EP1201536B1 - Arrangement for storing vessels on land with automatic hauling and launching - Google Patents

Arrangement for storing vessels on land with automatic hauling and launching Download PDF

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EP1201536B1
EP1201536B1 EP01124347A EP01124347A EP1201536B1 EP 1201536 B1 EP1201536 B1 EP 1201536B1 EP 01124347 A EP01124347 A EP 01124347A EP 01124347 A EP01124347 A EP 01124347A EP 1201536 B1 EP1201536 B1 EP 1201536B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
    • B66F7/10—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported directly by jacks
    • B66F7/16—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported directly by jacks by one or more hydraulic or pneumatic jacks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C15/00—Storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C3/00—Launching or hauling-out by landborne slipways; Slipways
    • B63C3/06—Launching or hauling-out by landborne slipways; Slipways by vertical movement of vessel, i.e. by crane
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/22—Rigid members, e.g. L-shaped members, with parts engaging the under surface of the loads; Crane hooks
    • B66C1/28—Duplicate, e.g. pivoted, members engaging the loads from two sides
    • B66C1/30—Duplicate, e.g. pivoted, members engaging the loads from two sides and also arranged to grip the sides of the loads

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  • the invention relates to the field of parking pleasure craft and including port equipment for the dry hauling of boats and their launching, the boats being brought between the two operations to parking stations
  • an employee seizes the boat, generally in the direction of the length from the rear, perpendicular to the docking dock. It uses a diesel engine with a capacity of at least ten tons, specially equipped. It thus performs the floatation or the grounding.
  • the "dry port” has several problems; indeed the boater wants to use his boat, at any time of day or night, as if it was afloat, and without waiting.
  • the constraints of opening hours of the dry port prevent the owner from having his boat at his leisure. Waiting to get your boat afloat is often too long, especially if several people arrive at the same time.
  • the noise and odors, due to diesel engines are painful for all, and hardly accepted by the neighborhood.
  • the boat In the return to parking operation, the boat normally docked alongside the pontoon. It must then be positioned perpendicular to it so that it can be grasped from behind with the machine. The maneuver to turn it 90 ° is delicate and dangerous. Lastly, the difficulties of taking afloat due to differences in the height of the tides are difficult to control.
  • the invention provides many other advantages: The exclusive use of electric motors for all handling eliminates noise and odor nuisance. By eliminating human intervention in delicate handling, physical and material risks disappear.
  • the invention relates to a port device for the mechanical movement of boats including pleasure craft between a lifting station / float and a parking location within a set of parking off water, according to the data set forth in claim 1 and the dependent claims that follow the present specification.
  • a landing pontoon 2 and a boarding pontoon 3 are arranged, being held at the bank, on either side of the vertical lifting ramp formed by section 4 (FIG. rail described below; this section of rail 4 is submerged at its base to allow a lifting carriage 6 flowing on this section 4 to descend, to be immersed below the wire of lower water, for the support of the boat, or its launching.
  • section 4 FIG. rail described below; this section of rail 4 is submerged at its base to allow a lifting carriage 6 flowing on this section 4 to descend, to be immersed below the wire of lower water, for the support of the boat, or its launching.
  • a microcomputer 1 controls the operation of the lift truck 6 which is positioned down along the section or ramp 4 below the surface of the water. The user moves his boat over this cart 6.
  • This lift truck comprises means for correctly positioning the boat according to its dimensional characteristics, and support or support means for immobilizing the boat in a stable position on the carriage.
  • the carriage comprises according to a first variant shown in Figures 3 and 4, an inverted U-shaped frame 10 carrying pendulum arms 10a, 10b, articulated at the corners at the top of said frame and manipulated by mechanical means; firstly, an arm 10a tends to push the floating craft over the carriage, towards the edge of the trolley side bank, where can be arranged identification code readers specific to the boat and carried by the latter ; a second opposite arm 10b can then be programmed, depending on the characteristics of the boat seized from said code reader, to bring this boat in the middle position in the center of the carriage, resting properly on the support means; these may consist of side rails 13 adapted to receive the base of the hull near the keel, and / or pads 8, and rollers of vertical axes 7 carried by said frame 10
  • the carriage may also comprise level contacts of the surface of the water 9, and feelers 11 of advancement of the boat. These means are able to detect the progress of the hull and its correct positioning.
  • the means for correctly positioning the boat at the lifting station, above of the waiting carriage are formed of two pairs of lateral columns respectively 110a and 110b forwards and 111a and 111b towards the rear of the boat; these substantially vertical posts rest on the horizontal structure of the carriage being movable in a transverse direction while remaining in a substantially vertical position; these posts are associated by their base with motor means (not shown) such as hydraulic cylinders ensuring their displacement in transverse translation, the posts of the same pair remaining in a symmetrical position with respect to the axis 114 corresponding to the axis of ideal positioning of the boat to ensure its stable position on the support rails 113a and 113b.
  • the control of the cylinders ensuring the operation of the poles is paired with a couple to the other so that the spacing between said posts is identical from one couple to another (double axis of symmetry).
  • a push pole 115 completes the positioning system of the boat; this pole 115 remaining substantially vertical is operated by its base by a motor member such as a hydraulic cylinder in the direction of the bank (arrow F 1) as soon as the boat is inserted in a suitable position above the carriage, c ' that is, between the posts 111a and 111b and the posts 110a and 110b; the pusher post comes to press the boat against the posts 111b and 11Ob, the boat then being close to the platform 116 secured to the carriage, and adapted to receive the pilot.
  • a motor member such as a hydraulic cylinder in the direction of the bank (arrow F 1) as soon as the boat is inserted in a suitable position above the carriage, c ' that is, between the posts 111a and 111b and the posts 110a and 110b; the pusher post comes to press the boat against the posts 111b and 11Ob, the boat then being close to the platform 116 secured to the carriage, and adapted to receive the pilot.
  • tracking and reading means such as a laser reader, arranged for example on the platform can enter the data specific to the boat, for subsequent control of the maneuver the cart; likewise the pilot user can (FIGS. 10A and 10B) on a digital code or other input means address identification data or instructions for the continuation of the maneuver.
  • the cylinders activating the positioning posts move the latter in the direction of the arrows F2 (FIG. 9C) automatically bringing the craft into its median position above the carriage, the pushing post 115 is thus pushed back passively in the direction of the retraction arrow F3.
  • one of the longitudinal members, proximal to the bank is provided erasable according to Figures 10A and 10B, to facilitate the transverse displacement of the keel of the boat; its recovery being ensured when the boat arrived at the median end position, which can be detected by the movement of the operating cylinders of the positioning pole.
  • the carriage can then start its upward movement along arrow F5 of FIG. 10D, for example being driven by cable from an electric winch, possibly with return pulleys.
  • This carriage 6 mounts first, parallel to the dock. It negotiates the change between the ramp or vertical section 4 and the horizontal section 12 without changing the horizontality of the support structure of the boat 13, thanks to the specific junction 14 of the rails and the arrangement of its wheels 15 illustrated in FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C, as well as FIGS. 8A and 8B.
  • each track of the railway constituting the guide path of the carriage 6 consists of two sections, namely a substantially horizontal displacement section 12 at the level of the platform or the parking area, and a section substantially vertical 4 forming the ramp for lifting or lowering the carriage to the lower level to the water.
  • the horizontal section 12 terminates vertically above the lifting or launching station by a bent portion 14 pointing downwards and beyond which the rail is extended by the vertical section 4 arranged laterally with respect to the section 12; the joined ends of the two sections being integral but located in neighboring parallel vertical planes.
  • the vertex 4a of this vertical section follows a curvature radius curvature equal to the radius of curvature of the outer convex surface 12a of said upper bend (FIG. 8A).
  • the rails support three undercarriages, or on each side a crew of three wheels or rollers coming from the carrying structure of the carriage, including a first bearing 15a positioned to bear on the upper face of the horizontal rail 12, a second bearing 15b fit to bear on the lower face of said rail 12 the axis of the second bearing being offset longitudinally relative to the vertical of the first bearing 15a in a direction opposite to the center of gravity of the carriage, the latter thus resting in its path on the section 12 cantilevered on the two bearings 15a, 15b
  • Each crew is carried by pins projecting from each side from a block 16a carrying the carriage and each crew comprises a third bearing 15c or descent roller positioned under and in line with the upper bearing 15a and so that when the upper bearing approaches the entrance of the convex curvature 12a formed by the terminal elbow of the first section 12, said lower bearing 15c comes to bear on the entry of the curvature 4a formed by the top of the section 4, the carriage being by the continuation supported cantilever on the descent section 4 by the second and third bearings 15b, 15c, while remaining parallel to itself on both paths ( Figures 7A, 7B and 7C).
  • rollers or cylindrical bearings can be carried by a cheek or vertical flank. Lateral come from the structure of the carriage being oriented towards the center of the carriage, or, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, mounted on pins projecting laterally outwardly from a block 6a integral with the structure of the carriage.
