A fairlead that is intended to equip a towing device that can be installed on the deck of a ship and includes a winch, a cable passing through the fairlead under the action of the winch, the fairlead comprising: an open-section channel extending in a main direction for guiding the cable, a movable bolt closing a section of the channel, a force sensor that is situated in front of the bolt in one sense of the main direction and is configured to detect an external force, and a trigger configured to open the bolt when a force exerted on the sensor and oriented along the main axis in the sense exceeds a predetermined force, and to close the bolt when this force ceases.
Automatic-opening fairlead and towing device comprising the fairlead
2020-09-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
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