INFLATABLE EVACUATION SLIDE AND SHIP RESCUE EQUIPMENT COMPRISING SAID SLIDE
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an inflatable marine evacuation slide for evacuating people from a ship to at least one inflatable liferaft (or survival raft), as well as rescue equipment for the passengers and/or crew members of a ship, comprising at least one inflatable liferaft, stored folded in the deflated state, together with associated inflation means, in a container around which is wrapped, folded in the deflated state, an inflatable marine evacuation slide according to the invention.
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32 Claims
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17. An inflatable evacuation slide for evacuating people from a ship to at least one inflatable rescue liferaft, the slide comprising:
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at least three multiple longitudinal beams, including two lateral lower beams and a central upper beam, spaced apart transversally over their length and substantially parallel to each other in the inflated state, each beam comprising at least two individually inflatable longitudinal tubes, said tubes connected side by side and adjacent over their length; a flexible chute intended to support people during their evacuation via the slide, said chute linking said two lateral lower beams and extending continuously between said lower beams and over the entire length of the slide from a slide entry end, equipped with means for coupling to the ship, to a slide exit end, equipped with deformable and releasable slide liferaft interface coupling devices; a plurality of lower braces comprising inflatable lower tubes connected to said two lateral lower beams and extending under said chute; and a plurality of lateral braces comprising inflatable lateral tubes connected to said central upper beam and to said lateral lower beams so as to stiffen the structure of the slide in the inflated state, said lateral braces giving said slide a cross-section, substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal beams, having a generally triangular shape, wherein said inflatable tubes of said lower and lateral braces are arranged to form a plurality of inflatable closed stiffening frames, said frames polygonal in the inflated state, surrounding said three longitudinal beams to which said tubes of said stiffening frames are connected. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A rescue equipment system for passengers and/or crew members of a ship comprising at least one inflatable liferaft, said liferaft stored folded in the deflated state and with an associated inflation means in a container, around which is wrapped, folded in the deflated state, an inflatable evacuation slide, said slide including a slide entry end which is attached to the ship by coupling means and a slide exit end which is attached to said liferaft in said container by deformable releasable slide/liferaft interface coupling devices, wherein said slide comprises:
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at least three multiple longitudinal beams including two lateral lower beams and a central upper beam, spaced apart transversally over their length and substantially parallel to each other in the inflated state, each beam comprising at least two individually inflatable longitudinal tubes, connected side by side and adjacent over their length; a flexible chute intended to support people during their evacuation via the slide, said chute linking said two lateral lower beams and extending continuously between said lower beams and over the entire length of the slide, from said slide entry end to said slide exit end; a plurality of lower braces comprising inflatable lower tubes connected to said two lateral lower beams and extending under said chute; and a plurality of lateral braces comprising inflatable lateral tubes connected to said central upper beam and to said lateral lower beams so as to stiffen the structure of the slide in the inflated state said lateral braces giving said slide a cross-section substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal beams that has a generally triangular shape, wherein said inflatable tubes of said lower and lateral braces are arranged to form a plurality of inflatable closed stiffening frames, said frames polygonal in the inflated state, surrounding said three longitudinal beams to which said tubes of said stiffening frames are connected. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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