LIFE RAFT CONTAINER (VARIANTS) Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC B63C9/04 

FIELD: marine navigation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of maritime navigation, namely to variants of life raft containers. According to the first variant, the container of the life raft contains a body and a lid with stiffeners, which have flanges protruding outward along the perimeter and a sealing gasket, held in assembly by bandages with a breaking link. The body has straight-walled sides with a flat bottom. Inside, along the straight-walled sides to the bottom, the body contains trapezoidal stiffeners, on which a concave liner, consisting of two symmetrical parts with their own stiffeners, rests. The distance between the outer parts of the liner stiffeners and the bottom of the body exceeds the vertical size of the hydrodynamic anchor. According to the second variant, the body of the life raft container consists of two symmetrical parts, assembled with a lid connected through a sealing gasket. The body assembly rests on a box with stiffeners. The end faces of the box have a cutout in the form of a cross-section of the body assembly. The box and lid are held in assembly by additional bandages with a breaking link. The distance between the outer parts of the body stiffeners and the bottom of the box exceeds the vertical size of the hydrodynamic anchor.

EFFECT: safety of the life raft is achieved in various conditions of its transportation and maintenance on the ship.

2 cl, 7 dwg