EP 2648970 B1 20150121 - SYSTEM FOR RELEASING AND RETRIEVING A SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE
Title (en)
SYSTEM FOR RELEASING AND RETRIEVING A SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE
Title (de)
SYSTEM ZUM FREIGEBEN UND BERGEN EINES UNTERWASSERGERÄTS
Title (fr)
SYSTÈME DE MISE À L'EAU ET DE RÉCUPÉRATION D'ENGINS SOUS-MARINS, NOTAMMENT D'ENGINS SOUS-MARINS TRACTÉS
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 1004764 A 20101207
- EP 2011071895 W 20111206
Abstract (en)
[origin: CA2820784A1] The invention is a system for launching and recovering automatically and without human intervention, marine or underwater vehicles (15) from a carrier vessel (10) which remains moving in order to limit the amplitude of the pitching and rolling movements to which it is subjected. The system comprises an inclinable articulated ramp (11) having a bottom (113) and edges (114, 115), and pulling means (13, 14, 16) for controlling the slippage of the vehicle along the ramp during launching and for hauling the vehicle up along the ramp during recovery. The ramp has a free end (112) the heightwise position of which varies between a submerged position in which it is immersed in the water and an out-of-the-water position in which the ramp is in horizontal position. The system also comprises buoyancy means (131) allowing the free end of the ramp to float on or near the water surface when the ramp is lowered. The bottom (113) of the articulated ramp also has an external face configured to form streamlining ensuring the fluidity of the end of the ramp in contact with the water and limiting the vertical dynamic movements caused by the waves.
IPC 8 full level
B63B 23/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B63B 23/32 (2013.01 - US); B63B 27/143 (2013.01 - EP US); B63B 27/36 (2013.01 - EP US); B63B 2027/165 (2013.01 - EP US); B63C 3/02 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
FR 2968268 A1 20120608; FR 2968268 B1 20130830; AU 2011340678 A1 20130711; AU 2011340678 B2 20151224; BR 112013013585 A2 20160906; CA 2820784 A1 20120614; CA 2820784 C 20180821; EP 2648970 A1 20131016; EP 2648970 B1 20150121; SG 190756 A1 20130731; US 2012192780 A1 20120802; US 8752494 B2 20140617; WO 2012076515 A1 20120614
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 1004764 A 20101207; AU 2011340678 A 20111206; BR 112013013585 A 20111206; CA 2820784 A 20111206; EP 11793422 A 20111206; EP 2011071895 W 20111206; SG 2013044607 A 20111206; US 201113311885 A 20111206