladite tige flottante est dans ladite position étendue ; et
    - le mécanisme d'actionnement de mâchoires est couplé de manière communicative entre lesdites mâchoires et ledit boîtier (1), et configuré pour amener lesdites mâchoires, en utilisation, à se fermer dans une configuration de saisie lorsque ladite tige flottante (2) est déplacée de ladite position étendue à ladite position rétractée lors de la propulsion de celle-ci sur ledit montant, de telle sorte que ladite élingue souple (8) et/ou lesdits patins ou tampons en caoutchouc (7) se ferment autour dudit montant et y est maintenue/sont maintenus par les éléments de mâchoire (4).
  2. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit mécanisme d'actionnement de mâchoires comprend des moyens d'absorption d'énergie pour absorber l'énergie de compression créée lorsque ladite tige flottante est déplacée de ladite position étendue à ladite position rétractée.
  3. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit mécanisme d'actionnement de mâchoires comprend en outre une paire de leviers (11) couplés auxdites mâchoires respectives, lesdits moyens d'absorption d'énergie transférant de l'énergie absorbée auxdits leviers (11) qui sont par conséquent actionnables pour amener lesdites mâchoires, en utilisation, à se fermer dans ladite configuration de saisie lorsque ladite tige flottante (2) est déplacée de ladite position étendue à ladite position rétractée lors la propulsion de celle-ci sur un montant.
  4. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre un tampon pare-choc (24) entre ledit agencement de mâchoire et ladite extrémité distale de ladite tige flottante (2).
  5. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant une paire d'éléments terminaux ou patins en caoutchouc (7) au niveau de ou adjacents aux extrémités respectives desdits éléments de mâchoire (4), pour saisir ledit montant lorsque lesdits éléments de mâchoire (4) sont dans ladite configuration de saisie.
  6. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdits éléments de mâchoire (4) sont couplés à ladite extrémité distale de ladite tige flottante (2) par des moyens configurés pour permettre le pivotement desdits éléments de mâchoire (4) par rapport à ladite tige flottante.
  7. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon la revendication 2, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'absorption d'énergie comprennent des vérins pneumatiques (16), des ressorts, des amortisseurs de choc, des vérins hydrauliques ou à gaz.
  8. Dispositif d'accostage à tube selon la revendication 7, dans lequel le mécanisme peut être bloqué et/ou actionné à l'aide de vérins hydrauliques, de vérins pneumatiques (16) ou de vis sans fin, offrant ainsi des moyens indépendants hydrauliques ou autres pour permettre son déploiement opérationnel.
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GB1100004.9A GB2487045A (en) 2011-01-04 2011-01-04 A docking device with means adapted to encircle a tubular element
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