Control means for motion compensation devices

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PATENT NO 4349179
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06148253

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A control system for stabilizing a body suspended by a flexible line from a structure such as a ship, which is subject to uncontrolled oscillating movements, such as may be caused by wave motion, incorporates a winch (3) to which the line is attached, a pulley (4) over which the line (2) passes and from which the body is suspended, and a loop in the line between the winch and pulley, an accelerometer (28) being located adjacent the pulley, and the length of the loop being altered in controlled response to a stabilizing signal formed by combining signals derived from the accelerometer, and from the measured amplitude of oscillations of the loop length, and modified by a compensating signal to compensate for the effect of friction in the system.

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GEC MECHANICAL HANDLING LIMITEDBIRCH WALK ERICH KENT DA8 1QH

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Barber, Norman R Kent, GB2 2 27

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