EP3700809A1 - Pick-up device and pick-up method for a watercraft - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for receiving a watercraft (1). A ramp (10) can be moved relative to a stationary support (2) between a pickup position and a park position. The ramp (10) comprises a frame (4) and a deformable body (5) fixed to the frame (4). When the ramp (10) is in the receiving position, the deformable body (5) points towards the watercraft (1) to be picked up and is located at least partially above the water surface (WO). The vessel (1) moves on the ramp (10) and deforms from above the deformable body (5). The watercraft (1) is pulled out of the water and spent on the carrying device (2).

Description

 Receiving device and receiving method for a watercraft

The invention relates to a receiving device for receiving at least one watercraft, in particular a receiving device for a boat on board a mothership.

Often, a ship carries at least one boat with it while the ship is afloat. This boat is sometimes lowered into water and later caught up again and picked up by the ship. One way to bring the boat back on board is to have a crane on board the ship lift the boat out of the water and drop it aboard the ship. To save a crane, the ship is often provided with a ramp which is located only slightly above the water surface. The boat pulls up the ramp on its own or is pulled onto the ramp. Then the boat is moved to a desired position on the ramp and held there. Because the ramp is downhill, the boat can quickly slide over the ramp back into the water as needed. Such an arrangement is used, for example, aboard rescue boats.

US 2016/0 375 965 AI shows a recording device for watercraft (D l: launch, recovery, and handling system, LRHS), which is installed on board a ship 14. This recording device can carry two watercraft (waterborne vessels, RHIB 201 and RHIB 202). RHIB means Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat. The receiving device comprises three carrying devices, each of which is capable of carrying a watercraft: a rear carrying device (aft cradle 15) seen in the direction of travel of the ship, a middle transfer device (transfer cradle 16) and a front cradle 17. The rear support device 15 can be spent in a rear zone, in which it is partially below the water surface (water mission zone area, WMZ area 22). The front support 17 is in a storage area 24.

In US 2008/0202405 AI a mothership (vessel or host ship 5) is described, which can optionally take a dinghy 20 or an underwater vehicle 25 out of the water and to move on board, cf. Figure l. A delivery unit (launch / recovery device 10) aboard the mothership can be optionally pivoted to a position A, in which the conveyor unit 10 is partially below the water surface, or in a further position B, in which the conveyor unit 10 is completely under water. In position A, the conveyor unit can 10 to receive a dinghy 20. In position B, the conveyor unit 10 can

Underwater vehicle to record. A pickup vessel 20, 25 travels to the conveyor unit 10. The conveyor unit 10 pulls the vessel 20, 25 out of the water and spends it on a stationary ramp aboard the parent vessel 5. In one embodiment, the conveyor unit 10 draws the vessel 20, 25 with assistance a bar chain conveyor with "traction members" 55 and end pieces 60 from the water, see Figures 2A to 2D In the embodiment of Figure 3A and Figure 3B, the watercraft 20, 25 travel on a V-shaped element 55 having a surface 90. This surface 90 causes great friction between the V-shaped element 55 and the watercraft 20, 25. The V-shaped element 55 with the watercraft 20, 25 moves and pulls the watercraft 20, 25 out of the water Figure 6 shows a guiding and driving unit for such V-shaped elements 55. Figure 13 shows how two sets of inclined bars 455 form the V-shaped elements of the ramp 2008/098393 AI is a lowerable platform 1 is known, which is hinged to the rear 8 of a watercraft 10 and can be raised and lowered by means of a lifting mechanism 3, see. Fig. I. Under the platform 1, a buoyancy body 2 is mounted with a hollow body 43. In the embodiment according to FIG. 5, a tender receiver 23 is mounted on the platform 1, which is capable of carrying a tender boat 27. With the help of a pair of rollers 25, the tender receptacle 23 can be moved in the horizontal direction relative to the platform 1 to the watercraft 10 out. FIG. 6 shows an embodiment with a plurality of modular buoyancy bodies 2 a, which are adapted to a drive of the watercraft 10 projecting into the water.

FIG. 1 of DE 102011109092 A1 shows a system 1 which is mounted on board a ship 8 and is capable of recovering an underwater vehicle 2. By means of a rope 50, the underwater vehicle 2 is pulled onto a rescue ramp 12 of the system 1. At this Bergerampe 12 a wave compensation ramp 24 is mounted such that the wave compensation ramp 24 can move up and down relative to the Bergerampe 12 about a horizontal pivot axis S. The - seen in the direction of movement of the underwater vehicle 2 - front end 26 of the wave compensation ramp 24 is connected via a hinge 28 with the Bergerampe 12. Near its free rear end 34 two floating bodies 36, 38 are mounted, cf. Figure 1 and Figure 4. The rear float 38 is mounted on a receiving device 40 for the underwater vehicle 2, see. Figure 4. The underwater vehicle 2 runs between two spread guide rails 130, 132 on the recovery ramp 12 to, see. Figure 7, and is held between the pushed together guide rails 130 and 132, see. FIG. 8.

WO 2016/088033 A1 shows an apparatus (inflatable apparatus 1) with an inflatable fender, which can be hung on one side of the shell 21 of a boat 20 and protects the shell 21 from mechanical damage. This device 1 comprises a support structure 2 and an inflatable bag 3, which is fastened to a segment 8 of the support structure 2.

It is also known to let a boat on a slipway with a sloping ramp to the water. A carrier, e.g. a trailer or trolley, carries the boat. The carrier may be configured as a trailer for a motor vehicle. The carrier with the boat rolls over the ramp into the water until the boat floats due to its buoyancy. To get the boat out of the water, the carrier is put into the water, the boat goes on the carrier, and the carrier with the boat is pulled up.

The object of the invention is to provide a receiving device with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a receiving method with the features of the preamble of claim 23 for receiving at least one watercraft, wherein the risk is reduced that a large amount of water penetrates into the receiving device, when the ramp is in the pick-up position and the vessel is driving on the ramp.

This object is achieved by a recording device having the features specified in claim 1 and a recording method with the features specified in claim 23. Advantageous developments emerge from the subclaims, the following description and the drawings.

The solution according to the recording device can at least one on the water

to take up floating watercraft. it includes

 • a stationary support device and

· A movable ramp.

The ramp

 • can be relative to the stationary support device in at least one receiving position

move and • includes a frame and a deformable body.

