Boat transfer system
AssigneeKongsberg Maritime AS
InventorsMartijn De Jongh, Richard White, Lars Fylling Eide
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Abstract
Boat transfer system (10;110) on a floating vessel (30), comprising at least one deployment frame (14;114) for deployment of a cradle (12), wherein said deployment frame (14;114) is movable in a mainly horizontal direction and the deployment frame (14;114) is equipped with upright guides (18;118) for vertical movement of the cradle (12), and said cradle (12) is connected to a guide system (22;130,132,134) for controlled movement of the cradle (12) in the upright guides (18;118).
Claims10
A boat transfer system on a floating vessel, comprising at least one deployment frame for deployment of a cradle,
- wherein said deployment frame is movable in a mainly horizontal direction and the deployment frame is equipped with first upright guides for vertical movement of the cradle, and
- said cradle is connected to a guide system for controlled movement of the cradle in the first upright guides, and
- wherein said deployment frame for the movement in the mainly horizontal direction is connected to an articulated multi-arm system, and
- wherein said boat transfer system further comprises second upright guides,
- wherein the deployment frame in an inner position is in a parked position, and the deployment frame in an outer position is in an operational launch position, wherein the first upright guides are aligned with the second upright guides mounted below the first upright guides, and
- wherein said cradle is driven from the first upright guides to the second upright guides, or vice versa.
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