US3844245A - Means of connecting pusher boat and barge - Google Patents
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- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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- This invention relates to a means of connecting a pusher boat and a barge.
- Barges are commonly used to transport bulky freight on rivers and canals or in harbours. There are two conventional methods to move the barges, that is, one is to tow by a tug boat and the other is to push by a pusher boat.
- the present invention relates to the latter case in which the barge is pushed by a pusher boat where said barge is connected with the pusher boat to form a pusher-barge combination system. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved pusher-barge combination system with excellent performance.
- the present invention is proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, where the principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved means of connecting a pusher boat and a barge in which the connecting work of the means of the invention can be smoothly and easily carried out irrespective of the draft relationship between the two water-crafts, and any undue stress within the connecting means can be eliminated so as to prevent damages to the connecting members.
- Another object of the present invention is to propose an improved connecting means in which the relative pre-positioning between the pusher boat and the barge during the connecting work can be automatically performed.
- the means of connecting a pusher boat and a barge is constructed as follows. That is, the stern portion of the barge is provided with a notch or a concave, into which the bow portion of the pusher boat can be received.
- the size of said notch is such that the bow portion of the pusher boat can be received with some suitable clearance being left around said bow portion.
- Both sides of the wall of said notch are provided with vertical channels which open to the inside of the notch.
- Both sides of the bow portion of the pusher boat are provided with hydraulically operated connecting pins, respectively, which can be rotated relative to said pusher boat.
- the free ends of the connecting pins are provided with respective pressing shoes which are frictionally engaged with the above-mentioned vertical channels within said notch, thus said two water-crafts can be firmly connected by the engagement of the pressing shoes with the vertical channels.
- the displacement of the pusher boat is generally one tenth or less of the full load displacement of the barge, so that all motions of the pusher boat other than the pitching thereof follow the motions of the barge, therefore the overall motion of the pusher boat becomes gentle and slow, and the operation and control of the pusher boat can be made easy.
- the structure of the connecting means more particularly, the frictional engagement of said vertical channels and said pressing shoes of the connecting pins can be formed in any draft relationship without causing excessive stress.
- the width between the outer edges of said connecting channels is made wider than the external width of said pressing shoes in the retracted position, while the width between the inner edges of said connecting channels is made narrower than said external width of the retracted pressing shoes.
- the pusher boat and the barge can be connected in any draft relationship with ease and safety by employing the connecting means of the present invention, in addition to that the damages to the connecting members due to abrupt variations of draft relationship can be prevented and the prepositioning of the water-crafts can be attained automatically.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of one embodiment of the present invention before connection
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of said embodiment after connection
- FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the embodiment taken along the line A-A in FIG. 2;
- FIGS. 4, Sand 6 are schematic plan views of another embodiment with the pre-positioning arrangement showing several steps of the process of connecting operation.
- the barge 1 is provided with a notch or well 2 at its stem or rear portion for receiving the bow 4 of the pusher boat 3.
- the configuration and size of said notch 2 may be such that, when the pusher boat 3 is connected to the barge 1, a proper clearance is left between the bow 4 of the pusher boat 3 and said notch 2 of the barge 1.
- Each side of the inner wall of said notch 2 is provided with a connecting channel 5 having preferably a trapezoidal cross-section, opening towards the inside of the notch 2 and extending in vertical direction.
- a pair of said channels 5 on both sides of the inner wall of the notch 2 forms a pressure engagement portion for receiving, at any vertical position, the respective pressing shoes on both sides of the bow 4 of the pusher boat 3, which will be explained further hereinafter.
- Each side of the bow 4 of the pusher boat 3 is provided with a cylindrical connecting pin 7 which is supported by and slides along a relatively long bearing 6 being fixed on each side of said bow portion.
- the outboard end of this connecting pin 7 is pivotally fitted with a pressing shoe 8 by means of a horizontal pin 9, spherical bearing or the like on the back side of said shoe.
