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EP0144261B1
EP0144261B1 EP84402332A EP84402332A EP0144261B1 EP 0144261 B1 EP0144261 B1 EP 0144261B1 EP 84402332 A EP84402332 A EP 84402332A EP 84402332 A EP84402332 A EP 84402332A EP 0144261 B1 EP0144261 B1 EP 0144261B1
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  • the present invention relates to a mechanical application specially studied for working in a marine environment.
  • Autonomous semi-submerged station designed from materials of very high resistance to marine erosion: stainless steel and unbreakable transparent plastic. Directly interests marinas.
  • the present invention consists of a device for cleaning immersion of the hulls of pleasure vessels.
  • the traditional method consists, for cleaning, of taking the hull out of the water and subjecting it, in fact, to various compressions which are harmful to the whole of the pleasure unit.
  • patent GB-A-1 371 017 The state of the art can be defined by patent GB-A-1 371 017.
  • This patent describes a floating machine which comprises at the level of the super structures a control and piloting cabin which makes it possible to maneuver arms and a mechanism for cleaning. Said arms are articulated and allow cleaning of the submerged parts of a hull or the like from said control cabin which is above the water level on the floating craft or barge.
  • the device according to the invention overcomes these drawbacks. It ensures perfect cleaning, under visual surveillance, of all surfaces to be treated in immersion, by pressure jets of fresh or salt water, from two rigid or telescopic lances mounted on sealed ball joints, through a cabin mobile, semi-immersed in transparent, unbreakable plastic.
  • the displacement of the cabin is carried out by means of a pulley, in a longitudinal direction by means of grooved wheels, trapped in rails themselves fixed to a pontoon preferably made of reinforced concrete.
  • This movement can also be done according to the same principle on the vertical part of a platform.
  • the floating pontoon As for the floating pontoon, it is immobilized, in fairground mooring, by ballast operated by winches. It is arranged so that a place for the autonomous pump is provided, as well as a hold or a chest and a refuge for the operators. In any case, it must be fitted with a high pressure safety valve at the outlet of the pump. Short cabin protection along the length of the pontoon or quay, from bolted or cemented supports.
  • the device according to the invention being valid over long lengths, the volumetric dimensions and occupied surfaces will depend on demand.
  • the means ensuring the mobility of said cabin are means for guiding the wheels which, fixed to the cabin, move in said guide means, a set of pulleys and pinions ensures the mobility of the cabin along said guide means fixed to said station or support.
  • the station comprises a cabin, having on the front wall at least two orifices, in which are mounted at least two sealed ball joints, intended to ensure complete scanning over the surfaces to be treated, by at least two water pressure lances.
  • this cabin moves on guide means acting as sealed rails to a floating pontoon or to a quay and being trapped by free grooved wheels which have the function of maintaining the cabin and provide mobility.
  • the device comprises a mobile, transparent cabin made of unbreakable plastic.
  • These pressure lances are connected, by flexible pipes and reinforced with a tee or Y bypass 3 fixed on the side wall.
  • Each ball joint 1 is trapped by two flanged discs 30, fixed on either side on the wall, by bolts 31.
  • O-rings allow the lances to move in or out and seal the cabin.
  • Figure 4 and Figure 5 show the design of the ball joint, discussed above.
  • the flexible and reinforced conduits 4, supplying the two pressure lances 2, are crimped to the two ends of a tee or Y 3 bypass connected itself to another flexible and reinforced conduit 7, fixed on the side wall and on which are placed, at breast height, a high pressure valve 34 and about twenty centimeters above, a pressure gauge 35.
  • FIG. 6 shows the above exposed power supply.
  • a steering wheel 6 provided with a crank generates, by its rotary movement, the drive of a pinion 8 welded to a sleeve 9 playing on ball bearings fitted on a fixed axis itself welded to a disc 10 bolted to the wall.
  • the cabin On the base of the cabin a stabilization system.
  • the cabin comprises at its base, a ballast 36 intended to stabilize it.
  • a vacuum appears between the floor 38 ballast support and the floor 39 bottom of the cabin.
  • the station's operating report is directly linked to the obligation that boaters have to unload hulls at least once a year.

