US20030176123A1 - Method and device for saving people in distressin the sea - Google Patents

Method and device for saving people in distressin the sea Download PDF

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US20030176123A1
US20030176123A1 US10/333,441 US33344103A US2003176123A1 US 20030176123 A1 US20030176123 A1 US 20030176123A1 US 33344103 A US33344103 A US 33344103A US 2003176123 A1 US2003176123 A1 US 2003176123A1
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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
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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for rescuing persons in distress at sea comprising a cable forming a heaving line and a loop at its end, which is to be placed around the body of the person in distress at sea.
  • the invention avoids the disadvantages of prior art.
  • the invention addresses the problem of providing with simple means the capability of pulling the person in distress at sea with the heaving line on the surface of the water up to the crank hook disposed closely above the water surface, subsequently to secure the heaving line on the crane hook such that after the drawing-near it can no longer kick back and, in the following, to lift the person in distress at sea with the crane by lifting the crane hook out of the water and onto the deck.
  • the invention comprises providing a guidance or blocking device, to be suspended on a lifting apparatus for the heaving line, which is equipped with guide rollers for the heaving line, a bearing device for the guide rollers, a coupling device for the lifting apparatus and a switchable heaving line brake active in one running direction.
  • a guidance and blocking device suspended on the crane hook is of such mass that when pulling on the heaving line it changes its position minimally if the guidance and blocking device is located closely above the water surface or on the water surface and the heaving line is drawn in by hand.
  • the person to be rescued is initially pulled along the surface of the water up to the guidance and blocking device disposed closely on or in the water surface, in order subsequently to be able to be lifted out of the water after reaching this site with the force of the crane together with the guidance and blocking device.
  • the guidance and blocking device disposed closely on or in the water surface, in order subsequently to be able to be lifted out of the water after reaching this site with the force of the crane together with the guidance and blocking device.
  • the heaving line passes through the cable guidance and blocking device to transport the person in distress at sea initially on a horizontal path.
  • the hazard is eliminated, which occurs without guidance and blocking device, that the person, with the increasingly steeper oblique position of the heaving line during the hauling process, emerges from the water surface in a wave valley and subsequently impacts against the ship side in a type of swing of the pendulum.
  • the blocking device in this device ensures the prevention of the kick-back of the heaving line during the process of hauling in the heaving line. It is a device known from sports sailboats, which is utilized to prevent the kicking-back of a line secured on the halyard after it has been hauled in.
  • This rescue apparatus is extraordinarily rapidly made operational. While a member of the crew initiates the action of the inoperational crane, another crew member retrieves the guidance and blocking device, with the heaving line already drawn through it, from a box within reach on deck and suspends it on the crane hook. During the suspending process the heaving line disposed in said box ready to be thrown, with the rescue loop already coupled on, can be taken out and cast such that the person in distress at sea can already place the rescue loop over himself when the crane is still in the process of lowering the guidance and blocking device to the water surface, a process which is carried out within a minute.
  • the hauling of the heaving line starts which usefully is carried out manually by a person on deck, whereby the person in distress at sea is pulled over the surface of the water with the proper circumspection and care such that contact with the side of the ship is safely avoided, which could lead to severe injuries during rough seas.
  • the quick recovery of the person in distress at sea reduces the shock effect occurring in cases of such accidents, reduces the danger of hypothermia in the water, and guides this person more rapidly to care on board.
  • the bearing device for the rollers and the blocking device is comprised of two parallel plates, preferably comprised of special steel, between which the rollers and the cable brake are disposed. Since this apparatus should be massive in order to carry out pendulum motions during operation only minimally and only slowly on the steel cable of the crane and to form a deflection site of maximum stability for the heaving line floating on the surface of the water and extending from the deflection site steeply upwardly, it is proposed to fabricate the plates of special steel and to implement them such that they are thick and stable.
  • the bearing device for the guidance rollers and the brake is encased by a padding.
  • the padding forms a protection for the person in distress at sea against injuries should he be hurled by heavy seas against this device, or a protection for the device itself if it should be hurled against the board by heavy seas.
  • This padding can be readily disposed on the apparatus during its construction and be securely fastened on the apparatus if the padding is accommodated in pockets, which are fastened on the outside of the plates of the bearing device with the aid of a further plate disposed in the pocket.
  • the padding is comprised of a foamed material which lends the apparatus buoyancy in the water.
  • the heaving line carries a stopper above the fastening for the loop to be placed about the body of the person.
  • This stopper is an object fastened on the heaving line, which prevents the further running-in or running-through of the heaving line through the cable guidance and blocking device.
  • the loop is comprised of two belts, one capable of floating and one not capable of floating, between which preferably a net is disposed since this rescue loop, in contrast to such with only one loop, is distinguished by being gentle to the circulatory system of the person to be rescued.
  • FIG. 1 a representation of the rescue process
  • FIG. 2 a guidance and blocking device in longitudinal section
  • FIG. 3 the guidance and blocking device in cross section.
  • the rescue apparatus is suspended on a crane hook 5 carried by a steel cable 3 of a crane 4 , which rescue apparatus is comprised of a guidance and blocking device 6 and a heaving line 7 , at whose end a rescue loop is suspended comprised of two belts 8 , 9 .
  • Its upper belt 8 is capable of floating and is placed about the upper body of the person 2 in distress at sea, while the lower belt 9 is not capable of floating and sinks downwardly such that the person to be rescued can put his legs through the lower belt fashioned in loop form.
  • While this cable brake 13 does permit the cable 7 serving as a heaving line to run through if the direction of movement is oriented toward the vessel, however, prevents any movement in the opposite direction.
  • the braking force in this opposite direction is so great that one or several men, suspended free floatingly on the heaving line 7 , can be lifted out of the water and be brought on board.
  • the shoes 15 , 16 of the cable brake can be moved apart and therewith the braking force can be discontinued. This takes place at the end of the rescue action on deck of vessel 1 in order to detach the rescued person from the rescue apparatus and to prepare the rescue apparatus and the heaving line 7 for another operation.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 depict sections through the cable guidance and blocking device 6 .
  • the latter is comprised of two plates 17 , which are preferably fabricated of special steel. These plates 17 carry bearings for the cable rollers 18 , between which the cable 7 serving as the heaving line passes and is deflected. Between these plates is also installed the cable brake 13 with its brake shoes 15 , 16 , of which at least the one brake shoe 15 carries a toothing 19 , which, due to its tooth form, bites into the cable 7 serving as heaving line if the cable 7 tends to run in the direction counter to the tooth direction of the toothing 19 . Through the throwable lever 14 , the brake shoes 15 , 16 can be set so far apart that the cable 7 can pass freely between them.
  • the two special steel plates 17 are fixedly connected with one another by connectors not shown. On these or on the special steel plates 17 themselves, U-form suspension lugs 20 are disposed, into which the crane hook 5 is hooked.
  • the special steel plates 17 as the padding are equipped on their outside with pockets 21 , filled with floatable foamed material into which plates 22 are placed, which are bolt-connected with the special steel plates 17 .
  • a so-called swivel namely a device which makes possible the axial rotation about a vertical axis, in order to lend the cable guidance and blocking device free mobility about this vertical axis.
  • this device can also be disposed between the suspension cable of the crane and the crane hook.
  • a net between the two belts does not interfere during the placement of the belts if no rescuer is in the water who can help in placing the belts. However, the net is of great advantage if an unconscious person must be recovered.

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