Catamaran type vessel

Abstract

A catamaran type vessel that includes two rigid side hulls connected by a connector to form a rigid form containing a usable space. The vessel contains a lowered and lifted platform together with the platform drive unit. The platform is a separate portion of the aft part of the deck, in the form of a flat frame with a usable overlay fixed on the surface of the frame. An edge of the platform in the upper position cooperates with an edge of the aft part of the deck, with the platform frame being attached to the horizontal edges of two supports. The rear vertical edge of each support is connected by axes of rotation with a pair of rigid arms in the pantograph system connected with two horizontal axes of rotation attached on the other side of the rigid arms to the vessel hull connector wall.

Claims

1. A catamaran type vessel comprising two rigid side hulls connected by a connector, where the hulls together with the connector constitute a rigid form containing the usable space of the vessel, which is provided with propulsion and control devices, wherein the vessel contains a lowered and lifted platform together with the platform drive unit, where the platform is a separate portion of the aft part of the deck and has the form of a flat frame with a usable overlay fixed on the surface of the frame, and at least one edge of the platform in the upper position cooperates with at least one edge of the aft part of the deck, with the platform frame being attached to the horizontal edges of at least two supports, where the rear vertical edge of each support is connected by axes of rotation with a pair of rigid arms in the pantograph system, and the rigid arms are hollow sections containing vertical axes of rotation attached on the other side of said rigid arms to the vessel hull connector wall, wherein in each pair of the rigid arms in the pantograph system, one arm is a guide arm and the other arm is a fixing arm, in each pair of the arms is connected by means of the axis of rotation with a cylinder piston rod for lowering and lifting the platform, wherein a barrel of said cylinder is tiltingly attached to the fixed part of the vessel structure, in the connector zone between the side hulls, wherein the fixed part of the vessel structure, to which the cylinder barrel for lifting and lowering the platform is tiltingly fixed, is the internal surface of the hollow section, which is the support pillar of the aft part of the next level of the vessel.

2. The vessel according to claim 1, wherein in the platform drive unit, the end section of the guide arm adjacent to the platform support is bent with respect to the other section of the guide arm so that the two sections of the guide arm form an obtuse angle and within this connection of said two sections, gusset plates are attached to the guide arm.

3. The vessel according to claim 2, wherein the axis of rotation at the end of the cylinder piston rod for lowering and lifting the platform is fixed between the gusset plates of each guide arm, between the arms of the obtuse angle and beyond the axes of longitudinal symmetry of both sections of the guide arm.

4. The vessel according to claim 2, wherein the gusset plates of each guide arm have a shape similar to the letter L, the shorter element of which is directed upwards and cooperating with the vessel side hull connector wall, constitutes a lock of the upper position of the platform.

5. The vessel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing arm in each pair of the arms in the pantograph system is a hollow section, which contains a transverse cut along its length dividing this arm into an initial part and an end part, wherein the parts of the fixing arm thus cut are provided with cooperating flanges connecting said parts of the fixing arm together.

6. The vessel according to claim 5, wherein between the flanges connecting the parts of the fixing arm there is at least one distance washer for adjusting the horizontal position of the platform.

7. The vessel according to claim 1, wherein at the bottom of the connector between the vessel hulls, adjacent to the platform, on the bow side of the vessel, a seat assembly with a tilting support flap is formed, wherein the tilting support flap is connected with the edge of the seat in the connector wall by means of the axis of rotation, wherein the support flap is provided with devices for pulling onto its surface and lowering a load, and a load securing assembly on the surface of said tilting support flap, wherein the support flap contains at least two locks fixing its position in the closed position.

8. The vessel according to claim 7, wherein a device for pulling and lowering a load is a winch mounted on the support flap near the edge of connection of said tilting support flap with the edge of the seat in the vessel hull connector bottom, wherein the tilting flap is provided on both sides with mounting eyes of the cylinder piston rods for closing and opening the flap.

9. The vessel according to claim 7, wherein a load on the upper surface of the tilting support flap is a personal watercraft.