  • the tires of the bearings 15a and 15c are shifted laterally relative to each other so as to bear on the bearing faces of the sections 12 and 4, themselves shifted as previously stated; the tire of the rear bearing 15b is provided with a generator double that of the others, to allow it to bear successively on the rear faces of sections 12 and 4.
  • FIG. 7D An alternative embodiment, illustrated by FIG. 7D, allows positioning in the same vertical plane of the horizontal sections represented at 212 in this figure and vertical referenced 204; the faces of the elbows and the rollers receiving the same references as in Figures 7a-7C above. It can be seen from this FIG. 7D that in the context of this variant the base of the bend of section 212 is interrupted at a distance from the bent top 4a of section 204; this free space will allow the passage of the bearing 15c, seeking its support on the inlet of the elbow 4a. when the upper bearing 15a approaches the elbow 12a; and for this purpose this interruption between the adjacent ends of the sections 212 and 204 is in the extension of the horizontal run of the bearing 15c.
  • a third lateral rail section 214 forming a spacer or splice and arranged on a side blank common to the two rails.
  • This section 214 serves as a bearing wall for the bearing 15b, during the passage on the elbow, avoiding a tilting of the assembly cantilever and for this purpose, as previously the generatrix of the bearing 15b is at least twice that of the bearings 15a and 15c, to allow a successive support on the rear faces sections 212 and 214 during the transition and then 204.
  • FIG. 8A The geometry of the elbow ending section 12 (or 212) is illustrated in FIG. 8A, in which is shown in solid lines a crew formed by the three bearings previously described, in the position of the carriage approaching the transition elbow between the courses. successive in sections 12 and 4. In dotted lines are represented the same bearing at the end of the transition and approaching their vertical course on section 4.
  • the carrying carriage including the boat to remain constantly horizontal in these two routes there is provided according to the invention a conformation of the elbow 14 having a convex external curvature 12a and an internal concave curvature 12b as described below: to obtain the constant horizontality of the trolley it is appropriate that the latter remains constantly parallel to itself, which therefore applies first to each crew formed side bearings.
  • the upper face of section 12 has a downward curve 12a of radius R1; this value can be arbitrary being recalled that this radius will preferably be, for a smooth transition, at least equal to the diameter of the bearings.
  • these bearings, formed of cylindrical rollers are of equal radius, for the simplification of the calculations and the presentation.
  • the crew of the three rollers is, as illustrated in Figure 8B, with the rolling axes arranged at the corners of an equilateral triangle.
  • the hypotenuse (spacing 15a-15c) is arranged vertically, the sides or the spacings 15a-15b and 15b-15c each form an angle of 45 ° with the vertical hypotenuse.
  • the configuration given to the concave internal curvature 12b of the rail 12 also makes it possible to maintain this autoparallelism of the center distance 15a-15b.
  • the condition is that the arc Ab, representing the path of the rolling axis of the roller 15b is parallel and therefore the same radius as the arc Aa.
  • the value of the radius R3 of this arc Aa is equal to the radius R1 of the curve 12a, plus the radius r of the roller 15a.
  • the internal curvature 12b of the rail 12 has a radius R2 equal to R3 increased by r, since the axis of the bearing 15b moves at a distance r of its bearing surface (formed by the concave curvature 12b). It follows that we will adopt for the value R2 of the radius of this concave curve 12B of the elbow a value equal to the radius R1 of the convex curvature 12a, increased by 2 r. This in the case where the bearings 15a and 15b are of identical radius, as in the present example; otherwise we add to the value R1 the sum of the spokes of the said bearings.
  • the support means of the boat within the carriage are carried by a plate pivotally mounted along a vertical axis 17 ( Figure 4) on the fixed structure of the carriage; thus in its approaching movement towards the transfer point 16, and according to the location of the chosen location, the boat can thus be pivoted along this axis 17 to present the rear of the boat to the second carriage 18 or storage a transfer station or parking space
  • the second carriage 18 is dedicated exclusively to parking.
  • the storage trolley 18 takes the boat on the lift truck 6 by moving its telescopically horizontal sliding arms 25 under the boat, and lifting it up. slightly to clear it.
  • This storage trolley includes safety probes and locating the positioning of the boat.
  • the electric motors for moving this storage trolley are controlled and controlled by the same computer (1) as the lifting trolley.
  • Said storage cart rises the boat to the desired level through a cage 21 elevator type; the trolley assembly 18 and its climbing cage can rotate 360 °, on the central axis 20 (FIG. 2) thus allowing the boat to be placed regardless of the shape of the storage structure facing a radial location 22.
  • Horizontal sliding arms 25 associated with mechanical maneuvering means are carried on this storage trolley; these arms are able to move the boat inside the storage structures 22. They descend slightly inside the cage 21) thus placing the boat on its support inside the storage space, then retract to clear and then the carriage 18 can leave waiting at the transfer point 16.
  • the parking storage structures can be staggered on several rectilinear levels (fig6) or circular shaped maritime light (fig5), open or protected from the weather. If the structure is rectilinear (fig6), the elevator shaft 21 moves on longitudinal rails, lower 26 and upper 27.
  • the boater is identified by the code reader dedicated to the launching 23, and the system performs the maneuver in the reverse order of that described above by moving from the parking on the storage trolley 18, and then on the lifting / launching trolley 16, which moves the boat to the foot of section 4 where the boat is disengaged from the trolley by simple floatation; the microprocessor programming the movement of the carriage 16, information on the draft of the boat and on the instantaneous level of the water line, is able to slow the movement of the carriage from the beginning of the immersion, then to stop the movement after the boat's flotation.
  • the yachtsman advances it and leaves the launching site as soon as possible so as not to disturb other users. It will eventually be able to go near for a few moments to a boarding / landing pontoon 24, located nearby.
  • switches of the type "punch”, allow at any time to stop the machine manually.
  • Abnormal operating information is routinely transmitted to the managing microprocessor, and visually or otherwise reported to a watch and watch station.
  • a telephone connected directly to the management center can answer the potential problem of the boater.
  • the rails connecting the transfer station 16 to the lifting / launching stations can be arranged in an inclined plane for example close to 45 °, instead of successively vertical and horizontal rails 4 and 12.
  • the various automated handling are entrusted to two complementary trolleys. This principle can significantly reduce the waiting for a float or a parking, compared to the dry port of the prior art.
  • This machinery allows the boat to be automatically rotated to steer it 90 ° from the docking dock, eliminating the danger of human intervention afloat for this tricky maneuver.
  • This machinery is removable and movable. It does not create real estate. It is simply placed on the ground and on rails, on the edge of an existing wharf or on the bank of a navigable watercourse.
  • the general shape of the various self-supporting metal structures can be rectilinear or circular. The circular shape makes it possible to use the maritime lighthouse aspect, and thus promotes an almost natural integration in a navigable environment.
  • the structure can be embellished by a decorative cover, flexible or rigid, which will also have a protective role against the weather and assaults.
  • This machinery is controlled on site by micro computer, but possibly manageable remotely, by telephone line. It increases the performance, quality and reliability of the service.
  • the rails that bring the boat to the storage structures can be placed several meters high; this makes it possible to cross various obstacles and to keep the parking enclosure closed permanently in order to increase the security intrusion.
  • the boat can be rinsed by sprinklers placed in its path.
  • Automated machinery consists of several complementary elements.
  • a microcomputer controls and organizes: the logic of all the maneuvers, the operation of the electric motors, the various positioning probes, the mechanical detection and safety systems. It identifies the user by a code, linked to the parking location, typing on a keyboard or written on a card using barcode technology, magnetic stripe, computer chip, or others. This code is assigned, validated or invalidated by another management computer system, which can be external, connected by telephone line, can remotely group several other automata. Cameras can be connected to this system for control.

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The motor boat dry docking handling system has a motorized trolley (6) lifting boats out of water to storage positions (22), using a transfer position (16). The boats are guided (4,12), with a microprocessor used to control loading. The operations are remotely controlled. Boat users are identified by the system.

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Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

L'invention concerne le domaine du stationnement des bateaux de plaisance à moteur et notamment un équipement portuaire pour le halage au sec d'embarcations et leur mise à l'eau, les embarcations étant amenées entre les deux opérations à des postes de stationnementThe invention relates to the field of parking pleasure craft and including port equipment for the dry hauling of boats and their launching, the boats being brought between the two operations to parking stations

Expose de l'art antérieurExpose prior art

La fabrication de bateaux de plaisance est permanente et les anciens bateaux ont une durée de vie de plusieurs dizaines d'années. Ceci aboutit à un besoin permanent de nouvelles places de stationnement, or l'augmentation des places de « ports à flot » traditionnels est quasi impossible ne serait-ce que pour des raisons de limitations physiques. Une autre possibilité consiste à stationner les bateaux hors de l'eau, dans des « ports à sec », sur des supports simples ou étagés jusqu'à 4 niveaux. Dans ce cas le bateau doit être soulevé par un chariot élévateur à fourches et non pas à la grue.The manufacture of pleasure boats is permanent and the old boats have a life span of several decades. This results in a permanent need for new parking spaces, but the increase in traditional "afloat" places is almost impossible if only for reasons of physical limitations. Another possibility is to park the boats out of the water, in "dry ports", on single or staged supports up to 4 levels. In this case the boat must be lifted by a forklift and not by the crane.

