EP 1535831 B1 20090304 - AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR TAKING UP AND HANDLING A CONNECTING TOWROPE BETWEEN A TUGBOAT AND A TOWED VESSEL
Title (en)
AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR TAKING UP AND HANDLING A CONNECTING TOWROPE BETWEEN A TUGBOAT AND A TOWED VESSEL
Title (de)
AUTOMATISCHES SYSTEM ZUM AUFNEHMEN UND HANDHABEN EINES SCHLEPPTAUS ZWISCHEN EINEM SCHLEPPER UND EINEM GESCHLEPPTEN SCHIFF
Title (fr)
SYSTEME AUTOMATIQUE DE RECUPERATION ET DE MANIPULATION D'UNE REMORQUE DE LIAISON ENTRE REMORQUEUR ET NAVIRE REMORQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- ES 0300377 W 20030722
- ES 200201765 A 20020726
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1535831A1] The invention relates to an automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel. The inventive system comprises 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 aforementioned carriage moves along the guide until the built-in sensor detects the presence of the towrope at the upper part of the gunwale. The above-mentioned fastening carriage comprises a clamp and the tow cable or rope of the tugboat is fixed therein. According to the invention, when the system detects that the towrope has been inserted in the clamp, said clamp is closed and the carriage is released, the tugboat rope remaining connected to the towrope of the vessel. Once the aforementioned operation has been performed, the fastening carriage returns to the rest position thereof. The system operates automatically without the need for any human intervention on the deck of the tugboat and said system is remote controlled from the bridge. <IMAGE>
IPC 8 full level
B63B 21/04 (2006.01); B63B 21/56 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP ES US)
B63B 21/04 (2013.01 - EP ES US); B63B 21/56 (2013.01 - EP ES US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1535831 A1 20050601; EP 1535831 B1 20090304; AT E424344 T1 20090315; AU 2003249123 A1 20040223; AU 2003249123 A8 20040223; CA 2493946 A1 20040212; DE 60326464 D1 20090416; ES 2245528 A1 20060101; ES 2245528 B1 20070316; ES 2324343 T3 20090805; US 2006102060 A1 20060518; WO 2004012989 A1 20040212
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 03766417 A 20030722; AT 03766417 T 20030722; AU 2003249123 A 20030722; CA 2493946 A 20030722; DE 60326464 T 20030722; ES 0300377 W 20030722; ES 03766417 T 20030722; ES 200201765 A 20020726; US 52241003 A 20030722