The deformable body is attached to the frame of the ramp. If the ramp is in the or a pick-up position, the deformable body points toward the watercraft in the water. The deformable body is at least partially held above the water surface. A male vessel drives onto the ramp and deforms the deformable body from above. The watercraft on the ramp is pulled out of the water and led to the stationary support device. The body is made of a deformable material. This means that the vertical dimension of the body under load is reduced compared to a no-load condition. The body deforms more than the frame of the ramp. The deformable body points toward a male vessel when the ramp is in or a pickup position and the vessel is floating on the water. While the ramp is in the or a pick-up position, the deformable body projects at least partially out of the water. The watercraft floats up to the ramp and floats on the water

 • bumps against the deformable body or

 • pushes against the free end of the frame at an acute angle and is deflected by the frame and guided against the deformable body.

In both cases, the vessel reaches the deformable body and deforms the deformable body from above. Because the body is deformable, the vessel will not be damaged. Thanks to the invention, the ramp need not be lowered so that its free end is so far under water that the distance of the free end to the water surface is at least equal to the draft of a watercraft to be picked up on the water. This draft often varies and is often unknown, so a conventional ramp often has to be lowered further than necessary. Thanks to the deformable body, the ramp needs to be less deep in the water, so with less depth than the depth of the

Watercraft. Nevertheless, the watercraft floating on the water can travel on the ramp or be dragged or pushed thereby deforming the body and pushing the deformable body down sufficiently for the vessel to ride on the ramp and the ramp at least partially below the vessel located. Conversely, the vessel is raised, reducing its draft in the water as it rides on the ramp. In particular, due to this feature - compared to conventional recording devices - less water enters the

Cradle when the vessel is driving on the ramp. This is particularly advantageous if the receiving device belongs to another watercraft, which floats on the water when it receives the watercraft. A large amount of water ingress can affect the stability of the other vessel.

It is not necessary that a lifting device, e.g. a crane lifting a watercraft out of the water. Because the vessel is traveling on the ramp, the vessel may be picked up while the other vessel is in motion and need not be stopped to record.

In addition, the deformable design of the body allows a marine vessel to travel at a greater speed to the ramp and then to the ramp without the risk of damage to the vessel or ramp compared to a ramp constructed entirely of rigid material. The deformable body takes kinetic energy of the moving due to the induced deformation

Watercraft and brakes the ride of the vessel without damaging the vessel. Because the vessel can travel faster on the ramp compared to a rigid ramp, time is saved.

A male vessel, which travels to the ramp on the water and then rides on the ramp, is at least temporarily above the deformable body and comes into contact with the deformable body. To a certain extent, thanks to its deformability, the deformable body automatically adapts to the underwater profile of the vessel to be photographed. Thanks to this configuration, the same

Recording device successively watercraft with different underwater profiles record. It is not necessary that the underwater profile of the watercraft being surveyed be known or sampled accurately. Furthermore, no actuator is needed, which adapts the receiving device to the male vessel. The

Feature that the ramp has a deformable body, thus increasing the

Interoperability of the cradle. The deformable body is mounted on the frame of the ramp. This frame can be made of a rigid material and designed to withstand the environment. It is arranged and positioned such that the deformable body is always, or at least temporarily, located between the frame and a waterborne submersible vessel when the ramp is in the receiving position. Thus, the watercraft does not bump at all or only at an acute angle and in a small area against the preferably rigid frame, which reduces the risk of damage. The frame makes it easier to move the ramp in and out of the picking position, even against gravity. It is not necessary to use an actuator or a

Attach fasteners on the deformable body itself.

In one embodiment, the frame of the ramp is formed of steel or other metal and therefore particularly stable and robust. The deformable body does not include a metallic component that comes into contact with a marine vessel to be picked up. These

Design reduces the risk that a boat to be picked up is damaged by the ramp.

According to the solution, the deformable body faces a male vessel when the ramp is in the or a pick-up position. At least part of the deformable body is located below the male vessel. In one embodiment, the vessel slides over the deformable body toward the stationary support. The watercraft comes here in contact with a surface of the deformable body, preferably with the upwardly facing surface. Various configurations are possible to avoid friction between the bottom of the

Watercraft and to reduce the watercraft surface of the deformable body. In one embodiment, this surface of the deformable body is made of a material which results in a low frictional force between the deformable body and the watercraft. In another embodiment, a sequence of rollers is applied to the surface of the deformable body. The vessel glides over these rollers and rotates the rollers. Preferably, a distance between the watercraft and the rest of the deformable body occurs while the watercraft is sliding over the deformable body so that the watercraft contacts only the casters but not another component of the deformable body comes. The remainder of the deformable body may therefore be made of a material having a high frictional force with the vessel.

The deformable body can be designed as a solid body. The specific gravity of the deformable solid body is preferably less than that of water, so that the solid body can float on the water. The buoyancy generated by the solid body is greater than the weight of the ramp. The solid body can be made of styrofoam or another sufficiently lightweight plastic. In contrast, the deformable body preferably comprises at least one cavity. This cavity is surrounded by a sheath of a deformable material. The or at least one cavity can be filled with air or with another gas, which increases the volume of the cavity and the gas is in the cavity under pressure. This configuration allows the gas to be pumped or otherwise conveyed into the cavity when a watercraft is to be received.

The inflated or otherwise gas filled cavity ramp is in the or a pickup position and can be deformed by the craft when the vessel is to be picked up and abutted against the deformable body. The gas can be removed again from the or at least one hollow body, and the hollow body and thus the ramp then take up less space. This makes the ramp easier to stow or otherwise spend in a parked position when the ramp is currently not needed. Compared with a cavity-less ramp, less space is needed to accommodate the deformable body after the ramp is moved away from the pickup position.

It is also possible that the deformable body has a deformable solid body and a

Hollow body comprises, wherein the solid body can preferably float on the water. This embodiment makes it possible for the deformable body to float on the water even when the cavity can not be completely or completely inflated, for example due to a leak. It is also possible that a cavity can be filled with gas and emptied again and another cavity is permanently filled with gas. In one embodiment, the or at least one cavity can be filled with gas such that the volume of the gas-filled cavity becomes sufficiently large and the buoyancy of the deformable body is greater than its weight, preferably at least twice as large as the weight. The deformable body can float on the water. The male vessel bumps against the floating deformable body. This configuration facilitates the desired operation that the vessel pushes the deformable body down below the water surface.

In one embodiment, not only the deformable body alone, but even the entire ramp may float in or on the water, at least as long as the watercraft to be picked up is not on the ramp. "Floating" means that the volume of the ramp including the Preferably, the rigid frame in the or a receiving position is greater than the weight of the water displaced by the ramp The ramp with the deformable body is in the receiving position, floats on the water and can be deformed by the vessel when the vessel is to be picked up Therefore, the ramp does not submerge in the receiving position even if it is not carried by any other part of the receiving device, and part of the ramp protrudes from the water Water.The ramp is permanently in this buoyant state or settles in these

bring floating state, for example, by filling a cavity with gas.