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An autonomous and semi-submerged station for cleaning the hulls of pleasure craft, comprising a floating ballasted pontoon or a wharf and principally a mobile cabin, ballasted, in unbreakable transparent material, with an open roof, having on its forward wall (40) two openings provided with sealed rotary bearings (1) by which enter and exit, while sweeping, tubes (2) for water under pressure fed with fresh or salt water through an autonomous pump. The work is performed under visual surveillance. Secured to the cabin, a mechanism of pulley and externally grooved wheels, controlled from the interior of the cabin permits the longitudinal displacement on the tubes secured to the floating pontoon or to the wharf. The externally grooved wheels enclose the tubes that mate the cabin to the floating pontoon or to the wharf.

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La présente invention concerne une application mécanique spécialement étudiée pour travailler en milieu marin. Station semi-immergée autonome, conçue à partir de matériaux de très grande résistance à l'érosion marine : acier inoxidable et matière plastique transparente incassable. Intéresse directement les ports de plaisance.The present invention relates to a mechanical application specially studied for working in a marine environment. Autonomous semi-submerged station, designed from materials of very high resistance to marine erosion: stainless steel and unbreakable transparent plastic. Directly interests marinas.

L'état de la technique antérieure faisant ressortir le problème, prévoit un nettoyage de coques à partir de mécanismes à air libre ou de mécanisme en immersion fixé sur les navires. Pour ces derniers, le nettoyage se fait par brossage rotatif, non visuel, dans un sens vertical uniquement.The state of the prior art bringing out the problem provides for the cleaning of hulls from open air mechanisms or from immersion mechanisms fixed on ships. For the latter, cleaning is done by rotary brushing, not visual, in a vertical direction only.

La présente invention consiste en un dispositif permettant le nettoyage en immersion des coques de navires de plaisance.The present invention consists of a device for cleaning immersion of the hulls of pleasure vessels.

Le procédé traditionnel consiste, pour le nettoyage, à sortir la coque de l'eau et à la soumettre, par le fait, à des compressions diverses qui sont nuisibles à l'ensemble de l'unité de plaisance.The traditional method consists, for cleaning, of taking the hull out of the water and subjecting it, in fact, to various compressions which are harmful to the whole of the pleasure unit.

Par ce procédé traditionnel, la peinture sous flottaison se doit d'être refaite puisque ayant pris l'air, elle perd toutes ses propriétés d'anti- fouling.By this traditional process, the paint under waterline must be redone since having taken the air, it loses all its anti-fouling properties.

L'état de la technique peut être défini par le brevet GB-A-1 371 017. Ce brevet décrit un engin flottant qui comprend au niveau des super structures une cabine de commande et de pilotage qui permet de manoeuvrer des bras et un mécanisme de nettoyage. Lesdits bras sont articulés et autorisent un nettoyage des parties immergées d'une coque ou autre élément analogue à partir de ladite cabine de commande qui se trouve au-dessus du niveau de l'eau sur l'engin flottant ou barge.The state of the art can be defined by patent GB-A-1 371 017. This patent describes a floating machine which comprises at the level of the super structures a control and piloting cabin which makes it possible to maneuver arms and a mechanism for cleaning. Said arms are articulated and allow cleaning of the submerged parts of a hull or the like from said control cabin which is above the water level on the floating craft or barge.

Le dispositif selon l'invention permet de remédier à ces inconvénients. Il assure un nettoyage parfait, sous surveillance visuelle, de toutes les surfaces à traiter en immersion, par jets de pression d'eau douce ou salée, à partir de deux lances rigides ou télescopiques montées sur des rotules étanchéïfiées, au travers d'une cabine mobile, semi-immergée en matière plastique transparente, incassable. Le déplacement de la cabine s'effectue au moyen d'une poulie, dans un sens longitudinal grâce à des roues à gorge, prisonnière de rails fixés eux-mêmes à un ponton de préférence en béton armé.The device according to the invention overcomes these drawbacks. It ensures perfect cleaning, under visual surveillance, of all surfaces to be treated in immersion, by pressure jets of fresh or salt water, from two rigid or telescopic lances mounted on sealed ball joints, through a cabin mobile, semi-immersed in transparent, unbreakable plastic. The displacement of the cabin is carried out by means of a pulley, in a longitudinal direction by means of grooved wheels, trapped in rails themselves fixed to a pontoon preferably made of reinforced concrete.

