Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
  • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
  • E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
  • E02B3/20—Equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. bollards
  • E02B3/26—Fenders
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
  • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
  • E02B2201/00—Devices, constructional details or methods of hydraulic engineering not otherwise provided for
  • E02B2201/04—Devices, constructional details or methods of hydraulic engineering not otherwise provided for using old tires for hydraulic engineering
• • 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
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02A30/00—Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation
  • Y02A30/30—Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation in transportation, e.g. on roads, waterways or railways
• • 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
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
  • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
  • Y02W30/62—Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for damping the friction of the hull of ships against the quays of ports.
• This kind of device is also called a dock defense device.
• Different types of platform defense devices are known.
• the device closest to that targeted by the present invention comprises a series of used tires arranged against each other, around a wooden beam placed horizontally opposite the quay.
• the wood of the beam is rapidly deteriorated by seawater, so that the device must be replaced after relatively short periods.
• the use of wood is completely unsuitable for using the device in total immersion.
• the object of the present invention is to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks, by creating a platform defense device which is both reliable, effective and inexpensive.
• the device targeted by the invention for absorbing the friction of ships against the quays comprises a series of used tires arranged against each other, around an elongated body intended to be placed substantially horizontally opposite the quay.
• this device is characterized in that the elongated body is constituted by a metallic cylindrical tube filled with concrete lightened by loads of low density, in that the used tires are filled with an elastic material and of low density , in that the part of the tires adjacent to the metal tube is closed in a leaktight manner by flexible rings in contact with the metal tube and in that this tube is closed at its ends by flanges projecting from the outer surface. re of the tube, these projections keeping all of the tires tight against each other.
• the cylindrical tube is filled with light concrete, not only makes this tube non-deformable, which is essential in order to be able to maintain perfect contact between the tires and the tube but also makes it possible to adapt the device to the buoyancy conditions. desired.
• the metal tube is filled with concrete loaded with grains of a material chosen from the following group: pumice stone, expanded polystyrene, rubber waste, expanded glass beads.
• the tires are filled with rubber shavings or powder, also originating from used tires. These chips or this rubber powder can be bonded together by a glue resistant to sea water, such as an epoxy or polyurethane glue. It is also possible to inject inside the tires, whether or not filled with shavings or rubber powder, a synthetic foam resistant to seawater, this foam having the effect, when it expands inside the tires, of tightening the latter. against each other and against the end flanges of the tube.
• a glue resistant to sea water such as an epoxy or polyurethane glue
• FIG. 1 is a view in longitudinal section of a device according to the invention fixed to a quay;
• - Figure 2 is a side view of the device, according to Figure 1;
• FIG. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view on a larger scale of the device;
• Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing two superimposed tube-pneumatic assemblies; seen in Figure 5 is a / side of the device according to Figure 4;
• FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an immersed device with three tube-pneumatic assemblies arranged opposite the bulge of the bow of a ship;
• Figure 7 is a plan view of a device adapted to the projecting angle of a platform.
• the defense device fixed against the side of a quay 1 comprises a cylindrical tube 2, for example made of sheet steel, extending horizontally and filled with light concrete 3.
• This tube 2 is externally protected by an anti-corrosion coating, for example based on bitumen or epoxy resin, or by metallization (Zn-Al).
• an anti-corrosion coating for example based on bitumen or epoxy resin, or by metallization (Zn-Al).
• the light concrete 3 is filled with low density fillers, such as pumice grains, expanded polystyrene particles, shavings of rubber, expanded glass beads etc. These loads by lightening the concrete facilitate the handling of the device and give it the desired buoyancy qualities.
• low density fillers such as pumice grains, expanded polystyrene particles, shavings of rubber, expanded glass beads etc.
• These loads by lightening the concrete facilitate the handling of the device and give it the desired buoyancy qualities.
• trucks tires 4 having for example an outside diameter of approximately 1 m. These tires 4 are filled with an elastic material of low density which will be detailed below.
• the part 4a of the tires 4 adjacent to the metal tube 2 is in intimate contact with the cylindrical outer surface of this tube.
• This part 4a of the tires 4 is closed in leaktight manner by a flexible ring 5 in contact with the outer surface of the tube 2.