- This pressing shoe 8 has a cross-section corresponding to that of said connecting channel 5 and an appropriate length, further the outer surfaces thereof which are to be engaged with the inner surfaces of said channel 5, are covered with high-friction material 10 such as rubber material.
- the first embodiment of the present invention has excellent performance as a means of connecting a pusher boat and a barge, however one problem is left yet unsolved. That is, in the relative pre-positioning of the water-crafts, the abovementioned pressing shoes 8 must be brought into line with the connecting channels 5, and this operation is not so easy particularly in a wavy condition. Therefore, it is desirable to perform this preparation work without great loss of time and labour. Accordingly, the second embodiment of the present invention includes the supplementary arrangement for the above-mentioned relative pre-positioning in order to realize easy and quick connecting operation, which will be explained hereinafter with particular reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.
- the connecting channel 5 of the barge l is provided with inner edge 5b and outer edge 5a.
- the width between two inner edges Sb of the channels 5 is smaller than that between two outer edges 5a.
- the width of the notch 2 at the position of the inner edges 5b is smaller than the width between the outer ends of both pressing shoes 8 in the retracted position, while the width of the notch at the position of the outer edges 5a is larger than the width between the outer ends of both pressing shoes 8 in the retracted position.
- the width of the notch 2 in the portion forward of the connecting channels 5 is of course made larger than the width of the bow of the pusher boat 3 to be received therein, and the width between the outer ends of both retracted pressing shoes 8 of the pusher boat 3 is determined in such a manner that, when the bow 4 of the pusher boat 3 is received within the notch 2 of the barge l for the preparation for connection, the pressing shoe 8 of any side cannot go forward to the bottom of the notch 2 beyond the inner edge 5b, even when the hull of the pusher boat 3 is moved aside by waves or else against one side wall of said notch 2.
- both water-crafts can be connected as shown in FlG. 6.
- a combination of watercraft comprising:
- a barge having a rear portion formed with a notch open in a rearward direction and with two vertically elongated channels open toward said notch and facing each other transversely of said direction;
- a pusher boat having a bow portion of a configuration and size to be received in said notch
- pressure-fluid-operated actuating means for moving said pressing shoes in respective, opposite directions between retracted positions outside said channels and inserted positions in said channels respectively while said bow portion is received in said notch, said actuating means holding said pressing shoes in frictional contact with said rear portion in said channels under sufficient pressure to prevent relative rotation between said pressing shoes and said rear portion when said pressing shoes are in the inserted position, said pressing shoes being rotatable on said how portion to permit relative pitching movement of said barge and of said pusher boat.
- said actuating means include motor means operated by fluid under pressure, and two elongated connecting pins mounted on said bow portion for axial movement by said motor means and for rotation, said pins having respective free end portions, and pivot means pivotally connecting said pressing shoes to said free end portions respectively.
- said rear portion has two pairs of vertically elongated edges in said notch, the edges of each pair bounding a respective one of said channels therebetween, one edge of each pair being offset rearwardly from the other edge, and the width of said notch between said rearwardly offset edges being substantially greater than the width of said notch between said other edges, the width of said notch between said other edges being smaller than the width of said pusher boat as measured over the retracted pressing shoes.