Ce déplacement peut se faire également selon le même principe sur la partie verticale d'un quai.This movement can also be done according to the same principle on the vertical part of a platform.

Le ponton flottant est, quant à lui, immobilisé, en mouillage forain, par des lests actionnés au moyen de treuils. Il est aménagé de telle sorte qu'un emplacement pour la pompe autonome est prévu, ainsi qu'une soute ou coffre et un refuge pour les opérateurs. Il doit en tout état de cause être muni d'une vanne de sécurité haute préssion, à la sortie de la pompe. Une protection de cabine court sur la longueur du ponton ou du quai, à partir de supports boulonnés ou cimentés.As for the floating pontoon, it is immobilized, in fairground mooring, by ballast operated by winches. It is arranged so that a place for the autonomous pump is provided, as well as a hold or a chest and a refuge for the operators. In any case, it must be fitted with a high pressure safety valve at the outlet of the pump. Short cabin protection along the length of the pontoon or quay, from bolted or cemented supports.

Sur le côté opposé du ponton, côté opposé à celui soutenant la cabine, une fixation est prévue pour le tuyau d'alimentation de la pompe ; ce tuyau sera lui-même pourvu de deux filtres en inox à son extrémité, dans le cas d'un mouillage forain.On the opposite side of the pontoon, opposite the side supporting the cabin, a fixing is provided for the pump supply pipe; this pipe will itself be provided with two stainless steel filters at its end, in the case of fairground mooring.

Le dispositif selon l'invention étant valable sur de grandes longueurs, les encombrements volumétriques et surfaces occupées seront fonction de la demande.The device according to the invention being valid over long lengths, the volumetric dimensions and occupied surfaces will depend on demand.

La station autonome selon l'invention (revendication 1) comporte :

  • - une cabine semi immergée à ciel ouvert indépendante de ladite station ou support et pourvue,
  • - de moyens assurant son déplacement par rapport à son support,
  • - de moyens de nettoyage permettant de nettoyer en visibilité directe à partir ou au travers de la cabine, lesdits objets ou corps,
  • - des moyens de stabilisation de la cabine assurant son maintien en position semi immergée par rapport à ladite station ou support.
The autonomous station according to the invention (claim 1) comprises:
  • - a semi-submerged open-air cabin independent of said station or support and provided,
  • - means ensuring its displacement relative to its support,
  • - cleaning means making it possible to clean in direct visibility from or through the cabin, said objects or body,
  • - Cab stabilization means ensuring its maintenance in semi-submerged position relative to said station or support.

Selon un mode particulier de réalisation (revendication 2), les moyens assurant la mobilité de ladite cabine sont des moyens de guidage des roues qui, fixées à la cabine, se déplacent dans lesdits moyens de guidage, un jeu de poulies et de pignons assure la mobilité de la cabine le long desdits moyens de guidage fixés à ladite station ou support.According to a particular embodiment (claim 2), the means ensuring the mobility of said cabin are means for guiding the wheels which, fixed to the cabin, move in said guide means, a set of pulleys and pinions ensures the mobility of the cabin along said guide means fixed to said station or support.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation (revendication 3), la station comporte une cabine, présentant sur la paroi avant au moins deux orifices, dans lesquels sont montées au moins deux rotules étancheifiées, destinées à assurer un balayage complet sur les surfaces à traiter, par l'intermédiaire d'au moins deux lances à pression d'eau.According to another embodiment (claim 3), the station comprises a cabin, having on the front wall at least two orifices, in which are mounted at least two sealed ball joints, intended to ensure complete scanning over the surfaces to be treated, by at least two water pressure lances.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation (revendication 4), cette cabine se déplace sur des moyens de guidage faisant office de rails scellés à un ponton flottant ou à un quai et se trouvant emprisonnés par des roues à gorge libres qui ont pour fonction de maintenir la cabine et de lui assurer une mobilité.According to another embodiment (claim 4), this cabin moves on guide means acting as sealed rails to a floating pontoon or to a quay and being trapped by free grooved wheels which have the function of maintaining the cabin and provide mobility.

