Hatch or door system for securing and sealing openings in marine vessels
AssigneeKazak Composites, Incorporated
InventorsJerome P. Fanucci, James J. Gorman, Michael McAleenan
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Abstract
A hatch or door system secures and seals an opening in a surrounding structure, such as a horizontal or vertical surface of a marine vessel. A panel having at least two straight edges is rotatably mountable to the surrounding surface. An operating mechanism is mounted on the surrounding structure, rather than on the panel, to retain the panel in the closed position. The operating mechanism includes dogging members configured to apply a force along at least a portion extending continuously along each of the two straight edges when in a panel-securing position. A gasketing mechanism is included to seal the panel in the closed position.
Claims39
A hatch or door system for closing an opening in a surrounding structure, comprising:
- a panel configured to close the opening in the surrounding structure;
- the panel having a configuration having at least two straight edges disposed along opposite sides of the panel;
- the panel rotatably mountable to the surrounding structure for rotation between a closed position and an open position, wherein in the closed position, the opening in the surrounding structure is closed by the panel;
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- an operating mechanism for retaining the panel in the closed position, the operating mechanism comprising dogging members movably mountable on the surrounding structure at a location adjacent at least the two straight edges of the panel and configured to apply a force along at least a portion extending continuously along each of the two straight edges when in a panel-securing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.