ES444004A3 - A dry storage installation for vessels. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Storage facility dry for boats with a length not exceeding a predetermined, in which such vessels can be stored and selectively removed therefrom for use in a body of water, and can be withdrawn from said water storage or maintenance, what includes; (a) two elongated open frames formed of vertical columns and transverse members, said frames being separated by a longitudinally extending runner of greater width than said predetermined length of said vessel; (b) two laterally spaced, parallel tracks, supported from adjacent upper sections of said frames and extending longitudinally along said runner, at least portions of said tracks being disposed on said body of water; (c) a plurality of support means mounted boat on said frames and cooperating therewith to define a plurality of compartments arranged in a perpendicular direction relative to said runner, each of said compartments can be stored in the same one of said boats; (d) a transverse bridge extending between said tracks, which is movably supported thereon; (e) a carriage movably mounted on said bridge and capable of movement in the axial direction relative thereto; (f) a rotating plate supported for rotation from said carriage, said rotating plate being capable of rotating in a horizontal plane; (g) at least one first elongated rigid member hanging from said rotating plate; (h) at least one second elongate rigid member movably slidable relative to said first member; (I) two laterally spaced nails projecting outwardly from the lower end of said second member, which can be extended below the hull of a vessel to support detachably the same either when said vessel is arranged on said means vessel support, or either when said vessel is floating in said body of water; (j) a horizontal platform supported by said second member at a distance large enough above said nails so that said platform remains above the surface of said body of water when one of said vessels is being lowered thereto or recovered from it by the use of said nails; (k) mechanical means for selectively moving said bridge, said carriage on said bridge, said rotatable on said carriage plate, and said second member, for positioning said fingers in engagement with said bottom of a desired these craft, for removing said vessel one of said compartments and then bring it to a position where it is dumped into said body of water, or to position said fingers into engagement with said bottom of a vessel floating on said body of water and then bringing said vessel floating to a position where it is supported so that it can be removed in a desired one from said compartments; and (1) control means for selectively actuating said mechanical means, said control means being located sufficiently close to said platform to be manually maneuverable when an operator is supported by said platform. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)