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Mechanised device for rigging a sail

US8776708B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 2010
Grant dateJul 15, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63H2009/088
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a mechanized device for rigging a sail of a ship that includes: a mast, a boom and a gaff secured to the mast by the respective front ends thereof, a guiding element linking the two rear ends of the boom and the gaff, and delimiting a frame together with the mast, a rectangular sail, secured to the boom by the edge thereof, and equipped on the hoist and leech thereof with a means for guiding respectively along the mast and along the guiding element, a mechanized means for hoisting and lowering the sail in the frame, while keeping the hoist and the leech thereof respectively guided along the mast and along the guiding element.

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