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US20140021075A1
US20140021075A1 US13/983,160 US201213983160A US2014021075A1 US 20140021075 A1 US20140021075 A1 US 20140021075A1 US 201213983160 A US201213983160 A US 201213983160A US 2014021075 A1 US2014021075 A1 US 2014021075A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D88/52—Large containers collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
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    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B7/00—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
    • B63B7/06—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels having parts of non-rigid material
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
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    • E01D15/14—Floating bridges, e.g. pontoon bridges
    • E01D15/20—Floating bridges, e.g. pontoon bridges collapsible, expandable, inflatable or the like with main load supporting structure consisting only of non-rigid members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B63B2221/00—Methods and means for joining members or elements
    • B63B2221/20—Joining substantially rigid elements together by means that allow one or more degrees of freedom, e.g. hinges, articulations, pivots, universal joints, telescoping joints, elastic expansion joints, not otherwise provided for in this class
    • B63B2221/22—Joining substantially rigid elements together by means that allow one or more degrees of freedom, e.g. hinges, articulations, pivots, universal joints, telescoping joints, elastic expansion joints, not otherwise provided for in this class by means that allow one or more degrees of angular freedom, e.g. hinges, articulations, pivots, universal joints, not otherwise provided for in this class
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
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    • B63B2241/24—Designs or arrangements for particular purposes not otherwise provided for in this class for facilitating transport, e.g. hull shape with limited dimensions

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  • the present invention concerns a convertible container which in its non-deployed configuration can be picked up, manipulated or secured like any transport container and which in its deployed configuration forms an autonomous floating structure.
  • Floating containers which when they are secured to each other enable a boat to be formed for fighting an accidental oil spill at sea, in rivers or lakes. These containers advantageously allow very rapid routing of means for fighting oil slicks by aircraft or by ship. In the latter case, and when the ship that has caused the accidental oil spill is a container ship, these floating maritime containers may already be on board.
  • this type of boat necessitates a plurality of different containers each having a specific function and the whole being indispensable to the formation and correct operation of the boat.
  • this type of boat has restricted buoyancy, especially in a heavy sea, at the same time as having a relatively small storage capacity.
  • the objective of the present invention is therefore to propose a floating transport device of simple design and mode of use, having the dimensions of a container for transporting goods in a non-deployed configuration, including fittings for holding, handling and fixing this device with standard harbour installations, for example, and forming a boat in its deployed configuration.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a floating transport device of this kind which from a given longitudinal dimension and a given transverse dimension in its non-deployed configuration, i.e. those of a container, has a maximized deck area in order significantly to increase the loading capacity of the boat and a maximized hull volume in order to have the best possible buoyancy in its deployed configuration.
  • this transport device in its non-deployed configuration, i.e. in its container configuration, are therefore advantageously small, allowing its transport by truck, ship or cargo aircraft.
  • Another imperative for a container of this kind, as in all containers for transporting goods, is then to have all of its structural components contained within, and consequently not projecting from, the parallelepiped defined by the free walls of this container so that a plurality of such containers can be stacked and/or juxtaposed.
  • the present invention aims to minimize the space lost in the parallelepiped defined by the contours of a container that can be converted into a boat so as to maximize the useful dimensions of the deck of this boat.
  • the invention concerns a container including fittings for holding, handling and fixing this container, each of these fittings being placed at a corner of this container in a non-deployed configuration of the container, said container having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension in this non-deployed configuration.
  • a parallelepiped, and even better a right-angle parallelepiped or a cube can be found each of the walls of which is constituted at least in part by said container in its non-deployed configuration, this container being constituted in this non-deployed configuration of at least three boxes.
  • free walls of the stack refers to the exterior envelope of the stack defined by all of the shapes of the boxes and their fitting in the non-deployed configuration of the container.