The ramp with the emptied hollow body is not necessarily buoyant. In fact, the property of being buoyant is not required when the ramp is in or parked.

In another embodiment, the deformable body may move up and down relative to the frame of the ramp when the ramp in or

Recording position is and the deformable body floats on the water. These

Design makes it possible to move the holding frame of the ramp in a predetermined position under water and to hold there. The deformable body floats on the water and is moved up and down by the water waves and by a watercraft on the ramp relative to the frame. This embodiment simplifies the construction of an actuator for the ramp. It is sufficient if the actuator under the frame in a fixed predetermined position Water moves and stops there. Preferably, the free end of the frame is held so deep in the water that the distance to the water surface is greater than the draft of one

to be taken up by watercraft. The buoyant body design and the buoyant ramp embodiment further reduce the risk of water entering the containment device when the ramp is in the or a take-up position. The ramp is only partially under water and partially over water, and the deformable body prevents penetration. Thanks to the deformable body, the vessel can still ride on the ramp and push the ramp underwater due to its own weight.

In one embodiment, the receiving device is mounted on board another watercraft. The ramp can be moved relative to the further vessel, e.g. rotate or otherwise pivot, preferably even when the ramp is in or a pick-up position. Thanks to the design that the ramp can float in the receiving position on the water, the ramp can move relative to the other vessel when wind or waves move the other vessel. The upper surface of the ramp performs less relative movement relative to the water surface as compared to a ramp that can not float and therefore is carried by another vessel and moves with the other vessel.

A corresponding advantage is achieved with a buoyant deformable body on the frame of the ramp, wherein the buoyant body can move up and down relative to the frame. It is possible that the frame is not moved relative to the further watercraft when the ramp is in the picking position.

Preferably, the deformable body is transferred from another state to the buoyant state. In the other state, the deformable body preferably takes up less space. This transfer is preferably performed in overlapping time with the step of moving the ramp from a park position to the or a pickup position. This temporally overlapping procedure saves time. Accordingly, the process of transferring the deformable body from the buoyant state to the other state is timely overlapped with the operation of moving the ramp from the pickup position to the park position. A marine vessel to be picked up can travel or be moved in a direction of travel to the ramp in the pickup position. When the ramp is in the or a pick-up position, the deformable body is preferably at least half ready and half as long as the frame. The length and the width is the respective dimension in a direction parallel to and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the watercraft. The deformable body thus occupies at least half the width and at least half of the length of the entire ramp. More preferably, the deformable body occupies at least three quarters of the width and three quarters of the length of the entire ramp when the ramp is in the or a picking position. Preferably, the deformable body is wider than the or each male vessel. The configuration that the deformable body is at least half as long and half as ready as the ramp enables the following: At least temporarily, the entire vessel is carried by the deformable body and is vertically spaced from the frame of the ramp. The deformable body dampens vibrations emanating from the frame. Conversely, the deformable body dampens vibrations exerted by the vessel, for example due to water waves. The damping reduces the wear of the watercraft to be picked up. The vessel on the ramp can not tip over thanks to the deformable body. Preferably, the deformable body is mounted on a support member associated with the frame of the ramp. This support member has a width, which is a dimension in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of a male vessel on the ramp, which is at least as large as the dimension of the stationary support device in this direction. Thus, this support element is also wider than the male vessel. Preferably, the support element is also wider than the deformable body.

It is possible to attach at least one actuator or a connecting element laterally on the support element, which is able to move the ramp, preferably in each case one element on both sides of the support element. Thanks to the sufficient width of the support element, the actuator or connecting element does not hinder the travel of the watercraft on the ramp.

If the receiving device belongs to another watercraft, so the support element can preferably spend in a position in which the support member closes the receiving device against the surrounding water. In this lock position the support element completely closes the receiving device. In this position, the support element preferably ends flush with the outer shell of the further watercraft. A recorded vessel is located inside the other vessel. This feature reduces the signature of the other vessel, so the visibility of the other vessel in a radar image.

In the closed position, the support element preferably closes off the outer shell of the further watercraft in a watertight manner. The support member may be made sturdy and thick enough to some extent to absorb the picked-up watercraft on the support and crew members against environmental influences, e.g. against water waves, wind and shelling, protects.

Preferably, the ramp can be pivoted from the receiving position to a parking position or move linearly or otherwise move. Preferably, the ramp in the parking position is completely above the water surface. In one embodiment, the ramp can be rotated by one rotation between the two positions. The axis of rotation of this rotation is preferably above the water surface. In the or each park position, the deformable body is between the frame of the ramp and the stationary support. The deformable body in this position prevents a watercraft from hitting the frame on the stationary support. This can happen, in particular, if the receiving device belongs to a further watercraft, which can travel through high waves and can thereby be inclined in different directions. This tendency allows the vessel to slide along the stationary support on the ramp and in one embodiment is stopped by the deformable body.

Preferably, the deformable body is placed in a receiving chamber when the ramp is moved into or a parked position. Preferably, the deformable body is moved into the receiving chamber solely due to the movement of the ramp to the park position, e.g. by gravity. An additional actuator for this movement is then not required.

Preferably, the receiving device comprises a deflector element. This deflector element is at least when the ramp is in the or a parking position, below the deformable body and raises it. This prevents the deflector element from being a part the deformable body slips down undesirably and obstructs, for example, the movement of the ramp into the parking position. The deflector element may be located in the receiving chamber. Preferably, the ramp - or even the buoyant deformable body - fixed in the or a receiving position by at least one flexible connecting element, for example by two parallel cables against lateral displacement, ie against unwanted movement in a direction perpendicular to or obliquely to the direction of travel a watercraft on the ramp. The or at least one flexible connecting element is at least temporarily tightened or tensioned when the ramp is in the or a receiving position.

It is possible that at least one roller clamps a flexible connecting element. In another embodiment, the or at least one flexible connecting element is tightened and / or tensioned by the deformable body. In this embodiment, the volume of the deformable body can be increased up to a maximum volume, for example by pressing gas into a cavity of the deformable body under overpressure. Or the dimension of the deformable body in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the watercraft can be increased up to a maximum dimension. When the deformable body has the maximum volume or dimension, it tightens or tightens the or at least one fastener.

In one embodiment, the receiving device comprises a conveying device, e.g. at least one conveyor or endless chain actively pulling the vessel out of the water. This conveyor may form part of the stationary support or may be between the ramp and the support or may belong to the ramp. In another embodiment, the vessel is pulled by means of a rope out of the water and onto the carrying device. It is also possible that the watercraft drives with its own drive on the stationary support device. These configurations can be combined.

