Automatic release system on a supply or tug vessel
AssigneeBifrost Tug AS
InventorsSteinar Andersen, Bjarne Engen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Automatic release system on a supply- or tug-vessel, comprising a rotational towing hook (10) supported on a vertical axel (16), for receipt of a towing hawser (12), and a releasing unit for releasing the towing hawser (12) from the towing hook (10). A registration unit (14) is installed above the towing hook (10) working area, said registration unit (14) being a tiltable or liftable hoop plate, where the registration unit (14), under influence of vertical angular movement in the towing hawser's (12) horizontal direction in relation to the towing hook (10), is arranged to trigger release of the releasing unit.
Claims13
An automatic release system on a supply or tug vessel, comprising a towing hook supported on a vertical axle, for receipt of a towing hawser, and a releasing unit for releasing the towing hawser from the towing hook, wherein
- a registration unit is installed above a towing hook working area, said registration unit being a tiltable or liftable hoop plate, where the registration unit, under influence of vertical angular movement in a towing hawser's horizontal direction in relation to the towing hook, triggers release of the releasing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.