  • the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between said boxes at least partly in contact with each another on the one hand and the free walls of said stack and said parallelepiped on the other hand refers to the sum on the one hand of the percentage of empty spaces between the walls of the boxes placed at least in part against each other relative to the interior volume of the parallelepiped, these walls therefore being placed entirely within the interior volume of this parallelepiped, and the percentage of empty spaces between the free walls of said stack and said parallelepiped relative to the interior volume of the parallelepiped.
  • this percentage does not take into account the empty spaces placed inside the boxes and resulting, for example, from hollow boxes intended to receive loads and/or a hydraulic feed circuit.
  • the empty spaces may result from mobile boxes having a truncated triangular shape leaving an empty space between two superposed mobile boxes.
  • the interior volume of a parallelepiped is known to the person skilled in the art.
  • fittings for holding, handling and fixing said container are also known as corner fittings enabling holding, securing and transhipment of the container.
  • the container is entirely inscribed within the parallelepiped.
  • the actuators enabling movement of the mobile boxes from the non-deployed configuration to the deployed configuration of this container are not placed projecting from the parallelepiped.
  • the hull of said floating structure has a longitudinal dimension from the prow to the poop greater than twice the longitudinal dimension of said container in its non-deployed configuration.
  • This hinge is preferably a hinge with two axes.
  • This hinge with two axes also known as a biaxial hinge, includes two articulated parts that are connected to an intermediate part carrying the two offset hinge pins.
  • the mobile boxes preferably being connected in an articulated manner by hinges to a fixed unit comprising one or more fixed boxes, these actuators are motorized hinges or hinges including means for opening and closing said hinges.
  • these means for opening and closing said hinges include, for example, rotary actuators fed by a source of electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic power.
  • This power source and its distribution circuit are preferably placed in one of the boxes of the container.
  • the means for opening and closing the hinges may be remotely sited, and thus not integrated into the hinges themselves.
  • they may be linear actuators or a cable system or an external crane.
  • the mobile boxes may therefore have a triangular or truncated triangular profile.
  • the triangular shape of the mobile boxes ensures that there is no preferential direction of movement of the floating structure, which is then advantageously double-ended.
  • This propulsion system preferably allows at least movement of the floating structure in a direction transverse or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the floating structure.
  • inflatable elements are advantageously received in housings provided for this purpose in the lateral edges of this container. Accordingly, in an emergency, the container may pass from its deployed configuration to its non-deployed configuration without having to deflate these inflatable elements.
  • these inflatable elements may be deployed from housings placed in the bottom of one or more boxes, the inflatable elements then being placed under these elements when they are deployed.
  • These inflatable elements are preferably sized to ensure the stability and the buoyancy of the floating structure.
  • these inflatable elements will have an elementary section of circular type.
  • these inflatable elements will have an elementary section derived from the trapezium or the rectangle, having edges with very rounded corners and continuous faces minimizing ruptures of shape.
  • the interior face of these inflatable elements will advantageously have a small slope oriented facing the flows.
  • a flexible wall could be held tangentially to their lower part, this feature therefore enabling some continuity of shape to be restored.
  • the container preferably includes a feeder circuit for inflating these inflatable elements independently or otherwise from a power source, for example a pneumatic power source.
  • a power source for example a pneumatic power source.
  • these inflatable elements are inflatable pudding fenders.
  • This power source may be placed in one of the boxes, for example.
  • the inflation pressure of the inflatable elements is controlled and adjusted thanks to servocontrol of the power source by probes such as pressure sensors verifying the pressure to which each inflatable element is inflated.
  • This container preferably includes at least two wheels, retractable or not, per extension unit.
  • the central box can include at least one pair of wheels, retractable or not, for movement of the container in its non-deployed configuration by road.
  • At least two of the wheels of the container are advantageously steerable. Moreover, at least two of said wheels are preferably driving wheels.
  • This container then forms an amphibious vehicle in its deployed configuration.
  • These locking means may comprise locks designed to cooperate with two or more fittings for holding, handling and fixing said container placed face-to-face.