Il est donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif un mode de réalisation se référant aux dessins ci- énoncés :

  • La figure 1 représente, en coupe, le dispositif selon l'invention.
  • La figure 2 représente, du dessus, la cabine mobile.
  • La figure 3 représente, en coupe, le mécanisme mobile.
  • La figure 4 représente, en coupe, la rotule de lance.
  • La figure 5 représente, de face, la rotule de lance.
  • La figure 6 représente l'alimentation des lances.
  • La figure 8 représente, de face, la base de la cabine.
A non-limiting example is given of an embodiment referring to the above-mentioned drawings:
  • Figure 1 shows, in section, the device according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows, from above, the mobile cabin.
  • Figure 3 shows, in section, the movable mechanism.
  • Figure 4 shows, in section, the lance joint.
  • Figure 5 shows, from the front, the lance ball.
  • Figure 6 shows the feeding of the lances.
  • Figure 8 shows, from the front, the base of the cabin.

Le dispositif comporte une cabine mobile, transparente, en matière plastique incassable.The device comprises a mobile, transparent cabin made of unbreakable plastic.

a) Sur la paroi avant, deux orifices dans lesquels sont montées deux rotules 1 étancheïfiées, traversées par deux lances à pression d'eau 2 rigides ou télescopiques.a) On the front wall, two orifices in which are mounted two sealed ball joints 1, crossed by two rigid or telescopic water pressure lances 2.

Ces lances à pression sont reliées, par des tuyaux souples et renforcés à un té ou Y de dérivation 3 fixé sur la paroi latérale.These pressure lances are connected, by flexible pipes and reinforced with a tee or Y bypass 3 fixed on the side wall.

Chaque rotule 1 est prisionnière de deux disques à collerettes 30, fixés de part et d'autre sur la paroi, par des boulons 31.Each ball joint 1 is trapped by two flanged discs 30, fixed on either side on the wall, by bolts 31.

Entre rotule et collerettes, l'étanchéïté est assurée par deux joints, percés (32).Between ball joint and flanges, the seal is ensured by two seals, drilled (32).

Dans chaque rotule 1, au passage de la lance, deux gorges internes servent de logement 33 à deux joints toriques.In each ball joint 1, when the lance passes, two internal grooves serve as housing 33 for two O-rings.

Ces joints toriques permettent aux lances un mouvement rentrant ou sortant et assurent l'étanchéité de la cabine.These O-rings allow the lances to move in or out and seal the cabin.

La figure 4 et la figure 5 représentent la conception de la rotule, ci-dessus exposée.Figure 4 and Figure 5 show the design of the ball joint, discussed above.

Les conduits souples et renforcés 4, alimentant les deux lances à pression 2, sont sertis aux deux embouts d'un té ou Y 3 de dérivation raccordé lui-même à un autre conduit souple et renforcé 7, fixé sur la paroi latérale et sur lequel sont placés, à hauteur d'homme, une vanne haute pression 34 et vingt centimètres au-dessus environ, un manomètre 35.The flexible and reinforced conduits 4, supplying the two pressure lances 2, are crimped to the two ends of a tee or Y 3 bypass connected itself to another flexible and reinforced conduit 7, fixed on the side wall and on which are placed, at breast height, a high pressure valve 34 and about twenty centimeters above, a pressure gauge 35.

