Abstract: The present invention is a marine rescue apparatus for ship-based rescue of a victim in the water. The apparatus has two parts: a sling positioning device and a removably attached sling component. The sling positioning device is made up of a positioning pole connected to two positioning arms. The sling component is made up of a sling rope connected to a sling loop. The sling loop has non-positive buoyancy, and is removably attached to the positioning arms. This allows a user to guide the spread sling loop over a non-responsive victim to capture them, even if the victim is in a prone position or underwater. After the user detaches the sling positioning device, they can pull the victim on-ship manually, or by using some type of rescue mechanism.

Abstract: A distributing frame for optical waveguides. The distributing frame is provided with connector blocks for receiving components designed to connect optical waveguides. The connector blocks are layered upon one another in panels and are mounted on a framework such that they may be individually moved in the layer plane. In a preferred embodiment each connector block is secured to a rod which can be swivelled in the layer plane.