US3879784A - Slewing access ramp for vehicles - Google Patents

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US3879784A
US3879784A US380469A US38046973A US3879784A US 3879784 A US3879784 A US 3879784A US 380469 A US380469 A US 380469A US 38046973 A US38046973 A US 38046973A US 3879784 A US3879784 A US 3879784A
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  • ABSTRACT A slewing access ramp for providing a passageway between a ship and a quay and pivotally connected to the ship so that it may be swung either upwards into an inoperative upstanding stowed position on board ship or downwards into an operative working position to bear onto the quay with its outboard end and comprising means for variable connection with said ship so that the ramp may swivel in parallel relation to a relatively horizontal plane about at least one substantially vertical geometrical axis of rotation so that in its lowered working condition the relative angular position of its longitudinal direction with respect to the ship be selectively adjustable.
  • the present invention relates generally and is essentially directed to a movable device forming an access ramp or like gangway, horse or bridge means adapted to provide a communication passage, conveyance, transhipment or like means between on the one hand any vehicle in particular of land or marine character such as for instance a ship, boat or like floating vessel and on the other hand an outside loading or unloading area or platform such as a quay, pier, wharf, bank, shore or beach or even another vehicle as well as the various applications and uses resulting from implementing same and the systems, arrangements, assemblies, appliances, equipments, plants and installations provided with such devices or apparatus.
  • such a ramp is also used directly by automotive handling carriages, trucks or like carts or wheeled cargo-handling gears running on said ramp in a shuttle-like manner enabling them to have direct access to the ship and to come back to the quay for loading or shipping and unloading or unshipping goods and like cargoes.
  • the ship is provided at least at one end thereof, i.e. generally aft or astern or possibly also afore at the bow with at least one large-sized ramp of the kind pivotally connected with its inboard end (or forward end when located aft) to the ship for swinging motion in parallel relation to a relatively vertical plane so that it may be swung upwards, i.e.
  • said ramp when it is located astern, i.e. at the rear end of the ship, is generally positioned slantwise in its lowered working condition with respect to the longitudinal central vertical plane of the ship so that the longitudinal direction of the ramp is at an angle of about 45 with respect to the longitudinal direction of the ship.
  • a ramp thus enables various kinds of wheeled vehicles to be taken aboard the ship for instance from quays which are not fitted up or suited for such a use.
  • This ramp known from the prior art exhibits the serious disadvantage of being placed in dissymetrical relation to the longitudinal vertical central plane of the ship or vehicle of any kind served by the ramp, so that the ship or vehicle of any kind is required to come alongside always with the same ship side in view of the stationary attitude or orientation of the ramp in its working position or operative state.
  • One main object of the invention is therefore to remove the aforementioned drawback inherent with the prior known state of the art by providing a selectively orientable, for instance swivelling or slewing ramp enabling the access of the vehicle (for example of a vessel) or quay whatever the relative angular position of the vehicle with respect to the quay, i.e. irrespective of the attitude of the vehicle.
  • a ramp which is characterized in that it comprises means for variable connection with said vehicle so that it may be angularly positioned or oriented in parallel relation to a horizontal plane, for instance swivelled or slewed about at least one relatively vertical axis of rotation, so that in the lowered state or downward swung condition, the relative angular position of its longitudinal direction be selectively adjustable with respect to said vehicle.
  • said ramp is pivotally connected with its inboard or innermost end to at least Onecarriage, trolley or like slide-rest movable along a forced guiding track or runway provided on the vehicle along a substantially planar curved path of travel, preferably at least partially and approximatively in the shape of an arc of circumference.
  • Such an arrangement according to the invention exhibits the significant advantage of enabling an arbitrary orientation of the ramp into at least three different relative angular positions in particular in the case of a ramp mounted on a ship at the rearward end or astern thereof with said forced guiding track or runway located symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal vertical central plane of the vessel.
  • the ramp may thus be arranged either to extend substantially along the longitudinal axis of the ship in outwards aligned extended registering relationship therewith or in a slant position to starboard or in a slant position to port, the ramp making in each slant position for example an angle of about 40 with the longitudinal direction of the vessel.