A la demande du plaisancier, un employé saisit le bateau, généralement dans le sens de la longueur par l'arrière, perpendiculairement au quai d'accostage. Il utilise un engin automoteur diesel d'une capacité d'au moins une dizaine de tonnes, spécialement équipé. Il effectue ainsi la mise à flot ou la mise à terre.At the request of the boater, an employee seizes the boat, generally in the direction of the length from the rear, perpendicular to the docking dock. It uses a diesel engine with a capacity of at least ten tons, specially equipped. It thus performs the floatation or the grounding.

Toutefois les « port à sec » rencontrent plusieurs problèmes ; en effet le plaisancier désire utiliser son bateau, à toutes heures du jour ou de la nuit, comme s'il était à flot, et sans attendre. Les contraintes d'horaire d'ouverture du port à sec empêchent le propriétaire de disposer de son bateau à sa guise. L'attente pour obtenir son bateau à flot est souvent trop longue, surtout si plusieurs personnes arrivent en même temps. Les nuisances sonores et odorantes, dues aux engins diesel sont pénibles pour tous, et difficilement acceptées par le voisinage.However, the "dry port" has several problems; indeed the boater wants to use his boat, at any time of day or night, as if it was afloat, and without waiting. The constraints of opening hours of the dry port prevent the owner from having his boat at his leisure. Waiting to get your boat afloat is often too long, especially if several people arrive at the same time. The noise and odors, due to diesel engines are painful for all, and hardly accepted by the neighborhood.

Les risques physiques ou matériels dus à l'erreur humaine sont permanents, vus l'importance du gabarit de l'ensemble engin/ bateau, la fragilité et le prix de la charge. La grandeur des voies de circulations indispensables aux gros engins, et la limitation d'élévation de stockage dû à la difficulté de visée et au manque de visibilité, impose une occupation du sol très importante.The physical or material risks due to human error are permanent, given the size of the overall gear / boat, the fragility and the price of the load. The size of the traffic lanes essential for large vehicles, and the limitation of storage elevation due to the difficulty of sighting and lack of visibility, imposes a very important land use.

Dans l'opération de retour au stationnement, normalement le bateau accoste parallèlement au ponton. Il doit être positionné ensuite perpendiculairement à celui-ci afin de pouvoir être saisi par l'arrière avec l'engin. La manoeuvre pour le faire pivoter de 90° est délicate et dangereuse. Enfin les difficultés de préhension à flot dues aux différences de hauteur des marées, sont difficilement maîtrisables.In the return to parking operation, the boat normally docked alongside the pontoon. It must then be positioned perpendicular to it so that it can be grasped from behind with the machine. The maneuver to turn it 90 ° is delicate and dangerous. Lastly, the difficulties of taking afloat due to differences in the height of the tides are difficult to control.

On connaît par le brevet français demandé 2 552 411 et par les brevets US 4 953 488 et 6 007 288 des systèmes de parcage de bateaux doublés d'un équipement de déplacement des embarcations entre leur parcage et leur mise à l'eau. Ces dispositifs procèdent par prise en charge de l'embarcation à partir d'organes en suspension, soit du type ascenseur, soit du type pont roulant. Ils présentent les inconvénients suivants : (i) les moyens de sustentation de l'embarcation doivent s'étendre jusqu'au-dessus de la verticale du plan d'eau, et le volume de parcage entraîne une pollution visuelle (ii) la structure élevée en hauteur et le réseau de guidage aérien, mal accessibles, rend la maintenance coûteuse (üi) l'ensemble est lent car les installations ne peuvent traiter qu'une embarcation à la fois et nécessitent la présence d'un personnel de serviceWe know by the patent French required 2,552,411 and by patents US 4,953,488 and 6,007,288 boat parking systems coupled with equipment for moving boats between their parking and their launching. These devices proceed by taking charge of the boat from suspended members, either elevator type or crane type. They have the following drawbacks: (i) the means of support of the boat must extend to above the vertical of the body of water, and the volume of the yard causes a visual pollution (ii) the high structure height and poorly accessible aerial guidance system makes maintenance expensive (üi) the whole is slow as facilities can only handle one boat at a time and require the presence of service personnel

Objet de l'inventionObject of the invention

La présente invention vise à apporter une solution aux problèmes ci-dessus et prévoit une machinerie automatisée, ayant pour fonctions principales de :

  • prendre un bateau de plaisance à moteur à flot quel que soit le niveau de l'eau,
  • le lever, le déplacer, le faire pivoter, et éventuellement le rincer,
  • le ranger à sa place sur des structures de stationnement terrestres étagées sur plusieurs niveaux,
  • pouvoir le remettre à flot immédiatement à partir de cette place.
Toutes ces opérations s'effectuent rapidement et en sécurité, sans aucun personnel, plusieurs fois par jour ou par nuit. Elle sont commandées par l'utilisateur à l'aide d'un code.
L'invention permet donc d'utiliser un bateau avec autant de plaisir que s'il était à flot dans un port traditionnel, sans les contraintes d'horaire ou d'attente des « ports à sec », mais de profiter des avantages de ces derniers, comme de ne pas appliquer chaque année des peintures spécifiques anti-fouling contre les algues et les coquillages. Ceci contribue à limiter la pollution du milieu aquatique, et élimine les risques d'osmose des coques polyester, et de corrosion ou d'électrolyse des moteurs. Le propriétaire réalise des économies importantes, sur les produits d'entretien, sur les manutentions, et éventuellement sur le stationnement à terre pendant ses périodes d'hivernages.The present invention aims to provide a solution to the above problems and provides an automated machinery, whose main functions are:
  • take a pleasure boat afloat regardless of the water level,
  • lift, move, rotate, and possibly rinse,
  • put it away on multi-level ground level parking structures,
  • be able to give it back immediately from this spot.
All these operations are done quickly and safely, without any staff, several times a day or night. They are controlled by the user with the help of a code.
The invention therefore makes it possible to use a boat with as much pleasure as if it were afloat in a traditional port, without the scheduling or waiting constraints of the "dry ports", but to enjoy the benefits of these, as not to apply each year anti-fouling specific paints against algae and shells. This helps to limit the pollution of the aquatic environment, and eliminates the risks of osmosis of the polyester hulls, and corrosion or electrolysis of the engines. The owner makes significant savings, on cleaning products, on handling, and possibly on parking on land during his wintering periods.

De plus, l'invention apporte de nombreux autres avantages: L'utilisation exclusive de moteurs électriques pour l'ensemble des manutentions élimine les nuisances sonores et odorantes.
En supprimant l'intervention humaine dans les manutentions délicates, les risques physiques et matériels disparaissent.In addition, the invention provides many other advantages: The exclusive use of electric motors for all handling eliminates noise and odor nuisance.
By eliminating human intervention in delicate handling, physical and material risks disappear.

Pouvant négliger les problèmes de visée humaine à plusieurs mètres de hauteur, cette machinerie automatisée permet d'atteindre des grandes hauteurs de stationnement, et réduit considérablement l'occupation de la surface au sol, en rapport du nombre des places créées. L'absence de grands travaux d'aménagement et de terrassement pour la circulation des engins lourds, et l'utilisation de l'élévation maximale permettent de réduire leurs coûts d'installation. L'absence de personnel réduit les charges d'exploitation. Les moteurs électriques réduisent les frais d'entretien.Being able to neglect the problems of human aiming at several meters height, this automated machinery makes it possible to reach great heights of parking, and considerably reduces the occupation of the ground surface, in relation to the number of squares created. The lack of major landscaping and earthworks for the movement of heavy machinery, and the use of maximum elevation reduce their installation costs. Lack of staff reduces operating expenses. Electric motors reduce maintenance costs.

Caractéristiques de l'inventionCharacteristics of the invention

L'invention vise un dispositif portuaire pour le déplacement mécanique d'embarcations notamment de plaisance entre un poste de levage/mise à flot et un emplacement de stationnement au sein d'un ensemble de parcage hors eau, conforme aux données exposées dans la revendication 1 et les revendications dépendantes qui suivent le présent descriptif.The invention relates to a port device for the mechanical movement of boats including pleasure craft between a lifting station / float and a parking location within a set of parking off water, according to the data set forth in claim 1 and the dependent claims that follow the present specification.

