EP3265377B1

EP3265377B1 - Ship premises assembly and ship with said premises

Info

Publication number: EP3265377B1
Application number: EP15781726.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Andrea LAVAGNINI
Original assignee: Fincantieri SpA
Current assignee: Fincantieri SpA
Priority date: 2015-03-04
Filing date: 2015-08-11
Publication date: 2019-04-24
Anticipated expiration: 2035-08-11
Also published as: WO2016139517A1; EP3265377A1

Description

Field of the invention

This invention relates to a ship premises assembly and ship with said premises.
This invention relates particularly to a ship premises assembly that transports passengers, such as, for example, a yacht, super-yacht, mega-yacht, giga-yacht, or cruise ship, and to a ship with said premises.

State of the art

As is known, the value and the price of a premises of a passenger ship or yacht, such as a private cabin or a common area, are generally correlated to the space available for the exclusive use of the cabin or common area, which can be, for example, a room, lounge, conference room, bar or ballroom.
For example, on board a ship, premises located in portions of the superstructure or hull of the ship facing the sea or facing an internal deck may include balconies or terraces, which are however of little use during periods of bad weather, such as precipitation and wind, or while travelling, and in addition said balconies or terraces are separated from the inside of the premises by means of fixed architectural separation barriers that consequently limit the space available to users of the premises. For example, document KR101476058 B1 discloses a stadium integrated cruise ship, where sidewalls of the hull are folded open to the outer side of the hull and event space is formed.
For example, document US8635472B2 shows a balcony projecting from a wall of the ship that is foldable and thus mountable and/or dismountable as necessary.
This solution makes it possible to expand and reduce the external walking surface available to external users of the premises but does not solve the problem of exposure of users of the premises to the weather.
It is also known, for example from document DE102013002170A1 , how to construct telescopically extensible decks that protrude cantilevered over the side, for hauling lifeboats.
This mechanism allows extending, if necessary, the surface protruding from the vessel intended to convey passengers when boarding lifeboats, representing an improvement of safety conditions for passengers of the ship, however, this solution does not concern interior premises of the ship intended for private or common use.
For example, document US20060059700A1 shows a motor van provided with an extensible room projecting from the wall of the motor vehicle, increasing the volume intended for private use of the travellers. This solution is completely unsuitable for use in a ship or yacht.
Therefore, the need is felt to be able to expand and/or reduce the volume of a premises of a ship upon command while maintaining the volume confined within the walls and thus sheltered from the weather and, at the same time, allow enjoying the panorama outside the hull of the ship.

Solution

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art and provide a solution to the need to offer a new architecture of ship premises that allows increasing the volume of said premises, wherein said premises can be either a cabin available for the exclusive use of the user or a common premises intended for common use such as, for example, a room, lounge, conference room, bar or ballroom and, at the same time, to ensure confinement from the external environment and, therefore, protection from the weather.
This and other purposes are achieved with a ship premises assembly according to claim 1, as well as a ship hull according to claim 11, a ship superstructure according to claim 12, a ship according to claim 13 and a method according to claim 14.
Several advantageous embodiments are covered by the dependent claims.

Figures

Further characteristics and advantages of the ship premises assembly and ship with said premises according to the invention will appear in the following description of its preferred embodiments, provided by way of nonlimiting example, with reference to the accompanying figures, wherein:

- Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a ship comprising an assembly according to the invention,
- Figures 2A and 2B are schematic perspective views illustrating an assembly according to the invention in the closed position,
- Figure 3 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an assembly according to the invention in the extended position,
- Figures 4 and 5 are schematic perspective views illustrating a ship comprising an assembly according to the invention,
- Figure 6 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an embodiment of an assembly according to the invention,
- Figures 7 and 8 are schematic perspective views illustrating an assembly according to a variant embodiment of the invention respectively in the closed position and extended position,
- Figures 9 and 10 are schematic perspective views illustrating two embodiments of an assembly according to this invention,
- Figure 11 is a diagram illustrating an aspect of the invention,
- Figures 12 and 14 are schematic perspective views illustrating a ship comprising an assembly according to the invention,
- Figure 15 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a portion of ship hull comprising an assembly according to the invention,
- Figures 16 and 17 are schematic perspective views illustrating a portion of an assembly according to an aspect of the invention,
- Figures 18, 19A and 19B are schematic perspective views illustrating a ship comprising at least one assembly according to the invention.

