FR2497996A1 - Waterproof in-submersible electronic instrument case for pleasure boat - contains radio receiver, barometer, depth gauge and distress beacon - Google Patents

Abstract

The instrument case is constructed of double-walled plastic material (P1,P2,P3,P4). Unoccupied space is filled with foam. The materials used are impermeable and non-perishable. When closed, the lid makes a water-tight seal with a flexible joint (J). The case is able to absorb shocks and bumps. The instrument dials occupy recesses (TR1,TB,TS,T4) in the one-piece top face (F). A rectangular recess (TA) contains the batteries and instructions can be read through the transparent cover (C2). An electronic clock can control the switching on of the radio receiver. A loud-speaker membrane conveys sound directly across the front face from the radio and alarm units. An aerial made of a metallised plastic ribbon, assuring correct radio reception is incorporated in the case. The device is intended for marine use.

Description

DESCRIPTION
The present invention relates to boating safety for the use of users of pleasure craft
There are devices providing either the time, the radio reception, or the atmospheric pressure, or the depth of the bottom etc ...

all more or less delicate and fearful of water, requiring special installations, generally fixed
The device makes it possible to avoid many disadvantages. The device is very easily transportable, in the form of a small suitcase. The suitcase is unsinkable in any case. Closed, it becomes waterproof. By its design it is not afraid of shocks. Easy transhipment. The device is unique to offer in the same unsinkable box, essential marine safety information; radio reception, weather security, depth of funds with programmable maximum shallow alarm, barometer, time indication and distress beacon. The device allows the reception of meteorological security bulletins on land as well as on board, thus avoiding the risks of going to sea without knowledge of the weather. The automatic start-up of the security reception part is carried out by the system, at broadcast times weather safety notices
The device which is the subject of the invention uses a suitcase V with double walls of plastic material P1 P2 P3 P4 as a box. Anti-shock, by the flexibility of the walls. Unsinkable, through blocked air holes. Waterproof when closed by the addition of a flexible O-ring J, on the closure perimeter. The front face F made integral with the interior edges of the cabinet by the flexible seal J, which gives it the necessary seal; is designed in a single face formed of synthetic material provided with cells (Tr, Ts,
Ta, Tc, Th, Tb), forming an anti-sun visor and protecting the splashes arranged in each space from water splashes. The parallelepipedal alveolus
Ta of the battery compartment is isolated from the internal part, and protected from the outside by a transparent cover C2 allowing the reading of information written on a card I1, slipped under it. The fact that all of the control members is not protruding from said front face also gives the entire device additional security against possible shocks. The electronics (clock) control the start-up of the analog reception part at safety times. The same rot-proof diaphragm speaker is used for the sounder alarm and the radio reception. The same antenna incorporated in the case and, consisting of a plasticized metallic ribbon ensures radio reception and transmission on the distress frequency
The device that can be used by boaters with boats with or without a hard or inflatable hull cabin will have several missions * Beneficial, through essential safety information: weather radio, variation in atmospheric pressure, weather (time, tide control, etc.) , deep sea alarm by ultrasonic sounder, the probe of which can be fixed to all hulls by two suction cups (wooden shell, plastic, inflatable, rubber, etc.) and automatic beacon for transmitting conventional distress signals
Leisure, reception of radio broadcasting ranges, more marine and beacon. For amateur fishing localization of the bottom of schools of fish and characteristic of the bottom by ultrasonic sounder

Claims (9)

 1. Device making it possible to obtain, in an autonomous unsinkable box, nautical safety information for the use of boating yachtsmen  Characterized by the fact that instruments for radio reception, ultrasonic sounding, atmospheric pressure measurement, time display, and possibly radio distress signal transmission have been assembled in the same case, waterproof case , unsinkable, rot-proof.  2. Device according to claim 1 Characterized by the use of a double-walled suitcase made unsinkable for safety boating use by obstruction of the molding holes  3. Device according to claim 2 Characterized by the fact that a rot-proof flexible material seal ensures the sealing of the front face with the base of the box as well as the sealing of the bag when it is closed  4. Device according to claim 1 Characterized by a monobloc celled front face for each function  5. Device according to claim 4 Characterized by cells deep enough that no display or control device protrudes  6. Device according to claim 5 Characterized by the anti-reflective and anti-projection effect of the edges of the cells.  7. Device according to claim 1 Characterized by a logical electronic clock electronically switching the radio weather receiver to security times  8. Device according to claim 1 Characterized by the fact that a rewound plasticized metal strip ensures radio reception and the emission of distress signals  9. Device according to claim 1 Characterized by the fact that a loudspeaker with a plasticized membrane ensures the dissemination of information on reception of coded voice (e.g. morse code), deep bottom alarm signals from the depth sounder part