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LOCKING ELEMENT AND LOCKING SYSTEM FOR A SHIP'S DOOR, SHIP'S WINDOW OR SHIP'S HATCH
VERRIEGELUNGSELEMENT UND VERRIEGELUNGSSYSTEM FÜR EINE SCHIFFSTÜR, EIN SCHIFFFENSTER
ODER EINE SCHIFFSLUKE
ELEMENT ET SYSTEME DE VERROUILLAGE POUR PORTE, FENETRE OU ECOUTILLE DE NAVIRE
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[0001] The invention relates to a locking element for, in a fastening condition of the element
fastened to a ship's door, ship's window or ship's hatch, locking the door, the window
or the hatch with respect to a boundary, such as a frame, with respect to which the
door, the window or the hatch is hingedly suspended. More particularly, the invention
relates to a locking element for a weather-tight and/or water-tight ship's door, weather-tight
and/or water-tight ship's window, or weather-tight and/or water-tight ship's hatch.
The invention further relates to a locking system for a weather-tight and/or water-tight
ship's door, weather-tight and/or water-tight ship's window, or weather-tight and/or
water-tight ship's hatch. Closer state of the art document
US 2007/0022662 describes a ship's door with locking element and system comprising extension pins
and pin sleeves in the sides of the door.
[0002] It is noted that in this text, for brevity, often the terms "ship's door" or "door"
are used. In these cases, however, it is to be understood that these terms are also
intended to mean a ship's window or a ship's hatch. It is further noted that in this
text the terms "(ship's) door", "(ship's) window" or "(ship's) hatch" are understood
to mean doors, windows or hatches of various kinds of vessels and other maritime objects,
among which, for instance, offshore structures.
[0003] Known elements of this kind that are used in known systems of this kind are (door)
clamps, also called (door) clips, which are fastened near the edge of a door, on the
side of the door facing away from the direction in which the door turns open. Such
a known clamp comprises an assembly of a lever extending in a particular direction
and a locking plate extending in another direction, the lever and the locking plate
being immovable relative to each other. This assembly of lever and locking plate is
pivotable about a pivot whose position with respect to the door is fixed. By rotating
the lever about the pivot, the locking plate can be pivoted from an unlocking position
into a locking position, and vice versa. In the locking position, the locking plate
clamps against a portion of a boundary with respect to which the door is hingedly
suspended.
[0004] It is also known to use several of such known door clamps in a single locking system
for a door, in which system the respective levers of the separate door clamps are
mutually connected by means of a rod assembly, such that a user can operate all door
clamps of the door simultaneously by means of a single operating handle which is connected
with the rod assembly.
[0005] A drawback of the known door clamps and the locking systems based thereon is that
the system is not very compact. For instance, the clamps require a relatively large
pivoting range of their levers and locking plates, which pivoting range projects both
on the face of the door and on the boundary of the door. The rod assemblies which
are in connection with the levers of the clamps are not very compact either, and moreover
are complex. Further, the levers are subject to operating forces applied thereto,
which forces are not always directed equally favorably, which is not beneficial to
the life span of the pivoting mechanism of the clamps. Replacement of parts, such
as the clamps, of these known locking systems during maintenance is not always equally
simple,
inter alia because of hinging joints between clamp levers and rod assemblies. Furthermore, it
is not uncommon for users to sustain (serious) injury from the locking plates of the
clamps pivoting forcefully into the locking position.
[0006] It is an object of the invention to provide at least an alternative locking solution
for (weather-tight and/or water-tight) ship's doors, which solution offers improvements
in respect of aspects such as compactness and/or simplicity and/or maintenance and/or
safety.
[0007] To this end, according to the invention, a locking element according to claim 1 is
provided. Specific embodiments of the invention are laid down in the dependent claims.
[0008] According to the invention, therefore, there is provided a locking element for, in
a fastening condition of the element fastened to a ship's door, ship's window or ship's
hatch, locking the door, the window or the hatch with respect to a boundary with respect
to which the door, the window or the hatch is hingedly suspended, which locking element
comprises a body and a locking bolt, which body comprises at least one bolt passage
for therein receiving the bolt, such that the bolt is therein movable back and forth
in its axial bolt direction between at least one locking position and at least one
unlocking position, which bolt is provided with rod guide means for therein receiving
a rod, such that the rod is therein movable back and forth in its axial rod direction,
the axial rod direction being at right angles to or otherwise crossing with respect
to the axial bolt direction, and wherein the body and the bolt are configured such
that the rod, if it is received in the rod guide means in said manner and when it
is moved with at least a movement component in the axial bolt direction, causes the
bolt to move in the axial bolt direction for changing between the at least one locking
position and the at least one unlocking position of the bolt.
