DEVICE FOR SECURING FLOATING BODIES

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for fixing floating bodies (1, 1′) with a pile (2) which can be fixed at one end to a ground (G) and in the region of the other end of which the floating body (1, 1′) can be fixed. For the purpose of providing advantageous fixing conditions, it is proposed that the pile (2) is designed as a telescopic tube (3).

Claims

1. A device for fixing floating bodies, said device comprising: a pile configured to be fixed at one end thereof to a ground and in a region of another end thereof configured to be fixed to the floating body, wherein the pile is a telescopic tube, and the pile has a length that adapts automatically to tidal range conditions moving the floating body.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pile is equipped with a floating body at its the end thereof facing away from the ground.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein that the pile is telescopic along an axis thereof, and is equipped with a vibration damper that dampens the telescopic movement.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pile has a lifting force support acting in an extension direction thereof.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the lifting force support comprises a counterweight that can be displaced in the interior of the pile and that acts on a partial tube of the telescopic tube via a pulling structure deflected by a deflection roller.

6. A device according to claim 4, wherein the lifting force support comprises a spring provided in an interior of the pile.

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pile, is driven into the ground.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pile is fixed on a base side thereof to the ground by at least one flange.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pile is equipped with a ball coupling and/or a universal joint at least at one of the ends thereof.

10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pile is braced by means of pendulum supports and/or a pulling means acting on the pile at one end thereof and on the ground at an opposing end thereof.

11. A device according to claim 6, wherein the spring is a gas pressure spring.

12. A device according to claim 7, wherein the pile is pointed at a base thereof

13. A device for use on ground having water thereon with a depth that varies, as by tidal conditions, said device comprising: a floating body; and a pile having a first end fixed to the ground and a second end distal to the first end, said second end being connected with the floating body; wherein the pile includes a telescopic tube structure between the first and second ends thereof, said telescopic tube structure varying in axial length thereof and varying the distance between the first and second ends such that the pile has a length that adapts automatically to changes in the location of the floating body due to the varying depth of the water.

14. A device according to claim 13, wherein the telescopic tube structure includes a damper that damps variations in the axial length thereof, and a lifting force support applying a force that biases the telescopic tube structure to increase in said axial length and increase the distance between the first and second ends;

15. A device according to claim 14, wherein the lifting force support comprises a counterweight that is supported for movement inside the telescopic tube structure and that is connected via a roller structure such that downward force of the counterweight biases a movable portion of the telescopic tube structure connected with the second end of the pile to move upward.

16. A device according to claim 14, wherein the lifting force support comprises a spring supported in the telescopic tube structure that applies a force that biases a movable portion of the telescopic tube structure connected with the second end of the pile to move away from the first end of the pile.

17. A device according to claim 13, wherein the first end of the pile has a pointed structure that is driven into the ground.

18. A device according to claim 13, wherein the first end of the pile has a base comprising at least one flange that is affixed to the ground.

19. A device according to claim 14, wherein at least one of the ends of the pile has a connection structure that provides connection with the ground or the floating body with a range of angular orientations.

20. A device according to claim 13, wherein support structures are connected between the ground and a portion of the pile spaced from the first end thereof so as to brace the pile.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The subject matter of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the drawings, wherein:

[0017] FIG. 1 shows a device according to the invention in cross-section with the representation of two stroke positions;

[0018] FIG. 2 shows a constructional variant of the device of FIG. 1;

[0019] FIG. 3 shows a further constructional variant of the device from FIG. 1 and FIG. 2;

[0020] FIG. 4 shows a device with lifting force support in cross-section with retracted telescopic tube, and

[0021] FIG. 5 shows the device of FIG. 4 with the telescopic tube extended.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0022] The device according to the invention for fixing floating bodies 1, 1′ comprises a pile 2 which can be fixed at one end to the ground G and to which the floating bodies 1, 1′ can be fixed in the region of the other end. According to the invention, the pile is designed as a telescopic tube, with which a tidal range T can be compensated in a particularly advantageous manner. In the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the pile is equipped with a floating body 1, in particular a floating jetty, at its end facing away from the ground G. In the embodiment according to FIG. 1, the pile is in this case bolted on the base side to the ground, a rock or a concrete basin, by means of a flange 4. The respective bolted connection is only indicated. In the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the pile 2 is sharpened and driven into the ground G. In addition, the pile 2 in the embodiment according to FIG. 2 is equipped with a ball coupling 5 at one end and in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 at both ends.

[0023] The pile 2 can also be braced by means of pendulum supports 6 or pulling means 7 acting on the pile 2 at one end and on the ground G at the other end. In the embodiment according to FIG. 2, no such means are shown, but these could obviously be provided in this design.

[0024] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 3, the floating body 3 is a buoy, with which the device can be provided, for example, for producing a buoy field. A ship 1′ can then usually be attached with the buoy or the pile 2 to a stop means 8. In the embodiment according to FIGS. 4 and 5, the pile is equipped with a lifting force support. The lifting force support acts in the extension direction. This serves to provide weight compensation in relation to a floating jetty resting on the pile. The illustrated lifting force support comprises a counterweight 11 which can be displaced in the interior of the pile 2 and which acts on a partial tube 14 of the telescopic tube of the pile 2 via a pulling means 13 deflected by a deflection roller 12.