Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Loop forming
Patent
1997-04-15
1998-12-29
Stryjewski, William
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Loop forming
242361, 2423611, 242363, 354382, B21C 4700
Patent
active
058531343
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an arrangement for storing of a coiled line, especially anchor, mooring or buoy lines on board a ship.
2. Description of Related Art
On ships and other vessels at sea, or possibly on a quay or similar facilities on land, such lines are usually stored in reels. The reels are usually provided in relation to winches for hauling of the lines. When such a line is released, e.g. to drop an anchor, the storage reel is released to freely rotate while giving off the line. The line will then be released at first at a high velocity, but the velocity will decrease with the movement of the line, e.g. with an associated anchor, down through the water. In this kind of operations experience has shown that jamming of the line often occurs in the storage reel resulting in complications and extra work.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to an arrangement adapted to avoid the above mentioned problems, and also providing a rational, secure and easy handling of lines under conditions that often cause difficulties and strain in relation to the line as well as the equipment and personnel involved.
The lines mentioned here will usually mean ropes, such as mooring hawsers and ordinary ropes for anchors, buoys etc. used at sea. It may also mean hawsers and ropes of quite large dimensions, e.g. diameters of 12-15 cm. The length of the lines to be stored may be from a few tens of meters to a couple of thousand meters or more. In addition to the traditional ropes mentioned, which at the present may comprise synthetic fibers such as nylon etc, the above mentioned assembly may also be used in relation to ropes of steel or possibly chains, depending on the dimensions and bending properties of these types of lines.
What is novel and specific in the assembly according to the invention consists primarily in comprising a storage room with a bottom and walls as well as an upper central opening for guiding of the line as it is lead into or out of the storage room, a central, round pole extending from the bottom through the storage room towards the central opening, and a guiding head provided on top of the pole and shaped with such lateral dimensions in relation to the axis of the pole that the horizontal, lateral dimension of the head is larger than the central opening, such that the line when introduced into the storage room through the opening will usually hit the head and be deflected by this to form a coil being built up from the bottom of the storage room.
In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention the guiding head is provided with means for rotation driven by a motor. The velocity of the rotation of the motor and the guiding head may advantageously be adjustable.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will described in detail referring to the enclosed drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a simplified vertical cross section of an embodiment of the assembly according to the invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a special embodiment of the guiding head, as seen from above.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In FIG. 1 there is shown a storage room 1 with walls 2 and a cover or a roof 3, where the basic shape of the storage room preferably may be circular. Other basic shapes may, however, also be used. Above the storage room 1, 2, 3 there is schematically illustrated a winch arrangement 4 which during operation will guide a line 10 into or out of, respectively, the storage room. This has thus a central opening 5 through which the line is lead. The opening 5 has an edge element 5A provided with a suitably rounded shape to ease the line movement through the opening, the edge element preferably being capable of guiding the line so as to have a central, axial movement through the opening 5.
From the bottom 1 of the storage room a round pole 8 is provided carrying a guiding head 9 with a well rounded shape as is illustrated in FIG. 1. The pole 8 is centrally positioned in the storage room and extends toward
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Huse Erling
Kleppest.o slashed. Harald
Myklebust Erling
Olsbu .O slashed.yvind
Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A.S.
Stryjewski William
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