La figure 6 représente l'alimentation ci-dessus exposée.Figure 6 shows the above exposed power supply.

b) Sur la paroi arrière un mécanisme de mobilité 43.b) On the rear wall a mobility mechanism 43.

Pour assurer l'avance ou le recul de la cabine, un volant 6 muni d'une manivelle engendre, par son mouvement rotatif, l'entraînement d'un pignon 8 soudé à un manchon 9 jouant sur roulements à billes emboités sur un axe fixe soudé lui-même à un disque 10 boulonné sur la paroi.To ensure the advancement or the retraction of the cabin, a steering wheel 6 provided with a crank generates, by its rotary movement, the drive of a pinion 8 welded to a sleeve 9 playing on ball bearings fitted on a fixed axis itself welded to a disc 10 bolted to the wall.

Sur la figure 3, est représenté le mécanisme de mobilité qui découle de la force exercée sur la manivelle du volant 6 mentionné ci-dessus. Il se décompose comme suit:

  • - une chaine 13 est entrainée par la rotation du pignon de manivelle 8, lui-même entrainé par la pression manuelle exercée sur la manivelle du volant 6.
  • - cette chaine 13 entraine par ses mouvements un pignon d'axe de poulie 12 de diamètre supérieur au pignon de manivelle 8.
  • - l'axe de poulie 17 traverse la paroi arrière 11 par un chapeau boulonné 14 présentant deux gorges internes 15 dans lesquelles sont placés deux joints toriques d'étanchéité, ainsi qu'un percement destiné à la mise en place d'un graisseur técalémit 16. Après avoir traversé la paroi 11 par le chapeau 14, l'axe de poulie 17 traverse une roue à gorge 18 libre dans sa rotation et placée entre deux butées 19, fixées au moyen de vis de blocage. L'axe de poulie 17 présente, à son extrémité, un épaulement réduisant son diamètre et compense cette réduction par une butée mâle soudée, qui sert de guide et de corps à une poulie à trois gorges externe 20. Cette poulie 20 découvre, dans son trou d'axe, une encoche femelle qui se marie à la butée soudée de l'axe de poulie 17, lorsque la poulie est glissée dans cet axe.
In Figure 3 is shown the mobility mechanism which results from the force exerted on the crank of the steering wheel 6 mentioned above. It breaks down as follows:
  • a chain 13 is driven by the rotation of the crank pinion 8, itself driven by the manual pressure exerted on the crank of the steering wheel 6.
  • - this chain 13 causes by its movements a pinion of a pulley axis 12 of diameter greater than the crank pinion 8.
  • - the pulley axis 17 passes through the rear wall 11 by a bolted cap 14 having two internal grooves 15 in which two O-rings are placed, as well as a hole intended for the installation of a tecalemit lubricator 16 After passing through the wall 11 through the cap 14, the pulley axis 17 passes through a grooved wheel 18 free in its rotation and placed between two stops 19, fixed by means of locking screws. The pulley axis 17 has, at its end, a shoulder reducing its diameter and compensates for this reduction by a welded male stop, which serves as guide and body for a pulley with three external grooves 20. This pulley 20 discovers, in its axis hole, a female notch which marries with the welded stop of the pulley axis 17, when the pulley is slid in this axis.

L'axe de poulie 17 est taraudé intérieurement sur son extrémité à la dimension du boulon à collerette, au pas international, qui servira de butée à l'ensemble du mécanisme de poulie.

  • - la roue à gorge libre 18, traversée par l'axe de poulie 17, roule sur une tubulure 21 soudée à des pattes 22 se fixant dans le ponton, par scellement ou boulonnage,
  • - la tubulure 21 se trouve prisionnière par la mise en place d'une deuxième roue à gorge libre 23 qui tourne sur un axe fixe 25 soudé à un disque boulonné dans la paroi. Cette roue à gorge 23 est placée comme la précédente, entre deux butées 24.
The pulley axis 17 is internally threaded on its end to the dimension of the flange bolt, with an international pitch, which will serve as a stop for the entire pulley mechanism.
  • the free-grooved wheel 18, crossed by the pulley axis 17, rolls on a tube 21 welded to lugs 22 which are fixed in the pontoon, by sealing or bolting,
  • - The tubing 21 is trapped by the establishment of a second free groove wheel 23 which rotates on a fixed axis 25 welded to a disc bolted in the wall. This grooved wheel 23 is placed like the previous one, between two stops 24.

