Liftable steering house or control cabin
OwnerJohannes van Rooninventor
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Abstract
New construction for liftable steering house or control cabin on board a sailing vessel or floating body, in which the house or cabin is carried by at least one arm. Said arm is pivotally connected to the deck or deck housing or structure of the vessel and--with its other end--to the house or cabin, enabling it to be swingingly lifted from a low position up to a maximum position, and vice versa, to give a better unobstructed view for the skipper and freedom on deck. The lifting mechanism may shift the house or cabin sideways as well, keeping it continuously parallel to itself.
Claims6
A liftable and lowerable control cabin especially intended for a sailing or floating vessel such as a pushing tug, in which said cabin is moved off a deck of the vessel from a forward or rearward section thereof, wherein there is provided a lifting mechanism for changing position and direction of movement of said cabin during lifting and lowering and as it moves parallel to itself, said lifting mechanism being defined by only a pair of carrying arms having at least two parts, each of said arms being pivotally connected at a first end to said deck and at a second end to said cabin at above the cabin center of gravity and each arm having a hydraulic ram connected between the deck and near the lower end of said arm whereby vertical movement of the entire of said cabin from said deck occurs by the parts being pivoted in synchronism, all positions of said cabin being working positions with the cabin continuously being carried by said lifting mechanism from an uppermost position above the deck to a low position below the deck so as to provide an unobstructed space below said cabin when lifted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.