10. The vessel according to claim 9, wherein a personal watercraft fixing assembly comprises guides attached to the upper surface of the carrier flap.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The subject of the invention is shown in the embodiment in the attached drawing, in which the following figures illustrate:

(2) FIG. 1a view of a catamaran type vessel from the stern side.

(3) FIG. 2a section of the aft part with the plane corresponding to the axis of longitudinal symmetry of a support pillar, with the aft platform visible in the upper and lower position.

(4) FIG. 3a view of the aft platform mechanism in the upper position.

(5) FIG. 4a view of the aft platform mechanism in the lower position.

(6) FIG. 5a pantograph guide arm.

(7) FIG. 6a pantograph fixing arm.

(8) FIG. 7a support.

(9) FIG. 8clamps of rigid arms.

(10) FIG. 9a perspective view of the aft side of the vessel with a support flap.

(11) FIG. 10a view of the vessel according to FIG. 9 in the direction corresponding to the axis of longitudinal symmetry.

(12) FIG. 11a sectional view of the aft part of the vessel according to FIG. 9 with the support flap closed.

(13) FIG. 12a sectional view of the aft part of the vessel according to FIG. 9 with the support flap open.

(14) FIG. 13a sectional view according to FIG. 12 with a personal watercraft visible.

(15) FIG. 14the support flap.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(16) FIG. 1 shows in an embodiment a catamaran type vessel seen from the stern. The vessel comprises two rigid side hulls 1,2 connected by a connector 3. The side hulls 1,2 together with the connector 3 constitute a uniform, rigid form on the basis of which the usable space of individual parts of the vessel is built. In this embodiment, the wall thickness of this form is 40 mm and is a known composite layered structure. A uniform form in the form of two side hulls 1,2 connected by the connector 3 is created from such a layered material.

(17) The vessel in this embodiment is provided with a sun deck 4 supported on two rear pillars 5. The side hulls 1,2 together with the connector 3, the sun deck 4 and other structural elements constitute a rigid form closing the usable space of the vessel. The vessel is provided with commonly used propulsion and control devices and other known equipment for the safety and comfort of passengers and crew.

(18) The vessel in this embodiment contains a lowered and lifted platform 6 together with the platform drive unit, with the platform 6 being a separate portion of the aft part of the deck, in the form of a flat frame 7 with a usable overlay 8 fixed on the surface of the frame. This is shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4. The frame 7 is made in this embodiment in the form of a metal truss, and the usable overlay 8 in this embodiment is a composite plate with a rough surface. In other embodiments, the frame and the overlay can be made of other materials.

(19) FIG. 2 shows that the edge 9 of the platform 6 in the upper position cooperates with at least one edge 10 of the aft part of the vessel connector 3. This figure shows that the edges 9,10 are adjacent to each other and are adjusted in shape so that there is no gap of dangerous width between the edges 9,10.

(20) The aft platform 6 frame 7 in this embodiment is attached to the horizontal edges of a right support 11 and a left support 12. The support 11 is shown in a view in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, as well as in detail in FIG. 7. The support 12 has the same structure. FIG. 2 shows a section of the platform mechanism in two positions: lower and upper. Therefore, in this figure, the support 12 is shown in two positions.

(21) The rear vertical edge 13 of the support 11 is connected by axes of rotation 14 with two rigid arms 15,16 in the pantograph system, with the rigid arms 15 being hollow sections with a rectangular cross-section. The other ends of both rigid arms 15,16 of each pantograph are pivotally mounted on horizontal axes of rotation 17 mounted in fastening clamps 28 attached to the lower part of the connector 3 of both vessel hulls 1,2. This is shown in FIG. 2.

(22) In each pair of the rigid arms 15,16 in the pantograph system, one arm is a guide arm 15 and the other arm is a fixing arm 16. The fixing arm is intended to maintain the horizontal position of the platform 6 during lifting and lowering. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the fixing arm 16 is below the guide arm 15, but in other embodiments the relative position of the arms 15,16 can be reversed.