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US3962983A (en) * | 1974-12-11 | 1976-06-15 | Aoki Construction Company Limited | Connecting structure for ocean-going push-barge |
US4031843A (en) * | 1972-08-09 | 1977-06-28 | Ateliers Et Chantiers De Bretagne - A.C.B. | Device for connecting a barge and a pusher |
US4066030A (en) * | 1976-03-01 | 1978-01-03 | Louis Milone | Mechanical coupling for marine vehicles |
US4148270A (en) * | 1974-04-29 | 1979-04-10 | Marine Specialty Co | Coupling apparatus for articulated bodies |
US4275678A (en) * | 1974-04-29 | 1981-06-30 | Marine Specialty Co | Coupling apparatus for articulated bodies |
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US4688507A (en) * | 1985-07-05 | 1987-08-25 | Intercontinental Engineering-Manufacturing Corporation | Apparatus for coupling tugboats to barges |
US5050522A (en) * | 1989-09-01 | 1991-09-24 | Takuma Yamaguchi | Apparatus for connecting a pusher boat and a barge |
US5052323A (en) * | 1982-11-09 | 1991-10-01 | Masa-Yards Oy | Barge transport system |
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US2139185A (en) * | 1936-08-12 | 1938-12-06 | Teves Kg Alfred | Pressure actuated piston lock release |
US3370564A (en) * | 1965-10-21 | 1968-02-27 | Missouri Res Inc | Articulated ship and coupling means therefor having means to establish structural integrity |
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US4031843A (en) * | 1972-08-09 | 1977-06-28 | Ateliers Et Chantiers De Bretagne - A.C.B. | Device for connecting a barge and a pusher |
US4148270A (en) * | 1974-04-29 | 1979-04-10 | Marine Specialty Co | Coupling apparatus for articulated bodies |
US4275678A (en) * | 1974-04-29 | 1981-06-30 | Marine Specialty Co | Coupling apparatus for articulated bodies |
US3962983A (en) * | 1974-12-11 | 1976-06-15 | Aoki Construction Company Limited | Connecting structure for ocean-going push-barge |
US4066030A (en) * | 1976-03-01 | 1978-01-03 | Louis Milone | Mechanical coupling for marine vehicles |
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US4805548A (en) * | 1981-04-10 | 1989-02-21 | Takuma Yamaguchi | Means of connecting a pusher boat and a barge |
US5052323A (en) * | 1982-11-09 | 1991-10-01 | Masa-Yards Oy | Barge transport system |
US4688507A (en) * | 1985-07-05 | 1987-08-25 | Intercontinental Engineering-Manufacturing Corporation | Apparatus for coupling tugboats to barges |
US5050522A (en) * | 1989-09-01 | 1991-09-24 | Takuma Yamaguchi | Apparatus for connecting a pusher boat and a barge |
US5605110A (en) * | 1993-07-22 | 1997-02-25 | Aerotrans Corporation | Multi-use watercraft |
WO1999006188A1 (en) * | 1997-07-31 | 1999-02-11 | Mcdermott Technology, Inc. | Marine connector |
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WO2000066422A1 (en) * | 1999-04-29 | 2000-11-09 | Navion Asa | Method and device for coupling a vessel to another vessel or to a structure |
US6463869B2 (en) * | 2000-05-11 | 2002-10-15 | Gregory L. Smith | Reciprocating barge coupling device |
WO2003022673A1 (en) * | 2001-09-07 | 2003-03-20 | Oy Acomarin Engineering Ltd | Method and equipment for connecting a pusher to a barge |
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US7757622B2 (en) | 2005-05-09 | 2010-07-20 | Umoe Mandal As | Transfer of wheeled objects |
US20110120363A1 (en) * | 2008-07-15 | 2011-05-26 | Taisei Engineering Consultants, Inc. | Apparatus for coupling a pushboat to a barge |
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JPS5437397B2 (it) | 1979-11-14 |
DE2303818A1 (de) | 1973-09-13 |
NL150073B (nl) | 1976-07-15 |
ES412351A1 (es) | 1976-01-01 |
IT979393B (it) | 1974-09-30 |
DE2303818B2 (de) | 1975-04-24 |
DE2303818C3 (de) | 1975-12-11 |
JPS4891790A (it) | 1973-11-29 |
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HK50076A (en) | 1976-08-13 |
NL7300918A (it) | 1973-09-10 |
MY7600278A (en) | 1976-12-31 |
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FR2174899B1 (it) | 1975-08-22 |
FR2174899A1 (it) | 1973-10-19 |
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