Description of several preferred embodiments

A ship premises assembly 10 according to this invention comprises:

at least one first room portion 11 defining at least a first compartment 21 suitable for being integrally mounted to a ship structure 14,
at least one second room portion 12 suitable for defining at least one second compartment 22,

In an assembly 10 according to this invention, said second room portion 12 is slidingly constrained to said first room portion 11 passing from a first closing position wherein it overlaps at least partially said first room portion 11 to a second extended position wherein it defines at least one second compartment 22 distinct from said at least one first compartment 21.
In an assembly 10 according to this invention, said second room portion 12, when it is in the extended position, is suitable for projecting in an overhanging manner from said ship structure 14.
In an assembly 10 according to this invention, said second room portion 12 surrounds said at least one second compartment 22 isolating it from the external environment.
According to an embodiment, said second room portion 12 allows increasing and/or decreasing the volume isolated from the external environment intended for exclusive use or common use.
According to an embodiment, said volume isolated from the external environment is protected from the weather and/or is suitable to be subject to a regulation of temperature, for example by means of air conditioning or heating.
According to an embodiment, said at least one first room portion 11 comprises a plurality of first compartments 21.
According to a variant embodiment, said at least one second room portion 12 is suitable to define a plurality of second compartments 22.
According to an embodiment, said room can be a cabin available for the exclusive use of the user, or a common room for common use such as a room, lounge, conference room, bar or ballroom.
According to an embodiment, said ship structure 14 is a ship hull 16, and a ship 15 according to this invention is for example a yacht 15, mega-yacht 15, super-yacht 15 or giga-yacht 15 or is a cruise ship 15.
According to an embodiment, an assembly 10 according to the invention offers the possibility of restoring in closure the integrity of the ship hull 16 or the ship superstructure 17, for example for navigation needs.
According to a preferred embodiment, an assembly 10 according to the invention offers the possibility of reintegrating in closure the structural, hydraulic and fluid-dynamic status of the ship hull planking 16 or the ship superstructure 17, for example for travelling conditions.
According to an embodiment, said ship structure 14 is a ship superstructure 17, and said ship 15 is for example a yacht 15, mega-yacht 15, super-yacht 15 or giga-yacht 15 or is a cruise ship 15.
According to an embodiment, in an assembly 10, said second room portion 12 comprises at least one first wall 20 comprising at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light inside at least said second compartment 22.
According to an embodiment, said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light is at least a first wall 20, or at least a wall suitable for allowing the passage of natural light 20.
According to an embodiment, said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light it can be at least a porthole or at least a window.
According to an embodiment, said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light is transparent.
According to an embodiment, said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light of the user of the room the further use of natural illumination and/or panoramic views.
According to an embodiment, said wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light inside at least said second compartment comprises at least one walking surface 23.
According to an embodiment, the presence of at least one walking surface 23 of said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light is suitable for allowing those using the room to enjoy a panoramic view also for example towards the sea or towards an internal deck.
According to a variant embodiment, said walking surface 23 can also not be suitable for allowing the passage of natural.
According to an embodiment, said at least a first wall 20 comprising at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light, is suitable to be a wall of the hull 16 or a wall of the superstructure 17, in order to restore the integrity of, respectively, the hull or superstructure.
According to an embodiment, said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light is translucent.
According to an embodiment, said at least one translucent wall portion 19 provides users of the room the benefit of natural illumination while preserving a satisfactory degree of intimacy, confidentiality and/or privacy.
According to an embodiment, said at least one wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light is made of glass or Plexiglas.
According to an embodiment, said second room portion 12 may comprise a support frame 18 made for example of metallic material.
According to an embodiment, said second extensible and/or translating room portion 12 is contained in the body of the room when said second room portion 12 is in the closed position.
According to an embodiment, said second room portion 12 comprises a plurality of first walls 20 and wherein said second extensible and/or translating room portion of 12 is contained in the body of the room when said second room portion 12 is found in the closed position, i.e., the overall dimensions of said plurality of first walls 20 of said second room portion 12 is less than the volume of said first room portion 11, and wherein said plurality of walls 20 can cooperate with at least one wall of hull 16 or superstructure 17, and wherein the movement of said second room portion 12 takes place by means of translation with horizontal movement, and wherein, consequently a step, or a difference in height, is formed on the floor surface, and wherein a wall of said plurality of first walls 20 and/or said at least one wall of hull 16 or superstructure 17 is movable in extension and retraction.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10 is of the modular type and is suitable for being pre-assembled starting from a plurality of prefabricated modules.
According to a variant embodiment, said first room portion 11 is suitable to be mounted on a room of a ship room assembly 24, such as, for example, a cabin of a pre-assembled module that includes a plurality of cabins separated by partition walls 25 or a room of a pre-assembled module comprising a plurality of rooms separated by partition walls 25 and intended for common use such as a room, lounge, conference room, bar or ballroom.
A pre-assembled room module and/or pre-assembled module comprising an assembly of rooms 24 may include electrical and plumbing service systems 27, wherein said service systems 27 are preferably positioned externally to said second extensible and/or translating room portion 12 suitable for projecting cantilevered from a ship structure 14.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10 of the modular type suitable to be pre-assembled allows performing operations of retrofitting or integration on ship structures suitable to comprise modular rooms pre-existing to the invention.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10 comprises at least one movement device 30 of said second room portion 12 in relation to said first room portion 11, wherein said movement device 30 is suitable for allowing the free usability of at least one compartment also during the movement of said second room portion 12.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10 is of the pre-assembled modular type and includes both said electrical and/or plumbing service systems and said at least one movement device 30.
