JP2540249Y2 - Emergency signal float - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a floating body for an emergency signal which is put on the sea in the event of an emergency such as a ship's distress and notifies the location of the ship and its crew.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An emergency position indicating radio (EPIRB) has conventionally been used as a means for notifying a ship's distress position or the location of a drifting crew member when a ship or the like encounters an emergency such as capsize or sinking. ) Is used, and a system for relaying a signal emitted by the wireless device to a required point via an artificial satellite has been developed.

[0003] By the way, in such a floating body, one end of a mooring rope 2 of about 8 m is usually fixed to the outer wall of the floating body 1 as shown in FIG. 2, and when the floating body is held by the hull, this rope is not shown. Hanging in a bundle. This mooring rope is released and stretched after the floating body is thrown into the sea, so that the victim can tie the floating body to the life light or hold it and moor it to prevent separation of the floating body from the victim etc. Things.

However, the conventional method of attaching a mooring rope merely hangs the bundled rope to the outside of the floating body. Therefore, when the floating body is released manually or by an automatic loading device, the floating rope is attached to the automatic loading device and peripheral equipment. Not only is there a high risk of entanglement with the wire, which may be a hindrance to release, but also a fatal defect that the rope bundle may freeze and become difficult to unravel even after being put into the sea.

[0005]

[Purpose of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is intended to notify a rescue organization or the like of the location of a distress or a victim by releasing the ship to the sea in an emergency such as capsizing or sinking of a ship. It is an object of the present invention to provide an emergency signal floating body in which a mooring rope is attached so that the floating body can be easily unraveled without being entangled with a hull or the like in the vicinity of the floating body mounting position.

[0006]

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a floating body for an emergency signal that notifies a rescue organization or the like of the position of a victim or the like when released from the ship to the sea in the event of an emergency,
2 at a predetermined axial interval on the outer periphery of the emergency signal floating body
A mooring rope wrapping recess is formed between the flanges by forming two flanges, and one end of the mooring rope wrapped around the recess is fixed to the floating body, and then the rope is wound around the recess. The other end of the mooring rope after being wound is removably fitted into a notch-like locking means provided on the flange to be locked in a semi-fixed state, and the other end of the mooring rope is gripped. Means are provided. According to the present invention having such a configuration, when the rope is released from the sea, the gripping means provided at the other end of the mooring rope is gripped to remove the rope from the locking means, and then the rope is pulled out. Rope can be released and pulled out very easily.
Even if the rope freezes in a cold region in winter,
Pulling is easy by pulling the rope while rotating the floating body. By using a gripping means such as a ball that is easy to grasp, the pull-out operation can be facilitated. The locking means is notch-shaped and is locked with a force enough to be detachable manually,
When the floating body is fixed to the ship, the rope is securely wound and held, and when released to the sea, the rope is easily detached from the locking means and pulled out. Become.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) are a plan view, a side view and a bottom view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the present invention. The dome 12 includes a dome (top case) 12 having the dome 11 and a removable bottom case 13.

Three flanges 13, 14, and 15 project from the dome 12 at the top of the bottom case 13 and the outer periphery of the joint, and a recess between the flanges 13 and 14 prevents water from entering the housing. O-ring 16 is provided with flanges 14 and 15
The mooring rope 18 is wound around the recess (mooring rope winding recess) 17 between the two.

One end of the mooring rope 18 is shown in FIG.
A hole 19 provided at the edge of the flange 15 as shown in FIG.
Then, it is wound around the recess 17 and the other end is inserted into a notch (locking means) 20a at the edge of the flange 15 to be in a semi-fixed state.

The other end of the mooring rope 18 in the fixed state is provided with a gripping means 2 made of an easily grippable member such as a ball.
1 and a rope 1
8 as a clue to release.

The notch (locking means) 20b at the edge of the flange 15 shown in FIG. 1 (c) is a spare notch, and depending on the length of the rope 18, whichever of 20a and 20b is appropriate. The other end may be inserted in the other end.

In the above, an example in which a rope winding recess is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom case of the floating body is shown. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and an appropriate recess is provided on the outer periphery of the lower end of the dome. It will be obvious that a rope can be wrapped around here.

It is sufficient that the depth of the groove of the recess 16 is set so as not to protrude greatly from the outer edges of the flanges 14 and 15 when all the ropes are wound.

According to the emergency communication floating body of the present invention having the above configuration, most of the mooring rope is wound around the floating body itself, and only the rope end is extended from the locking means 20a, 20b. If the operator, such as a victim, removes the rope end from the locking means 20a, 20b and pulls it out, the rope can be easily released. Even if the portion wound around the floating body is frozen, pulling out the rope is easy by rotating and pulling the floating body.

This rope pulling operation is performed in the sea or on a life raft or the like, and since the psychology of the victim is often upset, the mooring can be pulled out by a simple operation as in the present invention. The rope locking structure is extremely convenient in practice.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the emergency site such as capsizing or sinking of a ship can be released to the sea to notify the distress site and the position of the victim to a rescue organization. In the emergency signal floating body, the mooring ropes provided on the floating body are wrapped neatly around the floating body. Since pulling out of the mooring rope by a person becomes easy even when the rope is frozen, there is a remarkable effect in preventing the separation of the floating body and the drifting person and increasing the detection rate of the victims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) are a plan view, a side view and a bottom view, respectively, showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Floating body for emergency signal, 11 Flash light, 12
Dome (Top Case), 13 Bottom Case, 17
Recesses for mooring rope wrapping, 18 mooring ropes, 1
9, 20a, 20b locking means, 21 balls (gripping means).

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References Japanese Utility Model Showa Sho 62-89085 (JP, U) Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 42-1699 (JP, B1)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] An emergency signal floating body for notifying a rescue organization or the like of the position of a victim or the like when released from the vessel to the sea in the event of an emergency, wherein a predetermined axial interval is provided around the outer periphery of the emergency signal floating body. The two flanges are formed to form a mooring rope winding concave portion between the flanges, and one end of the mooring rope wound around the concave portion is fixed to the floating body, and then the rope is inserted into the concave portion. Winding, the other end of the mooring rope after winding is removably fitted into a notch-shaped locking means provided on the flange to lock in a semi-fixed state, and to the other end of the mooring rope. Is an emergency signal floating body provided with gripping means.