Dock device

Claim 2

A dock device comprising a bottom for supporting a ship or the like and longitudinal walls standing up from the bottom, a carriage adapted to be moved by driving means along a longitudinal wall, an arm pivotably and deflectably connected with the carriage, swinging and deflecting means for moving the arm with respect to the carriage, a head carrying a processing member and being rotatably and tiltably connected with the free end of said arm and tilting and rotating means for moving said head with respect to the arm, characterized in that horizontal and vertical guide wheels to be alternately actuated by setting means are connected with the head, each of said wheels being journalled on said head about an axis which is fixed relative to such head.

Claim 3

A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the setting means are coupled with the deflecting means and the driving means.

Claim 4

A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the swinging and deflecting means are relatively blocked so that each time at least one of said means is out of operation.

Claim 5

A device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the processing member comprises directing means coupled with the setting means for the sets of wheels.

Claim 6

A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the processing member comprises directing means coupled with the setting means for the sets of wheels.

Claim 7

A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the swinging and deflecting means are relatively blocked so that each time at least one of said means is out of operation.

Claim 8

A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the processing member comprises directing means coupled with the setting means for the sets of wheels.

Claim 9

In a dock device adapted to support the hull of a maritime vessel and including a carriage having a boom carried thereby for rotation about horizontal and vertical axes, track means for guiding said carriage back and forth along a given path, a processing member carried by said boom, actuating means for raising and lowering said boom whereby said processing member is located at different levels with respect to the hull, and drive means for traveling said carriage back and forth along said path, the improvement wherein: said processing member includes a movable support and first actuator means for positioning said support in either one of two positions, horizontal wheel means rotatably carried by said support about a vertical axis for engagement with the hull only in one of the two positions of said movable support and vertical wheel means rotatably carried by said support about a horizontal axis for engagement with the hull only in the other of said two positions of said movable support, and control means for causing said first actuator means to move said support to said other position thereof when said actuating means is enabled and for causing said first actuator means to move said support to said one position thereof when said actuating means is disabled.

Claim 10

In a dock device adapted to support the hull of a maritime vessel and including a carriage having a boom carried thereby for rotation about horizontal and vertical axes, track means for guiding said carriage back and forth along a given path, a processing member carried by said boom, actuating means for raising and lowering said boom whereby said processing member is located at different levels with respect to the hull, and drive means for traveling said carriage back and forth along said path, the improvement wherein: said processing member includes a movable support and first actuator means for positioning said support in either one of two positions, horizontal wheel means rotatably carried by said support about a vertical axis for engagement with the hull only in one of the two positions of said movable support and vertical wheel means rotatably carried by said support about a horizontal axis for engagement with the hull only in the other of said two positions of said movable support, and control means for causing said first actuator means to move said support to said other position thereof when said actuating means is enabled and for causing said first actuator means to move said support to said one position thereof when said actuating means is disabled.

Claim 11

In a dock device as defined in claim 8 wherein said processing member includes a spray head movable between first and second positions, and second actuator means for moving said spray head to either one of said first and second positions, said control means including direction control means for selecting the direction of movement of said carriage along said path, and means responsive to selection of one direction of movement of said carriage for causing said second actuator means to move said spray head to its first position and responsive to selection of the opposite direction of movement of said carriage, for causing said second actuator means to move said spray head to its second position.

Claim 12

In a dock device as defined in claim 9 wherein said control means disables said actuating means when said drive means is enabled and vice versa.

Claim 13

In a dock device as defined in claim 10 wherein said spray head is vertically elongate and is mounted for rocking movement about a horizontal axis.

Claim 14

In a dock device as defined in claim 8 wherein said first actuator means comprises a double acting hydraulic piston/cylinder.

Claim 15

In a dock device as defined in claim 8 wherein said first actuator means comprises a spring device normally urging said support to said other position thereof and a single acting hydraulic piston/cylinder for urging said support to said one position thereof.