Emergency escape apparatus for a ship
OwnerSeungho Kanginventor
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Abstract
An escape apparatus for a vessel includes a support frame that is configured to be installed at the vessel and that defines defining an exit opening, an escape door located at an inner side of the exit opening and configured to open and close the exit opening, where the escape door defines an accommodation space, a floater located in the accommodation space of the escape door and configured to be raised relative to the support frame, and an unlocking device configured to, based on being pushed by the raised floater, release coupling between the escape door and the support frame.
Claims15
An escape apparatus for a vessel, the escape apparatus comprising:
- a support frame configured to be installed at the vessel, the support frame defining an exit opening;
- an escape door located at an inner side of the exit opening and configured to open and close the exit opening, the escape door defining an accommodation space;
- a floater located in the accommodation space of the escape door and configured to be raised relative to the support frame;
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- an unlocking device configured to, based on being pushed by the raised floater, release coupling between the escape door and the support frame,
- wherein the unlocking device comprises a first unlocking part located at an upper side of the floater, and
- wherein the first unlocking part comprises:
- a first pushing rod that extends in an upward direction from the upper side of the floater and that is configured to move upward based on being pushed by the upper side of the floater,
- a first latching rod configured to move downward to be released from the support frame based on the first pushing rod moving upward,
- a first link assembly that connects the first pushing rod and the first latching rod to each other, and
- a first spring that connects the escape door and the first link assembly to each other.
An escape apparatus for a vessel, the escape apparatus comprising:
- a support frame configured to be installed at the vessel, the support frame defining an exit opening;
- an escape door located at an inner side of the exit opening and configured to open and close the exit opening, the escape door defining an accommodation space;
- a floater located in the accommodation space of the escape door and configured to be raised relative to the support frame;
- an unlocking device configured to, based on being pushed by the raised floater, release coupling between the escape door and the support frame;
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- a plurality of guide rollers that are located in the accommodation space at a position between an outer surface of the floater and an inner surface of the escape door facing the outer surface of the floater, the plurality of guide rollers being configured to guide movement of the floater toward at least one of an upper side of the support frame or a lower side of the support frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.