[0009] The body and the bolt can each be made of diverse materials, such as, for instance,
a metal or metal alloy, for instance stainless steel.
[0010] Such a locking element offers compactness, not only because the body and the bolt
are compact, but also because of the relatively small (back-and-forth) sliding range
of the locking bolt in the axial bolt direction. Here, not only the sliding range
of the bolt projected on the door surface, but also the sliding range of the bolt
projected on the door boundary is compact. Furthermore, operating the movement of
the bolt is simple because this is simply done by the rod moving with a movement component
in the axial bolt direction. As the rod is slidable with respect to the rod guide
means, no complex fastenings are present between the bolt and the rod. Furthermore,
the bolt being movable back and forth offers a lower risk of injury than a pivoting
locking plate of a clamp. In the locking element, the bolt and the rod only perform
relative sliding movements, so that, in principle, the locking element does not require
lubrication and in that sense is hence free of maintenance. The absence of relatively
fragile rotary mechanisms renders the locking element robust and extremely durable.
[0011] Preferably, the locking element furthermore comprises at least one bolt bearing element
which in operation is at least partly received in at least a part of the at least
one bolt passage for bearing-supporting the back-and-forth movement of the bolt in
the at least one bolt passage. When the body and the bolt are for instance made of
metal, the bolt bearing element may for instance be a plastic casing for the bolt,
fixed in the bolt passage, in which casing the bolt can move back and forth.
[0012] Preferably, the locking element furthermore comprises a rod bearing element which
in operation is at least partly received in at least a part of the rod guide means
for bearing-supporting the back-and-forth movement of the rod in the rod guide means.
When the rod guide means and the rod are for instance made of metal, the rod bearing
element can for instance be a plastic casing for the rod, placed in the rod guide
means, in which casing the rod can move back and forth. In connection with the occurring
transfer forces between rod and bolt, it is advantageous when the rod bearing element
is manufactured from, for instance, a fiber-reinforced plastic.
[0013] It is noted that if the bolt bearing element and/or the rod bearing element are manufactured
from plastic, and were to be lost in case of fire, such loss does not affect the primary
working of the locking element. This is to say that when these elements are lost,
a locking position or unlocking position of the bolt, once assumed, is maintained
and it remains possible to change between these positions.
[0014] Various kinds of rod guide means can be used with the bolt. For instance, this may
be local protrusions of the bolt. In an advantageous embodiment, the rod guide means
are formed by a recess in the bolt. Such a recess is simple to manufacture and contributes
to the compactness of the locking element.
[0015] Preferably, the bolt at its one end comprises a bevel extending in the axial bolt
direction for therewith, in the fastening condition in the at least one locking position,
clampingly engaging with respect to the boundary with respect to which the door, the
window or the hatch is hingedly suspended. Such a bevel promotes an advantageous clamping
action of the bolt with respect to this boundary. Also, to the boundary there may
be fastened, for instance, special counter elements for the bolt end, which counter
elements also have a bevel, which is tailored to the bevel of the bolt. Such counter
elements are in principle exchangeable with other such counter elements or may for
instance be adjustable as to shape or orientation, so that for instance the angle
of bevel, height of bevel and the like, of the counter-element can be varied.
[0016] In an advantageous embodiment, the body of the locking element comprises a first
part and a second part, wherein the first part is configured to be directly fastened
to the door, the window or the hatch, and wherein the second part is configured to
be fastened detachably, as for instance through screwing, to the first part, such
that after detachment of the second part, at least the bolt is removable with respect
to the first part. Such an embodiment offers for instance the advantages that the
locking element can be simply mounted and that once a locking element has been mounted,
parts thereof can be simply mounted and demounted. In such an embodiment, the first
part is preferably configured to be fastened undetachably, as for instance through
welding, to the door, the window or the hatch. This promotes ease of assembly and
disassembly still further, since the first part upon first assembly in principle never
needs to be removed from the door again.
[0017] The invention is further embodied in a locking system comprising at least one locking
element according to the invention, at least one said rod, and manually movable or
motor-movable operating means for operatively moving the at least one rod with at
least said movement component in the axial bolt direction. From the above, it appears
that in operation the freedom of movement of the at least one rod with respect to
the door is limited by the rod guide means. Preferably, a locking system according
to the invention comprises additional restriction means for, in operation, additionally
limiting the freedom of movement of the at least one rod with respect to the door,
the window or the hatch. With the aid of these additional restriction means, the operating
means can be prevented from possibly moving the at least one rod in an undesired direction
and regulation is enabled of the operating means moving the at least one rod in a
desired direction.
