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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Bjørn T. Akselsen, Søreidgrend, NO;
Steinar Arefjord, Brattholmen, NO;
Lars Bjoland, Ågotnes, NO;
Magne K. Oen, Bergen, NO;
Bjørn T. Akselsen, Søreidgrend, NO;
Steinar Arefjord, Brattholmen, NO;
Lars Bjoland, Ågotnes, NO;
Magne K. Oen, Bergen, NO;
Viking Life Saving Equipment, Skogsvag, NO;
Abstract
There is disclosed a device of an evacuation system, in particular a foldable evacuation means which is arranged to be lowered from a parked folded up position on the vessel to be evacuated to stretched out position on a rescue device, the bottom section of which including a weight device to keep the evacuation means sufficient extended in use position, an including a set of one or more cables/wires connected to a winch arrangement for lowering and lifting the evacuation means. The evacuation device is characterized in that the weight device is arranged to be positioned on the rescue device, and the system includes means to compensate for varying distances between the vessel to be evacuated and the rescue vessel.