The male watercraft can have its own drive or pulled or pushed towards the receiving device. The cradle may belong to a ship, eg a warship, research ship, merchant ship, passenger ship or lifeboat, or part of a floating platform or a stationary and land-based receiver positioned on a bank.

Subsequently, the recording device according to the invention is explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

Fig. 1 in an embodiment in a side view of the rear area of a mothership, the receiving device of the embodiment with the ramp in a receiving position and a dinghy on both the water and on the support device;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the area II of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of part of the arrangement of Fig. 1;

 Fig. 4 shows the rear portion of Fig. 1 with the receiving device in the parking position and the

Dinghy on the carrying device;

 5 shows a rear view of the rear area of FIG. 4.

In the exemplary embodiment, the invention is used to accommodate at least one boat aboard a ship. The receiving ship therefore acts as a mothership. The or each boat is e.g. taken inside or on the deck of the mothership. In the exemplary embodiment, the or each boat to be picked up has its own drive, preferably a motor and at least one propeller or a water jet drive. The invention can also be used to accommodate a boat or other buoyant object without its own drive. FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 show, in a side view from the right, the rear region of a receiving watercraft 20, which is also called a mothership and has a supporting structure T. Shown are a lower part H.u and an upper part H.o of the stern of the mothership 20. Fig. 1 further shows the same inflatable boat 1 once floating on the water surface WO (position l .w) and once picked up by mothership 20 (position l .a). The recorded dinghy 1 in the position l .a rests on a stationary support device 2, which belongs to a boat garage of the mothership 20 and the upper surface seen in the

Direction of travel of the mothership 20 rises obliquely, see. Fig. 1 and Fig. 4. In the exemplary embodiment, the dinghy 1 is driven by a water jet drive. It is also possible that the dinghy 1 has at least one outboard motor. This is folded up before the propeller reaches the solution according to the recording device. The male dinghy 1 can also be configured without a separate drive.

A crew member M. l of the inflatable boat 1 or the mother ship 20 can the

Boat garage through a door (not shown) leave and later on the same way the

Enter the boat garage again. FIGS. 1 and 4 also show two containers 30.1 and 30.2 aboard the mothership 20, which are not receptive to the receiving device of FIG

Embodiment belong.

Fig. 2 shows an enlarged view of the area II of Fig. 1, ie the front part of the ramp 10 and the rear part of the support device 2. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a part of the arrangement of Fig. I.

Hereinafter, the terms "front", "rear", "right" and "left" refer to the coincident directions of travel FR of the inflatable boat 1 and the parent ship 20. In FIGS. 1 to 4, the traveling direction FR is from right to left , and in Fig. 5 shows it away from the viewer.

The male dinghy 1 in the position lw moves from behind to the mothership 20 and reaches a ramp 10, which can be moved relative to the support 2 and the support structure T of the mothership 20 about a horizontal axis of rotation DA between two positions, namely between at least one Receiving position (FIGS. 1 to 3) and a parking position (FIGS. 4 and 5). The horizontal axis of rotation DA is perpendicular to the direction of travel FR and is preferably located above the water surface WO. The dinghy 1 in the position l .w has a draft Tg and reaches the ramp 10 in a contact position C, see. FIG. 1. In one embodiment, the dinghy 1 in the position l .w is gripped from below by a conveying device 6 of the ramp 10 and pulled onto the sloping ramp 10. The conveying device 6 may comprise a conveyor belt or a chain. The dinghy 1 is then further pushed by means of another conveyor 3, which belongs to the stationary support device 2. The own drive of the dinghy 1 supports this movement on the ramp 10 and later on the support device 2 until the own drive is lifted at the point F completely out of the water. The two conveyors 3 and 6 form in the embodiment, a continuous inclined plane. As soon as the bow of the inflatable boat 1 reaches the point F, the or each propeller or the jet propulsion of the inflatable boat 1 is completely pulled out of the water, and the inflatable boat 1 is moved only by the conveyors 3 and 6. The dinghy 1 has reached the parking position la in the boat garage when the stern of the dinghy 1 has passed a predetermined position, eg the plane A - A, or the nose has reached the point B. In one embodiment, a sensor (not shown) automatically detects one of these two events. Once one of these two events has occurred, both conveyors 3 and 6 are stopped.

In a modification, the ramp 10 has no own conveyor 6, but a non-driven treadmill, which forms a continuous inclined plane with the conveyor 3. Due to its own drive, the dinghy 1 moves this treadmill as soon as it reaches the point C. The own drive pushes the dinghy 1 to the point F. Preferably, the dinghy 1, the treadmill only move so that the dinghy 1 is moved to the mothership 20 to. The treadmill prevents the dinghy 1 from sliding back into the water. The driven conveyor 3 of the support device 2 operates exactly as described just above.

In a third embodiment, the ramp 10 has neither a conveyor 6 nor a treadmill. Also in this embodiment, the upper surfaces of the ramp 10 and the conveyor 3 form a continuous inclined plane. The dinghy 1 in the position l.w slides directly on the deformable body 5, which forms the upper surface 0.5 of the ramp 10 and described below, on the support device 2 to.

In one embodiment, a plurality of rollers 15.1, 15.2, ... on the upper surface of the deformable body 5 upwards. The dinghy 1 slides over these rollers 15.1, 15.2, ... away. The rollers 15.1, 15.2, ... reduce the friction between the deformable body 5 and the dinghy 1. These rollers 15.1, 15.2, ... may be non-driven rollers or driven rollers.

It is also possible that neither the ramp 10 nor the support device 2 has its own

Owning conveyor. The dinghy 1 slides over the upper surface of the 0.5 Ramp 10 and over the upper surface of the support device 2 away in the position l .a. Also in this embodiment, the upper surfaces form a continuous inclined plane.

Casters may be applied to the upper surface 0.5 of the deformable body 5 and / or the stationary support 2. The dinghy is pushed by its own drive to the support device 2. In one embodiment, the dinghy 1 is additionally pulled by a rope (not shown) on the support device 2.

The ramp 10 of the embodiment has the following components:

 A rigid frame,

· A deformable body 5 and

 In one embodiment, the conveyor device 6 or the treadmill, the / to the

 deformable body 5 is guided around.

The dinghy 1 facing surface 0.5 of the ramp 10 and the upper surface of the support 2, e.g. the conveyor device 3, are - seen in a viewing direction parallel to the direction FR - V-shaped or otherwise aufgekimmt. They are thereby adapted to the underwater profile of the inflatable boat 1.