[0018] Preferably, the additional restriction means comprise at least one hinging element,
which hinging element in operation is hingedly connected at a first point of the hinging
element to the door, the window or the hatch and in operation is further hingedly
connected at another, second point of the hinging element to the at least one rod.
Such a hinging element limits the freedom of movement of the rod, such that the point
of the rod that is connected to the second point of the hinging element can only move
along a circular arc path whose center of rotation is formed by the first point where
the hinging element is hingedly connected to the door. Such a circular arc path is
particularly suitable for regulating movements of the rod with movement components
in the axial rod direction and in the axial bolt direction.
[0019] Preferably, the operating means comprise a manually operable handle which in operation
is hingedly connected at a point of the handle to the door, the window or the hatch
and which in operation is further hingedly connected at another point of the handle
to the at least one rod. Such a hinging element limits the freedom of movement of
the rod, such that the point of the rod that is connected to the other point of the
handle can only move along a circular arc path whose center of rotation is formed
by the one point where the handle is hingedly connected to the door. Such a circular
arc path is particularly suitable for regulating movements of the rod with movement
components in the axial rod direction and in the axial bolt direction.
[0020] In an advantageous embodiment, the locking system comprises at least two such locking
elements, wherein, for at least one of the at least one rod, this one rod in operation
is received in the above-mentioned manner in separate rod guide means of associated
separate ones of the at least two locking elements. Thus, a single rod can operate
several separate locking elements simultaneously.
[0021] In an advantageous embodiment, the locking system comprises at least two such locking
elements and at least two such rods, wherein, for at least one couple of the at least
two rods, the two separate rods of this couple in operation are received in the above-mentioned
manner in separate rod guide means of associated separate ones of the at least two
locking elements, and wherein in operation the two separate rods are mutually coupled
by a hinging element as mentioned above, which hinging element in operation is hingedly
connected at the second point of the hinging element to one of the two separate rods
and which hinging element in operation is hingedly connected at a third point, other
than the first point and the second point, of the hinging element to the other of
the two separate rods. Thus, two rods can be mutually coupled by such a hinging element,
the hinging element thereby limiting the freedom of movement of each of the two rods
along a separate circular arc path whose center of rotation is formed by the first
point where the hinging element is hingedly connected to the door. Such circular arc
paths are particularly suitable for regulating coupled movements of each of the two
rods with movement components in the respective axial rod and bolt directions associated
with the rods.
[0022] The invention is further embodied in a ship's door, ship's window or ship's hatch
as mentioned, and comprising a locking element as mentioned and/or a locking system
as mentioned.
[0023] Furthermore, the invention is embodied in an assembly comprising a ship's door, ship's
window or ship's hatch as mentioned and the boundary mentioned with respect to which
the door, the window or the hatch is hingedly suspended.
[0024] In the following, the invention is further elucidated with reference to the schematic
figures in the appended drawing.
Fig. 1 shows in perspective an example of an embodiment of a locking element according
to the invention in a disassembled condition.
Fig. 2 shows a part of the locking element shown in Fig. 1 in median longitudinal
section.
Fig. 3 shows, in front view, an example of a weather-tight and/or water-tight ship's
door provided with a locking system comprising several locking elements as shown in
Figs. 1 and 2.
[0025] In the Figures, a locking element 1 according to the invention is shown. In Figs.
1 and 2, the element 1 is shown in detail, while Fig. 3 shows several such elements
1 in a fastening condition fastened to a ship's door 2 for locking the door 2 with
respect to a boundary 3 with respect to which the door is hingedly suspended. In Fig.
3, the elements 1 are fastened near a number of edges of the door 2 on the side of
the door 2 facing away from the direction in which the door swings open. With broken
lines, door hinges 40 are shown in transparent view.
[0026] The locking element 1 comprises a body 4 and a locking bolt 7. The body 4 comprises
at least one bolt passage 8 for therein receiving the bolt 7, such that the bolt 7
is therein movable back and forth in its axial bolt direction between at least one
locking position (shown in Fig. 3) and at least one unlocking position. In the example
shown, the body 4 comprises two such bolt passages 8, each having a cylindrical shape,
which are spaced apart and are in line with each other, while the body 4 between these
two bolt passages 8 comprises a recess. The bolt 7 is provided with rod guide means
9 for therein receiving a rod 10, such that the rod is therein movable back and forth
in its axial rod direction, the axial rod direction being at right angles to the axial
bolt direction. In the example shown, the rod guide means 9 are formed by a recess
9 in the bolt 7. The body 4 and the bolt 7 are configured such that the rod 10, if
received in the recess 9 in the manner mentioned and when moved with at least a movement
component in the axial bolt direction, causes the bolt 7 to move in the axial bolt
direction for changing between the at least one locking position and the at least
one unlocking position of the bolt 7.
