Emergency towing system for ships
AssigneeCaltax Marine Diesel B.V.
InventorMarkus Van Der Laan
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Abstract
An emergency towing system for vessels. This system comprises a return guide fitted to the vessel to be towed; a closed ring-cable is fitted around this return guide, wherein this ring-cable comprises a coupling-member which, when the ring-cable is heaved around, establishes a connection with a contra-coupling-member on the vessel to be towed.
Claims20
Emergency towing system for shipping marine vessels, comprising at least a return guide fitted to the vessel to be towed around which a closed ring-cable is fitted, wherein the ring-cable is provided with a coupling-member, equipped to grip onto a contra-coupling-member while traveling in a first direction, which is fitted to the vessel to be towed, during the moving around of the closed ring-cable, said coupling-member comprising means for attachment of a heavy towline from a towing vessel providing a towing connection between the vessel to be towed and said towing vessel, wherein a towing force exerted by the towing vessel along the heavy towline is in a direction opposite the first direction.
Emergency towing system for establishing a connection of a heavy towline between a marine towing vessel and a vessel to be towed, comprising:
- a return guide disposed on the vessel to be towed;
- a closed ring-cable passing around the return guide and extending between the towing vessel and the vessel to be towed, the ring-cable having a coupling-member comprising a means for attachment of the heavy towline from the towing vessel;
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- a contra-coupling-member disposed on the vessel to be towed, the contra-coupling-member being arranged and shaped to achieve a secure engagement with the coupling-member while traveling in a first direction when the closed ring-cable is passed around the return guide and the coupling-member with the heavy towline attached is brought into contact with the contra-coupling-member, wherein a towing force exerted by the towing vessel along the heavy towline is in a direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.