Description d'une forme de réalisation de l'inventionDescription of an embodiment of the invention

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront encore de la description qui suit et qui est donnée en relation avec une forme de réalisation préférentielle de l'invention donnée à titre d'exemple de réalisation sans caractère limitatif et en se référant aux dessins annexés

  • La figure représente une vue en plan de dessus de l'ensemble de la machine montée en structure de rangement circulaire.
  • La figure 2 représente une vue en coupe verticale de l'ensemble de la machine de la figure 1
  • La figure 3 représente une vue de face du chariot élévateur portant une embarcation (en position transversale) et en place à la verticale du poste de levage ; la figure 4 représente une vue de coté du chariot élévateur de la figure 3, l'embarcation étant vue de face.
  • La figure 5 représente une vue en élévation d'une structure de rangement possible en forme de phare maritime.
  • La figure 6 représente une vue de dessus d'une structure de rangement rectiligne.
  • Les figures 7A, 7B et 7C représentent des vues en perspective d'un détail du montage des sections horizontale et verticale du rail porteur des roulements du chariot de levage et illustrant leur déplacement sur le coude intermédiaire
  • La figure 7D représente une variante de ce montage
  • La figure 8A représente un schéma théorique illustrant le passage conjugué des roulements au niveau du dit coude ; la figure 8B illustre par une vue en élévation latérale les positionnements successifs des roulements sur le coude.
  • Les figure 9A , 9B et 9C présentent en plan schématique trois phases de la manoeuvre de centrage de l'embarcation en flottaison au-dessus du chariot de levage alors en position immergée. Les figures 10A à 10C présentant ces trois mêmes phases vues en élévation latérale par rapport au chariot ; une figure 10D présente la phase ultérieure après début d'ascension du chariot.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows and which is given in relation to a preferred embodiment of the invention given by way of non-limiting embodiment and with reference to the drawings. appended
  • The figure shows a plan view from above of the whole machine mounted in a circular storage structure.
  • FIG. 2 represents a vertical sectional view of the entire machine of FIG. 1
  • Figure 3 shows a front view of the lift truck carrying a boat (in transverse position) and in place vertically lifting station; FIG. 4 represents a side view of the lift truck of FIG. 3, the boat being seen from the front.
  • Figure 5 shows an elevational view of a possible storage structure in the form of a maritime lighthouse.
  • Figure 6 shows a top view of a rectilinear storage structure.
  • FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C show perspective views of a detail of the mounting of the horizontal and vertical sections of the carrier rail of the lift truck bearings and illustrating their displacement on the intermediate bend.
  • FIG. 7D represents a variant of this arrangement
  • FIG. 8A represents a theoretical diagram illustrating the conjugate passage of the bearings at the level of said elbow; 8B illustrates in a side elevational view the successive positioning of the bearings on the elbow.
  • FIGS. 9A, 9B and 9C show schematically three phases of the maneuver centering the boat floating above the lift truck while immersed position. FIGS. 10A to 10C presenting these same three phases seen in side elevation with respect to the carriage; a figure 10D shows the subsequent phase after beginning of ascension of the carriage.

Selon l'ensemble des figures, un ponton de débarquement 2 et un ponton d'embarquement 3 sont disposés, étant maintenus à la berge, de part et d'autre de la rampe de levage verticale formée par la section 4 (fig 2) du rail ci-après décrit ; cette section de rail 4 est immergée à sa base pour permettre à un chariot de levage 6 circulant sur cette section 4 de descendre, pour être immergé en dessous du fil de plus bas des eaux, pour la prise en charge de l'embarcation, ou sa mise à flot.
Pour mettre un bateau en stationnement, l'utilisateur accoste au ponton d'enlèvement 2, et se fait identifier par un lecteur de code dédié à l'enlèvement 5.
En fonction des données saisies et enregistrées, un micro ordinateur 1 commande la manoeuvre du chariot de levage 6 qui vient se positionner descendant le long de la section ou rampe 4 sous la surface de l'eau. L'utilisateur avance son bateau au-dessus de ce chariot 6.According to all the figures, a landing pontoon 2 and a boarding pontoon 3 are arranged, being held at the bank, on either side of the vertical lifting ramp formed by section 4 (FIG. rail described below; this section of rail 4 is submerged at its base to allow a lifting carriage 6 flowing on this section 4 to descend, to be immersed below the wire of lower water, for the support of the boat, or its launching.
To put a boat in parking, the user docked at the pickup 2, and is identified by a code reader dedicated to the removal 5.
Depending on the data entered and recorded, a microcomputer 1 controls the operation of the lift truck 6 which is positioned down along the section or ramp 4 below the surface of the water. The user moves his boat over this cart 6.

Ce chariot de levage comporte des moyens de positionnement correct de l'embarcation en fonction de ses caractéristiques dimensionnelles, et des moyens de support ou d'appui pour l'immobilisation de l'embarcation en position stable sur le chariot. A cet effet le chariot comporte selon une première variante représentée aux figures 3 et 4,un cadre en U inversé 10, porteur de bras pendulaires 10a, 10b, articulés aux angles au sommet du dit cadre et manoeuvrés par des moyens mécaniques ; dans un premier temps, un bras 10a tend à repousser l'embarcation flottant au-dessus du chariot, vers le bord du chariot coté berge, où peuvent être disposés des lecteurs de code d'identification spécifiques à l'embarcation et portés par cette dernière ; un second bras opposé 10b peut alors être programmé, en fonction des caractéristiques de l'embarcation saisies depuis le dit lecteur de code, pour ramener cette embarcation en position médiane au centre du chariot, reposant convenablement sur les moyens de support ; ces derniers peuvent être constitués de longerons latéraux 13 propres à recevoir la base de la coque à proximité de la quille, et/ou de patins 8, ainsi que de rouleaux d'axes verticaux 7 portés par le dit cadre 10This lift truck comprises means for correctly positioning the boat according to its dimensional characteristics, and support or support means for immobilizing the boat in a stable position on the carriage. For this purpose the carriage comprises according to a first variant shown in Figures 3 and 4, an inverted U-shaped frame 10 carrying pendulum arms 10a, 10b, articulated at the corners at the top of said frame and manipulated by mechanical means; firstly, an arm 10a tends to push the floating craft over the carriage, towards the edge of the trolley side bank, where can be arranged identification code readers specific to the boat and carried by the latter ; a second opposite arm 10b can then be programmed, depending on the characteristics of the boat seized from said code reader, to bring this boat in the middle position in the center of the carriage, resting properly on the support means; these may consist of side rails 13 adapted to receive the base of the hull near the keel, and / or pads 8, and rollers of vertical axes 7 carried by said frame 10

Le chariot pourra comporter également des contacts de niveau de la surface de l'eau 9, et des palpeurs 11 d'avancement de l'embarcation. Ces moyens sont aptes à détecter l'avancement de la carène et son positionnement correct.The carriage may also comprise level contacts of the surface of the water 9, and feelers 11 of advancement of the boat. These means are able to detect the progress of the hull and its correct positioning.

Une autre forme de réalisation constituant une variante est présentée ci-après étant illustrée aux figures 9A à 9C et 10A à 10 D. Selon cette forme plus avantageuse de réalisation, les moyens de positionnement correct de l'embarcation au poste de levage, au dessus du chariot en attente sont formés de deux couples de poteaux latéraux respectivement 110a et 110b vers l'avant et 111a et 111b vers l'arrière de l'embarcation ; ces poteaux sensiblement verticaux reposent sur la structure horizontale du chariot étant mobiles dans une direction transversale tout en restant dans une position sensiblement verticale ; ces poteaux sont associés par leur base à des moyens moteurs (non représentés) tels que vérins hydrauliques assurant leur déplacement en translation transversale, les poteaux d'un même couple restant en position symétrique par rapport à l'axe 114 correspondant à l'axe de positionnement idéal de l'embarcation en vue d'assurer sa position stable sur les longerons porteurs 113a et 113b. De plus la commande des vérins assurant la manoeuvre des poteaux est jumelée d'un couple à l'autre de sorte que l'écartement entre les dits poteaux est identique d'un couple à l'autre (double axe de symétrie).Another embodiment constituting a variant is presented below being illustrated in FIGS. 9A to 9C and 10A to 10 D. According to this more advantageous embodiment, the means for correctly positioning the boat at the lifting station, above of the waiting carriage are formed of two pairs of lateral columns respectively 110a and 110b forwards and 111a and 111b towards the rear of the boat; these substantially vertical posts rest on the horizontal structure of the carriage being movable in a transverse direction while remaining in a substantially vertical position; these posts are associated by their base with motor means (not shown) such as hydraulic cylinders ensuring their displacement in transverse translation, the posts of the same pair remaining in a symmetrical position with respect to the axis 114 corresponding to the axis of ideal positioning of the boat to ensure its stable position on the support rails 113a and 113b. In addition the control of the cylinders ensuring the operation of the poles is paired with a couple to the other so that the spacing between said posts is identical from one couple to another (double axis of symmetry).