[0027] The locking element 1 further comprises two bolt bearing elements 11, of which one
is operatively received in one bolt passage 8 and of which the other is operatively
received in the other bolt passage 8 for bearing-supporting the above-mentioned back-and-forth
movement of the bolt 7 in the two bolt passages.
[0028] The locking element 1 further comprises a rod bearing element 12 which is operatively
received in the recess 9 of the bolt 7 for bearing-supporting the back-and-forth movement
of the rod 10 in the recess 9. The rod bearing element 12 is shown in Fig. 1 and may
for instance be manufactured from a plastic, which may or may not be fiber-reinforced.
In the example, the rod bearing element 12 is a plastic casing for the rod 10, placed
in the recess 9 of the bolt 7, in which casing the rod can move back and forth. This
casing is formed by the four mutually adjoining rectangular walls 46 shown, which
define an encased slide-through space 45 for the rod 10. The casing has two upstanding
walls 47 which each have a projection 44. In assembled condition of the element 1,
the rod bearing element 12 is placed in the earlier-mentioned recess of the body 4
which is between the two bolt passages 8, with the projections 44 resting on the ribs
43 shown of the body 44. In that assembled condition the casing wall 46 shown at the
top in Fig. 1 is placed in the recess 9 of the bolt 7 when this bolt 7 is placed in
the passages 8. Thus, the rod bearing element 12 is confined between, on one side,
the ribs 43 of the body 4 and, on the other side, the bolt 7.
[0029] In Fig. 2 it is shown that the bolt 7 at its one end comprises a bevel 14 extending
in the axial bolt direction for therewith, in the fastening condition in the at least
one locking position, clampingly engaging with respect to the boundary 3 with respect
to which the door 2 is hingedly suspended.
[0030] In the example, the body 4 comprises a first part 5 and a second part 6, the first
part 5 being configured to be directly fastened to the door 2, and the second part
6 being configured to be fastened detachably, as for instance by means of the screws
41 shown, to the first part 5, such that after detachment of the second part 6 at
least the bolt 7 is removable with respect to the first part 5. The first part 5 may
be configured to be fastened undetachably, as for instance by means of welding, to
the door 2.
[0031] In Figs. 1 and 2, furthermore, a detachable guard 42 is shown, which in the example
can be snapped onto the second part 6 of the body 4.
[0032] In Fig. 3 a locking system is shown which comprises multiple locking elements 1,
three rods 10, 110, 210, and manually movable operating means 15 for operatively moving
the rods with at least the movement component in the axial bolt direction. The rod
10 is received in two separate rod guide means of associated separate locking elements
1. The rods 110 and 210 are each received in rod guide means of a single locking element
1.
[0033] The three rods shown are mutually coupled by additional restriction means 16, 17
for, in operation, additionally restricting the freedom of movement of the rods 10,
110, 210 with respect to the door 2. In the example, these additional restriction
means are formed by hinging elements 16, 17. Each of these elements 16 and 17, respectively,
in operation is hingedly connected at a first point 18, and 28, respectively, of the
hinging element to the door 2 and in operation is further hingedly connected at another,
second point 19 and 29, respectively, of the hinging element to one of the rods.
[0034] A difference between the depicted hinging elements 16 on one side and the depicted
hinging elements 17 on the other is that the hinging element 16 in operation is further
hingedly connected at a third point 20, other than the first point 18 and other than
the second point 19, of the hinging element 16 to another rod 110, 210.
[0035] In the example, the operating means 15 comprise a manually operable handle 15 which
in operation is hingedly connected at a point 38 of the handle to the door 2 and which
in operation is further hingedly connected at another point 39 of the handle 15 to
the rod 10. The rod 10 is coupled via the hinging elements 16, 17 to the rods 110
and 210. In the situation shown, the bolts 7 of the locking elements 1 shown are each
in locking position. By pivoting the handle 15 about the pivot point 38 in the direction
of the arrow 50 shown, the mutually coupled rods 10, 110 and 210 are each moved over
circular arc paths, such that all bolts 7 of the locking elements 1 shown pass into
the unlocking position, which transition is indicated with the arrows 51 shown.
[0036] It is noted that the above-mentioned examples of embodiments do not limit the invention
and that within the scope of the appended claims various alternatives are possible.