L'axe 25 est taraudé intérieurement sur son extrémité à la dimension du boulon à collerette, au pas international, qui servira de butée à l'ensemble du mécanisme de la roue 23.

  • - cette roue à gorge 23 roule sur une deuxième tubulure 26 soudée à des pattes 27 se fixant sur le ponton par scellement ou boulonnage.
  • - sur cette deuxième tubulure 26 vient s'ajuster une troisième roue à gorge libre 28 fixée sur la paroi selon le même principe que la roue à gorge 23. La mise en place de cette roue à gorge 28 permet à la cabine d'être totalement rattachée au ponton, tout en étant mobile.
The axle 25 is internally tapped on its end to the dimension of the flange bolt, with an international pitch, which will serve as a stop for the entire mechanism of the wheel 23.
  • - This grooved wheel 23 rolls on a second tube 26 welded to lugs 27 which are fixed to the pontoon by sealing or bolting.
  • - On this second tube 26 is fitted a third free-grooved wheel 28 fixed on the wall according to the same principle as the grooved wheel 23. The installation of this grooved wheel 28 allows the cabin to be completely attached to the pontoon, while being mobile.

c) Sur la base de la cabine un système de stabilisation. Sur les figures 7 et 8, la cabine comporte à sa base, un lest 36 destiné à la stabiliser.c) On the base of the cabin a stabilization system. In FIGS. 7 and 8, the cabin comprises at its base, a ballast 36 intended to stabilize it.

  • - ce lest est constitué de gueuse de plomb ou de limaille de plomb passées par la trappe 37 d'un plancher situé au dessus d'un autre plancher 38. Ce lest repose précisément sur ce plancher 38 supporté par des cornières boulonnées sur les parois.- This ballast consists of lead or lead filings passed through the hatch 37 of a floor located above another floor 38. This ballast rests precisely on this floor 38 supported by angles bolted to the walls.

Un vide apparait entre le plancher 38 support de lest et le plancher 39 fond de cabine.A vacuum appears between the floor 38 ballast support and the floor 39 bottom of the cabin.

d) Forme spécifique de la cabine.d) Specific shape of the cabin.

  • - La cabine comporte, à partir du niveau de la mer, une paroi 40 inclinée à 80 degrés environ, vers l'extérieur, jusqu'au plancher 39.- The cabin has, from sea level, a wall 40 inclined at about 80 degrees, outwards, to the floor 39.
  • -la cabine se trouve à ciel ouvert, elle est ceinturée sur la partie supérieure par des profilés soutenant des plaques de 20 centimètres environ, qui partent sur l'extérieur en oblique.-the cabin is open to the sky, it is surrounded on the upper part by profiles supporting plates of approximately 20 cm, which go obliquely outwards.
e) Protection de la cabine.e) Cab protection.

  • - l'ensemble de la cabine est protégé dans ses mouvements par une protection qui, partant de la saillie des supports cimentés ou boulonnés sur les flancs du ponton, court sur la longueur de ce ponton ou du quai si l'installation se fait en cet endroit.- the entire cabin is protected in its movements by a protection which, starting from the projection of the cemented or bolted supports on the sides of the pontoon, runs along the length of this pontoon or of the quay if the installation is done in this place.
  • - un renfort de support est envisageable par fer à U, boulonné en diagonale, dans la perspective de longues protections.- a support reinforcement is possible by U-shaped iron, bolted diagonally, in the perspective of long protections.

Inexistante à ce jour, cette station est sans nul doute possible commercialisable à l'échelon national et international. Le rapport du service rendu, comparé aux procédés tradionnels, est d'un pour trois dans la dépense du consommateur.Nonexistent to date, this station is undoubtedly possible to be sold on a national and international level. The ratio of the service rendered, compared to the traditional procedures, is one to three in the expense of consumer.