  • these locks may be rotary double locks (also known as “twist-locks”), mounted tips facing, and disposed between two holding fittings placed face-to-face and put into place before complete expansion of the container.
  • the locking means may include attachments such as pins or bolted fixing lugs.
  • the container may be self-lockable in its deployed configuration, the self-locking being ensured by the force resulting from the expansion actuators.
  • the self-locking may be ensured by load maintaining valves on the hydraulic actuators for expanding the container.
  • the container includes one or more probes connected to a hydraulic power circuit, for example, for feeding the hinges and assuring their movement from their open position to their closed position.
  • These probes detecting the presence of the container in the water, ensure its good stability and, in the affirmative, send a message to the hydraulic power source to feed the hinges to activate them. Their activation causes the container to pass from its non-deployed configuration to its deployed configuration.
  • the container includes at least one receiver, or transmitter/receiver, connected to a control unit, the latter controlling activation of the hydraulic source to feed the hinges and activate them.
  • the invention also concerns a floating craft including at least two containers as described above in their deployed configuration, these containers being connected to each other to form a unitary floating structure.
  • These containers in their deployed configuration can be assembled end-to-end and/or edge-to-edge.
  • FIG. 1 represents diagrammatically a front view of a container in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed configuration
  • FIG. 2 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 1 in its deployed configuration
  • FIG. 3 represents diagrammatically a front view of a container in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed configuration
  • FIG. 4 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 3 in the process of expansion
  • FIG. 5 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 3 in its deployed configuration
  • FIG. 6 represents diagrammatically a front view of a container in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed configuration
  • FIG. 7 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 6 in the process of expansion
  • FIG. 8 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 6 in its deployed configuration
  • FIG. 9 represents diagrammatically a perspective view of a container in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed configuration
  • FIG. 10 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 9 in the process of expansion
  • FIG. 11 represents diagrammatically the container from FIG. 9 in its deployed configuration
  • FIG. 12 represents diagrammatically a view in section of a container with its inflatable elements in a deployed configuration; for simplicity, the container in the deployed configuration has been represented in the form of a single unit;
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a convertible container in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed and deployed configurations.
  • This container is constituted only of a central box 1 having a longitudinal dimension and at the ends of which are placed extension units 2 , 3 that are connected to the central box 1 by biaxial hinges 4 - 7 .
  • Each extension unit 2 , 3 is constituted of a single box, also referred to as an end box hereinafter, which is connected in an articulated manner to the central box 1 by a pair of biaxial hinges 4 - 7 .
  • each extension unit 2 , 3 could comprise two boxes placed in contact with each other.
  • hinges 4 - 7 include rotary hydraulic actuators.
  • the container therefore includes a hydraulic power source and a circuit for distribution of this hydraulic fluid (not represented) for feeding the various hinges 4 - 7 and thus enabling opening and closing thereof.
  • the container is consequently perfectly autonomous.
  • the end boxes 2 , 3 which have a truncated triangular profile, are placed in part one on the other, being superposed on the central box 1 . Accordingly, one of the end boxes is placed in the non-deployed configuration of the container between the central box 1 and the other end box 3 .
  • Each end box 2 , 3 has a length greater than half the longitudinal dimension of the central box 1 .
  • At least one of these boxes 1 - 3 is advantageously hollow to receive loads and/or equipment or devices necessary for the correct operation of the container.
  • Each box 1 - 3 which is watertight, forms a floating box.
  • the free exterior walls of the end boxes 2 , 3 and the central box 1 substantially define a right-angle parallelepiped 8 , i.e. this container can be inscribed in its non-deployed configuration within this regular right-angle parallelepiped 8 (shown in dotted outline).
  • No structural element of the container is, by definition, placed projecting from this right-angle parallelepiped 8 so that this container can be stacked on and/or placed against other containers with a view to its storage or transport.
