Zodiac International

Survitec Sas

Cédric Dronne

Pascal Michaud

Marc Lavorata

Guillaume Simon-Bouhet

Sébastien Fourny

Guillaume Simon Bouhet

The rescue device for the passengers and crew of a ship includes: a container that contains survival equipment; a system that is intended for stowing said container relative to the deck of the ship and contains at least one strap and a system for multimodally attaching and releasing said container; an airbag-type inflatable balloon set up between a structure, secured to the deck, and said container, said structure defining a passage for the passengers when needed; and a means for releasing the airbag set up on the wheelhouse of said ship. The frame-shaped structure is formed of: two side posts; a lower cradle, on which said container rests; an upper crosspiece; and a plate set up inside the ship and acting as a counterbearing for the airbag when said container is ejected.

On-board rescue device for a ship

The invention relates to methods and devices for launching into the water, from a height H greater than a predetermined height h, a life-saving object designed to be able to be launched into the water in free fall from this maximum height h. One end of a halyard is fixedly hooked to the life-saving object or to the launch site; the halyard functionally cooperates respectively with the launch site or the life-saving object so that the life-saving object falling by gravity is braked on and/or by the halyard over at least one part (H-h) of its drop height. By controlling the braking effect, the life-saving object, falling from the height H in a braked manner over at least one part (H-h) of this height hits the surface of the water () with a kinetic energy not exceeding that which it would have at the end of a non-braked free fall from at most the height h.

Method and device for launching into the water a means for life-saving at sea from a height greater than its maximum launch height

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Barbezieux, France

Cédric Dronne