RU92402U1 - LOCKING CONNECTION OF BOATS OF FLOATING OBJECTS - Google Patents

Abstract

The castle connection of the bodies of floating objects, including dovetail type wedge locks containing wedge guides and wedge sliders interacting with them, pairwise fixed on adjacent surfaces of the connected hulls, and connection fixing means, characterized in that the connection fixing means is made in the form of a wedge stopper containing a wedge movable in the vertical direction and guides for the wedge, pairwise fixed on adjacent surfaces of the connected bodies of floating objects.

Description

The utility model relates to the field of shipbuilding and can be used in floating platforms designed for various operations.

Known the castle connection of the hulls of multi-hull floating objects according to the patent of the Russian Federation for invention No. 2081024 (IPC: B63B 35/00, B63B 35/00, E01D 15/14, claimed 10.03.1994, published 10.06.1997), including wedge locks . The fixed wedge guides of the castle are fixed in pairs on the underwater parts of adjacent connected bodies of floating objects, and the vertically movable two-sided symmetrical wedge has an I-section, each shelf of which interacts with one castle guide. The wedge is connected by means of a worm gear to a drive mounted on the surface of the hull of one of the connected floating objects. The disadvantage of such a wedge lock is the complexity of its design, cumbersomeness, inappropriate use when creating small-sized floating platforms for various purposes.

The closest in technical essence to the proposed utility model is the castle connection of the hulls of floating objects used by the company Ravestein Container Pontoon b.v. (presented in the prospectus of the company TR-SR-4088-01-0998 EN, 1998). The castle connection includes dovetail type wedge locks containing wedge guides and wedge sliders working with them, pairwise fixed on adjacent surfaces of the connected cases. On each guide and on each slider from the wide side of the wedge there is an element in the form of a concave half-cylinder whose axis is perpendicular to the axis of the wedge. When the parts of the lock are completely combined, the concave half-cylinders form a hole into which a pin is inserted that fixes the lock connection. The disadvantage of such a lock connection is the significant complexity of fixing, since it is necessary to fix each lock, and the difficulty of performing work “afloat”, since one of the connected cases must be fixed.

The problem solved by the claimed utility model is the creation of a castle connection, with which it is possible to quickly and reliably connect and disconnect the hull of floating objects both on a slipway and afloat.

The problem is solved in that in the castle connection of the bodies of floating objects, including wedge locks of the “dovetail” type, containing wedge guides and wedge sliders interacting with them, pairwise mounted on adjacent surfaces of the bodies to be joined, and means for fixing the connection, the latter are made in the form of wedges stoppers containing a vertically movable wedge and guides for the wedge, fixed in pairs on adjacent surfaces of the connected bodies of floating objects.

The essence of the proposed technical solution is illustrated by drawings, in which figure 1 schematically shows the connection of two hulls of a floating object, a top view; figure 2 is a section along aa in figure 1, a view without the slide of the lock and the stopper wedge; figure 3 - guide rail, front view; figure 4 - guide rail, side view; figure 5 - slider of the castle, front view; figure 6 - slider of the castle, side view; Fig.7 - wedge stopper.

The castle connection of the bodies of floating objects, for example, pontoons 1, contains wedge locks 2 and wedge stops 3. A wedge lock 2 is a dovetail wedge connection and consists of a lock guide 4 and a slider 5. A wedge angle of about 20 °. Each pair of 2 elements forming a wedge lock - a guide 4 and a slider 5 - is fixedly fixed opposite each other on adjacent parts of the connected pontoons 1. The wedge stopper 3 consists of a wedge 6 and two wedge guides of the stopper 7 and 8. The entrance angle of the stopper wedge is no more than 15 ° (figure 2, 7). The wedge guides of the stopper 7 and 8 are fixedly mounted against each other on the adjacent sides of the connected pontoons 1. The wedge 6 is equipped with an eye 9 and an annular link 10 for its capture when moving.

Castle connection is as follows.

Pontoons are lowered into the water and brought to each other by adjacent sides until the ends are aligned with the wide part of the dovetail socket on the guiding locks 4 and the ends with the narrow part of the dovetail on the sliders 5. With further mutual horizontal movement of the pontoons 1, the parts are joined castle 2, which contributes to the presence of the entry angle. After connecting the parts of the lock 2, the guides 7 and 8 of the wedge stopper 3 are directly opposite each other. To fix the lock connection of the floating object in the guides 7 and 8, install the wedge 6, vertically moving it.

The wedge quick-release lock connection of the MAG type allows you to quickly assemble or disassemble a floating object from pontoons both “afloat” and in a slipway.

Claims (1)

The castle connection of the bodies of floating objects, including dovetail type wedge locks containing wedge guides and wedge sliders interacting with them, pairwise mounted on adjacent surfaces of the connected hulls, and connection fixing means, characterized in that the connection fixing means is made in the form of a wedge stopper containing a wedge movable in the vertical direction and guides for the wedge, pairwise mounted on adjacent surfaces of the connected bodies of floating objects.