  • This multiple-orientation capability of the ramp dispenses with the aforesaid requirement of coming alongside of the prior known state of the art by making the use of the ramp substantially independent practically or to a large extent of the effective angular mooring position of the ship or more generally of the attitude of the vehicle to be served in relation to the quay.
  • variable orientation of the ramp is carried out by a rotary displacement of its pivot axis along a substantially horizontal curved path of travel, i.e. about a stationary vertical axis of rotation located outside of the ramp.
  • a rotary displacement of its pivot axis along a substantially horizontal curved path of travel i.e. about a stationary vertical axis of rotation located outside of the ramp.
  • the same effect or result could obviously be achieved by a true pivotal motion of the ramp about a stationary vertical axis of rotation meeting or intersecting the ramp or at least the horizontal axis of rotation thereof (said curved path of travel of its pivot axis being then reduced to a point or centre of rotation of said axis) but such an approach would be disadvantageous in requiring a longer effective total useful length of the ramp.
  • the ramp is pivotally connected with its inboard or innermost end for swinging motion about a substantially horizontal geometrical axis of rotation to a carriage, truck or like trolley which is forced guided on both sides thereof and movable on and in a substantially horizontal runway or like trackway in the shape of an arc of circumference concentric with the theoretical vertical geometrical axis of swivelling or slewing motion of the ramp and recessed, sunk or embedded into the ships deck astern thereof.
  • Such an arrangement may sometimes be somewhat inconvenient in view of the presence of a surface feature, discontinuity, irregularity or unevenness owing to the trenching or stepped character, hollow or like recess due to the provision of the runway for the carriage in the ships deck.
  • Another embodiment of the invention enables removal of such a drawback by providing a system for relative angular orientation of the longitudinal vertical central plane of the ramp thereby allowing retention of the advantage of a substantially flat and even top surface of the deck without any surface irregularity, discontinuity or unevenness.
  • said ramp comprises means enabling it to swivel or slew alternately and separately about at least one relative vertical axis and preferably two relative vertical axes of rotation each one having a stationary position, respectively, through at least two transversely spaced points of its inboard end which are for instance adjacent to the extreme opposite corners of said inboard end, said points forming points of pivotal connection of said ramp with the ship and each one of said points may be releasably locked or held against motion at the location of one associated vertical axis or rotation whereas the other point of pivotal connection is freely displaceable about the former in concentric relation thereto, the relative horizontal geometrical axis of rotation of said ramp extending through said points of pivotal connection.
  • said ramp is connected removably, i.e. in a disconnectable manner with at least both of said two points of pivotal connection, which are provided with two pivotal connecting members having a common horizontal geometrical axis of pivotal connection, respectively, to two rotary pivots forming corresponding hinge supports or holders having their own vertical axes of rotation which are rotatably fitted at a stationary location on said vehicle or ship, each one of the two points of pivotal connection being alternately displaceable separately, when disconnected from its corresponding pivot, in the stationary relative horizontal plane of said common axis of pivotal connection along a substantially circular arcuate path of travel about the other point of pivotal connection kept in stationary position wherein it is coupled to its associated pivot, so as to selectively enable the slewing of said ramp on the one hand with said other point of pivotal connection thereof about the vertical axis of rotation of the corresponding pivot and on the other hand about said common horizontal geometrical axis of pivotal connection of the two pivotal connecting members.
  • the ramp may consist of three successive ramp sections pivotally interconnected in the longitudinal direction so as to make the ramp foldable or collapsible in view of the intermediate ramp section being foldable back or swingable downwards against and along the innermost or inboard end ramp section which is secured and suspended on both sides towards or adjacent to its outer or outboard end from a pair of handling wire rpopes, respectively, reeved over loose guide pulleys or like idle sheaves pivotally connected to the tops of a pair of king posts or like masts'of the ship, these wire ropes being taken up or wound up on a pair of winches, respectively.
  • the outermost or outboard end ramp section serves as a supporting pad for bearing engagement with or resting on the quay.
  • a ramp of such a kind is disclosed in the French patent application No. 72,23,373 filed on June 28, 1972 and its first certificate of addition No. 73,19,51 1 filed on May 29, 1973 and comprises at least one operating wire rope for controlling the relative upward swinging motion of the intermediate ramp section into an extended position at least approximatively in aligned registering relation to the innermost end ramp section in the lowered working position thereof.
