Floating structure comprising a plurality of modular floating blocks
AssigneeCubisystem
InventorPhilippe Veyrieres
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Abstract
A floating structure having at least one row of floating rectangular parallelepipedal modular blocks, one block having four vertical peripheral faces that meet at four vertical edges, each vertical edge bearing an assembly lug in which an assembly system can be received in order to join the block to one or more adjacent blocks, each row having a plurality of blocks joined to one another by assembly systems arranged in two diagonally opposite lugs of each block, with the exception of two end blocks, the floating structure being configured so that each block is joined to an adjacent block by a single assembly lug.
Claims12
Floating structure (1) comprising at least one row (2) of floating rectangular parallelepipedal modular blocks (3), one block (3) comprising four vertical peripheral faces that meet at four vertical edges, each vertical edge bearing an assembly lug (6) in which an assembly system (8) can be received in order to join said block (3) to one or more adjacent blocks (3),
- said or each row (2) comprising a plurality of blocks (3) joined to one another by assembly systems (8) arranged in two diagonally opposite assembly lugs (6) of each block (3), with the exception of two end blocks (3),
- said floating structure (1) being configured such that each block (3) is joined to an adjacent block (3) by a single assembly lug (6),
- in which two adjacent, joined-together blocks (3) of a row (2) have two superposed assembly lugs (6), and in which the assembly lugs (6) have a receptacle (7), with the assembly system (8) passing through the receptacles (7) of the superposed assembly lugs (6) in order to join the blocks (3) to one another,
- in which blocks (3) located on an outer perimeter of the floating structure (1) are connected to one another by an orientation control device (14) comprising a tensioned element, the orientation control device (14) being secured to the blocks (3) of the outer perimeter on an assembly lug (6) that projects out from the floating structure (1), and the orientation control device (14) being configured to adjust a general orientation of the floating structure (1),
- in which the assembly system (8) comprises a nut (10) and a screw (9) provided with a screw head, the screw (9) passing through the two receptacles (7) of the assembly lugs (6) such that the screw head and the nut (10) sandwich the assembly lugs (6), and
- in which the assembly system (8) comprises a cylinder (11) placed around the screw at the level of the assembly lugs (6), the cylinder (11) having an external diameter that is smaller than an internal diameter of the receptacles (7) so as to allow sliding between the cylinder (11) and a peripheral wall of the receptacle (7).
Floating structure (1) consisting of a single row (2) of floating rectangular parallelepipedal modular blocks (3), one block (3) comprising four vertical peripheral faces that meet at four vertical edges, each vertical edge bearing an assembly lug (6) in which an assembly system (8) can be received in order to join said block (3) to one or more adjacent blocks (3),
- said or each row (2) comprising a plurality of blocks (3) joined to one another by assembly systems (8) arranged in two diagonally opposite assembly lugs (6) of each block (3), with the exception of two end blocks (3),
- said floating structure (1) being configured such that each block (3) is joined to an adjacent block (3) by a single assembly lug (6),
- in which two adjacent, joined-together blocks (3) of a row (2) have two superposed assembly lugs (6), and in which the assembly lugs (6) have a receptacle (7), with the assembly system (8) passing through the receptacles (7) of the superposed assembly lugs (6) in order to join the blocks (3) to one another,
- in which blocks (3) located on an outer perimeter of the floating structure (1) are connected to one another by an orientation control device (14) comprising a tensioned element, the orientation control device (14) being secured to the blocks (3) of the outer perimeter on an assembly lug (6) that projects out from the floating structure (1), and the orientation control device (14) being configured to adjust a general orientation of the floating structure (1), and
- in which each block is connected to at most two adjacent blocks.
Floating structure (1) comprising at least one row (2) of floating rectangular parallelepipedal modular blocks (3), one block (3) comprising four vertical peripheral faces that meet at four vertical edges, each vertical edge bearing an assembly lug (6) in which an assembly system (8) can be received in order to join said block (3) to one or more adjacent blocks (3),
- said or each row (2) comprising a plurality of blocks (3) joined to one another by assembly systems (8) arranged in two diagonally opposite assembly lugs (6) of each block (3), with the exception of two end blocks (3),
- said floating structure (1) being configured such that each block (3) is joined to an adjacent block (3) by a single assembly lug (6),
- in which two adjacent, joined-together blocks (3) of a row (2) have two superposed assembly lugs (6), and in which the assembly lugs (6) have a receptacle (7), with the assembly system (8) passing through the receptacles (7) of the superposed assembly lugs (6) in order to join the blocks (3) to one another,
- in which blocks (3) located on an outer perimeter of the floating structure (1) are connected to one another by an orientation control device (14) comprising a tensioned element, the orientation control device (14) being secured to the blocks (3) of the outer perimeter on an assembly lug (6) that projects out from the floating structure (1), and the orientation control device (14) being configured to adjust a general orientation of the floating structure (1), and
- in which the structure comprises a piece of protective equipment (16) extending in a longitudinal direction of the at least one row (2), and forming a protective surface, the protective equipment (16) being attached to a plurality of the assembly lugs (6) of the blocks (3), the protective equipment (16) being provided with weights such that at least part of the protective surface extends in an essentially vertical plane.
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