Hoisting system and accompanying connector catch assembly
AssigneeHallcon B.V.
InventorJohan Ruivenkamp
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Abstract
A hoisting system, including: a hoisting crane including a hoisting cable, a craft, and a connector catch assembly for interconnecting the hoisting crane and the craft or a load/cargo on the craft. The connector catch assembly includes: a connector body, and a connector catch having a funnel-shaped trap-cage, whereby one of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the hoisting cable and the other of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the craft or the load on the craft. A wide side of the funnel shaped trap-cage is directed toward the connector body on approaching one another, whereas an opposite narrow side of the funnel shaped trap-cage has the connector catch mounted therein for releasably holding the connector body.
Claims13
A hoisting system, comprising:
- a hoisting crane including a hoisting cable;
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- a craft including a connector catch assembly to interconnect the hoisting crane and the craft or a load/cargo on the craft, the connector catch assembly including:
- a connector body, and
- a connector catch including a funnel-shaped trap-cage;
- wherein one of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the hoisting cable and the other of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the craft or the load/cargo on the craft,
- wherein a wide side of the funnel shaped trap-cage is directed toward the connector body on approaching one another, whereas an opposite narrow side of the funnel shaped trap-cage includes the connector catch mounted herein to releasably hold the connector body, and
- wherein at least one leg extending between the craft and the connector catch assembly to support the connector catch assembly, the at least one leg extending at an angle with the central axis of the funnel of the trap-cage, the at least one leg having an adjustable length to adjust an angular orientation of the trap-cage and thereby two-dimensionally adjust the position of the connector catch in the direction perpendicular to the central axis of the funnel of the trap-cage.
A connector catch assembly to interconnect a hoisting crane and a craft or a load/cargo on the craft, the connector catch assembly comprising:
- a connector body;
- a connector catch comprising a funnel-shaped trap-cage having opposite sites;
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- at least one leg extending between the craft and the connector catch to support the connector catch, the at least one leg extending at an angle with a central axis of the funnel-shaped trap-cage, the at least one leg having an adjustable length to adjust an angular orientation of the trap-cage and thereby two-dimensionally adjust a position of the connector catch in the direction perpendicular to the central axis of the funnel-shaped trap-cage;
- wherein one of connector body and the connector catch is attached to the hoisting crane and the other of the connector body and the connector catch is attached to the craft or the load/cargo on the craft, and
- wherein a narrow side of the funnel shaped trap-cage has the connector catch mounted therein to releasably hold the connector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.