The frame of the ramp 10 includes

· A sufficiently thick support plate 4 with a rear part 4.h, a middle part 4.m and a front part 4.v,

 Two preferably flexible connecting elements 9.1, 9.r and

 • two actuators (not shown), which are hingedly connected to the support plate 4. Each sheet metal part 4.v, 4.m, 4.h extends in one plane. The front sheet metal part 4.v is, for example, at an angle of about 100 degrees in an edge perpendicular to the

Direction of travel FR is firmly connected to the middle sheet metal part 4.m. The middle sheet metal part 4.m is firmly connected in the embodiment with an angle of about 160 degrees in a parallel edge with the rear sheet metal part 4.h. Other embodiments of the support plate 4 are also possible.

The support plate 4 can be relative to the support structure T of the mothership 20 and thus to

Carrying device 2 to rotate about a horizontal axis of rotation DA, which perpendicular to the

Plane levels of Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 and in the drawing planes of Fig. 3 and Fig.. 5 and is located above the water surface. The support plate 4 can be rotated by an angle W (FIG. 2) between a receiving position (FIG. 1) and a parking position (FIG. 4) and here. At least one stop element (not shown) limits the rotation of the support plate 4 from the parking position down to the receiving position. The support structure T of the mothership 2 limits the movement of the ramp 10 upwards to the opposite one

Direction. When the ramp 10 is in the receiving position, the central sheet metal part 4.m and the rear sheet metal part 4.h are completely below the water surface WO, cf. Fig. I.

Of course, the support sheet 4 may appear temporarily and partially out of the water due to movement of the mothership 20 and waves.

In the parking position, the rear sheet metal part 4.h is flush with the upper rear part H.o and the middle sheet metal part 4.m is flush with the lower rear part 4.u. The angle between the sheet metal parts 4.h and 4.m is adapted to the angle between the rear parts 4.o and 4.u, cf. Fig. 4. When the ramp 1 is in the park position, the deformable body 5 is inside the mothership 20. Thus, the mothership 20 with the ramp 10 in the park position has a lower electronic signature.

The two actuators, e.g. when two hydraulic or pneumatic piston-cylinder units are designed and are not shown are connected in two lateral attachment points with the support plate 4, are based on the support structure T of the mothership 20 and the ramp 10 about the axis of rotation DA between the two Turn positions back and forth.

A flexible right connection element 9.r and a corresponding flexible left connection element 9.1 (not shown) are connected in two lateral attachment points to the support plate 4 and to the support structure T of the mothership 20, cf. Fig. 1 and Fig. 4. When the ramp 10 is in the receiving position and is therefore completely lowered, the connecting elements 9.1, 9. r are fully tensioned. The upper surface 0.5 of the deformable body 5 is exposed to greater wear than the rest of the deformable body 5, because repeatedly a dinghy 1 impinges on this upper surface 0.5 and is deflected. The following embodiment avoids the

Need to renew the entire deformable body 5 when worn. In this embodiment, the upper surface facing the dinghy 1 is 0.5 of the deformable body 5 provided with a stable protective pad. The rollers 15.1, 15.2, ... can be embedded in this protective pad or protrude through the recess in the protective pad up. This stable protective pad is detachably connected to the rest of the deformable body 5. Preferably, this stable protective pad can be deformed together with the rest of the deformable body 5. In this embodiment that comes

male dinghy 1 in contact with the stable and preferably deformable

Protection pad and in one embodiment in addition to the rollers, but not with any other part of the deformable body. The protective overlay wears more heavily than the rest of the deformable body 5. In case of wear, only the stable protective overlay needs to be replaced.

The deformable body 5 may be made as a solid body of a deformable material, e.g. Rubber, be shaped.

In the exemplary embodiment, the deformable body 5 comprises at least one cavity, which can be filled with a gas and is preferably divided into two chambers 13.1, 13 r, cf. Fig. 4. Hereinafter, the term "hollow body 5" is used when referring to the property that the deformable body 5 of the embodiment includes a cavity that can be filled with a gas.

As indicated in Fig. 4, the two chambers 13.1, 13 r of the cavity 5 have two obliquely upward facing upper surfaces. These together form an inclined surface with a - seen in the direction of travel FR - V-shaped cross-section. The rear ends of the two chambers 13.1, 13 r have seen in the embodiment of the above together the shape of a dovetail, which is adapted to the underwater profile of the front segment of the male dinghy 1.

In one embodiment, a conveyor unit (not shown), e.g. a hydraulic or pneumatic pump to deliver a gas into the cavity 13.1, 13.r and thereby a

To generate excess pressure in this cavity 13.1, 13. r. In another embodiment, a fluid connection between the cavity 13.1, 13 r and at least one source of gas under pressure, such as a compressed air cylinder, prepared and the cavity 13.1, 13 r filled in this way. The envelope of the cavity 13.1, 13 r forms the outer surface of the deformable body 5 and is made of a deformable material, for example made of rubber. By filling gas into the cavity 13.1, 13, the hollow body 5 expands backwards, upwards, to the left and to the right, and the volume of the deformable hollow body 5 can be increased up to a maximum volume. The deformable body 5 is then in a fully inflated state 5.a, cf. 1, 2 and 3. The gas is released again through an opening of the casing, the volume of the deformable hollow body 5 is reduced again. The deformable body 5 is then in a deflated state 5.p, see. 4 and FIG. 5.

The deformable body 5 is fixed to the support plate 4. When the ramp 10 in the

In one embodiment, the trailing edge HK of the support plate 4 projects rearwardly beyond the deformable body, e.g. the hollow body 5 in the inflated state 5.a, addition, cf. Fig. 1. In another embodiment, the deformable body 5 projects beyond the trailing edge HK.

In the exemplary embodiment, the hollow body 5 is able to float in the inflated state 5.a on the water. In one embodiment, the hollow body 5 can even carry the ramp 10 on the water in the inflated state 5.a. The buoyancy that the

inflated hollow body 5 is generated in this case is greater than the weight of the ramp 10th

In one embodiment, the deformable body 5 is attached over the entire length of the support plate 4 to the support plate 4 or at least over the entire length of the central sheet metal part 4.m and the front sheet metal part 4.v. As a result, the deformable body 5 also remains flatly connected to the support plate 4 when the ramp 10 is in the receiving position. In another embodiment, the deformable body 5 is attached only to a front region of the central sheet metal part 4.m and preferably to the front sheet metal part 4.v or even only to the front sheet metal part 4.v. The rear sheet metal part 5.h is not connected to the deformable body 5. 2 shows by way of example a connection region VB in which the deformable body 5 designed as a hollow body is fastened to the middle sheet metal part 4.

