GB944501A - Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water

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Publication number
GB944501A
GB944501A GB18825/58A GB1882558A GB944501A GB 944501 A GB944501 A GB 944501A GB 18825/58 A GB18825/58 A GB 18825/58A GB 1882558 A GB1882558 A GB 1882558A GB 944501 A GB944501 A GB 944501A
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Prior art keywords
vehicle
curtain
ports
cushion
fluid
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB18825/58A
Inventor
Christopher Sydney Cockerell
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Hovercraft Development Ltd
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Hovercraft Development Ltd
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Application filed by Hovercraft Development Ltd filed Critical Hovercraft Development Ltd
Priority to GB18825/58A priority Critical patent/GB944501A/en
Priority to FR39512A priority patent/FR1333706A/en
Priority to BE579617A priority patent/BE579617A/en
Priority to CH7435259A priority patent/CH378169A/en
Publication of GB944501A publication Critical patent/GB944501A/en
Priority to CY35066A priority patent/CY350A/en
Priority to MY19676A priority patent/MY6700006A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/11—Stability or attitude control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/02—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is generated and contained by at least one peripheral fluid curtain
    • 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
    • B60V1/046—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls or a part of them being rigid

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)

Abstract

944,501. Air cushion vehicles. HOVERCRAFT DEVELOPMENT Ltd. June 11, 1959 [June 12, 1958], No. 18825/58. Heading B7K. A vehicle supported in close proximity to water by a pressurized gaseous cushion comprises means for forming a curtain or curtains of fluid at both the front and the back part of the vehicle and two walls which project below the bottom of the vehicle and are located on each side of the vehicle so that with the fluid curtains they form the boundary enclosing the pressurized cushion. The vehicle comprises a main body 2 having rounded ends and provided with side walls 3 which depend from the main body along its full length. The side walls are respectively provided with ports 4 and 5 and further ports 6 and 7 extend across the front and rear respectively, the ports being in communication with a duct 15 that extends round the periphery of the vehicle. The duct 15 is connected to a pair of main galleries 12 which are supplied with compressed air delivered by propellers 9 driven by gas turbine engines 10. The bottom of each side wall is shaped as shown in Fig. 7 wherein the port 4 is shown ejecting air to form a curtain, which is deflected outwardly by the pressure of the gaseous cushion 20. The front and/or rear curtains (the front port 6 being shown in Fig. 8) are arranged, after outward deflection by the cushion, to pass through one or more curved guide vanes (or banks of such vanes) whereby the curtain is again deflected inwardly. The side ports 4 and 5 carry deflector plates 25 which direct the side portions of the fluid curtain rearwardly to provide forward propulsion of the vehicle. The rear curtain also may be deflected rearwardly. The ports 4 and 5 are deflected as shown at 22 to ensure no break in flow between adjoining parts of the curtain. The front and rear portions of the curtain may be formed by blowing fluid jets through vertically disposed ports or slots positioned in the sides of fairing disposed on the mid-portion of the underside of the vehicle. Specifications 854,211, 919,350 and 944,502 are referred to.
GB18825/58A 1958-06-12 1958-06-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water Expired GB944501A (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB18825/58A GB944501A (en) 1958-06-12 1958-06-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water
FR39512A FR1333706A (en) 1958-06-12 1959-06-12 Vehicle intended to travel over water
BE579617A BE579617A (en) 1958-06-12 1959-06-12 Improvements made to terrestrial and (or) aquatic locomotive vehicles.
CH7435259A CH378169A (en) 1958-06-12 1959-06-12 vehicle
CY35066A CY350A (en) 1958-06-12 1966-10-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water
MY19676A MY6700006A (en) 1958-06-12 1967-12-31 Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/ or water

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB18825/58A GB944501A (en) 1958-06-12 1958-06-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water

Publications (1)

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GB944501A true GB944501A (en) 1963-12-18

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GB18825/58A Expired GB944501A (en) 1958-06-12 1958-06-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water

Country Status (6)

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BE (1) BE579617A (en)
CH (1) CH378169A (en)
CY (1) CY350A (en)
FR (1) FR1333706A (en)
GB (1) GB944501A (en)
MY (1) MY6700006A (en)

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BE579617A (en) 1959-10-01
CY350A (en) 1966-10-12
CH378169A (en) 1964-05-31
FR1333706A (en) 1963-08-02
MY6700006A (en) 1967-12-31

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