FR2573382A1 - Self-inflatable lifebuoy - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
- B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
- B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
- B63C9/13—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist
- B63C9/15—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
- B63C9/155—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments inflatable
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
- B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
- B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
- B63C9/20—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights
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BOUEE DE SAUVETAGE AUTOGONFLABLE
L'invention concerne une bouée de sauvetage autogonflable, notamment destinée aux adeptes des sports nautiques et en particulier les véliplanchistes.SELF-INFLATABLE LIFE BUOY
The invention relates to a self-inflating lifebuoy, in particular intended for water sports enthusiasts and in particular windsurfers.
Le développement des sports nautiques s'accompagne d'accidents plus nombreux, souvent dus au fait que les amateurs s'aventurent de plus en plus loin des côtes. Par ailleurs-; les gilets de sauvetage classiques sont relativement encombrants et entravent les mouvements; ils sont donc souvent négligés par les sportifs. L'invention propose une bouée de sauvetage efficace, autogonflable et peu encombrante, de façon à être portée en permanence pour faire face à toute éventualité. The development of nautical sports is accompanied by more accidents, often due to the fact that amateurs venture more and more far from the coasts. Otherwise-; conventional life jackets are relatively bulky and hinder movement; they are therefore often overlooked by athletes. The invention provides an efficient, self-inflating and space-saving lifeline so that it can be worn permanently to deal with any eventuality.
Plus précisément, l'invention concerne donc une bouée de sauvetage caractérisée en ce qu'une chambre à air gonflable est agencée en position repliée le long d'une ceinture portant une bouteille de gaz comprimé reliée par une vanne à ladite chambre à air. More specifically, the invention therefore relates to a lifebuoy characterized in that an inflatable air chamber is arranged in the folded position along a belt carrying a bottle of compressed gas connected by a valve to said air chamber.
Selon une autre caractéristique importante de l'invention, ladite ceinture comporte un repli transversal s'effaçant lors du gonflage de ladite chambre à air pour augmenter le périmètre de ladite ceinture et fac i- liter la remontée de l'ensemble sous les aisselles. According to another important characteristic of the invention, said belt comprises a transverse fold which disappears during inflation of said air chamber to increase the perimeter of said belt and facilitate the ascent of the assembly under the armpits.
Le repli transversal précité peut être matérialisé par des pièces de tissu à griffes et de tissu à boucles fixées à la ceinture. La texture de ces tissus est connue; ils sont disponibles dans le commerce, notamment sous la marque de fabrique "VELCRO". Ce genre de fixation a l'avantage de posséder une excellente résistance à la traction dans le sens longitudinal (parallèlement à la ceinture), tout en étant susceptible de s' ouvrir sous l'effet d'un effort relativement faible exercé dans le sens radial par rapport à la ceinture, c'est-à-dire éventuellement par le simple effet de gonflage de la chambre à air. On peut cependant imaginer d'autres moyens plus simples pour matérialiser le repli transversal, comme par exemple des anneaux élastiques. The aforementioned transverse fold can be materialized by pieces of fabric with claws and fabric with loops fixed to the belt. The texture of these fabrics is known; they are commercially available, in particular under the trademark "VELCRO". This type of attachment has the advantage of having excellent tensile strength in the longitudinal direction (parallel to the belt), while being capable of opening under the effect of a relatively weak force exerted in the radial direction. relative to the belt, that is to say possibly by the simple inflation effect of the air chamber. One can however imagine other simpler means to materialize the transverse fold, such as for example elastic rings.
L'invention sera mieux comprise et d'autres avantages de celle-ci apparaîtront mieux à la lumière de la description qui va suivre d'un mode de réalisation actuellement préféré d'une bouée de sauvetage conforme à son principe, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple et faite en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels
- la figure 1 est une vue générale en perspective de la bouée de sauvetage non utilisée, c'est-à-dire à l'état de ceinture;
- la figure 2 est une vue en coupe transversale de la ceinture, la chambre à air étant dégonflée et logée dans ladite ceinture;
- la figure 3 est une vue analogue à la figure 2, montrant la chambre à air gonflée;
- la figure 4 est une vue de détail, montrant la formation du repli transversal précité;
- les figures 5a et 5b illustrent la vanne commandant le gonflage de la chambre à air;;
- la figure 6 est une vue de détail d'un accessoire de signalisation; et
- la figure 7 montre l'ensemble en cas d'utilisation.The invention will be better understood and other advantages thereof will appear better in the light of the following description of a currently preferred embodiment of a lifebuoy in accordance with its principle, given solely by way of illustration. example and made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
- Figure 1 is a general perspective view of the unused lifebuoy, that is to say in the belt state;
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the belt, the air chamber being deflated and housed in said belt;
- Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the inflated air chamber;
- Figure 4 is a detail view showing the formation of the aforementioned transverse fold;
- Figures 5a and 5b illustrate the valve controlling the inflation of the air chamber;
- Figure 6 is a detail view of a signaling accessory; and
- Figure 7 shows the assembly when used.