As already mentioned, the hollow body 5 is preferably able to float on the water in the inflated state 5.a or the deformable body 5 designed as a solid body. Several Embodiments of the ramp 10 in the receiving position with the preferably buoyant deformable body 5 are possible:

 In one embodiment, the deformable body 5 is only in a front area, e.g. in the connection region VB, connected to the support plate 4. When the ramp 10 the

 Has reached the receiving position and the frame parts 4.m, 4.h are under water, the own buoyancy lifts the deformable body 5, e.g. outside of the connection region VB of the support plate 4 from. The deformable body 5 may be e.g. Because of waves or because the boat 1 on the ramp 10 to moves relative to the support plate 4 up and down, preferably about a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of rotation DA. In one embodiment, the flexible connecting elements 9.1, 9.r dampen the movements of the floating one

Hollow body 5, because the inflated hollow body 5, the flexible connecting elements 9.1, 9.r tensioned, or even prevent such movements of the hollow body 5. The support plate 4 can be in a fixed position below the floating deformable body 5 of the water surface WO hold and preferably does not Movements relative to the mothership 20 from.

 In an alternative embodiment, the deformable body 5 carries the entire ramp 10, including the support plate 4, on the water. The deformable body 5 may be connected to the support plate 4 over a substantial part of its length. The support plate 4 can rotate relative to mothership 20 about the axis of rotation DA, while the ramp 10 floats on the water. This allows the entire ramp 10 to move relative to mothership 20, e.g. due to waves or because the boat 1 moves up to the ramp 10 to move up and down.

In a third embodiment, a support device, e.g. two lateral spring elements or two lateral piston-cylinder units, the ramp 10 in the receiving position, so that the deformable body 5 remains partially above the water surface WO. The buoyancy of the deformable body 5 and the support device compensate for the weight of the ramp 10. Preferably, the ramp 10 can move up and down relative to the parent vessel 20. The actuator for the ramp 10 continuously compensates for the movement of the mothership 20 while the ramp 10 is in the receiving position, so that the deformable body 5 always protrudes approximately equidistant from the water.

As already mentioned, two flexible lateral connecting elements 9.1, 9r hold the ramp 10 in a desired centered position, in which the upper surface 0.5 of the ramp 10 and the upper surface of the stationary support 2 form a continuous rising oblique plane. The deformable body 5 is located between the connecting elements 9.1 and 9.r. In a preferred embodiment, the inflated hollow body 5 biases the

Connecting elements 9.1, 9.r. This embodiment allows a particularly good fixation of the lowered ramp 10 in the centered position. When the hollow body 5 is emptied (condition 5.p), the connecting elements 9.1, 9.r are limp or partially retracted into the supporting structure and do not hinder movement of the ramp 10.

The ramp 10 is rotatably attached to the support structure T of the mothership 20. When the ramp 10 is in the receiving position, the bottom of a receiving chamber AK and the middle sheet metal part 4.m preferably form a continuous inclined plane. This floor and a front wall of the receiving chamber AK are not moved with the ramp 10 and enclose the receiving chamber AK. When the ramp 10 is raised to the parking position, the deflated and slack hollow body 5 slides into this receiving chamber AK. The middle sheet metal part 4.m forms the rear wall of the receiving chamber AK when the ramp 10 in the

Parking position is. The deflector plate 7 is fixed to the bottom of the receiving chamber AK and protrudes into the receiving chamber AK. The receiving chamber AK is smaller than the hollow body 5 in the inflated state 5.a.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 show the ramp 10 in the raised parking position and the hollow body 5 in the deflated position 5.p. The now slack hollow body 5 is located in the

Receiving chamber AK and above the Abweiserblechs 7. This deflector plate 7 prevents the now flaccid hollow body 5 slips down and, for. between the support plate 4 and the support structure T device. The fasteners 9.1, 9.r are flaccid or in the

Support structure T partially retracted. The dinghy 1 is in the embodiment as follows from the position l.w on the

Carrying device 2 spent:

 The ramp 10 is moved from the parking position (Figure 4) to the receiving position (Figure 1), e.g. by two hydraulic piston-cylinder units are extended, which are supported on the support structure T of the mothership 20 and are connected to the support plate 4. The support plate 4 is thereby rotated as long as the axis of rotation DA until the piston-cylinder units are fully extended or until the or each stop element stops the further rotation of the support plate 4. The deformable body 5 is connected to the

Support plate 4 is rotated about the axis of rotation DA. In one embodiment, the hollow body 5 is inflated overlapping in time with the lowering of the ramp 10 and thereby transferred from the deflated state 5.p (FIG. 4) to the inflated state 5.a (FIG. 1).

 At the latest when the ramp 10 has reached the receiving position, the deformable body 5 floats on the water. In one embodiment, the inflated hollow body 5 or buoyant hollow body 5 dissolves due to its buoyancy in the areas where it is not connected to the support plate 4, of the support plate 4, which is under water. The actuator holds the support plate 4 in a fixed position relative to mothership 20, with the sheet metal parts 4.m and 4.h remaining submerged. In another embodiment, the entire ramp 10 floats on the water due to its own buoyancy. In a third embodiment, the support device holds the ramp 10 in a position in which the deformable body 5 protrudes from the water. In the last two embodiments, the entire ramp 10 moves up and down relative to the mothership 20 as water waves move the mothership 20 or ramp 10.

The inflated hollow body 5 is located between the connecting elements 9.1 and 9.r. The connecting elements 9.1, 9.r are tightened or tensioned and hold the ramp 10 and in particular the deformable body 5 in the centered position.

The dinghy in the position l .w moves from behind to the ramp 10 and touches the ramp 10 in the contact point C. In one embodiment, the contact point C coincides with the rear edge HK of the support plate 4, cf. Fig. I. In another embodiment, the contact point C from the rear end of the inflated and floating on the water hollow body 5 is formed.

 The own drive pushes the dinghy 1 on the ramp 10. Depending on the configuration of the dinghy 1 and the ramp 10, the dinghy 1 either first touches the rear plate part 4.h or the rear end of the deformable body 5. As already mentioned and in 3, the rear end of the inflated hollow body 5 preferably has the shape of a dovetail and is adapted to the underwater profile of the inflatable boat 1.

In both cases, the dinghy 1 presses the deformable body 5 down and under water while the dinghy 1 to the mothership 20 moves to. The feature that the body 5, preferably designed as inflated hollow body 5, is deformable, prevents damage to the inflatable l. Conversely, the inclined surface 0.5 of the ramp 10 lifts the dinghy 1 out of the water. The V-shaped or otherwise aufgekimmte embodiment of the upper surface 0.5, ie the conveyor device 6 or of the treadmill or deformable body 5 helps to lift the dinghy 1 gently out of the water onto the ramp 10.