Thus, the locking bolt and the rod can have various cross-sectional shapes. For instance,
the perimeter of such a cross section can have a curved shape, such as a circular,
elliptical shape or the like, but also a piecewise straight shape, such as for instance
a rectangular shape or the like. Also, that perimeter can have a shape combining such
curved and piecewise straight shapes. Furthermore, the operating means of locking
systems of multiple doors may be centrally controlled. Other variants or modifications,
however, are also possible. These and similar alternatives are understood to be within
the framework of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
1. A locking element for, in a fastening condition of the element (1) fastened to a ship's
door (2), ship's window or ship's hatch, locking the door, the window or the hatch
with respect to a boundary (3) with respect to which the door, the window or the hatch
is hingedly suspended, which locking element (1) comprises a body (4) and a locking
bolt (7), which body comprises at least one bolt passage (8) for therein receiving
the bolt, such that the bolt is therein movable back and forth in its axial bolt direction
between at least one locking position and at least one unlocking position, which bolt
is provided with rod guide means (9) for therein receiving a rod (10), such that the
rod is therein movable back and forth in its axial rod direction, the axial rod direction
being at right angles to or otherwise crossing with respect to the axial bolt direction,
and wherein the body and the bolt are configured such that the rod, if it is received
in the rod guide means in said manner and when it is moved with at least a movement
component in the axial bolt direction, causes the bolt to move in the axial bolt direction
for changing between said at least one locking position and said at least one unlocking
position of the bolt.
2. A locking element according to claim 1, further comprising at least one bolt bearing
element (11) which in operation is at least partly received in at least a part of
the at least one bolt passage (8) for bearing-supporting said back-and-forth movement
of the bolt (7) in the at least one bolt passage.
3. A locking element according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a rod bearing element
(12) which in operation is at least partly received in at least a part of the rod
guide means (9) for bearing-supporting said back-and-forth movement of the rod (10)
in the rod guide means.
4. A locking element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the rod guide
means (9) are formed by a recess (9) in the bolt (7).
5. A locking element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the bolt (7)
at its one end comprises a bevel (14) extending in the axial bolt direction for therewith,
in the fastening condition in the at least one locking position, clampingly engaging
with respect to the boundary (3) with respect to which the door (2), the window or
the hatch is hingedly suspended.
6. A locking element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the body (4)
comprises a first part (5) and a second part (6), wherein the first part is configured
to be directly fastened to the door (2), the window or the hatch, and wherein the
second part is configured to be fastened detachably, as for instance through screwing,
to the first part, such that after detachment of the second part, at least the bolt
(7) is removable with respect to the first part.
7. A locking element according to claim 6, wherein the first part (5) is configured to
be fastened undetachably, as for instance through welding, to the door (2), the window
or the hatch.
8. A locking system comprising at least one locking element (1) according to any one
of the preceding claims, at least one said rod (10, 110, 210), and manually movable
or motor-movable operating means (15) for operatively moving the at least one rod
with at least said movement component in the axial bolt direction.
9. A locking system according to claim 8, further comprising additional restriction means
(16, 17) for, in operation, additionally limiting the freedom of movement of the at
least one rod (10, 110, 210) with respect to the door (2), the window or the hatch.
10. A locking system according to claim 9, wherein the additional restriction means comprise
at least one hinging element (16; 17), which hinging element in operation is hingedly
connected at a first point (18; 28) of the hinging element to the door (2), the window
or the hatch, and in operation is further hingedly connected at another, second point
(19; 29) of the hinging element to the at least one rod (10; 110; 210).
11. A locking system according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the operating means
(15) comprise a manually operable handle (15) which in operation is hingedly connected
at a point (38) of the handle to the door (2), the window or the hatch, and which
in operation is further hingedly connected at another point (39) of the handle to
the at least one rod (10).
12. A locking system according to any one of claims 8 to 11, comprising at least two such
locking elements (1), wherein, for at least one of the at least one rod, this one
rod (10) in operation is received in said manner in separate rod guide means (9) of
associated separate ones of the at least two locking elements (1).
13. A locking system according to any one of claims 8 to 12, comprising at least two such
locking elements (1) and comprising at least two such rods (10, 110, 210), wherein,
for at least one couple of the at least two rods, the two separate rods of this couple
in operation are received in said manner in separate rod guide means (9) of associated
separate ones of the at least two locking elements, and wherein in operation the two
separate rods are mutually coupled by a hinging element (16) as mentioned in claim
10, which hinging element in operation is hingedly connected at the second point (19)
of the hinging element to one (10) of the two separate rods and which hinging element
in operation is hingedly connected at a third point (20), other than said first point
(18) and said second point (19), of the hinging element (16) to the other (110, 210)
of the two separate rods.
14. A ship's door, ship's window or ship's hatch as mentioned in any one of the preceding
claims and comprising a locking element (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7
and/or a locking system according to any one of claims 8 to 13.
15. An assembly comprising a ship's door (2), ship's window or ship's hatch according
to claim 14, as well as said boundary (3) with respect to which the door, the window
or the hatch is hingedly suspended.