  • This operating wire rope for relative extension of said intermediate ramp section is connected through at least one guide pulley or sheave to the top of each aforesaid king post or mast so as to provide a stationary fastening point for said wire rope with a view to produce a tractive reaction force effective to achieve said relative extension of said intermediate ramp section during the gravity-operated downward swinging motion of the innermost end ramp section under the action of its own weight, which innermost ramp section is constantly suspended from its aforesaid handling wire rope.
  • This device as proposed in the aforesaid French patent application No. 72,23,373 filed on June 28, 1972 and its first certificate of addition No.
  • 73,19,511 filed on May 29, 1973 exhibits the inconvenience that the longitudinal central relative vertical plane of the ramp has a stationary angular position with respect to the longitudinal vertical central plane of the vehicle or vessel, so that it is not orientable at will in parallel relation to a horizontal plane.
  • Another main object of the present invention is to adapt in combined relationship the ramp of the kind defined by said French patent application No. 72,23,373 filed on June 28, 1972 and its first certificate of addition No. 73,19,511 filed on May 29, 1973 to the principle of the slewing or swivelling ramp arrangement which is orientable about a vertical pivot axis in accordance with the present invention.
  • the ramp according to the invention could as well be provided in any side opening of the vehicle, for example in a cargo port provided in the side of the ship.
  • FIG. 1 shows a fragmentary perspective view of the rearmost end portion of a ship moored slantwise near a quay and fitted with a ramp according to the invention placed in the lowered working condition in a central position in extension of the longitudinal axis of the ship and resting in bearing engagement on the quay;
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary view seen from the starboard side aft of the ship with the ramp in said working position;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary top view of the rearmost end portion of the ship assumed to be moored alongside the quay in parallel relation thereto with the ramp arranged in slant working position to starboard, this Figure also showing the two other possible relative angular positions of the ramp;
  • FIG. 4 is an end view from astern as seen in the direction of the arrow IV of FIG. 3, of the ship with the ramp in a slant working position to starboard;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary view, drawn at a larger scale and in cross-section taken along the broken line V-V of FIG. 6, showing the carriage or trolley for pivotal connection of the ramp to the ship, together with its guide rails mounted on the ship;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary top view, drawn at a smaller scale and looking in the direction of the arrow VI of FIG. 5, showing the stern of the vessel with the ramp in the central lowered working position pivotally connected to its trolley movable on concentric curved guide rails;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view, drawn at a larger scale and similar to FIG. 5, showing an alternative embodiment with an automotive trolley or truck;
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1 and showing a modification of the arrangement comprising a turn-table or the like;
  • FIG. 9 is a partial top view, with parts broken away, of the circled detail IX of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 10 shows a further embodiment according to a fragmentary top view of the innermost end portion of the ramp in the lowered working position thereof, mounted on the poop or stern of a vessel and provided with a system for varying the relative angular horizontal orientation by alternately slewing separately about either of a pair of separate vertical axes of rotation;
  • FIG. 11 shows, at an enlarged scale, an axial vertical section through a vertical pivot with combined hinged connection for swivelling in parallel relation to a horizontal plane, for each point of pivotal connection between the ramp and the ship;
  • FIG. 12 is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the system shown in FIG. 10, showing a modification of the operating means controlling the slewing motion;
  • FIG. 13 is a top view, drawn at a smaller scale, of a foldable and pivotally connected ramp consisting of three ramp sections, in the extended and lowered working position thereof, pivotally connected to the ship through a pair of trucks movable within a circular arcuate runway provided on the vessel forallowing to selectively vary the relative horizontal angular orientation of the ramp;
  • FIG. 14 is a side view of the ramp of the previous Figure in its inoperative, folded and upward swung stowed position in a lashed condition on the ship;
  • FIG. 15 is an enlarged front view from aft, i.e. as seen from the left-hand end of the vessel in the direction of the horizontal arrow XV in FIG. 14, the illustration of the ramp having been omitted to show the structure located behind, i.e. before the ramp;