Le rapport de fonctionnement de la station est directement lié à l'obligation qu'ont les plaisanciers de débarber les coques au moins une fois l'an. La consommation de carburant excessive dans le cas d'une coque souillée, l'atoût majeur d'une bonne glisse pour les voiliers effectuant ou non des régates font de la station, le complément indispensable de la plaisance.The station's operating report is directly linked to the obligation that boaters have to unload hulls at least once a year. The excessive fuel consumption in the case of a dirty hull, the major advantage of a good glide for sailboats performing or not racing make the station, the essential complement to pleasure.

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1. Autonomous station or supporting structure for cleaning the submerged parts of floating bodies or alike comprising a semi-immerged cabin (40) with an open roof (41), independent of the said station or supporting structure (42) and provided with:
- means (43) for displacement of the said cabin with respect to its supporting structure,
- means (2) for cleaning the said submerged part or bodies while observing directly the process from or through the said cabin (40) and,
- stabilizing means (36) to maintain the said cabin (40) in the required semi-immerged position with respect to the said station or supporting structure (42).
2. Autonomous station according to the claim 1 hereabove, where the means (43) providing the possibility of displacement of the said cabin (40) are composed of guiding means (21, 26) for the wheels which are fixed to the said cabin and follow the said guiding means (21, 26) and, for a set of pulleys (17, 20) and pinions (8, 12) securing the mobility of the said cabin (40) along the said guiding means (21, 26) fixed to the said station or supporting structure (42).
3. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1 or 2 hereabove, wherein the forward side (11) of the said cabin (40) is provided with at least two openings in which are mounted at least two sealed rotary bearings (1), so as to ensure a complete sweeping on the surfaces which are to be processed by means of at least two hose-pipes (2) for water under pressure.
4. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2 or 3 hereabove, wherein the said cabin (40) moves along the said guiding means acting as rails (21 and 26) sealed to a floating pontoon or to a quay (42) and clamped between grooved free wheels (18) provided for maintaining the cabin and securing its mobility.
5. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3 or 4 hereabove, wherein the displacement of the cabin (40) is obtained by rotation of a pulley (20) which is driven from inside the cabin (40) by manual operation of a hand-wheel coupled to a pinion (8) which is connected by a chain to a driven pinion (12) welded to the shaft (17) of the pulley (20).
6. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1,2,3,4 or 5 hereabove, wherein the shaft (17) of the pulley (20) goes through the rear side (11) through a fitting (14) provided with a lubrificator (16) and two internal grooves (15) in which are disposed two 0-rings.
7. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3,4, 5 or 6 hereabove, wherein water tightness at the passages of the hose-pipes through the wall of the cabin is secure by means of joints (32) inserted between the rotary bearings and the clamping flanges on one side, and by means of 0-rings (33) fitted into grooves on the other, the said O-rings (33) securing simultaneously the required water tightness and the possibility of outwards and inwards sliding displacement of the pressurized hose-pipes (2).
8. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ou 7 here above, wherein the pressurized hose-pipes (2) are connected by means of reinforced hoses (4) to a T - or a Y - shaped pipe-union (3) which is crimped to the reinforced feed-pipe (7) fixed to the side-wall of the cabin.
9. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 hereabove, wherein the cabin (40) includes near its lower end a ballast-load (36), introduced through a trapdoor (37) and laid on a floor (38) which is supported by internal L-irons bolted to the walls of the cabin (40).
10. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 hereabove, wherein the bottom deck (39) of the cabin (40) supports no weight since it is disposed below the deck (38) supporting the ballast.
11. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10 here above, wherein the forward side (40) of the said cabin (40) is inclined at about 80° with respect to the bottom-deck (39).
12. Autonomous station according to anyone of the claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 hereabove, wherein the cabin (40) remains protected, during its displacements by protective means (41) by protective means extending along the length of the pontoon or of the quay (42), from cemented or bolted supports.
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