• These rings 5 are preferably formed by the rubber flaps which are normally arranged in contact with the rim of a truck tire to protect the inner tube.
• These rings 5 bear internally on the edges 4a of the tires, as can be seen in detail in FIG. 3.
• the metal tube 2 is closed at its ends by metal flanges 6, 7 having a peripheral crown 7a projecting from the outer surface of the tube 2.
• the rings 7a constitute stops for the tires 4 while preserving the sidewalls of the latter.
• the flange 6 is welded to the end of the tube, while the flange 7 is fixed to the latter, 8 removably by means of angles / and bolts 9.
• the elastic material 10 which fills the tires 4 is constituted by shavings or rubber powder originating from used tires.
• these shavings or powder are unlikely to escape to the outside.
• These shavings or this powder can optionally be bonded by a glue resistant to sea water, for example based on latex or polyurethane.
• This adhesive not only makes it possible to obtain the desired elastic properties and damping effect, but also ensures perfect sealing of the interior of the tires, in particular removing any pores in the latter.
• the tires 4 can also be filled with a synthetic foam resistant to seawater, such as an elastic foam of epoxy or polyurethane, injected under pressure into the tires.
• a synthetic foam resistant to seawater such as an elastic foam of epoxy or polyurethane
• the expansion of the foam produced in situ in the tires 4 makes it possible to expand the tires, by tightening them against each other, and against the peripheral rings 7a.
• This expansion of the foam also has the effect of applying the rings 5 against the surface of the tube 2, thus ensuring an excellent seal.
• the tightening of the tires 4 against each other and against the peripheral rings 7a makes it possible to prevent these tires from moving relative to each other, generating friction liable to deteriorate the latter, as well as the anti-corrosion coating of the tube 2.
• the expanded foam can also be introduced into the tires 4 already partially filled with shavings or rubber powder.
• the device according to the invention is fixed in a horizontal position by two securing chains 11 hooked to the edge of the platform 1 and to rings 12 welded to the edge of the end flanges 6, 7 of the metal tube 2 (see Figures 1, 2 and 3).
• These rings 12 are oblique with respect to the flanges 6, 7 so as to keep the shackles 13 of the chains 11 separated from the adjacent tires 4 and avoid any contact with the latter liable to damage them.
• These shackles 13 may possibly be covered by a protective rubber sleeve (not shown) to avoid any direct contact between these shackles 13 and the tires 4, in the event of lateral movement of the device under the effect of the swell or during the docking of a ship.
• each of the flanges 6, 7 comprises a ring 14 disposed at 90 ° to the ring 12 and directed forward.
• This ring 14 is used for handling the device, for example by means of a crane.
• the location of the rings 12 and 14 is chosen so that the latter come by the simple play of gravity to be presented in alignment with the attachment pins sealed on the platform 1, which simplifies the operations of setting up and removal of the device.
• the device according to the invention comprises two tube-tire assemblies arranged one above the other, the tires 4 of these two assemblies being in mutual contact.
• the two assemblies are connected to each other by rings 15 fixed to the flanges 6, 7 symmetrically with respect to the lashing rings 12. These rings 15 are made integral with one another by shackles 16.
• the device protects the hull of ships, even in the event of variations of the water level due to the tides.
• the device may include more than two tube-pneumatic assemblies.
• the device can comprise three sets of stages A, B, C as indicated in FIG. 6.
• Such a stage device not only provides protection in the event of significant variations in the water level, but also protects the submerged bulge 17 called " bulb "formed on the bow of a ship 18 facing the quay 1.
• ballast the assembly with a block 19 made of concrete or metal.
• This block 19 may possibly rest on the bottom.
• the device comprises two tube elements 2a, 2b, connected together by an intermediate tubular part 20 bent.
• the device thus adapts to the projecting angle 21, the assembly being secured by chains at three points situated respectively at the free ends of the elements 2a, 2b and at the level of the intermediate part 20.
• platform defense devices which have just been described are thus adapted to the various conditions which may arise. In all cases, these devices provide effective damping of the friction of ship hulls. In addition, these devices have a very long service life in the submerged state. Furthermore, these devices are inexpensive, because a large part of them is made from used products (not destroyed), which values them.

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