Method and device for launching into the water a means for life-saving at sea from a height greater than its maximum launch height
US7438016B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63C9/22
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and devices for launching into the water, from a height H greater than a predetermined height hmax, a life-saving object designed to be able to be launched into the water in free fall from this maximum height hmax. One end of a halyard is fixedly hooked to the life-saving object or to the launch site; the halyard functionally cooperates respectively with the launch site or the life-saving object so that the life-saving object falling by gravity is braked on and/or by the halyard over at least one part (H-hmax) of its drop height. By controlling the braking effect, the life-saving object, falling from the height H in a braked manner over at least one part (H-hmax) of this height hits the surface of the water (5) with a kinetic energy not exceeding that which it would have at the end of a non-braked free fall from at most the height hmax.
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