GB951081A - Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water - Google Patents
Vehicles for travelling over land and/or waterInfo
- Publication number
- GB951081A GB951081A GB2498959A GB2498959A GB951081A GB 951081 A GB951081 A GB 951081A GB 2498959 A GB2498959 A GB 2498959A GB 2498959 A GB2498959 A GB 2498959A GB 951081 A GB951081 A GB 951081A
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- duct
- port
- vehicle
- supply
- transfer
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
Links
Classifications
-
- 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
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
- Transportation (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
- Tents Or Canopies (AREA)
Abstract
951,081. Air cushion vehicles. HOVERCRAFT DEVELOPMENT Ltd. July 11, 1960 [July 21, 1959], No. 24989/59. Heading B7K. In a vehicle supported by a gaseous cushion contained by a curtain of fluid issuing from a peripheral supply port in the bottom of the vehicle, at least part of the curtain forming fluid being recovered through at least one recovery port, the recovered fluid issuing from at least one transfer supply port; the fluid to the supply port is supplied through a tubular supply duct having its longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the periphery of the bottom of the vehicle, and the fluid recovered through the recovery port is transferred to the transfer supply port by a transfer duct which is part annular in vertical cross-section and partially surrounds a supply duct. The vehicle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is approximately oval in plan form and comprises body 1 and superstructure 2. Midway along each side of the vehicle are positioned vertical air intakes 3 and 4, each housing a propeller 5 which propellers deliver air to two supply ducts 7 and 8 formed in the body 1 adjacent and parallel to the periphery thereof, each duct extending from its respective intake to terminate adjacent the other intake. A continuous annular supply port 9 is formed in each duct 7 and 8 and, as shown in Fig. 2 (a section on A-A of Fig. 1) an annular recovery port 10 is spaced inboard of and parallel to port 9. Port 10 is connected by a transfer duct 11 to a part-annular transfer supply port 12 which is part annular in cross-section and partially surrounds the respective duct 7 or 8. The curtain is of simple form in way of the air intakes 3 and 4, and in these regions it is strengthened by increasing the local mass flow. The ports 10 and 12 can be continuous round the periphery, though the recovered air will need to be diverted round the air intakes. When applied to a vehicle having side walls to enclose the air cushion, the invention may take the form shown in Fig. 4 wherein each side wall structure 21 comprises a rearwardly-tapering supply duct 25 formed with a supply port 31 having guide vanes 37, the air being recovered through port 32 and transfer duct 26 to reissue through transfer supply port 33. A vehicle embodying such a construction (Fig. 3, not shown) is described as having an elongated body 20 with a propeller mounted substantially horizontally at the forward end of each duct 25, the ducts being connected at each end of the cushion by transverse ducts provided with supply ports for forming transverse fluid curtains. The undersurface of body 20 may be formed with a buoyancy compartment 22. Specifications 854,211, 919,350, 935,823, 935,824, 935,826 and 944,501 are referred to.
Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
GB2498959A GB951081A (en) | 1959-07-21 | 1959-07-21 | Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water |
DE1960H0039970 DE1153263B (en) | 1959-07-21 | 1960-07-18 | Hover vehicle |
CH832260A CH387463A (en) | 1959-07-21 | 1960-07-20 | vehicle |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
GB2498959A GB951081A (en) | 1959-07-21 | 1959-07-21 | Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
GB951081A true GB951081A (en) | 1964-03-04 |
Family
ID=10220426
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
GB2498959A Expired GB951081A (en) | 1959-07-21 | 1959-07-21 | Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water |
Country Status (3)
Country | Link |
---|---|
CH (1) | CH387463A (en) |
DE (1) | DE1153263B (en) |
GB (1) | GB951081A (en) |
-
1959
- 1959-07-21 GB GB2498959A patent/GB951081A/en not_active Expired
-
1960
- 1960-07-18 DE DE1960H0039970 patent/DE1153263B/en active Pending
- 1960-07-20 CH CH832260A patent/CH387463A/en unknown
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
DE1153263B (en) | 1963-08-22 |
CH387463A (en) | 1965-01-31 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
GB995050A (en) | ||
GB1190621A (en) | Improvements in or relating to Ships and Boats. | |
GB1005255A (en) | Air-cushion vehicles | |
GB1408436A (en) | Gas-cushion vehicles | |
US3330221A (en) | Gas-cushion supported vehicles with drag inhibiting means for travelling on rails | |
GB1536716A (en) | Gas-cushion vehicle | |
GB951081A (en) | Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water | |
GB1069194A (en) | Improvements in or relating to gaseous cushion supported vehicles | |
US3194333A (en) | Ground effect machines with supply and recovery ports in a common duct | |
US3156314A (en) | Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water | |
US3263643A (en) | Vehicles operable over water | |
US3117646A (en) | Ground effect vehicle having curtain forming fluid recovery means | |
GB1044995A (en) | Improvements in or relating to flexible skirt assemblies for ground effect vehicles | |
GB944501A (en) | Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water | |
US3578100A (en) | Device for confining pressure-fluid cushions, more particularly for waterborne ground-effect machines | |
GB946917A (en) | Vehicle for travelling over land and/or water | |
GB977061A (en) | Vehicles for travelling over land and/or water | |
GB1029960A (en) | Improvements relating to the propulsion of gas cushion vehicles | |
GB1227561A (en) | ||
GB935826A (en) | Improvements in or relating to vehicles for travelling over land and/or water | |
GB1222213A (en) | Improvements in or relating to hovercraft | |
GB1343600A (en) | Control mechanism for hovercraft | |
GB1133102A (en) | Improvements in or relating to propulsion systems for ships | |
GB1507677A (en) | Ducted propellers | |
GB1019949A (en) | A vehicular transportation system |