En position d'attente inactive, comme représenté à la figure 9A les poteaux sont effacés latéralement avec écartement maximum, laissant libre accès à l'embarcation à parquer.In idle waiting position, as shown in Figure 9A the posts are erased laterally with maximum spacing, leaving free access to the boat to park.

Un poteau poussoir 115 complète le système de positionnement du bateau ; ce poteau 115 restant sensiblement vertical est manoeuvré par sa base par un organe moteur tel qu'un vérin hydraulique en direction de la berge (flèche F 1) dés que l'embarcation s'est insérée en position convenable au dessus du chariot, c'est à dire entre les poteaux 111a et 111b et les poteaux 110a et 110b ; le poteau poussoir vient plaquer l'embarcation contre les poteaux 111b et 11Ob, l'embarcation étant alors à proximité de la plate-forme 116 solidaire du chariot, ainsi apte à recevoir le pilote.A push pole 115 completes the positioning system of the boat; this pole 115 remaining substantially vertical is operated by its base by a motor member such as a hydraulic cylinder in the direction of the bank (arrow F 1) as soon as the boat is inserted in a suitable position above the carriage, c ' that is, between the posts 111a and 111b and the posts 110a and 110b; the pusher post comes to press the boat against the posts 111b and 11Ob, the boat then being close to the platform 116 secured to the carriage, and adapted to receive the pilot.

A ce stade et l'embarcation étant ainsi positionnée des moyens de repérage et de lecture tel qu'un lecteur laser, disposés par exemple sur la plate forme peuvent saisir les données spécifiques à l'embarcation, en vue de la commande ultérieure de la manoeuvre du chariot ; de même l'utilisateur pilote peut (fig 10A et 10B) sur un digicode ou autre moyen de saisie adresser des données d'identification ou des instructions en vue de la suite de la manoeuvre.At this stage and the boat being thus positioned tracking and reading means such as a laser reader, arranged for example on the platform can enter the data specific to the boat, for subsequent control of the maneuver the cart; likewise the pilot user can (FIGS. 10A and 10B) on a digital code or other input means address identification data or instructions for the continuation of the maneuver.

Dans un première phase ultérieure les vérins activant les poteaux de positionnement déplacent ces derniers dans le sens des fléchés F2 (fig 9C) amenant automatiquement l'embarcation dans sa position médiane au dessus du chariot , le poteau poussoir 115 est ainsi repoussé passivement dans le sens de la fléche de rétractation F3.In a first subsequent phase, the cylinders activating the positioning posts move the latter in the direction of the arrows F2 (FIG. 9C) automatically bringing the craft into its median position above the carriage, the pushing post 115 is thus pushed back passively in the direction of the retraction arrow F3.

Dans cette position médiane l'axe de l'embarcation se confond avec l'axe du chariot 115 ; ainsi la coque peut reposer en équilibre sur les longerons support 113a et 113b. Avantageusement un des longerons, proximal par rapport à la berge est prévu effaçable selon les figures 10A et 10B, pour faciliter le déplacement transversal de la quille de l'embarcation ; son redressement étant assuré lorsque l'embarcation est arrivé en position finale médiane, ce qui peut être détecté par le mouvement des vérins de manoeuvre des poteau de positionnement.In this median position the axis of the boat merges with the axis of the carriage 115; thus the shell can rest in equilibrium on the support rails 113a and 113b. Advantageously one of the longitudinal members, proximal to the bank is provided erasable according to Figures 10A and 10B, to facilitate the transverse displacement of the keel of the boat; its recovery being ensured when the boat arrived at the median end position, which can be detected by the movement of the operating cylinders of the positioning pole.

Dans la position médiane de l'embarcation le chariot peut alors amorcer son mouvement ascensionnel selon la flèche F5 de la figure 10D, étant par exemple entraîné par câble depuis un treuil électrique, éventuellement avec poulies de renvoi.In the middle position of the boat the carriage can then start its upward movement along arrow F5 of FIG. 10D, for example being driven by cable from an electric winch, possibly with return pulleys.

Ce chariot 6 monte dans un premier temps, parallèlement au quai. Il négocie le changement entre la rampe ou section verticale 4 et la section horizontale 12 sans changer l'horizontalité de la structure support du bateau 13, grâce à la jonction spécifique 14 des rails et la disposition de ses roues 15 illustrées par les figures 7A, 7B et 7C, ainsi que les figures 8A et 8B.This carriage 6 mounts first, parallel to the dock. It negotiates the change between the ramp or vertical section 4 and the horizontal section 12 without changing the horizontality of the support structure of the boat 13, thanks to the specific junction 14 of the rails and the arrangement of its wheels 15 illustrated in FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C, as well as FIGS. 8A and 8B.

Sur ces figures on voit que chaque rail de la voie ferrée constituant-le chemin de guidage du chariot 6 se compose de deux sections, soit une section de déplacement sensiblement horizontale 12 au niveau du quai ou de l'aire de stationnement, et une section sensiblement verticale 4 formant la rampe de levage ou de descente du chariot jusqu'au niveau inférieur au fil de l'eau.In these figures, it can be seen that each track of the railway constituting the guide path of the carriage 6 consists of two sections, namely a substantially horizontal displacement section 12 at the level of the platform or the parking area, and a section substantially vertical 4 forming the ramp for lifting or lowering the carriage to the lower level to the water.

La section horizontale 12 se termine à l'aplomb du poste de levage ou de mise à l'eau par une partie coudée 14 orientée vers le bas et au delà de laquelle le rail se prolonge par la section verticale 4 disposée latéralement par rapport à la section 12 ; les extrémités jointives des deux sections étant solidaires mais situées dans des plans verticaux parallèles voisins.The horizontal section 12 terminates vertically above the lifting or launching station by a bent portion 14 pointing downwards and beyond which the rail is extended by the vertical section 4 arranged laterally with respect to the section 12; the joined ends of the two sections being integral but located in neighboring parallel vertical planes.

Le sommet 4a de cette section verticale suit une incurvation de rayon de courbure égale au rayon de courbure de la surface convexe externe 12a du dit coude supérieur (fig 8A). Les rails supportent trois trains de roulement, soit de chaque coté un équipage de trois roues ou galets venue de la structure porteuse du chariot , dont un premier roulement 15a positionné pour venir porter sur la face supérieure du rail horizontal 12, un deuxième roulement 15b apte à porter sur la face inférieur du dit rail 12 l'axe de ce deuxième roulement étant décalé longitudinalement par rapport à la verticale du premier roulement 15a dans une direction opposée au centre de gravité du chariot, ce dernier reposant ainsi dans son parcours sur la section 12 en porte à faux sur les deux roulements 15a, 15bThe vertex 4a of this vertical section follows a curvature radius curvature equal to the radius of curvature of the outer convex surface 12a of said upper bend (FIG. 8A). The rails support three undercarriages, or on each side a crew of three wheels or rollers coming from the carrying structure of the carriage, including a first bearing 15a positioned to bear on the upper face of the horizontal rail 12, a second bearing 15b fit to bear on the lower face of said rail 12 the axis of the second bearing being offset longitudinally relative to the vertical of the first bearing 15a in a direction opposite to the center of gravity of the carriage, the latter thus resting in its path on the section 12 cantilevered on the two bearings 15a, 15b

Chaque équipage est porté par des axes débordant de chaque coté depuis un bloc 16a porteur du chariot et chaque équipage comporte un troisième roulement 15c ou galet de descente positionné sous et à l'aplomb du roulement supérieur 15a et de telle sorte que lorsque ce roulement supérieur aborde l'entrée de l'incurvation convexe 12a formée par le coude terminal de la première section 12, le dit roulement inférieur 15c vient porter sur l'entrée de l'incurvation 4a formée par le sommet de la section 4, le chariot étant par la suite supporté en porte à faux sur la section de descente 4 par les deuxième et troisième roulements 15b, 15c, tout en restant parallèle à lui même sur les deux parcours (Figures 7A, 7B et 7C).Each crew is carried by pins projecting from each side from a block 16a carrying the carriage and each crew comprises a third bearing 15c or descent roller positioned under and in line with the upper bearing 15a and so that when the upper bearing approaches the entrance of the convex curvature 12a formed by the terminal elbow of the first section 12, said lower bearing 15c comes to bear on the entry of the curvature 4a formed by the top of the section 4, the carriage being by the continuation supported cantilever on the descent section 4 by the second and third bearings 15b, 15c, while remaining parallel to itself on both paths (Figures 7A, 7B and 7C).