  • the container in its non-deployed configuration departs from this regular right-angle parallelepiped 8 by the hollows or empty spaces 9 , 10 (shaded areas) between the boxes 1 - 3 and the walls of the regular parallelepiped 8 .
  • this right-angle parallelepiped has dimensions equal to those of an ISO 20-foot maritime transport container so that it can advantageously be picked up, transported, manipulated, transhipped or secured like any ISO standard container without necessitating any specific infrastructure or equipment.
  • the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between said boxes 1 - 3 placed at least in part against each other on the one hand and the free walls of the stack formed by the boxes 1 - 3 and the regular right-angle parallelepiped 8 on the other hand is the sum of the shaded areas 9 , 10 and 11 here, i.e. 8%.
  • This container includes, at each of its corners, a fitting 12 for holding, handling and fixing the container. It therefore includes eight fittings 12 that are placed at the extreme corners of the container in its non-deployed configuration.
  • the activation of the biaxial hinges 4 - 7 ensures the passage from the non-deployed configuration of the container to its deployed configuration.
  • the end boxes 2 , 3 form longitudinal extensions of the central box 1 , said assembly deployed in this way then forming a floating structure the hull of which has a longitudinal dimension greater than twice the longitudinal dimension of this central box 1 .
  • first end box 2 effects a rotation of 180° between the non-deployed configuration and the deployed configuration of the container
  • the other end box 3 effects a rotation of less than 180°, here equal to approximately 167°, between these two configurations.
  • the end wall 13 of the central box 1 intended to be placed against the end box 3 in the deployed configuration of the container has an inclined shape complementary to the inclined face 14 of this end box 3 coming into contact, so that the angle formed between these two inclined walls 13 , 14 is equal to the value of the angle of rotation.
  • Each hinge with two axes 4 - 7 also called a biaxial hinge, includes two fixed parts each connected to or forming an integral part of a box 1 , 3 and supporting one of the two hinge pins of this hinge. These two hinge pins are connected by one or more links assuring the offsetting of the rotation axes.
  • Each box 1 - 3 has aluminium walls forming its watertight exterior envelope.
  • Each box 1 - 3 formed in this way is structured by a longitudinal and transverse network of stiffeners designed to withstand the local forces and the overall forces to which the container is subjected as much in the non-deployed configuration as in the deployed configuration.
  • Each of these boxes 1 - 3 therefore forms a load-bearing structure able to receive heavy loads such as a hut, vehicles (truck, etc.), equipment and/or personnel.
  • the triangular shape of the end boxes 2 , 3 moreover ensures good bearing of loads by the central box 1 allowing the use of the ends, or tips, of these boxes 2 , 3 to carry loads.
  • the loading area of the load-bearing structure is therefore significantly increased, which is advantageous.
  • the biaxial hinges 4 - 7 are sized to withstand high loads as much in the deployed configuration, i.e. in the floating structure configuration, as in the non-deployed configuration, i.e. in the container configuration.
  • these boxes 1 - 3 could be made of steel, stainless steel, copper-nickel alloy, polymer or more generally composite materials.
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 show a convertible container in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed configuration, in the process of expansion and in its deployed configuration.
  • the elements of FIGS. 3 to 5 bearing the same references as elements of FIGS. 1 and 2 represent the same objects which will therefore not be described again hereinafter.
  • This container differs from that described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 in that in its non-deployed configuration its perimeter forms a regular right-angle parallelepiped. This embodiment is preferred because the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between the boxes 15 - 19 themselves on the one hand and between the boxes 15 - 19 and the walls of the regular parallelepiped within which this container is inscribed is then close to zero.
  • this container includes five boxes 15 - 19 of which only one box 15 is fixed, the other boxes 16 - 19 being mobile. Two of these mobile boxes 16 , 17 are placed between two other boxes 15 , 18 , 19 , all of the boxes 15 - 19 being placed against each other.
