GB1177362A - Floatable Structure - Google Patents

Floatable Structure

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Publication number
GB1177362A
GB1177362A GB55465/66A GB5546566A GB1177362A GB 1177362 A GB1177362 A GB 1177362A GB 55465/66 A GB55465/66 A GB 55465/66A GB 5546566 A GB5546566 A GB 5546566A GB 1177362 A GB1177362 A GB 1177362A
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Prior art keywords
air cushion
deck
dec
craft
supported
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GB55465/66A
Inventor
Robert D Hawkins
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/043—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls being flexible
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/14—Propulsion; Control thereof
    • B60V1/145—Propulsion; Control thereof using a watter propeller
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/16—Flexible skirts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/02—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by displacement of masses
    • B63B39/03—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by displacement of masses by transferring liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/06—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by using foils acting on ambient water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/4426—Stationary floating buildings for human use, e.g. floating dwellings or floating restaurants
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B7/00—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
    • B63B7/06—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels having parts of non-rigid material
    • B63B7/08—Inflatable
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A30/00—Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)

Abstract

1,177,362. Air cushion supported sea platforms. R. D. HAWKINS. 12 Dec., 1966 [29 Dec., 1965], No. 55465/66. Heading B7K. A craft, supported by an air cushion and moved to a location for use as a sea platform, comprises a deck 10 with cabin superstructure 26, 28 thereabove and with propulsion means 30 is formed with a flexible peripheral wall 20 which is secured to deck 10 and in use is inclined inwardly at an acute angle to the water surface to enclose an air cushion 18 formed by air pumping apparatus 14. Structural apparatus (Fig. 3, not shown) holds wall 40 in its desired position and a flexible skirt may extend from the base aperture or may be retracted. It is stated that the hull form renders the craft stable in pitch and roll even though the centre of gravity C.G. is positioned above the water level.
GB55465/66A 1965-12-29 1966-12-12 Floatable Structure Expired GB1177362A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US517349A US3370562A (en) 1965-12-29 1965-12-29 Flotation apparatus

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GB1177362A true GB1177362A (en) 1970-01-14

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GB29747/69A Expired GB1177363A (en) 1965-12-29 1966-12-12 Floatable Structure

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FR2125106B1 (en) * 1971-02-11 1974-04-26 Mendez Jacques De
FR3088615B1 (en) * 2018-11-20 2022-01-21 Anthenea Floating object with stabilization
CN110696984B (en) * 2019-11-04 2021-06-04 浙江海洋大学 Floating offshore gas station platform

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3040688A (en) * 1957-11-07 1962-06-26 Gram Knud Fini Ship having an air cushion under the bottom
US3134452A (en) * 1961-11-30 1964-05-26 Westland Aircraft Ltd Ground effect machines having flexible skirts
GB979396A (en) * 1962-10-15 1965-01-01 Vickers Armstrongs Ltd Improvements in or relating to air cushion borne vehicles
US3268022A (en) * 1964-01-29 1966-08-23 John E Magner Ground effects vehicle

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN111976911A (en) * 2020-07-15 2020-11-24 上海海事大学 Marine hull balancing device and installation method thereof
CN111976911B (en) * 2020-07-15 2021-04-06 上海海事大学 Marine hull balancing device and installation method thereof

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US3370562A (en) 1968-02-27

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