COUPLER FOR CONNECTING PUSHER WITH NONSELFPROPELLED SHIP Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding. SUBSTANCE: coupler includes aft side stops-fairings with vertical bearing beams on nonselfpropelled ship forming recess for receiving the fore extremity of pusher. Pusher is provided with grip made in form of hook with its tip downward. Hook is mounted in vertical guides for vertical motion in them; mating member is mounted on nonselfpropelled ship in center of her stern; it includes thimble located horizontally and connected by its front portion with longitudinal horizontal main rod rotating about its axis and running through main double-acting shock absorber secured on deck by means of transverse hinges; it is provided with tensioner and side shock absorbers. Sides of pusher rest through soft fenders-shock absorbers on planes of vertical bearing beams of aft side stops-fairings of nonselfpropelled ship. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 3 cl, 2 dwg