1. Verriegelungselement, um in einem verschließenden Zustand des an einer Schiffstür
(2), einem Schiffsfenster oder einer Schiffsluke befestigten Elements (1) die Tür,
das Fenster oder die Luke in Bezug auf eine Begrenzung (3), in Bezug auf welche die
Tür, das Fenster oder die Luke drehbar aufgehängt ist, zu verriegeln, wobei das Verriegelungselement
(1) einen Körper (4) und einen Verriegelungsbolzen (7) umfasst, wobei der Körper mindestens
einen Bolzendurchgang (8) zur Aufnahme des Bolzens umfasst, sodass der Bolzen in seiner
axialen Bolzenrichtung darin zwischen mindestens einer Verriegelungsposition und mindestens
einer Entriegelungsposition vor und zurück beweglich ist, welcher Bolzen mit Stabführungsmitteln
(9) versehen ist, um darin einen Stab (10) aufzunehmen, sodass der Stab darin in seiner
axialen Stabrichtung, die rechtwinklig zu oder anderweitig kreuzend in Bezug auf die
axiale Bolzenrichtung ist, vor und zurück beweglich ist, und wobei der Körper und
der Bolzen so konfiguriert sind, dass der Stab, wenn er in den Stabführungsmitteln
in dieser Weise aufgenommen ist und wenn er mit mindestens einer Bewegungskomponente
in der axialen Bolzenrichtung bewegt wird, bewirkt, dass sich der Bolzen in der axialen
Bolzenrichtung bewegt, um zwischen der mindestens einen Verriegelungsposition und
der mindestens einen Entriegelungsposition des Bolzens zu wechseln.
2. Verriegelungselement nach Anspruch 1, ferner umfassend mindestens ein Bolzenlagerelement
(11), das bei Bedienung mindestens teilweise in mindestens einen Teil des mindestens
einen Bolzendurchgangs (8) aufgenommen wird, um die Vor-und Zurückbewegung des Bolzens
(7) in dem mindestens einen Bolzendurchgang stützend zu lagern.
3. Verriegelungselement nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, ferner umfassend ein Stablagerelement
(12), das bei Bedienung mindestens teilweise in mindestens einen Teil der Stabführungsmittel
(9) aufgenommen wird, um die Vor- und Zurückbewegung des Stabs (10) in den Stabführungsmitteln
stützend zu lagern.
4. Verriegelungselement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Stabführungsmittel
(9) durch eine Vertiefung (9) in dem Bolzen (7) gebildet werden.
5. Verriegelungselement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Bolzen (7)
an seinem einen Ende einen in axialer Bolzenrichtung verlaufenden Kegel (14) umfasst,
um damit im verschließenden Zustand in der mindestens einen Verriegelungsposition
klemmend in Bezug auf die Begrenzung (3), in Bezug auf welche die Tür (2), das Fenster
oder die Luke drehbar aufgehängt ist, einzugreifen.
6. Verriegelungselement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Körper (4)
ein erstes Teil (5) und ein zweites Teil (6) umfasst, wobei das erste Teil konfiguriert
ist, um direkt an der Tür (2), dem Fenster oder der Luke befestigt zu werden, und
wobei das zweite Teil konfiguriert ist, um lösbar, wie beispielsweise durch Verschrauben,
an dem ersten Teil befestigt zu werden, so dass nach dem Lösen des zweiten Teils mindestens
der Bolzen (7) in Bezug auf das erste Teil entfernbar ist.
7. Verriegelungselement nach Anspruch 6, wobei das erste Teil (5) konfiguriert ist, um
unlösbar, wie beispielsweise durch Verschweißen, an der Tür (2), dem Fenster oder
der Luke befestigt zu werden.
8. Verriegelungssystem, umfassend mindestens ein Verriegelungselement (1) nach einem
der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, mindestens einen Stab (10, 110, 210) und manuell oder
motorisch bewegliche Bedienungsmittel (15), um operativ den mindestens einen Stab
mit mindestens der Bewegungskomponente in der axialen Bolzenrichtung zu bewegen.
9. Verriegelungssystem nach Anspruch 8, ferner umfassend zusätzliche Einschränkungsmittel
(16, 17), um bei Bedienung die Bewegungsfreiheit des mindestens einen Stabs (10, 110,
210) in Bezug auf die Tür (2), das Fenster oder die Luke zusätzlich zu begrenzen.
10. Verriegelungssystem nach Anspruch 9, wobei die zusätzlichen Einschränkungsmittel mindestens
ein Scharnierelement (16; 17) umfassen, das bei Bedienung drehbar an einem ersten
Punkt (18; 28) des Scharnierelements mit der Tür (2), dem Fenster oder der Luke verbunden
ist, und das bei Betrieb ferner an einem anderen, zweiten Punkt (19; 29) des Scharnierelements
mit dem mindestens einen Stab (10; 110; 210) verbunden ist.