  • a deck surface 20 is formed having a longitudinal dimension greater than twice the longitudinal dimension of the fixed box 15 on which the mobile boxes 16 - 19 are superposed in the non-deployed configuration of the container.
  • a box is connected in an articulated manner to another box by a pair or biaxial hinges 4 - 7 , 21 , 22 allowing movement of one of these two boxes relative to the other.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 show a convertible container in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention in its non-deployed configuration, in the process of deployment and in its deployed configuration.
  • the elements from FIGS. 6 to 8 bearing the same references as elements from FIGS. 1 and 2 represent the same objects which will therefore not be described again hereinafter.
  • This container differs from that described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 in that in its non-deployed configuration its perimeter forms a regular right-angle parallelepiped.
  • this container includes six boxes 23 - 28 which during expansion of the container are mobile so as to form in the deployed configuration of the container a floating structure, the longitudinal dimension of which is greater than the longitudinal dimension of the container in its non-deployed configuration.
  • This floating structure therefore has an increased plane deck area.
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 show a convertible container in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • This container includes in its non-deployed configuration a stack of three boxes 30 - 32 having equal dimensions, which are therefore superposed on each other.
  • These boxes 30 - 32 are moreover articulated relative to each other so that two consecutive boxes are connected to each other on each of their lateral edges by at least two connecting arms 33 - 38 , one of these connecting arms 34 , 37 being common to the three boxes 30 - 32 .
  • Two consecutive connecting arms form with the two consecutive boxes that they connect a deformable regular parallelogram so that the movement of one of these boxes relative to an immediately lower box in the stack from said non-deployed configuration of said container leads to circular translation of that box relative to the immediately lower box of the stack.
  • the connecting arms 34 , 37 connecting the three boxes 30 - 32 advantageously ensure simultaneous and uniform movement of all of the boxes of the container between the non-deployed configuration and the deployed configuration and vice versa.
  • These connecting arms 33 - 38 are advantageously received in lateral housings 39 provided for this purpose in order for no structural element of the container to be placed projecting from the parallelepiped 40 defined by the free walls of the boxes 30 - 32 so that this container can be stacked on and/or placed against other containers for its storage or its transport.
  • These lateral housings 39 correspond here to recesses in the lateral edges of the boxes 30 - 32 .
  • the connecting arms 33 - 38 are mounted to be mobile in rotation on the boxes 30 - 32 to allow relative movement of each of these boxes.
  • These connecting arms 33 - 38 include links, for example.
  • the face or faces 40 , 41 of the boxes 30 - 32 intended to come into contact with a face of another box when these boxes are placed end-to-end in the deployed configuration of the container each have a shape complementary to the face with which it is intended to cooperate in the deployed configuration of the container.
  • the faces of two consecutive boxes coupled in this manner cooperate to lock the floating structure in position.
  • This container in its non-deployed configuration can be inscribed within a right-angle parallelepiped 42 from which the container in its non-deployed configuration departs by virtue of the empty spaces between the boxes 30 - 32 and the walls of this regular parallelepiped 42 .
  • the walls of this right-angle parallelepiped 42 are then formed at least in part by the free walls of the stack formed by the boxes 30 - 32 .
  • the cumulative percentage of empty spaces between these boxes 30 - 32 on the one hand and the free walls of the stack and the parallelepiped 42 on the other hand is of the order of 15% of the interior volume of this parallelepiped.
  • FIG. 12 shows diagrammatically a view in section of a container with its inflatable elements in a deployed configuration on the water; for simplicity, the container in the deployed configuration has been represented in the form of a single unit 43 .
  • One of these inflatable elements 44 has an elemental section derived from the trapezium having edges with highly rounded corners and continuous faces minimizing ruptures of shape while the other inflatable elements 45 , 46 have a circular section. These latter two inflatable elements 45 , 46 are connected to each other by a web 47 so that there is a continuous surface between these inflatable elements minimizing ruptures of shape.

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