An arrangement for evacuating people from an offshore installation having a lifeboat and an arrangement for a free-fall based lifeboat launch with a tilted ramp characterised in that the ramp of the free-fall launching arrangement is mounted on the ramp axle, has a wire rope winch and is movable. The power hydraulic mechanism of the ramp consists of an arrangement of the two lower and upper identical hydraulic cylinders, a gear bar, a gearwheel of the ramp axle and the additional gearwheel of the gear bar. Piston rods of hydraulic cylinders are arranged on two opposite sides of the gear bar and are connected to the ends of the gear bar. The gear bar engages with the additional gearwheel engaging with the gearwheel of the ramp axle.
Arrangement for evacuating people from an offshore installation
2020-03-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
ARRANGEMENT FOR EVACUATING PEOPLE FROM AN OFFSHORE INSTALLATION
European Patent Office | 2020
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