  • FIG. 16 is a fragmentary side view, drawn at a larger scale with parts broken away, of the adjacent mutually pivotally interconnected ends of the innermost end and intermediate ramp sections, respectively, showing in particular the buttressing device for locking the pivotal connection in a selectively adjustable manner;
  • FIG. 17 shows, at a larger scale, a separate top view of a carriage or trolley forming a wheeled bogie or truck and hinge support for the ramp;
  • FIG. 18 is a cross-section taken upon the line XVIII- XVIII of FIG. 17, of a wheel-carrying axle of said truck;
  • FIG. 19 is a cross-section taken upon the line XIX- XIX of FIG. 17, along the vertical axis of a horizontal roller for lateral guiding of said truck;
  • FIG. 20 is a section taken upon the line XXXX of FIG. 17, showing a lug or leg portion of a clevis or yoke forming a bracket-like holder for the pivotal connection bearing of the ramp on the truck;
  • FIG. 21 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view taken upon the line XXIXXI of FIG. 22 and showing the uppermost portion forming the top jib or like outrigger arm of the king post or like derrick mast from which the ramp is hanging and which is located to port side, said view showing a guide pulley for the operating wire rope controlling the relative extension of the intermediate ramp section and a swivelling stationary pulley block or tackle block for the ramp handling wire rope, the swivelling pulley associated with said stationary pulley block having been omitted;
  • FIG. 22 is a rear front or end view as seen from the left-hand side of said port side king post or derrick mast looking in the direction of the horizontal arrow XXII in FIG. 21, said stationary pulley block having been omitted;
  • FIG. 23 is a fragmentary top view of the king post or derrick mast shown in FIG. 22, illustrating the port side guide pulley for the operating cable controlling the relative extension of said intermediate ramp section;
  • FIG. 24 is a partial view in section taken upon the line XXIV-XXIV of FIG. 22 and showing a swivelling guide pulley for the handling wire rope;
  • FIG. 25 is a top view of the device of FIG. 24.
  • FIG. 26 is a partial view in cross-section taken upon the line XXVI-XXVI of FIG. 22 and showing the feather or lug for pivotal connection of said stationary pulley block to its vertical pivot.
  • a ship denoted generally by the reference numeral 1 and of which the stem or poop only is shown is moored near or adjacent to a quay 2 for example according to a slant orientation, so that the longitudinal direction of the ship is at an angle with the direction of the edge of the quay.
  • the rear portion or stem of the ship is fitted with a movable access ramp 3 consisting of three successive ramp sections, namely an inboard or foremost ramp section 3a, a central or intermediate ramp section 3b and a rearmost or outboard section 3c which are pivotally connected to each other in the longitudinal direction in substantially aligned or mutually registering extension of each other through pivot hinges or the like at 4, 4', respectively.
  • the outermost or outboard ramp section 30 desirably exhibits the shape of a bearing pad or like ground-engaging plate serving to support the ramp onto the quay 2.
  • the innermost end ramp section 3a is desirably made wider towards its innermost or inboard end with which it is pivotally connected at 5 to the vessel 1. This kind of construction exhibits the advantage of allowing a maximum compensation for the difference in level between the loading deck or flooring 6 of the ship and quays 2 of various heights or for a difference in level of the sea surface in view of the tides.
  • the ramp sections 3a and 3b are desirably provided with guide railings or like protective devices 7 along their opposite longitudinal edges or sides.
  • this connecting system comprises a wheeled truck or trolley 8 including a frame 9 with a horizontal apparent contour substantially in the shape of a segment of a circular annulus or like ring preferably substantially symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal centre line 10 of the ramp 3.
  • This frame 9 carries for example at its upper portion at least one end and preferably two clevis or like yokes 11 to which the ramp section 30 is pivotally connected at by means of lugs or like feathers or tongs 12 respectively fast with corresponding side frame members or like girders or spars of the ramp section 3a about substantially horizontal coaxial pivot axes extending at right angles to the longitudinal centre line of the ramp.
  • the frame 9 of the carriage 8 is mounted on carrying run wheels or like rollers 13 having substantially horizontal respective axles and located on either side of the frame for riding on or rolling in a curved guide track desirably consisting of a pair of guide rails in the shape of transversely or radially spaced concentric arcs of circumference 14 arranged astern of the ship 1 preferably in symmetrical relation to the longitudinal vertical centre plane 15 of the vessel while extending desirably over the major part of the 10- cally available width of the ship at the rear portion thereof.