(23) FIG. 4 shows that the guide arm 15 in each pair of the arms 15,16 is connected by means of the axis of rotation 18 with a cylinder piston rod 19 for lowering and lifting the aft platform 6. A barrel 20 of said cylinder is tiltingly attached to the fixed part of the vessel structure, in the connector 3 zone between the side hulls 1,2.

(24) In the solution according to the invention, the fixed part of the vessel connector 3 structure, to which the cylinder barrel 20 for lifting and lowering the platform 6 is tiltingly fixed, is the internal surface of the hollow section, which is the support pillar 5 of the aft part of the sun deck 4. In other embodiments, the pillar 5 may be a support for other elements constituting the next level of the vessel, e.g. a sun deck above the aft part of the deck. The position of the cylinder barrel 20 attachment is shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.

(25) In the platform drive unit 6, the end section 21 of the guide arm 15 adjacent to the aft platform 6 support 11,12 is preferably bent with respect to the other section 22 of the guide arm 15 so that the two sections 21,22 of the guide arm 15 form an obtuse angle. This is shown in FIG. 5. This figure shows that within this connection of said two sections 21,22 of the guide arm 15, gusset plates 23 are attached to the guide arm 15. The second guide arm 16 in the second pantograph, on the other side of the platform 6, is constructed in the same way. To the gusset plates 23 in each guide arm 15 an axis 24 is attached on which the cylinder piston rod 19 eye is tiltingly mounted. The axis of rotation 24 on which the cylinder piston rod 19 eye for lowering and lifting the aft platform 6 is mounted is fixed in this embodiment between the gusset plates 23 of each guide arm 15, between the arms of the obtuse angle, thus beyond the axes of longitudinal symmetry of both sections 21,22 of the guide arm 15.

(26) In a preferred embodiment of the solution according to the invention, the gusset plates 23 of the guide arm 15 have a shape similar to the letter L. This is clearly shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5. The gusset plate 23 is positioned in such a way that the shorter element of the letter L is directed upwards. This part of the gusset plate 23, cooperating with the lower part of the connector 3 wall, between the vessel side hulls 1,2, constitutes a lock of the upper position of the aft platform 6. Between the gusset plates 23 of each of the guide arms 15 a roller 38 constituting said lock is fixed. At the same time, the roller 38 cooperates with a known hydraulic lock spindle, not shown in the drawings, which is placed under the roller 38 and locks the platform 6 in the upper position shown in FIG. 3.

(27) The fixing arm 16 in each pair of the arms 15,16 in the pantograph system in this embodiment is a hollow section with a rectangular cross-section. The arm 16 contains a transverse cut along its length dividing the arm into parts 25,26. Both parts 25,26 of the fixing arm 16 thus cut are provided with cooperating known flanges 27 connecting said parts 25,26 together. Between the flanges 27 connecting the parts 25,26 of the fixing arm 16 in this embodiment there is a known distance washer, not shown in the drawing, for adjusting the horizontal position of the platform 6. According to this embodiment, further distance washers with the same or different widths can be inserted between the flanges 27 of both parts 25,26 of the fixing arm 16. The effect of inserting these known distance washers between said flanges 27 is the extension of the fixing arm 16, thus the horizontal adjustment of the platform 6, if necessary. The removal of the distance washers from between the flanges 27 connecting the parts 25,26 of the fixing arm 16 shortens the length of the fixing arm 16, thus adjusts the level of the platform 6 in the opposite direction.

(28) The ends of the guide arm 15 and the fixing arm 16 are pivotally mounted on the axes of rotation 17 in the fastening clamps 28 attached to the bottom of the vessel connector 3. This is shown in FIG. 2.

(29) The platform 6 is provided in this embodiment, on its working surface, with known, not shown in the attached drawings, securing seats for a pontoon motorboat. In other embodiments, other types of boats or other items can be secured on the platform, depending on the needs of the user of the vessel.