En se reportant aux dessins, la bouée de sauvetage selon l'invention se compose d'une ceinture il le long de laquelle est fixée une chambre à air 12 à parois élastique, gonflable. Cette dernière, à ltétat non gonflée est logée dans une gaine 13 en matériau semi-rigide comportant une fente longitudinale 14. Lorsque de l'air sous pression est admis dans la chambre à air, celle-ci se dilate en repoussant les parois de la gaine 13 de part et d'autre de la fente 14, comme le montre la figure 3. La ceinture comporte un repli transversal 15 situé dans la partie dorsale de celle-ci et conçu pour s'effacer lors du gonflage de la chambre à air. Referring to the drawings, the lifebuoy according to the invention consists of a belt II along which is fixed an air chamber 12 with elastic, inflatable walls. The latter, in the non-inflated state, is housed in a sheath 13 of semi-rigid material comprising a longitudinal slot 14. When air under pressure is admitted into the air chamber, the latter expands by pushing back the walls of the sheath 13 on either side of the slot 14, as shown in FIG. 3. The belt has a transverse fold 15 located in the dorsal part of the latter and designed to disappear when the air chamber is inflated .
Pour cela, comme mentionné précédemment, le repli est matérialisé grâce à des pièces de tissu à griffes et de tissu à boucles 16a, 16b, fixées à la ceinture et coopérant mutuellement (voir figure 4).For this, as mentioned above, the fold is materialized by pieces of fabric with claws and fabric with loops 16a, 16b, fixed to the belt and cooperating with each other (see FIG. 4).
Une petite bouteille d'air comprimé 18 est fixée à la ceinture 11; elle est immobilisée dans un gousset 19 de celle-ci, situé dans le prolongement de la gaine 13. Cette bouteille est reliée à la chambre à air par une vanne 20 actionnable manuellement au moyen d'un anneau 21. Comme le montrent les figures 5a et 5b, l'anneau 21 est rattaché au boisseau 22 de la vanne, tandis que le boîtier de ladite vanne comporte une encoche 23. Le diamètre de l'anneau 21 correspond à la distance entre son point d'attache au boisseau 22 et ladite encoche, de façon à ce qu'il soit bloqué (figure 5a) en temps normal, évitant ainsi tout gonflage accidentel de la chambre à air.La ceinture comporte en outre plusieurs anneaux 26 pour l'accrochage d'acccessoires divers (par exemple un sifflet), et notamment pour l'accrochage d'un petit conteneur 27 renfermant un ballon 28 relié à une petite bouteille 29 de gaz comprimé moins dense que l'air (par exemple de l'hélium) par l'intermédiaire d'un mécanisme de vanne 30. Le conteneur 27 comporte un socle 31, séparable, prolongé par une attache de sécurité 32 pour la fixation de l'ensemble à un anneau 26 de la ceinture 11. Un fil de nylon 33, logé dans le conteneur, est relié par l'une de ses extrémités au ballon 28 et par son autre extrémité au socle 31. Le ballon est de préférence de couleur vive et sa surface externe comporte des zones 32 de revêtement fluorescent et/ou de revêtement métallisé, pour faciliter le repérage du ballon, aussi bien visuellement que par radar. A small bottle of compressed air 18 is attached to the belt 11; it is immobilized in a gusset 19 thereof, located in the extension of the sheath 13. This bottle is connected to the air chamber by a valve 20 manually operable by means of a ring 21. As shown in Figures 5a and 5b, the ring 21 is attached to the plug 22 of the valve, while the box of said valve has a notch 23. The diameter of the ring 21 corresponds to the distance between its point of attachment to the plug 22 and said notch, so that it is blocked (FIG. 5a) in normal times, thus avoiding any accidental inflation of the air chamber. The belt also comprises several rings 26 for the attachment of various accessories (for example a whistle), and in particular for hanging a small container 27 containing a balloon 28 connected to a small bottle 29 of compressed gas less dense than air (for example helium) by means of a mechanism valve 30. The container 27 has a separable base 31, extended by u no safety clip 32 for fixing the assembly to a ring 26 of the belt 11. A nylon thread 33, housed in the container, is connected by one of its ends to the balloon 28 and by its other end to the base 31. The balloon is preferably brightly colored and its external surface includes areas 32 of fluorescent coating and / or metallized coating, to facilitate the location of the balloon, both visually and by radar.
Lorsque l'utilisateur se trouve dans l'eau et dans une situation critique, pour quelque raison que ce soit, il lui suffit de dégager et tirer l'anneau 21 commandant l'ouverture de la vanne 20, ce qui provoque le gonflage de la chambre à air et, comme expliqué ci-dessus, l'augmentation du périmètre de la ceinture par effacement du repli transversal 15. When the user is in the water and in a critical situation, for whatever reason, it suffices to release and pull the ring 21 controlling the opening of the valve 20, which causes the inflation of the inner tube and, as explained above, increasing the perimeter of the belt by erasing the transverse fold 15.
On évite ainsi que la bouée ne reste attachée au niveau de la ceinture, ce qui déstabiliserait l'utilisateur. Au contraire, grâce à l'effacement du repli transversal 15, la bouée remonte automatiquement sous les aisselles pour supporter efficacement l'utilisateur en attente de secours.This prevents the buoy from remaining attached to the belt, which would destabilize the user. On the contrary, thanks to the erasure of the transverse fold 15, the buoy rises automatically under the armpits to effectively support the user awaiting rescue.
L'utilisateur peut alors ouvrir le conteneur 27 pour dégager le ballon 28 et actionner le mécanisme de vanne 30 provoquant ltelévatioú du ballon audessus du niveau de l'eau, ce qui augmente ses chances d'être rapidement localisé. The user can then open the container 27 to release the balloon 28 and actuate the valve mechanism 30 causing the balloon to rise above the water level, which increases his chances of being quickly located.
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FR2792282A1 (en) | 1999-04-16 | 2000-10-20 | Jean Claude Hesse | Lifejacket inflated by gas cartridge attached to one of its walls has ring designed so that when it is inflated its front, middle and back zones have equal volume, maintaining user in stable position in water |
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