 • The conveyor 3 of the support device 2 pulls the dinghy 1 further from the

 Water, until the dinghy has reached the parking position l .p on the support device 2, see. Fig. 4. The drive of the conveyor 3 is now stopped. Or that

 Dinghy 1 is connected to a side with a rope, and the rope is pulled by the dinghy 1 by a winch.

 • The actuator rotates the support plate 4 upwardly about the axis of rotation DA back to the parking position (see Fig. 4 and Fig. 5), e.g. by retracting the piston-cylinder units. The sheet metal parts 4.m and 4.h now flush with the outer shell of the mothership 20 from. Over time, with this rotation, the gas is discharged from the hollow body 5. When the support plate 4 has reached the park position, the front sheet metal part is 4.v on the bottom of the receiving chamber AK and the hollow body 5 is limp, ie in the state 5.p. The now slack hollow body 5 falls into the receiving chamber AK and the deflector plate. 7

In a corresponding way, the dinghy 1 can be spent again from the position l .a on the support device 2 in the position l .w on the water. Due to its own weight, the dinghy 1 slides over the sloping plane down into the water.

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 1 male dinghy acts as the male vessel

The position of the recorded dinghy 1 when it is stationary

 Carrying device 2 rests

l .w Position of the inflatable boat 1 to be picked up when it floats on the water

 2 stationary and inclined rising support device, carries the recorded

 Inflatable boat La, in one embodiment, the conveyor device 3

 3 optional conveyor of the stationary support device 2, pulls the male dinghy l .w out of the water

 4 support plate on which the hollow body 5 is mounted, is in the axis of rotation DA to the

 Fixed support structure T, includes the sheet metal parts 4.h, 4.m and 4.v, belongs to the frame of the ramp 10, acts as a flat support member

 4.h rear part of the support plate 4, the rear edge has HK

 4.m middle part of the support plate 4

 4.v front part of the support plate. 4

 5 deformable body, preferably designed as an inflatable hollow body, which is divided into the chambers 13.1 and 13. r

 5.a inflated state of the hollow body 5, in which the hollow body 5 on the

 Water can swim

 5.p deflated state of the hollow body 5, in which the now flaccid hollow body

 5 can be included in the receiving chamber AK

 6 optional conveyor of the ramp 10

 7 deflector plate in the receiving chamber AK, prevents the emptied

 Hollow body 5 in the state 5.p slips under the support plate 4

 9.1 flexible left-hand connection element in the form of a rope

 9.r flexible right connecting element in the form of a rope

 10 ramp, comprises the support plate 4 and the connecting elements 9.1, 9.r and the deformable body. 5

lO.p ramp 10 in the parking position, in which the support plate 4 is flush with the outer shell of the mothership 20

lO.w ramp 10 in the receiving position, in which the deformable body 5 from the Water sticks out, preferably floating on the water

 13.1, 13.r left and right chamber of the hollow body. 5

 15.1, rollers, in the upper surface 0.5 of the deformable body 5 is inserted 15.2

 20 mothership, takes the dinghy l .w on the support device 2, includes the receiving device, the support structure T, the rear H.u, H.o and the side walls S.l.o, S.l.u, S.r.o, S.r.u

 30.1, containers aboard mothership 20

30.2,

30.3

 AK receiving chamber for the emptied hollow body 5 (in condition 5.p)

 C location of the first contact at which the dinghy l .w first touches the ramp 10

 DA horizontal axis of rotation about which the ramp relative to the support structure T of

 Mothership 20 and relative to the support device 2 can be rotated

F point at which the drive of the dinghy 1 is pulled out of the water and no longer can drive the dinghy 1

 FR matching direction of the dinghy 1 and the mothership 20th

HK rear edge of the support plate 4, forms an edge of the rear part 4.h

 H .o upper part of the mothership 20 stern, flush with the rear

 Sheet metal part 4.h off when the ramp 10 is in the park position

 H .u lower part of the mothership 20 stern, flush with the middle one

 Sheet metal part 4.m off when ramp 10 is in park position

 0.5 upper surface of the deformable body 5, comes into contact with the

 Inflatable boat 1, in one embodiment with the rollers 15.1, 15.2, ... provided

 S.l.o upper part of the left side wall of the mothership 20

 S.l.u lower part of the left side wall of the mothership 20

 S.r.o upper part of the right side wall of the mothership 20

 S.r.u lower part of the right side wall of the mothership 20

 M. l, M.2 crew member of the vessel 1

 T support structure of the mothership 20, carries the ramp 10 and the support device. 2

Tg draft of dinghy 1 in position lw on the water VB connection region, in which the deformable body 5 is connected to the central sheet metal part 4.m of the support plate 4

