SYSTEM FOR LOADING/UNLOADING A VEHICLE INTO/FROM CARRIER SHIP, AND CORRESPONDING CARRIER SHIP

摘要

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A SYSTEM FOR LOADING/UNLOADING A VEHICLE INTO/FROM A CARRIER SHIP THROUGH AT LEAST ONE OPENING PROVIDED IN THE REAR OF SAID SHIP COMPRISING AN ANGLED VEHICLE-RECEIVING RAMP (11) COMBINED WITH A MOTOR-DRIVEN MEANS (12) FOR LOADING/UNLOADING THE VEHICLE, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE MOTOR-DRIVEN MEANS FOR LOADING/UNLOADING THE VEHICLE COMPRISES A CROSSBEAME-SHAPED MEANS (13) FOR THE SHIP THAT EXTENDS ABOVE THE RAMP (11) AND IS COMBINED WITH A VEHICLE-HOISTING/RELEASING CABLE (18), WHICH IS IN TURN COMBINED WITH A FIRST DRIVE MEANS (14) FOR HOISTING/RELEASING THE VEHICLE, AND IN THAT THE CROSSBEAM- SHAPED MEANS (13) IS LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE, BY MEANS OF A SECOND DRIVE MEANS (15) ABOVE THE RAMP (11), BETWEEN A REAR POSITION FOR HOISTING/RELEASING THE VEHICLE AND A FRONT POSITION FOR STORING THE VEHICLE ON THE RAMP IN THE SHIP.