US3830186A - Device for coupling adjacent ends of two marine vessels - Google Patents

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US3830186A
US3830186A US00348156A US34815673A US3830186A US 3830186 A US3830186 A US 3830186A US 00348156 A US00348156 A US 00348156A US 34815673 A US34815673 A US 34815673A US 3830186 A US3830186 A US 3830186A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45461—Interlocking portion actuated or released responsive to preselected condition [e.g., heat, pressure]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45466—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith having electric or fluid powered, actuation or release, of interlock
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/32—Articulated members
    • Y10T403/32114—Articulated members including static joint
    • Y10T403/32196—Articulate joint is ball and socket
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/32—Articulated members
    • Y10T403/32606—Pivoted
    • Y10T403/32631—Universal ball and socket

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  • a device for coupling adjacent ends of a tugboat to a barge including a first coupling member mounted for universal movement on the bow of the tug boat and having a shoulder normally extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tug and facing the bow of the latter, a second coupling member, preferably in the form of a carriage, guided for movement in substantially vertical direction by guide means mounted on the stern of the barge, and having a pair of holding members movable between a coupling position engaging the shoulder of said first coupling member and an inactive position disengaged therefrom.
  • the present invention relates to a device for coupling adjacent ends of two marine vessels, for instance a tug boat and a barge to each other, in which the device comprises a universally movable coupling member on the bow of the tub boat and a vertical guide mounted on the stern of the barge.
  • a coupling device of this type is well known in the art in which the coupling member has a spherical end which engages in a calotte on the bow of the tug boat and which is held therein by movably arranged slides.
  • the other end of this coupling member engages directly in a vertical guide which is fastened to the stern of the barge, however, a vertical movement of the coupling member in the aforementioned guide cannot be carried out with this construction when the barge is moved by the tug boat.
  • Another disadvantage of this known arrangement is that in order to reengage the coupling,'the two vessels have to be inexact position with respect to each other and no vertical relative movement of the two vessels is possible.
  • the device according to the present invention for coupling adjacent spaced ends of two marine vessels to each other mainly comprises a first coupling member mounted at one end of one of the vessels for universal movement with respect thereto and having a projecting portion having a shoulder face extending transverse to the projecting portion and normally facing said one end of theone vessel, a second coupling member having a cavity receiving the projecting portion and holding means movable between a coupling position engaging the afore mentioned shoulder face and an inactive position disengaged therefrom.
  • the device includes further guide means on the end of the other vessel and mounting the 2 i second coupling member movable only in substantially vertical directionwith respect to said other vessel.
  • the second coupling member is preferably in the form of a carriage having a plurality of rollers which engage the aforementioned guide means and guide the carriage for movement in substantially vertical direction.
  • the holding means are preferably constituted by a pair of holding members, and operating means are preferably provided on the second coupling member for moving the pair of holding members between the aforementioned positions thereof.
  • Such operating means preferably are in the form of fluid operated-cylinder and piston means.
  • the two holding members may be mounted on thesecond coupling member tiltable about a pair of spaced axes, or the two holding members may be in the form of slides mounted for movement in direction of the aforementioned shoulder face in and out of engagement with the latter.
  • the projecting portion of the first coupling member has preferably a frustoconical end portion which forms the shoulder face on the large diameter end thereof, and the cavity in the second coupling member is of corresponding frustoconical shape in which the frustoconical end portion of the first coupling member is closely received.
  • the device for coupling adjacent ends of a pair of marine vessels to each other may comprise a first coupling member 3 having a spherical portion which is held in a known 'manner universally movable in a calotte on the bow of a tug boat 1, only partially shown in FIG. 1.
  • the coupling member 3 further comprises a projecting portion having a frustoconical end portion 7 normally projecting in the direction of the axis a of the tug boat therefrom and forming at the large diameter end thereof an annular shoulder face 8 which extends normal to the axis of the projecting portion.
  • the device includes further a second coupling member in the form of a carriage 4 having a centrally projecting tubular portion 4a forming a cavity of frustoconical configuration which is adapted, when the two coupling members are engaged with each other, to receive the frustoconical end portion 7 of the first coupling member closely fitting in the cavity.