 W angle between the receiving position and the parking position of the ramp 10th

WHERE water surface

Claims

claims 1. receiving device for receiving at least one watercraft (1),  the cradle  · A stationary support (2) and  A movable ramp (10) relative to the stationary support device (2)  includes,  wherein the carrying device (2) is designed to carry a watercraft (1) to be picked up, and  wherein the ramp (10) is movable into at least one pickup position in which the ramp (10) is at least partially below the water surface (WO) and a male craft (1) is capable of riding on the ramp (10), and wherein the receiving device is designed to lift a vessel (1) out of the water and to guide it to the carrying device (2),  characterized in that  the ramp (10)  • a frame (4, 9.r) and  A deformable body (5)  having,  wherein the deformable body (5) is attached to the frame (4, 9.  that the deformable body (5) faces an underwater vessel (1) when the ramp (10) is in the or a picking position, and  the cradle  is designed to hold the deformable body (5) at least partially above the water surface (WO),  when the ramp (10) is in the or a picking position. 2. Recording device according to claim 1,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) has at least one gas-fillable cavity (13.1, 13.r), wherein the cavity (13.1, 13. r) is surrounded by a sheath of a deformable material. 3. Recording device according to claim 2,  characterized in that  the receiving device comprises a conveyor,  which is designed to promote under pressure gas in the cavity (13.1, 13 r). 4. Recording device according to claim 2 or claim 3,  characterized in that  the cavity (13.1, 13. r) can be enlarged by filling with gas up to a maximum volume and  the deformable body (5) at least when the cavity (13.1, 13. r) has reached the maximum volume,  Floating on the water. 5. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) comprises a deformable solid body,  which is made of a material which has a lower specific gravity than water. 6. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the receiving device comprises a supporting device,  which is designed to  the ramp (10) located in the or a receiving position to be worn in such a way that the deformable body (5) at least partially above the  Water surface (WO) is located. 7. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) is connected to the frame (4, 9.r) in a connection region (VB), wherein the extent of the connection region (VB) in the direction of travel (FR) of a male vessel (1) is less than the extension of the frame (4, 9.r) in the direction of travel (FR), and the deformable body (5) is floatable on the water at all times or in at least one condition (5.a),  wherein, when the ramp (10) is in the or a pickup position,  The deformable body (5) floats on the water,  • the frame (4, 9.r) of the ramp (10) at least temporarily completely below the  Water surface (WO) is and  • outside the connection area (VB) a vertical distance between the  Floating deformable body (5) and the frame (4, 9.r) occurs. 8. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the ramp (10) being movably connected to the stationary support (2),  a vessel (1) is mounted on the ramp (10) in the or a pick-up position.  the ramp (10) relative to the support device (2) can push down. 9. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) both parallel and transverse to the direction of travel (FR) of the vessel on the ramp (10)  at least half of the ramp located in the or a receiving position (10) occupies. 10. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the frame (4, 9.r) of the ramp (10) has a support element (4),  wherein the deformable body (5) is fixed to the support element (4) and  wherein the support member (4) has a dimension in a direction perpendicular to the  Direction of travel of a watercraft (1) on the ramp (10),  which is at least as large as the dimension of the stationary support device (2) in this Direction is. 11. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that  the ramp (10) is designed such that  • a surface (0.5) of the deformable body (5) to a male and in water watercraft (1) shows and  · At least temporarily in contact with the vessel (1) comes when the ramp (10) is in or a pickup position,  wherein at least one roller (15.1, 15.2) is mounted on this surface (0.5). 12. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) has a coating element which  • releasably connected to the rest of the deformable body (5) and  • then, when the ramp (10) is in the or a shooting position, to an im  Waterborne and to be recorded watercraft (1) shows. 13. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the ramp (10) is movable from the or a receiving position into at least one parking position,  wherein, when the ramp (10) is in or a parking position,  the deformable body (5) itself  Between the frame (4, 9.r) of the ramp (10) and  The stationary support device (2)  located. 14. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the ramp (10) is movable from the or a pickup position into at least one parking position and  the receiving device has a receiving chamber (AK),  which is designed for this purpose, when the ramp (10) is in or a parked position, to receive the deformable body (5). 15. Recording device according to claim 14,  characterized in that  the frame (4, 9.r) of the ramp (10) comprises at least one planar component (4) which extends in a plane,  wherein, when the ramp (10) is in or a parking position,  the plane of the planar component (4) encloses an angle of maximum twenty degrees with the vertical. 16. Recording device according to claim 14 or claim 15,  characterized in that  the receiving device comprises a deflector element (7),  which is located below the deformable body (5) when the ramp (10) is in the park position. 17. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) is permanently in a state or can be brought into a state (5.a),  in which the buoyancy of the deformable body (5) causes  the ramp (10) in the or a pickup position floats on the water. 18. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that  the receiving device comprises at least one conveying unit (3, 6),  which is configured to pull a watercraft (1) located on the ramp (10) out of the water. 19. Recording device according to one of the preceding claims,  characterized in that the dimension of the deformable body (5) in at least one direction, which is perpendicular to that in the direction of travel (FR) of a vessel (1) traveling on the ramp (10), can be increased up to a maximum dimension, in which the deformable body (5) occupies at least half the width of the ramp frame (4, 9.r). 20. Recording device according to claim 19,  characterized in that  the cradle  • a support structure (T) and  At least one flexible connecting element (9.r)  includes,  the or each flexible connecting element (9.r)  • with the support structure (T) and  With the frame (4, 9.r) of the ramp (10)  is connected and  wherein the deformable body (5) is configured and arranged such that, at least when the ramp (10) is in the or a receiving position, the deformable body (5) enlarged to the maximum dimension comprises the flexible connecting element (9. r) tightens and / or tenses. 21. Ship with a receiving device according to one of the preceding claims. 22. Ship according to claim 21,  characterized in that  the ship has an outer shell (S.l.u, S.l.o, S.r.u, S.r.o, H.u, H.o) and  the ramp (10) is movable from the receiving position to a parking position, wherein when the ramp (10) is in the parking position,  the frame (4,7) of the ramp (10) is flush with the outer shell (S.l.u, S.l.o, S.r.u, S.r.o, H.u, H.o). 23. Method for picking up at least one vessel (1)  using a cradle with  • a stationary support device (2) and A ramp (10) movable relative to the stationary support (2), the method comprising the steps of The ramp (10) is moved relative to the carrying device (2) into a receiving position in which the ramp (10) is located at least partially below the water surface (WO),  • the vessel (1) moves to the ramp (10) in the receiving position and  The watercraft (1) is lifted out of the water and guided onto the carrying device (2),  characterized in that  the ramp (10)  • a frame (4, 9.r) and  A deformable body (5) attached to the frame (4, 9.r)  having,  the step of moving the ramp (10) into the or a pick-up position causes the deformable body (5) to face the watercraft (1) in the water,  wherein, when the ramp (10) is moved to the picking position, the deformable body (5) is held at least partially above the water surface (WO), and wherein the step of the watercraft (1) traveling on the ramp (10) .  triggers the process that the vessel (1) deforms the deformable body (5) from above. 24. The method according to claim 23,  characterized in that  the deformable body (5) comprises at least one gas-fillable cavity (13.1, 13.r),  the method comprising the additional steps of conveying gas into the cavity (13.1, 13.r), and  wherein the step of conveying the gas into the cavity (13.1, 13.r) is completed at the latest when the vessel (1) reaches the ramp (10). 25. The method according to claim 24,  characterized in that the step to spend the ramp (10) in or a pickup position, and the step to pump gas into the cavity (13.1, 13. r),  overlapping in time. 26. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 25,  characterized in that  the step of moving the ramp (10) to the or a picking position,  additionally causing the deformable body (5) to float on the water, and the step of the vessel (1) traveling on the ramp (10),  is performed while the deformable body (5) floats on the water. 27. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 26,  characterized in that  the step of moving the ramp (10) to the or a pick-up position additionally causes  • the frame (4, 9.r) is kept in a fixed position relative to the support structure (2) under water, and  • At least a portion of the deformable body (5) moves relative to the submerged frame (4, 9.r) of the ramp (10) moves upwards. 28. Use of a method according to one of claims 23 to 27  for receiving a watercraft (1) aboard another watercraft (20).