(30) FIG. 10 shows the subject of the invention in the second embodiment in a view from the stern side. The aft part of the vessel in this embodiment is also shown in a perspective view in FIG. 9. The platform 6 in the lower position is shown here, as can be seen in FIG. 10, below the waterline level. Adjacent to the platform 6, on the bow side of the vessel, a support flap 29 is visible in the open position, the lower edge of which is below the waterline marked in FIG. 10 by the symbol of a triangle. The support flap 29, when lowered, i.e. when opened, can be filled with a load in the form of multi-purpose equipment useful during the voyage.

(31) FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 show the same portion of the aft part of the vessel in a cross-section with the platform 6 in the raised position. The position of the platform 6 shown in FIG. 11 is the resting position, during the voyage, when the platform 6 is not used. Usually a known pontoon motorboat, not shown in the drawings, is mounted on it.

(32) In FIG. 11, the support flap 29 is in the closed position in which it usually is during the voyage. Under these conditions, the load stored on the support flap 29 from the inside of the vessel is protected against seawater during sailing and is accessible from the deck side through known tilting flaps on the deck 30. However, FIG. 12 shows the same support flap 29 in the open position. As can be seen, the free edge of the support flap 29 is below the water level. FIG. 13 shows that a personal watercraft 31 raised from the water is on the open support flap 29 as a load. The support flap 29 is dedicated in this embodiment for parking and taking the personal watercraft 31 out of the water. FIGS. 9 to 13 show that the support flap 29 can be lowered and lifted between the right and left pantographs of the platform 6 described above. In other embodiments, the support flap 29 can be used to store on board surfboards, diving equipment or other loads needed during the voyage.

(33) The garage flap is shown in detail in an embodiment in FIG. 14. In this embodiment, the support flap 29 is rectangular and has an axis of rotation 32 assembly mounted on the shorter edge. The axis of rotation 32 assembly of the support flap 29 is attached from the other side to the connector 3 wall. Near the axis of rotation 32 a winch 33 is mounted on a frame 34. The winch 33 is used to pull the personal watercraft 31 out of the water to the surface of said support flap 29. In this embodiment, the support flap 29 is provided with guides 35 for this purpose. In this embodiment, the guides 35 are covered with a sliding Teflon coating.

(34) After placing the personal watercraft 31 on the guides 35, the support flap 29 is lifted by cylinders 36 to the edge of the seat, not shown in the drawings, formed in the connector 3 wall. The seat of the support flap 29 is an opening in the hull 1,2 connector 3 wall with a known peripheral flange, where said seat is adapted to the shape of the support flap 29, and after raising the support flap 29 to the closed position, the flap 29 forms a sealed connection with the seat. A circumferential seal 37 of the contact of the edge of the support flap 29 and the edge of the seat of the connector 3 wall is shown in FIG. 14. The same figure also shows locks 39 of the closed position of the support flap 29. A change in the position of the bolts of the locks 39 of the support flap 29 is made by means of known cylinders supplied by a hydraulic working medium from a known hydraulic working medium supply system.

LIST OF DESIGNATIONS IN THE DRAWINGS

(35) 1. Side hull. 2. Side hull. 3. Connector. 4. Sun deck. 5. Pillar. 6. Platform. 7. Frame. 8. Usable overlay. 9. Edge of the platform. 10. Edge of the aft part of the connector. 11. Support. 12. Support. 13. Vertical edge of the support. 14. Axis of rotation. 15. Guide arm. 16. Fixing arm. 17. Axis of rotation. 18. Axis of rotation. 19. Cylinder piston rod. 20. Cylinder barrel. 21. End section of the guide arm. 22. Initial section of the guide arm. 23. Gusset plate. 24. Axis of the piston rod eye. 25. Initial part of the fixing arm. 26. End part of the fixing arm. 27. Flange. 28. Fastening clamps. 29. Support flap. 30. Deck. 31. Personal watercraft. 32. Axis of rotation of the support flap. 33. Winch. 34. Winch frame. 35. Guide. 36. Cylinder. 37. Seal. 38. Roller. 39. Lock.