11. Verriegelungssystem nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10, wobei die Bedienungsmittel
(15) einen manuell bedienbaren Griff (15) umfassen, der bei Bedienung drehbar an einem
Punkt (38) des Griffs mit der Tür (2), dem Fenster oder der Luke verbunden ist, und
der bei Bedienung ferner drehbar an einem anderen Punkt (39) des Griffs mit dem mindestens
einen Stab (10) verbunden ist.
12. Verriegelungssystem nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 11, umfassend mindestens zwei solche
Verriegelungselemente (1), wobei für mindestens einen des mindestens einen Stabs dieser
eine Stab (10) bei Bedienung in separaten Stabführungsmitteln (9) von zugehörigen
separaten der mindestens zwei Verriegelungselemente (1) in dieser Weise aufgenommen
ist.
13. Verriegelungssystem nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 12, umfassend mindestens zwei solche
Verriegelungselemente (1) und umfassend mindestens zwei solche Stäbe (1, 110, 210),
wobei für mindestens ein Paar der mindestens zwei Stäbe die zwei separaten Stäbe dieses
Paars bei Bedienung in separatem Stabführungsmittel (9) von separaten der mindestens
zwei Verriegelungselementen aufgenommen sind, und wobei bei Bedienung die zwei separaten
Stäbe durch ein wie in Anspruch 10 genanntes Scharnierelement (16) aneinander gekoppelt
sind, welches Scharnierelement bei Bedienung drehbar an dem zweiten Punkt (19) des
Scharnierelements mit einem (10) der zwei separaten Stäbe verbunden ist, und welches
Scharnierelement bei Bedienung drehbar an einem dritten Punkt (20), der nicht der
erste Punkt (18) und nicht der zweite Punkt (19) des Scharnierelements (16) ist, mit
dem anderen (110, 210) der zwei separaten Stäbe verbunden ist.
14. Schiffstür, Schiffsfenster oder Schiffsluke wie in einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche
erwähnt und umfassend ein Verriegelungselement (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis
7 und/oder ein Verriegelungssystem nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 13.
15. Eine Anordnung, umfassend eine Schiffstür (2), ein Schiffsfenster oder eine Schiffsluke
nach Anspruch 14 sowie die Begrenzung (3), in Bezug auf welche die Tür, das Fenster
oder die Luke drehbar aufgehängt ist.
1. Elément de verrouillage pour, dans une condition de fixation de l'élément (1) fixé
à une porte (2) de navire, une fenêtre de navire ou une écoutille de navire, verrouiller
la porte, la fenêtre ou l'écoutille par rapport à une limite (3) par rapport à laquelle
la porte, la fenêtre ou l'écoutille est suspendue par charnière, lequel élément de
verrouillage (1) comprend un corps (4) et un boulon de verrouillage (7), lequel corps
comprend au moins un passage de boulon (8) pour recevoir à l'intérieur de ce dernier
le boulon, de sorte que le boulon est mobile à l'intérieur de ce dernier selon un
mouvement de va-et-vient dans sa direction axiale entre au moins une position de verrouillage
et au moins une position de déverrouillage, lequel boulon est prévu avec des moyens
de guidage de tige (9) pour recevoir à l'intérieur de ces derniers une tige (10),
de sorte que la tige est mobile à l'intérieur de ces derniers selon un mouvement de
va-et-vient dans sa direction axiale, la direction axiale de la tige étant en angle
droit ou bien traversante par rapport à la direction axiale du boulon, et dans lequel
le corps et le boulon sont configurés de sorte que la tige, si elle est reçue dans
les moyens de guidage de tige de cette manière et lorsqu'elle est déplacée avec au
moins une composante de mouvement dans la direction axiale du boulon, amène le boulon
à se déplacer dans sa direction axiale pour passer de ladite au moins une position
de verrouillage à ladite au moins une position de déverrouillage du boulon.
2. Elément de verrouillage selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre au moins un
élément de support de boulon (11) qui, en fonctionnement, est au moins partiellement
reçu dans au moins une partie du au moins un passage de boulon (8) pour supporter
ledit mouvement de va-et-vient du boulon (7) dans le au moins un passage de boulon.
3. Elément de verrouillage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, comprenant en outre un élément
de support de tige (12) qui, en fonctionnement, est au moins partiellement reçu dans
au moins une partie des moyens de guidage de tige (9) pour supporter ledit mouvement
de va-et-vient de la tige (10) dans les moyens de guidage de tige.