  • Each rail consists for example of a sectional structural beam or girder with an l-shaped crosssectional contour and the rollers 13 are adapted to run on the top surface of the inner bottom or lower flange of the associated sectional beam, the axle of each roller being directed in a radial direction, i.e. in a normal direction with respect to the track or runway.
  • the frame of the carriage 9 is also provided on either side thereof with lateral guide rollers 16 having respective substantially vertical axes of rotation and engaging through rolling contact the inner vertical wall, respectively, of the web of each associated guide rail 14.
  • the truck 8 and its guideway 14 are desirably located lower down than or below the level of the deck or flooring 6 of the vessel served by the ram 3 and for instance within a pit forming a throw, step or like lower landing 17 or within a like recess in the ships deck.
  • the height of the carriage 8 is such that the top runway or carriage-way of the rame 3 or at least the inner adjacent end of said ramp is substantially at the same level as the deck 6 of the vessel or aligned therewith.
  • At least one and preferably a plurality of transversely juxtaposed flaps or like hinged leaves 18 are pivotally connected separately at 19 to the adjacent inner end of the ramp section 3a so that they may be folded back individually against said ramp or swung downwards onto the flooring or deck 6 of the vehicle thereby to cover and span the pit 17 containing the trolley 8 and its guide track 14 while allowing vehicles to cross same or pass thereover.
  • the trolley 8 is thus displaceable substantially from one side of the ship to the other while being guided through engagement on either side keeping the rollers 13 retained or entrapped between the overlying flanges of the guide rails.
  • each wire rope 21 is thus desirably reeved over a guide pulley 23 pivotally connected to an overhead or elevated structure of the ship or vehicle, such as for instance a derrick mast, king post or like standard or upright 24 fast with the ship, so that each pulley 23 may swivel about a substantially vertical axis, both pulleys 23 and therefore both derrick masts or king posts 24 being preferably located symmetrically with respect to the vertical medial or centre plane of the guide track 14.
  • the stationary fastening points 20 of the handling wire ropes 21 are desirably secured adjacent to the outer end of the innermost ramp section 3a.
  • This innermost ramp section 3a thus remains constantly suspended from the handling wire ropes 21 at least in its lowered working position and possible also in most of its intermediate positions between its extreme lowered and raised positions, respectively.
  • the swivelling pulleys 23 are desirably located towards the top of their respective supporting derrick masts or king posts 24 whereas the winches 22 are located at the bottoms or feet of these king posts.
  • Locking means are provided for holding the ramp 3 against motion in each or any relative angular position in the lowered and/or upwards lifted condition.
  • the truck 8 may be locked in any relative position on its guide rails 14 for instance through a locking arrangement with a stop bolt or like locking pin insertable through a corresponding hole 25 of the frame of the truck 9 into a stationary opening provided in a structure rigidly connected to the ship, such as for example the top or upper flange of a rail 14.
  • a stop bolt or like locking pin insertable through a corresponding hole 25 of the frame of the truck 9 into a stationary opening provided in a structure rigidly connected to the ship, such as for example the top or upper flange of a rail 14.
  • At least one and preferably two suitable stop, rest or abutment means 26 rigidly connected for example to the superstructures 27 of the vessel 1 as well as at least one and preferably two locking members 28 which are for example mechanically, hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically operated possibly in an automatic manner and adapted to retain the ramp in the upwards lifted position, said locking members being located on the ramp and in particular on the section 3a thereof or on the ship.
  • the ramp 3 is fitted with self-acting control means for keeping the handling wire ropes 21 taut or stretched with a substantially constant tension in the lowered working position of the ramp, the poweroperated winches 22 being preferably phase-locked in follow-up relationship to said control means which consist for instance of at least one and preferably two sensor, detector, feeler or like pick-up members 30 (FIG. 2) secured to the intermediate ramp section 3b towards the outer end portion thereof, for instance on either side of and underneath same, so that they may bear
  • said control means consist for instance of at least one and preferably two sensor, detector, feeler or like pick-up members 30 (FIG. 2) secured to the intermediate ramp section 3b towards the outer end portion thereof, for instance on either side of and underneath same, so that they may bear
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