Ces galets ou roulements cylindriques peuvent être portés par une joue ou flanc vertical. latéral venu de la structure du chariot en étant orientés vers le centre du chariot, soit, comme représenté aux figures 3 et 4, montés sur des axes débordant latéralement vers l'extérieur depuis un bloc 6a solidaire de la structure du chariot. Les bandages des roulements 15a et 15c sont décalés latéralement l'un par rapport à l'autre pour venir porter sur les faces porteuses des sections respectivement 12 et 4 elles-mêmes décalées comme précédemment exposé ; le bandage du roulement arrière 15b est prévu avec une génératrice double de celle des autres, pour lui permettre de porter successivement sur les faces arrière des sections 12 puis 4.These rollers or cylindrical bearings can be carried by a cheek or vertical flank. Lateral come from the structure of the carriage being oriented towards the center of the carriage, or, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, mounted on pins projecting laterally outwardly from a block 6a integral with the structure of the carriage. The tires of the bearings 15a and 15c are shifted laterally relative to each other so as to bear on the bearing faces of the sections 12 and 4, themselves shifted as previously stated; the tire of the rear bearing 15b is provided with a generator double that of the others, to allow it to bear successively on the rear faces of sections 12 and 4.

Une variante de réalisation, illustrée par la figure 7D, permet le positionnement dans un même plan vertical des sections horizontale représentée en 212 sur cette figure et verticale référencée 204 ; les faces des coudes et les galets de roulement recevant les mêmes références que sur les figures 7a-7C précédentes. On voit selon cette figure 7D que dans le cadre de cette variante la base du coude de la section 212 est interrompue à une distance du sommet coudé 4a de la section 204 ; cet espace libre permettra le passage du roulement 15c, venant chercher son appui sur l'entrée du coude 4a. lorsque le roulement supérieur 15a aborde le coude 12a ; et à cet effet cette interruption entre les extrémités voisines des sections 212 et 204 se situe dans le prolongement du parcours horizontal du roulement 15c.An alternative embodiment, illustrated by FIG. 7D, allows positioning in the same vertical plane of the horizontal sections represented at 212 in this figure and vertical referenced 204; the faces of the elbows and the rollers receiving the same references as in Figures 7a-7C above. It can be seen from this FIG. 7D that in the context of this variant the base of the bend of section 212 is interrupted at a distance from the bent top 4a of section 204; this free space will allow the passage of the bearing 15c, seeking its support on the inlet of the elbow 4a. when the upper bearing 15a approaches the elbow 12a; and for this purpose this interruption between the adjacent ends of the sections 212 and 204 is in the extension of the horizontal run of the bearing 15c.

La solidarisation des deux sections 212 et 204 est assurée par une troisième section de rail latéral 214 formant entretoise ou éclisse et disposé sur un flan latéral commun au deux rails. Cette section 214 sert de paroi d'appui pour le roulement 15 b, lors du passage sur le coude, évitant un basculement de l'ensemble en porte à faux et à cet effet, comme précédemment la génératrice du roulement 15 b est au moins double de celle des roulements 15a et 15c, pour permettre un appui successif sur les faces arrières des sections 212 et 214 pendant la transition puis 204.The securing of the two sections 212 and 204 is ensured by a third lateral rail section 214 forming a spacer or splice and arranged on a side blank common to the two rails. This section 214 serves as a bearing wall for the bearing 15b, during the passage on the elbow, avoiding a tilting of the assembly cantilever and for this purpose, as previously the generatrix of the bearing 15b is at least twice that of the bearings 15a and 15c, to allow a successive support on the rear faces sections 212 and 214 during the transition and then 204.

La géométrie du coude terminant la section 12 (ou 212) est illustrée à la figure 8A, dans laquelle on a représenté en traits pleins un équipage formé par les trois roulements précédemment décrits, dans la position du chariot abordant le coude de transition entre les parcours successifs sur les sections 12 et 4. En pointillés sont représentés ces mêmes roulement en fin de transition et abordant leur parcours vertical sur la section 4.The geometry of the elbow ending section 12 (or 212) is illustrated in FIG. 8A, in which is shown in solid lines a crew formed by the three bearings previously described, in the position of the carriage approaching the transition elbow between the courses. successive in sections 12 and 4. In dotted lines are represented the same bearing at the end of the transition and approaching their vertical course on section 4.

Le chariot porteur notamment de l'embarcation devant rester constamment horizontal dans ces deux parcours, on a prévu selon l'invention une conformation du coude 14 comportant une incurvation externe convexe 12a et une incurvation concave interne 12b telle que décrite ci-après : pour obtenir l'horizontalité constante du chariot il convient que ce dernier reste constamment parallèle à lui -même, ce qui s'applique donc en premier à chaque équipage formé des roulements latéraux.The carrying carriage including the boat to remain constantly horizontal in these two routes, there is provided according to the invention a conformation of the elbow 14 having a convex external curvature 12a and an internal concave curvature 12b as described below: to obtain the constant horizontality of the trolley it is appropriate that the latter remains constantly parallel to itself, which therefore applies first to each crew formed side bearings.

On a, dans l'exemple décrit, donné à la face supérieure de la section 12 une incurvation vers le bas 12a de rayon R1 ; cette valeur peut être arbitraire étant rappelé que ce rayon sera de préférence, pour une transition douce, égal au moins au diamètre des roulements. Dans l'exemple décrit ces roulements, formés de galets cylindriques sont de rayons égaux, pour la simplification des calculs et de l'exposé.In the example described, the upper face of section 12 has a downward curve 12a of radius R1; this value can be arbitrary being recalled that this radius will preferably be, for a smooth transition, at least equal to the diameter of the bearings. In the example described these bearings, formed of cylindrical rollers are of equal radius, for the simplification of the calculations and the presentation.

L'équipage des trois galets se présente, comme illustré à la figure 8B, avec les axes de roulement disposés aux angles d'un triangle rectangle équilatéral. L'hypoténuse (entraxe 15a-15c) est disposée verticalement, les cotés, soit les entraxes 15a-15b et 15b-15c forment chacun un angle de 45 ° avec l'hypoténuse verticale..The crew of the three rollers is, as illustrated in Figure 8B, with the rolling axes arranged at the corners of an equilateral triangle. The hypotenuse (spacing 15a-15c) is arranged vertically, the sides or the spacings 15a-15b and 15b-15c each form an angle of 45 ° with the vertical hypotenuse.

Pour permettre aux roulements et au chariot de négocier le passage sur le coude 14 Il convient donc que le triangle (ci-dessus visé) formé par les trois axes de roulement reste parallèle à lui-même tout au long du passage sur le coude, comme illustré à la figure 8B.To allow the bearings and the carriage to negotiate the passage on the elbow 14 It is therefore appropriate that the triangle (above referred to) formed by the three bearing axes remains parallel to itself throughout the passage on the elbow, as illustrated in Figure 8B.

A cet effet en premier lieu l'incurvation 4a au sommet de la section 4 a été prévue , comme précédemment exposé, de même rayon de courbure R1 que l'incurvation 12a ; ainsi lors de leurs parcours jumelés les roulement 15a et 15c suivront des chemins tels que leur entraxe restera de longueur fixe et parallèle à elle-même( figure 8A).For this purpose in the first place the curvature 4a at the top of the section 4 has been provided, as previously stated, of the same radius of curvature R1 as the curvature 12a; thus during their twin routes the bearings 15a and 15c will follow paths such that their spacing will remain fixed length and parallel to itself (Figure 8A).

En second lieu et toujours en considérant la figure 8A, la configuration donnée à l'incurvation interne concave 12b du rail 12 permet également le maintien de cet autoparallélisme de l'entraxe 15a-15b. La condition en est que l'arc Ab, représentant le parcours de l'axe du roulement du galet 15b soit parallèle et donc même rayon que l'arc Aa. La valeur du rayon R3 de cet arc Aa est égale au rayon R1 de l'incurvation 12a, augmenté du rayon r du galet 15a. Pour obtenir un arc Ab égal à l'arc Aa, il faut donc que l'incurvation interne 12b du rail 12 soit de rayon R2 égal à R3 augmenté de r, puisque l'axe du roulement 15 b se déplace à une distance r de sa surface d'appui (formée par l'incurvation concave 12b). Il suit que l'on adoptera pour la valeur R2 du rayon de cette incurvation concave 12B du coude une valeur égale au rayon R1 de l'incurvation convexe 12a, augmenté de 2 r. Ceci dans le cas ou les roulements 15a et 15 b sont de rayon identique, comme dans le présent exemple ; sinon on ajoutera à la valeur R1 la somme des rayons des dits roulements.Secondly, and still considering FIG. 8A, the configuration given to the concave internal curvature 12b of the rail 12 also makes it possible to maintain this autoparallelism of the center distance 15a-15b. The condition is that the arc Ab, representing the path of the rolling axis of the roller 15b is parallel and therefore the same radius as the arc Aa. The value of the radius R3 of this arc Aa is equal to the radius R1 of the curve 12a, plus the radius r of the roller 15a. To obtain an arc Ab equal to the arc Aa, it is therefore necessary that the internal curvature 12b of the rail 12 has a radius R2 equal to R3 increased by r, since the axis of the bearing 15b moves at a distance r of its bearing surface (formed by the concave curvature 12b). It follows that we will adopt for the value R2 of the radius of this concave curve 12B of the elbow a value equal to the radius R1 of the convex curvature 12a, increased by 2 r. This in the case where the bearings 15a and 15b are of identical radius, as in the present example; otherwise we add to the value R1 the sum of the spokes of the said bearings.

