WO1985003682A1 - Compartiment de pile pour lampes de sauvetage - Google Patents

Compartiment de pile pour lampes de sauvetage Download PDF

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WO1985003682A1
WO1985003682A1 PCT/DK1985/000012 DK8500012W WO8503682A1 WO 1985003682 A1 WO1985003682 A1 WO 1985003682A1 DK 8500012 W DK8500012 W DK 8500012W WO 8503682 A1 WO8503682 A1 WO 8503682A1
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battery box
activation
battery
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Kjeld Hansen
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Bh-Industri
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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
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • B63C9/20—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/20—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
    • H01M50/204—Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
    • H01M50/207—Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape
    • H01M50/213—Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
    • 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
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries

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  • the invention relates to a battery box for life lights, in particular for inflatable liferafts, said box con ⁇ taining a battery and a magnetically sensitive switch connected in series with the battery, said battery box being designed for watertight coupling to a power- consuming component.
  • the power consuming component can typically be a lamp, which is mounted water ⁇ tight on the battery box or is placed exteriorly on top of the liferaft and is connected watertight with the battery box by means of a lead. It is an indispensable requirement that the lamp shall light when the liferaft is inflated, but it will at the same time be understood that it is an advantage to be able to turn-off the lamp, in particular in daylight to save power.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a battery box with an operable switch which is particularly expedient for the above-mentioned use.
  • the separate, magnetic activation means can be pulled or torn out of engagement with the battery box, which has special relation to inflatable life-saving equipment such as rafts, jackets and dresses, because the battery box and the activation means are separately attached to e.g. the liferaft so that the activation means is received in the mentioned coupling means when the raft is in the stowed condition.
  • the activation means is torn out of the coupling means, as intended, so that neither the battery box nor the liferaft is damaged. Since the magnetic activation means and the battery box can thus be removed completely from each other, the lamp lights with certainty, even if the activation means contains a relatively strong magnet.
  • a relatively strong magnet is an advantage, partly because it is fully ensured that the lamp does not light when the raft is in the stowed con ⁇ dition, partly because this makes less stringent demands on the position of the magnetically sensitive switch with respect to the coupling means of the battery box.
  • the structure moreover allows the coupling means and the acti- vation means to be so designed that the lamp can be turned off simply by passing the activation means closely adjacent to the coupling means without causing it to engage these, so that precise Morse signalling can easily be established since no frictional force between the activation and the coupling means has to be overcome.
  • the battery box is preferably cylindrical with an internal diameter which fits a lithium battery, and space can therefore be saved when the switch is placed in the bottom of the cylindrical battery box, as stated in claim 2, which moreover defines a preferred embodiment of the coupling means.
  • Claim 3 defines an expedient detail in the shaping of the plug, which contains a magnet, the magnet being automa ⁇ tically oriented correctly with respect to the switch in the battery box.
  • the switch and the magnet are positioned as stated in claim 4 or when two switches are placed in the battery box, as stated in claim 5, the above-mentioned Morse signalling can also be established by means of a relatively weak magnet.
  • fig. 1 is an external view of the battery box of the invention
  • fig. 2 is a section through the embodiment of fig. 1,
  • fig. 3 is a section through a coupling cap for the battery box
  • fig. 4 shows preferred loose parts in connection with watertight mounting of an electric bulb.
  • the embodiment of the battery box shown in fig. 1 com ⁇ prises a cylindrical housing 1 which is coherent with a mounting flange 2. At one end of the housing there is provided a collar 3 designed to receive a plug 4 at the end of an activation grip 5, and at the other end . of the housing there is shown a coupling cap 6, which is con ⁇ nected to a light 8 through a lead 7, said light 8 con ⁇ taining a bulb which can receive power from a battery in the housing 1 via a switch which can be activated by means of the plug 4, as will be explained below.
  • Fig. 2 shows a section through the housing 1 and the plug 4 from fig. 1.
