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Automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel Download PDF

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US20060102060A1
US20060102060A1 US10/522,410 US52241003A US2006102060A1 US 20060102060 A1 US20060102060 A1 US 20060102060A1 US 52241003 A US52241003 A US 52241003A US 2006102060 A1 US2006102060 A1 US 2006102060A1
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Josep Vila Boixadera
Jacinto Medina Vidal
Miguel Hitos Sanchez
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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 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/04—Fastening or guiding equipment for chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/56—Towing or pushing equipment

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  • the present patent of invention application has as an object the registration of an automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel incorporating notable innovations and advantages compared to the current methods for the same or similar purpose.
  • the new invention comprises an installation for its assembly on the deck of a tugboat, which allows handling the connecting towrope between the tugboat and towed vessel without the necessity of a worker having to be on said deck to perform manual operations.
  • the new invention consists of a fastening carriage which moves on guides around the deck of the tugboat. Once the towrope has been launched from the vessel to be towed, the carriage moves until a built-in sensor detects the presence of the towrope at the level of the gunwale.
  • the fastening carriage fixes the tow cable or rope of the tugboat in the clamp, and once it is detected that the towrope is introduced in the clamp, said clamp is closed and released from the carriage, the cable of the tugboat remaining connected to the towrope of the vessel. Once the operation has been performed, the fastening carriage returns to its rest position.
  • the automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel of the present registration is characterized in that it comprises great advantages without meaning any change whatsoever to the overall connecting process disclosed above corresponding to the current state of the art.
  • the process will continue to be the same and the changes made by the new invention mainly affect the fact that the presence of a crew member on the deck of the tugboat for taking up the towrope and fastening it to the tow cable is not required since this operation is carried out by a fastening carriage.
  • Said fastening carriage carries out the following operations:
  • the new invention is made up of a guide rail arranged around the tugboat on which the fastening carriage automatically moves.
  • the fastening carriage has a presence detector which, upon reaching the point where the towrope is located, urges the carriage to stop.
  • a clamp or latch-type gripping system which carries the tugboat cable secured, grips the towrope, fixes it, and the carriage is released. Once this operation has been performed, the fastening carriage returns to a given position or resting point where it is not in the way.
  • the fastening carriage carries out this process automatically, although the beginning of the process is commanded from the control bridge of the tugboat by pushing the corresponding control on the system control console after the moment in which the ball strikes against the deck and the towrope is supported on the gunwale.
  • System operation can be switched from automatic to manual form also from the control console.
  • the main advantage of the invention with regard to the prior state of the art is that the presence of a crew member on the deck of the tugboat during the connecting operation is not necessary, entailing greater security for the crew. It is necessary to consider that this connecting task is done many times in poor sea and little visibility conditions, with rain, etc., conditions which can cause an accident due to the slipping, tripping or falling of the crew member.
  • the skipper who is in the bridge must pay attention to the vessel to which it is going to connect and at the same time to the crew. With the invention, the skipper must only be concerned with the vessel since there is no crew member on deck. After the moment in which the towrope strikes against the deck, the start button must simply be pushed. The remaining operations are the same as those currently done and are now carried out from the bridge.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a tugboat with the newly invented device.
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the fastening carriage on the guide rail.
  • FIG. 3 shows a profile view of the carriage on the guide and with the towrope supported on the gunwale.
  • FIG. 4 shows a front perspective view of the inside of the fastening carriage on the guide rail.
  • FIG. 5 shows a rear perspective view of the inside of the fastening carriage on the guide rail.
  • FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the electronic configuration of the invention.
  • a preferred although non-limiting embodiment of the invention which consists of guide rails ( 6 ) made up of two cylindrical calibrated rails preferably of polished and tempered stainless steel, which go around all or part of the tugboat ( 1 ). These rails ( 6 ) are joined by means of screws, welds or the like to the supports ( 5 ), which are assembled on the deck ( 2 ) of the boat. There is a longitudinally movable fastening carriage ( 7 ) on this guide ( 6 ).
  • the fastening carriage ( 7 ) comprises a structure or frame ( 8 ) incorporating a duly protected electric motor ( 9 ) which, by means of rotation reduction pulleys ( 27 ) and the corresponding belts ( 28 ), is connected to two drive wheels ( 24 ) of grooved profile, supported on one of the rails ( 6 ) of the guide.
  • the frame ( 8 ) In a position opposite to the two drive wheels ( 24 ), the frame ( 8 ) has two other idle wheels ( 25 ) on a support ( 26 ) which presses them against the other rail ( 6 ) of the guide.
  • the frame ( 8 ) has supports ( 10 ) of a rechargeable battery ( 18 ) for supplying electrical power to the motor ( 9 ) and to control the circuitry ( 19 and 22 ).
  • the frame ( 8 ) has a projecting arm ( 29 ) opposite to the guide ( 6 ) with an adjustable mechanism ( 11 ) incorporating a clamp mechanism ( 12 ) with a sensor ( 21 ) for detecting the presence of the towrope ( 4 ) and two V-shaped open guiding rods ( 23 ) of said towrope ( 4 ) supported on the gunwale ( 3 ) towards the clamp ( 12 ).
  • the rod-clamp ( 12 and 23 ) assembly mechanism is arranged at the level of the gunwale ( 3 ).
  • the clamp ( 12 ) is joined with the cable line (not represented) and is releasable when a lock solenoid ( 20 ) thereof joining said cable with the towrope ( 4 ) of the towed vessel is actuated.
  • the control circuitry ( 19 ) of the carriage ( 7 ) is made up of a radio transmitter equipment, a speed and motor running/stop control, a controller of the sensor ( 21 ) of the clamp ( 12 ), and an actuator of the lock solenoid ( 20 ) of the clamp.
  • the radio transmitter equipment ( 22 ) of the carriage ( 7 ) is connected to an equivalent radio transmitter equipment ( 15 ) in the control console ( 13 ) of the bridge for the automatic or manual handling of said carriage ( 7 ) with the corresponding controls ( 14 ) of speed adjustment, start/stop, movement direction of the carriage ( 7 ) and locking of the solenoid ( 20 ) of the clamp ( 12 ).
  • the fastening carriage ( 7 ) incorporates a recharging mechanism ( 17 ) of the battery ( 18 ) made up by means of sockets that can be coupled to a base ( 16 ) existing at a point that is away from the path of the guide rails ( 6 ), or alternatively by means of a non-contact induction charging system.
  • the base ( 16 ) of the recharging system can be in its rest position, arranged on the bow or in the area where it is less bothersome.
  • Said recharging system ( 16 ) can be secured by means of a latch or catch system which is released in the moment of starting its running from the control console ( 13 ).

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ES200201765A ES2245528B1 (es) 2002-07-26 2002-07-26 Sistema automatico de recogida y manipulacion de sirga para enganche entre remolcador y buque remolcado.
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PCT/ES2003/000377 WO2004012989A1 (es) 2002-07-26 2003-07-22 Sistema automático de recogida y manipulación de sirga para enganche entre remolcador y buque remolcado

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