Au long du parcours horizontal, sur la section 12, le chariot porteur de l'embarcation halée depuis le poste de levage, passe devant une rampe munie d'asperseurs 19 positionnés de part et d'autre des rails, pour rincer le bateau.Along the horizontal course, on section 12, the carriage carrying the boat hauled from the lifting station, passes a ramp with sprinklers 19 positioned on either side of the rails, to rinse the boat.

De préférence les moyens supports de l'embarcation au sein du chariot sont portés par une platine montée à pivotement selon un axe vertical 17 (fig 4) sur la structure fixe du chariot ; ainsi dans son déplacement d'approche vers le point de transfert 16, et selon la disposition des lieux choisi, l'embarcation peut ainsi être pivotée selon cet axe 17 afin de présenter l'arrière du bateau au deuxième chariot 18 de rangement ou à un poste de transfert ou un emplacement de stationnementPreferably the support means of the boat within the carriage are carried by a plate pivotally mounted along a vertical axis 17 (Figure 4) on the fixed structure of the carriage; thus in its approaching movement towards the transfer point 16, and according to the location of the chosen location, the boat can thus be pivoted along this axis 17 to present the rear of the boat to the second carriage 18 or storage a transfer station or parking space

Le deuxième chariot 18 est dédié exclusivement au rangement en stationnement. Au point de transfert 16 reliant les rails de roulement des deux chariots, le chariot de rangement 18 prend le bateau posé sur le chariot de levage 6 en avançant ses bras coulissants téléscopiquement horizontaux 25 sous le bateau, et en le soulevant légèrement pour le dégager. Ce chariot de rangement comporte des palpeurs de sécurité et de repérage du positionnement de l'embarcation. Les moteurs électriques de déplacement de ce chariot de rangement sont asservis et commandés par le même ordinateur (1) que le chariot de levage. Le dit chariot de rangement monte le bateau au niveau désiré grâce à une cage 21 de type ascenseur ; l'ensemble chariot 18 et sa cage ascensionnelle peut pivoter sur 360° , sur l'axe central 20 (fig 2) permettant ainsi de placer le bateau quel que soit la forme de la structure de rangement face à un emplacement radial 22.The second carriage 18 is dedicated exclusively to parking. At the transfer point 16 connecting the running rails of the two trolleys, the storage trolley 18 takes the boat on the lift truck 6 by moving its telescopically horizontal sliding arms 25 under the boat, and lifting it up. slightly to clear it. This storage trolley includes safety probes and locating the positioning of the boat. The electric motors for moving this storage trolley are controlled and controlled by the same computer (1) as the lifting trolley. Said storage cart rises the boat to the desired level through a cage 21 elevator type; the trolley assembly 18 and its climbing cage can rotate 360 °, on the central axis 20 (FIG. 2) thus allowing the boat to be placed regardless of the shape of the storage structure facing a radial location 22.

Des bras coulissants horizontaux 25 associés à des moyens de manoeuvre mécaniques sont portés sur ce chariot de rangement ; ces bras sont aptes à déplacer le bateau à l'intérieur des structures de rangement 22. Ils redescendent légèrement à l'intérieur de la cage 21) déposant ainsi le bateau sur son support à l'intérieur de l'espace de rangement, puis se rétractent pour se dégager et ensuite le chariot 18 peut repartir attendre au point de transfert 16.Horizontal sliding arms 25 associated with mechanical maneuvering means are carried on this storage trolley; these arms are able to move the boat inside the storage structures 22. They descend slightly inside the cage 21) thus placing the boat on its support inside the storage space, then retract to clear and then the carriage 18 can leave waiting at the transfer point 16.

Les structures de rangement de stationnement peuvent être étagées sur plusieurs niveaux rectilignes (fig6) ou circulaires en forme de phare maritime (fig5), ouvertes ou protégées des intempéries. Si la structure est rectiligne (fig6), la cage ascenseur 21 se déplace sur des rails longitudinaux, inférieurs 26 et supérieurs 27.The parking storage structures can be staggered on several rectilinear levels (fig6) or circular shaped maritime light (fig5), open or protected from the weather. If the structure is rectilinear (fig6), the elevator shaft 21 moves on longitudinal rails, lower 26 and upper 27.

Inversement , pour mettre un bateau à flot, le plaisancier se fait identifier par le lecteur de code dédié à la mise à flot 23, et le système accomplit la manoeuvre dans l'ordre inverse de celle décrite ci-dessus par déplacement depuis le stationnement sur le chariot de rangement 18, puis sur le chariot de levage/mise à flot 16, lequel déplace l'embarcation jusqu'au pied de la section 4 où le bateau se dégage du chariot par simple mise en flottaison ; le microprocesseur de programmation du mouvement du chariot 16, renseigné sur le tirant d'eau de l'embarcation et sur le niveau instantané du fil de l'eau, est apte à ralentir le mouvement du chariot dés le début de l'immersion, puis à stopper le mouvement après flottaison de l'embarcation.. Dès que son bateau flotte, le plaisancier l'avance et quitte l'emplacement de mise à l'eau au plus tôt afin de ne pas gêner les autres usagers. Il pourra éventuellement aller s'accoster à proximité pour quelques instants à un ponton d'embarquement / débarquement 24, situé à proximité.Conversely, to put a boat afloat, the boater is identified by the code reader dedicated to the launching 23, and the system performs the maneuver in the reverse order of that described above by moving from the parking on the storage trolley 18, and then on the lifting / launching trolley 16, which moves the boat to the foot of section 4 where the boat is disengaged from the trolley by simple floatation; the microprocessor programming the movement of the carriage 16, information on the draft of the boat and on the instantaneous level of the water line, is able to slow the movement of the carriage from the beginning of the immersion, then to stop the movement after the boat's flotation. As soon as the boat floats, the yachtsman advances it and leaves the launching site as soon as possible so as not to disturb other users. It will eventually be able to go near for a few moments to a boarding / landing pontoon 24, located nearby.

Par sécurité, des interrupteurs du type « coup de poing », permettent à tout instant de stopper la machine manuellement. Des informations de fonctionnements anormaux sont transmises systématiquement au microprocesseur gestionnaire, et signalés visuellement ou autrement à un poste de veille et surveillance. Un poste téléphonique relié directement au centre de gestion permet de répondre au problème éventuel du plaisancier.For safety, switches of the type "punch", allow at any time to stop the machine manually. Abnormal operating information is routinely transmitted to the managing microprocessor, and visually or otherwise reported to a watch and watch station. A telephone connected directly to the management center can answer the potential problem of the boater.

Pour les très grandes installations, et afin de rendre le système encore plus rapide, une autre ligne de rails peut être installée pour relier le point de transfert 16 et le ponton de mise à flot 3. Dans ce cas, un chariot similaire au chariot 6 mais simplifié, emprunte cette ligne et dépose les bateaux à flot uniquement.For very large installations, and in order to make the system even faster, another line of rails can be installed to connect the transfer point 16 and the floating pontoon 3. In this case, a trolley similar to the trolley 6 but simplified, borrows this line and deposits the boats afloat only.

Eventuellement les rails reliant le poste de transfert 16 aux postes de levage/mise à flot peuvent être disposés selon un plan incliné par exemple voisin de 45 °, au lieu des rails successivement verticaux et horizontaux 4 et 12.Possibly the rails connecting the transfer station 16 to the lifting / launching stations can be arranged in an inclined plane for example close to 45 °, instead of successively vertical and horizontal rails 4 and 12.

La description qui précède permet d'appréhender le fonctionnement et les avantages pratiques de l'installation pour l'utilisateurThe foregoing description allows to understand the operation and the practical advantages of the installation for the user

Les différentes manutentions automatisées sont confiées à deux chariots complémentaires . Ce principe permet de réduire considérablement l'attente pour une mise à flot ou une mise en stationnement, par rapport au port à sec de l'art antérieur. Cette machinerie permet de faire pivoter automatiquement le bateau afin d'orienter celui-ci à 90° par rapport au ponton d'accostage, et élimine le danger de l'intervention humaine à flot pour cette manoeuvre délicate.
Cette machinerie est démontable et déplaçable. Elle ne crée pas d'immobilier. Elle est simplement posée au sol et sur rails de roulement, en bordure d'un quai existant ou sur la berge d'un cours d'eau navigable.
La forme générale des différentes structures métalliques autoporteuses peut être rectiligne ou circulaire. La forme circulaire permet d'utiliser l'aspect de phare maritime, et favorise ainsi une intégration quasi naturelle dans un environnement navigable.
La structure peut être enjolivée par une couverture décorative, souple ou rigide, qui aura également un rôle de protection contre les intempéries et les agressions diverses.The various automated handling are entrusted to two complementary trolleys. This principle can significantly reduce the waiting for a float or a parking, compared to the dry port of the prior art. This machinery allows the boat to be automatically rotated to steer it 90 ° from the docking dock, eliminating the danger of human intervention afloat for this tricky maneuver.
This machinery is removable and movable. It does not create real estate. It is simply placed on the ground and on rails, on the edge of an existing wharf or on the bank of a navigable watercourse.
The general shape of the various self-supporting metal structures can be rectilinear or circular. The circular shape makes it possible to use the maritime lighthouse aspect, and thus promotes an almost natural integration in a navigable environment.
The structure can be embellished by a decorative cover, flexible or rigid, which will also have a protective role against the weather and assaults.