  • the second coupling member compirses further holding means including at least a pair of holding members 9 each mounted intermediate the.
  • the carriage 4 carries further operating means for moving the holding'members 9 between the positions thereof and such operating means may be in the form of cylinder and piston means mounted on brackets extending laterally from the portion 4a of the carriage 4.
  • the outer ends of the piston rods of the cylinder and piston means 10 are pivotally connected to the outer ends of the holding members 9.
  • Pressure fluid may be fed in a known manner to opposite ends of the cylinder and piston means '10 by flexible conduits, not shown in the drawing, from a source of pressure fluid likewise not illustrated to operate the holding members 9.
  • Guide means 5 are fixedly mounted on the stern of a barge 2, only partially illustrated in FIG. 1,
  • these guide means are formed with vertically extending guideways in which two pairs of rollers 6a, 6b on the carriage 4 are engaged so that the carriage 4 is movable on the guide means 5 in substantially vertical direction.
  • the axes of the pair of rollers'6a extend normal to the axes of the pair of rollers 6b so that rollers 6a cooperate with the guide means 5 to prevent. movement of the carriage in direction of the axis a, whereas the rollers 6b prevent movement of the carriage in direction lateral thereto so that the carriage can move only in substantially vertical direction. This will assure that the two coupling members can be properly engaged regardless whether the barge is loaded or not.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 partially illustrate a modification of the coupling device shown in FIG. 1 and in this modification the projecting portion 7' of the first coupling member is provided rearwardly of the frustoconicalportion thereof with an annular groove 12 and the holding members 11 are constituted by a pair of slides 11 the inner end portions of which are movable in and out of the annular groove 12 through guide slots 15 formed in the projecting portion 4a of the second coupling member so as to connect and disconnect the first and the second coupling member to each other.
  • Movement of the slide members 11 into and out of engagement with the aforementioned annular groove 12 is accomplished by cylinder and piston means 14 and a pair of levers 13 each connected at one end pivotably to the carriage 4 and at the other end, respectively, to one end of the cylinder of the cylinder and piston means 14 and to the free end of the piston rod projecting therefrom, while the outer ends of the slide members 11' are pivotally connected to the aforementioned levers l3 intermediate the ends thereof.
  • Flexible conduits are again used for feeding-pressure fluid from a source of pressure fluid, likewise notillustrated, into the-opposite ends of the cylinder of the cylinder and piston means 14 to thereby move the levers l3 and the slide members 11 connected thereto for moving the latter in and out of engagement with the annular groove 12.
  • Both coupling arrangements are constructed in such a manner thatthey will automatically decouple if a predetermined-maximum pulling load is applied-thereto, which can, for instance, be accomplished by providing an overpressure valve in the aforementioned conduits for feeding pressure fluid into the cylinder and piston means 10m 14.
  • a device for coupling adjacent spaced ends of two marine vessels to each other comprising, in combination, a first coupling member mounted at one end along the axis of one'of said vessels for universal movement with respect thereto and having a projecting portion having a shoulder face extending transverse to said projecting portion and normally facing said one end of said one vessel; a second coupling member having a cavity receiving said projecting portion and holding means movable between a coupling position engaging said shoulder face and an inactive position disengaged therefrom; and guide means on the end of the other vessel mounting said second coupling means movable only in substantially vertical direction with respect to said other vessel.
  • said holding means comprises a pair of slide members movable from opposite sides in the direction of said shoulder face into and out of engagement with the latter, and means for moving said slide members into and out of engagement with said shoulder face.
  • said first coupling member has a substantially spherical portion mounted for universal movement at said one end of said one vessel and wherein said projecting portion has an end portion of frustoconical configuration forming said shoulder face at the large diameter end thereof, said cavity on said second coupling member being of corresponding frustoconical shape and receiving the frustoconical end portion when said first and said second coupling member are engaged with each other.
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US4449471A (en) * 1979-12-13 1984-05-22 Roon Johannes Van Steering combination of pusher tug and barges
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