Device for fastening emergency equipment to a ship's deck

• US 7,302,739 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2003
• Issued: 12/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ernström Technology AB
• Original Assignee: C M Hammar Utveckling AB
• Inventors: Christiansson, Tor
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain; James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rodriguez; Ruth C.
• Application Number:
  US10/508,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20050155194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,687 Days
• Field of Search: 24/69.TT, 24/69.T, 24/71.TT, 241/16.R, 24/68.CT, 24/68.TT, 241/36.R, 241/36.K, 241/36.L, 241/15.H, 241/15.K, 241/15.M, 241/15.R, 59/78, 59/84, 59/85, 59/93
• US Class Current: 24/136.00R
• CPC Class Codes: B63C 9/22 Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment equipment for handling life-boats or the like B63B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3427 Clasp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/39 Cord and rope holders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3969 Sliding part or wedge

Abstract

A device is for fastening emergency equipment to a ship'"'"'s deck or to a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck. The device includes a first and a second fastening facility for, respectively, a first external and a second external fastening device having, respectively, a first and a second tensile strength. The device further includes a third fastening facility for a third external fastening device having a third tensile strength. When the device is in operation, the second and the third fastening facility are mutually connected both by a connecting device incorporated in the device and by the first external fastening device. The connecting device incorporated in the device absorbs load between the second and the third fastening facility if the first external fastening device stops working.

Claims

1. A device for fastening emergency equipment to at least one of a ship'"'"'s deck and a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck, comprising:

a shearing link including

a first fastening facility and a second fastening facility for second and third external fasteners;

a third fastening facility for a first external fastener, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by at least one opening in the shearing link; and

a connector, extending around said first and said second fastening facilities, said connector thereby also mutually connecting said second and said third external fasteners which utilize said first and said second fastening facilities,

wherein the connector is arranged with a tensile strength that allows breaking of the connector once its tensile strength has been exceeded by strain caused by the second and third external fasteners in the absence of the first external fastener; and

a sleeve, said sleeve comprising an opening, with the sleeve being attached to the device in operation in such a manner that the opening in the sleeve at least in part coincides with the first fastening facility, wherein the sleeve is arranged to be attached to the device via snap-attaching.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by a first opening and a second opening respectively in the device, said openings being separate from one another in the device.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein said connector includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facilities.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said connector includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facilities.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

7. The device of claim 4, wherein the loop of material is a wire.

8. The device of claim 1, in which the third fastening facility is constituted by a groove in the device, the groove extending around at least part of the first and the second fastening facilities.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first external fastener is placed in the third fastening facility.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the strain in the fixing of the emergency equipment via the device is absorbed by the first external fastener, wherein the connector will not be strained during the operation.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the first external fastener is a rope end.

12. A device for fastening emergency equipment to at least one of a ship'"'"'s deck and a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck, comprising:

a shearing link including

a first fastening facility and a second fastening facility for second and third external means for fastening;

a third fastening facility for first external means for fastening, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by at least one opening in the device; and

connecting means, extending around said first and said second fastening facilities, for mutually connecting said second and said third external means for fastening which utilize said first and said second fastening facilities,

wherein the connecting means is arranged with a tensile strength that allows breaking of the connecting means once its tensile strength has been exceeded by strain caused by the second and the third external means for fastening in the absence of the first external means for fastening; and

a sleeve, said sleeve comprising an opening, with the sleeve being attached to the device in operation in such a manner that the opening in the sleeve at least in part coincides with the first fastening facility, wherein the sleeve is arranged to be attached to the device via snap-attaching.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by a first and a second opening respectively in the device, said openings being separate from one another in the device.

14. The device according to claim 12, wherein said connecting means includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facility.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

16. A device for fastening emergency equipment to at least one of a ship'"'"'s deck and a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck, comprising:

a shearing link including

a first fastening facility and a second fastening facility for second and third external fasteners;

a third fastening facility for a first external fastener, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by at least one opening in the shearing link; and

a connector, extending around said first and said second fastening facilities, said connector thereby also mutually connecting said second and said third external fasteners which utilize said first and said second fastening facilities,

wherein the connector is arranged with a tensile strength that allows breaking of the connector once its tensile strength has been exceeded by strain caused by the second and third external fasteners in the absence of the external fastener, wherein the first external fastener is placed in the third fastening facility and wherein the device comprises a cutting device arranged to cut off the first external fastener.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the cutting device is comprised in a hydrostat arranged to be activated at a certain predefined depth.

18. A device for fastening emergency equipment to at least one of a ship'"'"'s deck and a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck, comprising:

a shearing link including

a first fastening facility and a second fastening facility for second and third external fasteners;

a third fastening facility for a first external fastener, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by at least one opening in the shearing link; and

a connector, extending around said first and said second fastening facilities, said connector thereby also mutually connecting said second and said third external fasteners which utilize said first and said second fastening facilities,

wherein the connector is arranged with a tensile strength that allows breaking of the connector once its tensile strength has been exceeded by strain caused by the second and third external fasteners in the absence of the external fastener, wherein the first external fastener is a rope end and wherein the connector has a tensile strength which is less than that of the rope end.