Cette machinerie est contrôlée sur place par micro ordinateur, mais gérable éventuellement à distance, par ligne téléphonique. Elle permet d'augmenter le rendement, la qualité et la fiabilité du service.This machinery is controlled on site by micro computer, but possibly manageable remotely, by telephone line. It increases the performance, quality and reliability of the service.

Les rails qui amènent le bateau sur les structures de rangements peuvent être placés à plusieurs mètres de haut ; ceci permet de franchir des obstacles divers et de maintenir l'enclos de stationnement fermé en permanence afin d'augmenter la sécurité intrusion. Pendant son déplacement le bateau peut être rincé par des aspersoirs placés sur son passage.The rails that bring the boat to the storage structures can be placed several meters high; this makes it possible to cross various obstacles and to keep the parking enclosure closed permanently in order to increase the security intrusion. During his journey the boat can be rinsed by sprinklers placed in its path.

La machinerie automatisée se compose de plusieurs éléments complémentaires.
Un micro ordinateur contrôle et organise : la logique de l'ensemble des manoeuvres, le fonctionnement des moteurs électriques, les différents palpeurs de positionnement, les systèmes de détection mécanique et de sécurité. Il identifie l'utilisateur par un code, lié à l'emplacement de stationnement, à taper sur un clavier ou inscrit sur une carte utilisant la technologie du code barre, de la piste magnétique, de la puce informatique, ou autres. Ce code est attribué, validé ou invalidé, par un autre système informatique de gestion, qui peut être externe, relié par ligne téléphonique, pouvant regrouper à distance plusieurs autres automates. Des caméras peuvent être reliées à ce système afin de contrôle.Automated machinery consists of several complementary elements.
A microcomputer controls and organizes: the logic of all the maneuvers, the operation of the electric motors, the various positioning probes, the mechanical detection and safety systems. It identifies the user by a code, linked to the parking location, typing on a keyboard or written on a card using barcode technology, magnetic stripe, computer chip, or others. This code is assigned, validated or invalidated by another management computer system, which can be external, connected by telephone line, can remotely group several other automata. Cameras can be connected to this system for control.

La description qui précède n'a été donnée qu'à titre d'exemple non limitatif et l'on pourra à partir des données décrites réaliser diverses variantes et formes de réalisation sans sortir du cadre de l'invention, telle que revendiquée.The foregoing description has been given by way of non-limiting example and it will be possible from the data described to make various variants and embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

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  1. Harbour apparatus for automatically displacing boats, particularly pleasure craft, by mechanical means, between a lifting/launching station and a storage location within a parking unit on dry land, of the type comprising at least one electrically motorized carriage (6), rolling on rails with a view to gripping and displacing a boat between said lifting/launching station (2) and said storage location (22), the carriage being provided with means for supporting the boat, and means for controlling its positioning,
    characterised in that this apparatus comprises:
    (a) a set of parallel rails comprising a first substantially horizontal section (12), coming from a transfer station or from a storage location, extending until it is plumb with the lifting/launching station, and a second, raising/lowering section (4) going as far as said lifting/launching station, located at the boat floating level, extending beneath water-level,
    (b) a first carriage, or lifting carriage or launching carriage (6), said first carriage being motorized and being adapted to grip and displace a boat from its floating position to a station for lifting towards the intermediate transfer station (16) or the storage location (22), this first carriage also comprising means for positioning and immobilizing the boat, said first carriage being positioned in order to move along a substantially horizontal path over said first section (12) of the rails, said path followed (or preceded) by a raising/lowering path, rolling over said second section (4) of the rails terminating at the lifting/launching station at the boat floating level, and this first carriage comprises means for supporting the boat,
    (c) a second carriage, or storage carriage (18), provided to take the boat from the first lifting carriage, or inversely to place the boat on the lifting carriage, the second storage carriage comprising means for gripping and immobilizing the boat constituted by horizontal telescopic arms (25) adapted to engage beneath a waiting boat and to raise it in order to disengage it, said arms then being adapted to place the boat on a support by lowering said arms,
    (d) means for detecting and identifying the user or boat to be displaced and means for locating the instantaneous positioning of the first carriage,
    (e) means for remotely controlling the manoeuvre of the motors displacing said first carriage,
    (f) logic means such as a microprocessor adapted to capture, from said detection means, and to process the data relative to the identification of the boat to be displaced or of a user, to the instantaneous positioning of the boat or the first carriage and adapted consequently to manage the manoeuvre of said electric motors and the displacement of the first carriage.
  2. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the first substantially horizontal section (12) of the rails terminates plumb with the lifting station in a downwardly oriented elbow (14) from which it extends by the second, raising/lowering section (4) of the rail, the contiguous ends of the two sections being fast, the apex (4a) of this second section follows a curve whose radius of curvature is equal to that of the outer convex surface (12a) of said elbow (14), the rails support three rolling trains, viz. on each side a set of three wheels or rollers (15a, 15b, 15c) integral with the bearing structure of the carriage, of which a first roller bearing (15a) positioned to bear on the upper face of the rail (12), a second roller bearing (15b) adapted to bear on the lower face of the horizontal section (12) of the rail, the axis of this second roller bearing being offset longitudinally with respect to the vertical of the first roller bearing (15a) in a direction opposite the centre of gravity of the carriage, this latter thus resting in its path on the section (12) in overhang on the two roller bearings (15a, 15b), each set comprises a third roller bearing (15c) or lowering roller positioned beneath the upper roller bearing (15a) and so that, when this upper roller bearing enters the convex curve (12a) formed by the elbow (14) of the first section (12), said lower roller bearing (15c) bears on the entrance of the curve (4a) formed by the apex of the section (4), the carriage consequently being supported in overhang on the lowering section (4) by the second and third roller bearings (15b, 15c), while remaining parallel to itself on the two paths.
  3. Apparatus according to Claim 2, characterized in that the radius of curvature R2 of the concave (inner) curve (12b) of the terminal elbow (4) of the section (12) is equal to the radius (R1) of curvature of the convex (outer) curve (12a) of said elbow, increased by the sum of the radii (r) of the first (15a) and second (15b) roller bearings, ensuring auto-parallelism of the distance between axes between the roller bearings (15a and 15b).
  4. Apparatus according to Claim 2, characterised in that the three roller bearings present equal radii and the distance between axes of the first (15a) and second (15b) roller bearings on the one hand, and the distance between axes of the second (15b) and third (15c) roller bearings on the other hand, each form an angle of 45° with the vertical distance between axes of the first (15a) and third (15c) roller bearing.
  5. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that the lifting/launching carriage comprises a device for positioning the boat, constituted by two pairs of vertical lateral poles (110a, 110b, 111a, 111b) associated with drive means such as hydraulic jacks, adapted to ensure their displacement in transverse translation, the poles of the same pair remaining in symmetrical position with respect to the axis (114) of ideal positioning of the boat, with a view to ensuring its stability on longitudinal support beams.
  6. Apparatus according to Claim 5, characterized in addition in that the lifting/launching carriage comprises a substantially vertical, motorized pusher pole (115) adapted to be manoeuvred towards the waterside in order to apply the boat against the poles (111b and 110b) near the platform 116, fast with the carriage, and allowing the helmsman to access.
  7. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the lifting/launching station comprises (a) means for locating and reading data specific to the boat, (b) a device such as a digicode for capturing data and addressing instructions with a view to the subsequent manoeuvre of the carriage.
  8. Apparatus according to Claim 5, characterized in that the members for immobilizing the boat disposed on the lifting carriage are formed by longitudinal beams (13, 113a and 113b) and the proximal beam with respect to the water side is provided to be retractable in order to allow the transverse displacement of the boat's keel when it is placed in median position above the carriage.
  9. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in addition in that the boat supporting means, mounted on the lifting/launching carriage are borne by an intermediate platform, pivoting about a vertical axis (17) making it possible to pivot the axis of the boat in order to present the boat aft to the second, storing carriage (18) or to a storage location.
  10. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the rails connecting the transfer station to the lifting/launching station are arranged in an inclined plane.
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