  • the housing 1 accomodates a battery . , preferably a lithium battery, whose terminals 10, 11 are electrically connected to contact regions in a coupling piece 12. More particularly, the terminal 10 is connected directly with internal threads 13 of an electrically conductive material, while the terminal 11 is connected with a central, conductive member 14 via a reed relay 15, which is disposed adjacent to the opposite housing end wall with respect to the coupling piece 12.
  • the part of the cavity of the housing 1 which is not occupied by the mentioned parts is preferably filled with a filler.
  • Fig. 2 moreover shows a section through the plug 4, which contains a permanent magnet 16 embedded in a cast compound 17.
  • the outer contour of the plug corresponds to the open cavity defined by the collar 3, so that the plug 4 can be received snugly, but movably in the collar 3.
  • the magnet 16 is sufficiently close to the reed relay 15 for this relay to be activated, and in most uses the relay will be so designed as to cut off the supply of power to the light 8 in the activated condition. It will then be appreciated that when the plug 4 is removed sufficiently far away from the relay 15 by means of the activation grip 5, the relay 15 will be deactivated and cut in current to the light 8.
  • the arrangement of the activation means of the invention as described in the foregoing is particular expedient in connection with inflatable life-saving equipment.
  • the flange 2 and the activation grip 5 are attached to such locations on the liferaft that the plug 4 is received in the collar 3 in the stowed condition of the raft, and so that the plug 4 is torn out of engagement with the collar 3 when the raft folds out.
  • the plug 4 can be torn completely out of engagement with the collar 3 so that the members are not destroyed when the raft is inflated.
  • the position of the housing 1 and the activation grip 5 is not critical in the stowing of the raft.
  • a battery box of the described type will usually be placed internally in the raft so that those in distress can release the activation grip 5 from the raft and insert the plug 4 into the collar 3, permitting the light 8 to be turned off in daylight to save power.
  • the light 8 which is mounted on the out ⁇ side on top of the raft, always lights in connection with the inflation, so that the raft " automatically serves as a reliable piece of life-saving equipment, because it cannot be expected that those in distress, at any rate not for some time, ' will remember to turn on the life light.
  • the collar 3 and the plug 4 are substantially cylindrical, but have a flattened portion 18, 19, respectively, ensuring that the magnet 16 is positioned correctly with respect to the relay 15. Further, the flattened portions entail that the relay 15 and the magnet 16 can be replaced relatively closely to the respective flat walls 18, 19, so that the relay 15 can be activated by a relatively strong magnet when the plug 4 is held manually in the position shown in broken lines in fig. 2. Further, a relatively strong magnet will be advantageous because this provides full certainty of activation of the relay when the plug 4 is received in the collar 3, and at the same time deactivation is also ensured because the plug 4 can be torn completely out of and away from the collar 3. The activation position shown in broken lines in fig.
  • the housing 1 may alternatively contain an additional reed relay 20, which is shown in broken lines in fig. 2, and which is connected in series with the relay 15.
  • the coupling piece 12 is cylindrical and, as previously mentioned, provided with internal, electrically conductive threads and has moreover external threads 21.
  • Fig. 3 shows a section through the coupling cap 6, which is conical and has a cavity 22; electrically conductive threads 23 and a contact point 24 electrically insulated with respect to the threads are embedded in the cavity, the threads and the contact point being connected to their respective conductors in a lead 7 which extends outwardly from the coupling cap.
  • the threads 23 are designed to co ⁇ operate with the threads 13 in the coupling piece 12 so that the coupling cap can be screwed down over the coupling piece 12, with the internal wall 25 of the coupl ⁇ ing cap clearing the external threads 21 on the coupling piece.
  • the housing 1 is moreover provided with a bead 26 which is concentric with respect to the coupling piece 12 and which, upon engagement with the ring-shaped end face of the coupling cap, ensures watertight connection when the coupling cap is screwed on to the housing 1.
  • Fig. 4 shows a foot member 27, an electric bulb 28 and a cap 29, which in combination constitutes the light 8 from fig. 1.
  • the foot member 27 is connected with the lead 7 and comprises external and internal threads as well as an annular bead of the same structure as described in the foregoing in connection with the coupling piece 12.
  • the cap 29 is provided with internal threads 30 to cooperate with the external threads of the foot member 27.
  • the threads 30 also fit the threads 21 on the coupling piece 12, and it will therefore be appreciated that the bulb 28 can be screwed directly down into the coupling piece 12 and then the cap 29 can be screwed on to the coupling piece to provide an alternative, watertight structure.
  • the latter alternative constructure is of interest as an orientation light in a liferaft.
  • lead assemblies with a plurality of coupling caps may be provided, so that it is possible e.g. to connect several batteries in series with a view to increased operational voltage for the life light.