According to an embodiment, said at least one second room portion 12 suitable for projecting cantilevered of said assembly 10, wherein said assembly 10 is of the pre-assembled modular type, comprises said electrical and/or plumbing service systems 27, and wherein said at least one movement device 30 can be assembled at a later time, for example in a shipyard.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10 is of the pre-assembled modular type, wherein said electrical and/or plumbing service systems and said at least one movement device 30 can be assembled at a later time, for example in a shipyard.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10, said electrical and/or plumbing service systems and said at least one movement device 30 can be assembled at a later time, for example in a shipyard.
According to an embodiment, said movement device 30 has overall dimensions such as not to impede the free usability of the room spaces and may be positioned for example in a cavity between said first room portion 11 and said second room portion 12.
According to an embodiment, said at least one movement device 30 is a telescopic movement device.
According to an embodiment, a telescopic movement device 30 according to this invention may comprise a plurality of sliding members without impeding the free usability of the internal spaces of the room.
According to an embodiment, a movement device 30 may comprise a plurality of linear and/or telescopic sliding guides 32 comprising preloaded and/or recirculating ball slide blocks 33, which guides 32 may be accompanied by a mechanism of the screw-nut type 34, for example of the irreversible type, for example of the female screw with recirculating ball type.
According to an embodiment, said plurality of linear and/or telescopic sliding guides 32 comprising preloaded roller and/or recirculating slide blocks 33, allows precise, silent sliding with satisfactory characteristics of stability and possibilities of control.
According to an embodiment, said at least one movement device 30 may comprise a plurality of linear hydraulic or pneumatic actuators 34, for example cylinder-piston groups operable by a pump, or a plurality of electromechanical actuators, for example based on a screw-female screw group.
According to an embodiment, said at least one movement device 30 may comprise at least one electrical or electromagnetic motor 35, for example a stepper motor or an AC motor, operable by means of at least one actuation device 38 and/or switch 37 placed for example inside said room, said motor 35 being suitable to cooperate with said plurality of guides 32 and/or linear actuators 34.
According to an embodiment, said at least one movement device 30 comprises at least one control system 36 or an automatic control system, such as for example a programmable logic controller, or PLC, suitable to cooperate with said at least one motor 35 and/or with said at least one actuation device 38 and/or with said plurality of linear actuators 34 and/or with said at least one switch 37.
According to an embodiment, said control system 36 co-operates with said linear actuators 34 to influence the position of said second room portion 12 with respect to said first room portion 11.
According to an embodiment, said second room portion 12 comprises at least one wall portion in the form of a substantially spherical cap (Figure 6 or 10).
According to a variant embodiment, said second room portion 12 comprises at least a second spherical cap wall 26, or wherein at least a portion of said second wall 26 is substantially a spherical cap, and wherein said at least one second wall 26 may comprise at least a wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light.
According to an embodiment, said assembly comprises at least one wall or one spherical cap wall portion that allows reducing the mechanical stresses acting on said second room portion 12 projecting from the ship structure 14.
According to an embodiment, said assembly comprises a second room portion 12 comprising at least one spherical cap wall portion suitable for allowing the passage of natural light that allows the users of the room improved enjoyment of panoramic views and natural illumination, for example with respect to other forms of wall.
According to a variant embodiment, said second room portion 12 has a substantially cylindrical vessel shape comprising at least one walking surface 23 and at least a wall portion 19 suitable for allowing the passage of natural light.
According to a variant embodiment, an assembly 10 is watertight and is suitable for scuba diving and may comprise at least a second spherical cap wall 26, or at least a wall portion, and/or may comprise at least a wall portion 19 suitable to allow the passage of natural light. This solution, may be associated with a portion of the hull suitable to result in an immersed position during navigation.
According to an aspect of the invention, a ship hull 16 comprises at least one assembly 10 as previously described.
Said hull 16 according to the invention comprises at least one assembly 10 in at least one wall portion and/or in at least a portion of a quarter and/or in at least a portion of a section of stern and/or at least a portion of a bow.
According to a variant embodiment, said hull 16 can comprise an assembly 10 according to the invention in a portion of ship bottom.
According to an aspect of the invention, a ship superstructure 17 comprises at least one assembly 10 as previously described.
Said ship superstructure 17 comprises at least one assembly 10 in at least a portion of a quarterdeck and/or a deckhouse and/or a gangplank.
According to an aspect of the invention, a ship 15 comprises at least one assembly 10 as previously described and/or comprises a hull 16 as previously described and/or comprises a superstructure 17 as previously described.
Said ship 15 can be a yacht 15, mega-yacht 15, super-yacht 15, or giga-yacht 15 or is a cruise ship 15, or a ship 15 intended for the transport of passengers.
According to an aspect of the invention, a method for influencing the volume of a ship room comprises the steps of:
- integrally mounting to a ship structure 14 a ship room assembly 10 as previously described,
- actuating said movement device 30 of said second room portion 12 in relation to said first room portion 11, bringing said at least one portion of said second room portion 12 to an overhanging position and isolating with said second room portion 12 said at least one second compartment 22 from the external environment.
According to an embodiment, a method according to the invention allows increasing and/or reducing, if necessary, the volume of said ship room, without impeding the free usability of the internal spaces of said room.
To the embodiments described above, a technician in the field, to satisfy contingent requirements, may make numerous modifications, adaptations and replacements of members with others functionally equivalent, without departing from the scope of the following claims.
According to an embodiment, said assembly 10 is of the modular type and is suitable for being mounted in modules in said ship structure 14.

