Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
  • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
  • B63G8/42—Towed underwater vessels

Definitions

• the invention involves a barrel (1), surrounded by a buoyancy system (2) equal to its weight and the weight of its cargo, that is why it is turned into a submarine.
• the invention also concerns a towing vessel (6), which carries the barrel, without allowing it to rotate.
• the buoyancy room (2) cannot be overflowed by water, because of the buoyancy material (2) that fills it, except at the exact point of the occurred damage, where a small percentage of the buoyancy material will be destroyed, which will be counted-in though, so the submarine towing barrel will not sink.
• FIG. 1 shows the upper view of the barrel (1) in section and its useful space, surrounded by a buoyancy system (2) which forces the barrel to submerge, as well as the positive couplings (3).
• Drawing 2 shows the side view of the barrel with the towboat (6) and the positive couplings (3), as well as the mole (5) with the negative couplings (4), which stops the barrel from rotating. It also shows the ability of going up and down the sea's surface when it is loaded or unloaded. Finally, it shows the cleaning spouts (8), as well as the water tanks (14).
• Drawing 3 shows the backside view of the barrel and the towboat, where the propellers (9) and the steering gears (10) of the towboat are shown, with their link (11), so that it can carry the barrel along.
• Drawing 4 shows the upper view of the towboat (6), its hydrodynamic line as well as the buoyancy rooms (12), which prevents the submarine barrel from rotating when carried.
• Drawing 5 shoes another shape (13) of the submarine barrel, which helps it not to rotate, when carried.
• the towboat While the submarine barrel is loaded, therefore sank to the surface of the sea and while it is linked to the mole, the towboat passes over it, with the rear, in the middle of which there are links (11). Sinking the submarine barrel with the water tanks (14) at the point, we connect it with the links and after we unlink it from the mole, the towboat carries it.
• Exact measurement will take place at the stage of the testing, when we will also test the resistance of the materials, for example in a depth of 54 meters under the sea, where the pressure is 5,4 atmospheres, which will be their behavior and which will prove to be the most suitable.

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• 2000
  • 2000-12-19 GR GR20000100442A patent/GR20000100442A/el unknown
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  • 2001-12-14 WO PCT/GR2001/000045 patent/WO2002018201A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
  • 2001-12-14 AU AU2002220928A patent/AU2002220928A1/en not_active Abandoned

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