A SYSTEM FOR HANDLING OF FISHING GEARS

Abstract: A system for the transfer of a net formed fishing gear to a bin (2) aboard a vessel (1), which in association with a pull means (5) comprises a guide means (6) which is adapted to perform a swinging movement in mutually different planes relatively to the pull means.

Description: A system for handling of fishing gears. The present ' invention relates to a system for handling fish¬ ing gears, viz. the transfer of a net formed fishing gear into a bin aboard a vessel, and is particularly intended for use aboard pod or purse seine vessels in which it is of importance that a gear, such as a seine which is to be hau¬ led after use may be cleared for new..setting as quickly and simply as possible. In connection with fishing gears which are provided with loads along one edge, the ground, and with floats, cork, along the other edge, it is of importance that the gear, dur¬ ing setting, be orderly disposed in the gear bin, with the ground along one side of the vessel and the cork on the other. It is now usual that the gear is drawn by means of a winch at one side of the vessel, is then passed over in highly positioned pull roller arranges at the end of a boom and thence downwardly into a bin in which the crew is used to place the gear in order, a task which is both heavy and cum¬ bersome, as the gear is arriving at a relatively high speed and may be very heavy. The present invention relates to a system of the type which comprises a winch for the hauling of the net and a highly positioned pull roller for the transfer of the net into the bin and the purpose of the invention is to avoid the heavy manual labour thereby that the pull means for the gear is associated with a guide means and means adapted to cause the net positioning means to perform swinging movements in mut¬ ually different planes. In such a system, the gear may be placed in orderly turns in the bin, so that it may be set without thereby forming tangles or disorder. O FI y Vy The system according to the invention preferably is in the form of a tube, which may possibly be telescopic, and which is adapted to cooperate with jack means which are adapted to cause the tube to perform swinging movements for the guidance of the positioning of the gear in the bin. Further features of the system according to the invention will appear from the claims and from the following des¬ cription of an embodiment of a system applied to a pod or purse seine vessel. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a side view of the system, Fig. 2 is a top view of the system, Fig. 3 is a view of the system as seen from the left in fig. 1, i.e. in the fore and aft direction of the vessel. Fig. 4 is a side view of a detail of the system. In the drawing, 1 is the aft portion of a fishing vessel, in which a bin 2 is arranged for the reception of a net which may be hauled in by means of a winch 3 at the side of the vessel and carried through a tube 4 over a pull unit 5 positioned at a high point aboard, for instance at a boom ende and then to the bin 2. The seine is to be set out from the bin 2. According to the invention, the pull unit 5 is associ¬ ated with a guide means extending between the unit 5 and the bin 2 and made in the form of a tube 6 which may be made monolitic, in one piece, or, as shown, telescopic for adaption to the distance between the unit 5 and the various points, athwartship and alongship, wherein the the net is to be placed, and to the amount of net accomo- dated in the bin 2. The tube 6 is provided with an inlet collar 7 and an outlet nozzle 8 which, possibly, may be provided with means 9, fig. 4, adapted to twist the net so as to facillitate the positioning of the net in the bin 2. For the purpose of varying the length of the tube 6 and the swinging of the same in athwartship and alongship direc-i tions during the hauling of the net and the placing of the same in the bin 2, the tube 6 is associated with means, in the form of jacks, as shown hydraulic piston-cylinder means 10, 11 and 12, which in step effect setting of the tube length and swinging of the tube so that the net is placed in the bin 2 with the ground at the same side of the vessel as the winch 3 and the cork at the opposite side, so that the bin is utilized to the most and the subsequent giving out of the net may be performed without difficulties. In the embodiment shown, the nozzle 8 is positioned at the outlet of the tube 6. However, it may prove advantageous to position the means for twisting the gear at an earlier point during the advance of the gear, for instance along the length of the tube 6, or even in the guide tube 4. _ OMPI

Claims: Claims 1. A system for guided positioning of a net formed dishing gear in a bin aboard a vessel, of the type which comprises a winch (3) for the hauling of the net and a pull roller (5) positioned at a high level for the transfer of the net to the bin (2) , c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the pull roller (5) is associated with a net positioning means (6) as well as means (10 to 12) causing the net positioning means (6) to perform av swinging movement relatively to the pull roller (5) in mutually different planes. 2. A system as claimed in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the net positio¬ ning means (6) is in the form of a monolitic tube. 3. A system as claimed in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the net positio¬ ning means is in the form of a telescopic tube. 4. A system as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 3, c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the swinging means (10 to 12) are in the form of jacks. 5. A system as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 4, c h a r a c t e r i s e d i n that the net positioning means (6) is provided with a tube formed outlet (8) which is coaxial with the net positioning means and rotatable about the axis of the same.

Inventors: BJOERSHOL K
Applicants: BJOERSHOL K
Application year: 1981
Main classification: A01K75
IPC codes: A01K73, A01K75, B63B35, B65H45, B65H54, B65H57