LIST OF REFERENCES

10. assembly
11. first room portion
12. second room portion
14. ship structure
15. ship
16. ship hull
17. ship superstructure
18. support frame
19. wall portion suitable for allowing the passage of natural light
20. first wall or wall suitable for allowing the passage of natural light
21. first room compartment
22. second room compartment
23. walking surface
24. room assembly
25. partition walls
26. second wall or spherical cap wall
27. service systems
30. movement device
32. guides
33. slide blocks
34. linear actuators
35. motor
36. control system
37. switch
38. actuation device

Claims

Ship room assembly (10) comprising:
- at least one first room portion (11) defining at least a first compartment (21) suitable for being integrally mounted to a ship structure (14),

- at least one second room portion (12) suitable for defining at least one second compartment (22), characterised in that
said second room portion (12) is slidingly constrained to said first room portion (11) passing from a first closing position wherein it overlaps at least partially said first room portion (11) to a second extended position wherein it defines at least one second compartment (22) distinct from said at least one first compartment (21), and wherein said second room portion (12), when it is in the extended position, is suitable for projecting in an overhanging manner from said ship structure (14),
and wherein said second room portion (12) surrounds said at least one second compartment (22) isolating it from the external environment.
Assembly (10) according to claim 1, wherein said ship structure (14) is a ship hull (16) or a ship superstructure (17).
Assembly (10) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said second room portion (12) comprises at least one first wall (20) comprising at least one wall portion (19) suitable for allowing the passage of natural light inside at least said second compartment (22).
Assembly (10) according to claim 3, wherein said at least one wall portion (19) suitable for allowing the passage of natural light inside at least said second compartment (22) comprises at least one walking surface (23).
Assembly (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said assembly (10) is of the modular type and is suitable for being mounted in modules in said ship structure (14).
Assembly (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said first room portion (11) is suitable for being mounted on a room of a ship room assembly (24).
Assembly (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said assembly (10) comprises at least one movement device (30) of said second room portion (12) in relation to said first room portion (11), wherein said moving device (30) is suitable for allowing the free usability of at least one compartment also during the movement of said second room portion (12).
Assembly (10) according to claim 7, wherein said at least one moving device (30) is a telescopic moving device.
Assembly (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said second room portion (12) comprises at least one wall portion in the form of a substantially spherical cap.
Assembly (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said assembly (10) is watertight and is suitable for diving.
Ship hull (16) comprising at least one assembly (10) according to any one of the preceding claims.
Ship superstructure (17) comprising at least one assembly (10) according to any one of claims from 1 to 10.
Ship (15) comprising at least one assembly (10) according to any one of claims from 1 to 10 and/or comprising a hull (16) according to claim 11 and/or comprising a superstructure (17) according to claim 12.
Method for influencing the volume of a ship room comprising the steps of:
- integrally mounting to a ship structure (14) a ship room assembly (10) according to any one of claims from 1 to 10,

- actuating said movement device (30) of said second room portion (12) in relation to said first room portion (11), bringing said at least one portion of said second room portion (12) to an overhanging position and isolating with said second room portion (12) said at least one second compartment (22) from the external environment.