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Abstract

Un compartiment de pile (1) pour une lampe de sauvetage (8), en particulier pour des radeaux de sauvetage gonflables, renferme une pile et un commutateur actionnable magnétiquement. Un aimant destiné à coopérer avec le commutateur est disposé à une extrémité (19) d'une poignée d'activation (4, 5), ladite extrémité étant conçue pour être reçue dans un collier (3) du compartiment de pile situé très près du commutateur. Lorsque la poignée d'activation (4, 5) coopère avec le collier (3), l'alimentation de la lampe de sauvetage est coupée, alors qu'elle est activée lorsque le mécanisme d'activation (4, 5) est retiré. Cette structure est particulièrement avantageuse pour des radeaux de sauvetage gonflables où le compartiment de pile (1) et la poignée d'activation (4, 5) sont fixés séparément au radeau de sauvetage dans des positions telles que les éléments (1, 4, 5) sont engagés les uns avec les autres lorsque le radeau est arrimé. Une fois le radeau gonflé, les éléments (1, 4, 5) peuvent être séparés les uns des autres sans provoquer d'endommagement.
PCT/DK1985/000012 1984-02-23 1985-02-22 Compartiment de pile pour lampes de sauvetage WO1985003682A1 (fr)

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EP0283781A1 (fr) * 1987-03-10 1988-09-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Dispositif de commutation
FR2639898A1 (fr) * 1988-10-27 1990-06-08 Brain John Balise lumineuse portable
EP0573105A1 (fr) * 1992-06-02 1993-12-08 DANIAMANT ApS Lampe pour gilet ou canot du sauvetage
CN105836076A (zh) * 2016-05-19 2016-08-10 无锡兴泰船舶装备有限公司 救生灯具用磁性开关及应用该开关的救生灯
WO2016133892A1 (fr) * 2015-02-18 2016-08-25 Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. Ensembles d'éclairage
CN114872866A (zh) * 2022-06-17 2022-08-09 江苏华燕智慧科技有限公司 一种多功能救生衣灯及其操作方法

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SE359962B (fr) * 1968-12-27 1973-09-10 Hermetic Coil Co Inc
GB2136737A (en) * 1983-03-23 1984-09-26 Cosalt Plc Self-inflatable liferaft with beacon

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SE359962B (fr) * 1968-12-27 1973-09-10 Hermetic Coil Co Inc
GB2136737A (en) * 1983-03-23 1984-09-26 Cosalt Plc Self-inflatable liferaft with beacon

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EP0283781A1 (fr) * 1987-03-10 1988-09-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Dispositif de commutation
US4825181A (en) * 1987-03-10 1989-04-25 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Switching device
FR2639898A1 (fr) * 1988-10-27 1990-06-08 Brain John Balise lumineuse portable
EP0573105A1 (fr) * 1992-06-02 1993-12-08 DANIAMANT ApS Lampe pour gilet ou canot du sauvetage
WO2016133892A1 (fr) * 2015-02-18 2016-08-25 Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. Ensembles d'éclairage
US10072832B2 (en) 2015-02-18 2018-09-11 Zodiac Pool Systems Llc Lighting assemblies
CN105836076A (zh) * 2016-05-19 2016-08-10 无锡兴泰船舶装备有限公司 救生灯具用磁性开关及应用该开关的救生灯
CN114872866A (zh) * 2022-06-17 2022-08-09 江苏华燕智慧科技有限公司 一种多功能救生衣灯及其操作方法
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