4. Elément de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans
lequel les moyens de guidage de tige (9) sont formés par un évidement (9) dans le
boulon (7).
5. Elément de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans
lequel le boulon (7) au niveau de son extrémité comprend un biseau (14) s'étendant
dans la direction axiale du boulon, dans la condition de fixation dans la au moins
une position de verrouillage, pour se mettre en prise par serrage par rapport à la
limite (3) par rapport à laquelle la porte (2), la fenêtre et l'écoutille sont suspendues
par charnière.
6. Elément de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans
lequel le corps (4) comprend une première partie (5) et une seconde partie (6), dans
lequel la première partie est configurée pour être fixée directement à la porte (2),
la fenêtre ou l'écoutille, et dans lequel la seconde partie est configurée pour être
fixée de manière détachable, comme par exemple par vissage, à la première partie,
de sorte qu'après le détachement de la seconde partie, au moins le boulon (7) peut
être retiré par rapport à la première partie.
7. Elément de verrouillage selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la première partie (5)
est configurée pour être fixée de manière non détachable, comme par exemple par soudage,
à la porte (2), la fenêtre ou l'écoutille.
8. Système de verrouillage comprenant au moins un élément de verrouillage (1) selon l'une
quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant au moins ladite une tige (10,
110, 210) et des moyens de fonctionnement manuellement mobiles ou motorisés (15) pour
déplacer de manière opérationnelle la au moins une tige avec au moins ladite composante
de mouvement dans la direction axiale du boulon.
9. Système de verrouillage selon la revendication 8, comprenant en outre des moyens de
restriction supplémentaires (16, 17) pour, en fonctionnement, limiter de manière supplémentaire
la liberté de mouvement de la au moins une tige (10, 110, 210) par rapport à la porte
(2), la fenêtre ou l'écoutille.
10. Système de verrouillage selon la revendication 9, dans lequel les moyens de restriction
supplémentaires comprennent au moins un élément d'articulation (16 ; 17), lequel élément
d'articulation, en fonctionnement, est raccordé par charnière, au niveau d'un premier
point (18 ; 28) de l'élément d'articulation, à la porte (2), la fenêtre ou l'écoutille,
et en fonctionnement, est en outre raccordé par charnière, au niveau d'un autre deuxième
point (19 ; 29) de l'élément d'articulation, à la au moins une tige (10 ; 110 ; 210).
11. Système de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 10, dans lequel
les moyens de commande (15) comprennent une poignée manuellement actionnable (15)
qui, en fonctionnement, est raccordée par charnière, au niveau d'un point (38) de
la poignée, à la porte (2), la fenêtre ou l'écoutille, et qui, en fonctionnement,
est en outre raccordée par charnière, au niveau d'un autre point (39) de la poignée,
à la au moins une tige (10).
12. Système de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 11, comprenant
au moins deux de ces éléments de verrouillage (1), dans lequel, pour au moins l'une
de la au moins une tige, cette une tige (10), en fonctionnement, est reçue de cette
manière dans des moyens de guidage de tige (9) séparés des tiges séparées associées
des au moins deux éléments de verrouillage (1).
13. Système de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 12, comprenant
au moins deux de ces éléments de verrouillage (1) et comprenant au moins deux de ces
tiges (10, 110, 210), dans lequel, pour au moins une paire des au moins deux tiges,
les deux tiges séparées de cette paire en fonctionnement, sont reçues de cette manière
dans des moyens de guidage de tige (9) séparés des tiges séparées associées des au
moins deux éléments de verrouillage, et dans lequel, en fonctionnement, les deux tiges
séparées sont mutuellement couplées par un élément d'articulation (16) comme mentionné
dans la revendication 10, lequel élément d'articulation, en fonctionnement, est raccordé
par charnière, au niveau du deuxième point (19) de l'élément d'articulation, à l'une
(10) des deux tiges séparées et lequel élément d'articulation, en fonctionnement,
est raccordé par charnière, au niveau d'un troisième point (20), différent dudit premier
point (18) et dudit deuxième point (19) de l'élément d'articulation (16), à l'autre
(110, 210) des deux tiges séparées.
14. Porte de navire, fenêtre de navire ou écoutille de navire selon l'une quelconque des
revendications précédentes, et comprenant un élément de verrouillage (1) selon l'une
quelconque des revendications 1 à 7 et/ou un élément de verrouillage selon l'une quelconque
des revendications 8 à 13.
15. Ensemble comprenant une porte (2) de navire, une fenêtre de navire ou une écoutille
de navire selon la revendication 14, ainsi que ladite limite (3) par rapport à laquelle
la porte, la fenêtre ou l'écoutille est suspendue par charnière.
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